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  • Name of Maker:
    Helen
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Fitchett
    Occupation:
    Nursing aide
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    West Brome - Sutton
    Pieced by (top):
    Helen Fitchett
    Markings on Quilt:
    Labels, Date
    Other notes:
    Memory quilt made by Helen Fitchett especially for my nephew Alexander Bessoinette Greig in 2007. There are pictures of the Fitchett farm Home of his great grandparents Lillian and James Fitchett Alexander with his brother Philips and his mother Louise Bissonnette and father Bruce Greig. The fourth picture is of Mary Fitchett his grandmother and her three daughters, Louise Angela and Gabrielle with brother Philips and Alexander
    Size in Inches:
    94"×56"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Parn - memory quilt
    Colour (dominant):
    Green / multi
    General Condition (Top):
    Good, Like New
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Machine
    Border Number:
    4
    Border Width(s):
    2 3/4 - 1 1/8 - 1 1/8 - 10 1/8
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    15
    Border Colour(s):
    Green / mutli
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Printed
    Corners:
    Straight
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Homecut Straight Binding, Backing to front, Color
    Batting:
    Polyster
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    Medium weight, white
    Quilting (hand):
    No
    Quilting (machine):
    No
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    4, off white
    Tied:
    Yes
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Poly/Cotton Blend, color, printed
    Number of Pieces:
    1
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    One Fabric

Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institue for Studies in Canadian Art

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