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REGISTRY NUMBER 3949
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    I made it
    Name of Maker:
    Joan Brenda Kirby bergeron and Winnifred Ann Cotterell Kirby
    Relationship to Owner:
    Mother and Daughter
    Occupation:
    Retired teacher/Homemaker
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Magog/Sherbrooke, Magog
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Joan Kirby and Winnifred
    Quilted by:
    Geneva Mills
    Year Made:
    2011
    Year is (accuracy):
    Estimate
    Place Made:
    Magog
    Markings on Quilt:
    Labels
    Location & Technique:
    Bottom right, permanent marker
    Wording of Information:
    Quilt handmade by Joan Brenda Kirby Bergeron and her mother Winnifred (Winnie) Cotterell Kirby in Magog, QC Canada from 2009-2011
    Other notes:
    Hand quilted Geneva Royen Mills Bulwer, QC (Cookshire) fall of 2011. Pattern from piecemakers 2008 calender. Top is 100% cotton except for trims. Batting + backing 100% cotton. -Many of these squares represent people in my life.
    Size in Inches:
    106x89
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Piece makers calender
    Reference:
    Family tree of her family
    Colour (dominant):
    multi
    General Condition (Top):
    Good
    Technique:
    Appliqué, Patchwork, Embroidered
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand, Machine
    Block Set:
    Straight, Medallion
    Block Numbers (whole):
    14
    Size:
    15"x14"
    Colour:
    multi
    Border Number:
    2
    Border Width(s):
    4.5" 8"
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    12.5
    Border Colour(s):
    brown
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    print
    Corners:
    straight
    Edging:
    Good, Homecut Bias, Hand, Machine, Front turned back, Color
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    Medium weight, white
    Quilting (hand):
    Hand
    Quilting Condition:
    Good, regular
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    6, off white
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    outline
    Quilting Pattern (fill-in blocks):
    cross hatching
    Quilting Pattern (borders):
    cables, diagonal lines
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    cotton, 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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