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REGISTRY NUMBER 5736
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Passed down in family.
    Name of Maker:
    Mabel
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Currie
    Surname:
    Doran Empey
    Relationship to Owner:
    Maternal Grandmother
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Williamstown/Winchester ON
    Pieced by (top):
    See Notes
    Quilted by:
    See Notes
    Size in Inches:
    65¼" x 50-51"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Eight Pointed Star
    Colour (dominant):
    White with mint, blue red stars
    General Condition (Top):
    Good, used, slightly damaged, not repaired
    Technique:
    Appliqué, embroidered
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand
    Block Set:
    Straight
    Block Numbers (whole):
    20 Stars
    Size:
    Each star 9" h x 10" w,
    Other Information:
    Backgrounds white sacking and white sheeting pieced by hand, 3 long pieces. Each star is button-hole stitched. Appliqué with various colours of floss, black, orange, green
    Corners:
    Straight
    Fabric:
    100% cotton
    Fabric Detail: Other?:
    50's fabrics
    Edging:
    Good, used
    Edging Detail: Other?:
    Machine, straight of goods, turned together with backing, ¼" wider. Stitched closed by ¼" from edge.
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    White, very thin, almost none - shifted a lot.
    Quilting (hand):
    Hand
    Quilting Condition:
    Regular, irregular
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    7 stitches per inch, pink thread
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    Outline of each star plus 1" within outside edge of quilt. Each star connected by their tips to the next star with an X
    Backing Condition:
    Used
    Backing Fabric:
    White sheeting, pieced
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    Machine pieced "strippie", 2 colour alternating, 5 bands total. Bubblegum pink 9" and white sheeting 11"

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

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