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REGISTRY NUMBER 5869
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Made by owner
    Name of Maker:
    Helen Antoinette
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Keenan
    Surname:
    Yakobina
    Occupation:
    Retired Secretarial Teacher/Secretary
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Ireland and Canada
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Helen A. Yakobina
    Quilted by:
    Helen A. Yakobina
    Year Made:
    1994-2022
    Year is (accuracy):
    Known
    Place Made:
    Brossard QC
    Markings on Quilt:
    Label, date, place
    Location & Technique:
    From top of quilt, under right bottom corner. Photo image machine embroidered on muslin hand sewn to quilt
    Wording of Information (full text):
    Dec. 1995 - 12:56 27 Feb. 2022 Helen & Nick's Drunkard's Path Brossard, Québec Mostly 94 ¼inches square Pieced by hand & machine Hand quilted by Helan A. Yakobina Photo image by Ruth Kershaw Celtic border quilting pattern designed by Nick Yakobina
    Size in Inches:
    95" x 95"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Drunkard's Path
    Colour (dominant):
    Écru - multi
    General Condition (Top):
    New
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand and machine
    Block Numbers (whole):
    25
    Block Numbers (half):
    20
    Block Numbers (quarter):
    4
    Size:
    11½", 6"x11¾"
    Colour:
    Écru, multi
    Border Pattern:
    Straight and Celtic
    Border Number:
    3
    Border Width(s):
    1¾", 8¼", 1¾"
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    12¼"
    Border Colour(s):
    Burgandy
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Print
    Corners:
    Mitred
    Fabric:
    100% cotton
    Edging:
    Good
    Edging Detail: Other?:
    Homemade, hand, machine, straight of goods, front turned back, burgandy, print
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Quilting (hand):
    Hand
    Quilting Condition:
    Excellent
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    9 stitches per inch, white thread
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    Cross hatch, in-the-ditch
    Quilting Pattern (borders):
    Cable - ¼", in-the-ditch
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton, écru, plain
    Number of Pieces:
    1

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

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