Alberta Quilt Discovery Project
Do you know someone who has a quilt that should be included in our project?
Have you had one of your own quilts documented?
Do you know someone who has a quilt that should be included in our project?
Have you had one of your own quilts documented?
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Documentation Day
Sunday February 9, 2025 St Andrew's Heights Community Hall, Calgary Do you have any family or garage sale or thrift shop quilts? Have you had one of your own quilts documented? At Quilt Discovery Days, AB QSS members and others volunteer to document quilts. Documentation includes registration, an oral history from the quilt owner or maker, an extensive physical examination of the quilt and a photograph. The information and photo are provided to the quilt owner and will be included in The Quilt Index (quiltindex.org). *Please email abquiltstudy@gmail.com to schedule an appointment for a quilt documentation or to volunteer (no experience necessary!) |
Please email abquiltstudy@gmail.com if you are available to volunteer
or to set up an appointment to have a quilt documented
$ 5/quilt for members $ 10/quilt for non members
Preregistration is required
At Quilt Discovery Days, AB QSS members and others volunteer to document quilts with an Alberta connection. Documentation includes registration, an oral history from the quilt owner or maker, an extensive physical examination of the quilt and a photograph. The information and photo are provided to the quilt owner and will be included in The
Quilt Index (quiltindex.org).
We are looking for volunteers to help at one of the following four stations:
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Registration
The quilt owner information is recorded, a cloth label is pinned to the quilt (which can be later stitched to the quilt) with an Alberta Quilt Discovery Project number and payment is collected. |
Oral History
The quilt owner is interviewed to find out information about the quilt and it's maker i.e.. has the quilt been exhibited, where did the quilt maker live, what ethnicity is the quilt maker, how did they learn to sew etc. |
Quilt Examination
The quilt is measured, was it sewn by hand or machine, what kinds of fabrics were used, an estimate of the age of the quilt using reference books etc. |
Photograph
The quilt is put on a quilt stand for digital photographs. |
Documenting quilts started about thirty years ago in 1981, when a group of quilt enthusiasts in Kentucky banded together to document quilts in their state. The project fired the imagination of quilt lovers all over the United States and Canada. Currently, 47 states have conducted quilt documentation projects and collected information and images of literally thousands of quilts. The Quilt Index, an online database of quilts, is a direct result of these projects, and forms a rich source of images, history and information on quilts available for anyone interested – http://www.quiltindex.org.
Following the example of the early quilt documentation projects, similar projects in other countries, such as Australia, Britain and Canada have been done. The Alberta Quilt Study Society was formed to pick up the strands from earlier projects in Alberta, and is presently working on the Alberta Quilt Discovery Project. As such, it collaborates with the Alberta Quilt Project of the Western Canadian History Research program of the Royal Alberta Museum. The information collected by the Alberta Quilt Study Society at public documentation days will be shared with the Royal Alberta Museum and entered in the Quilt Index.
Following the example of the early quilt documentation projects, similar projects in other countries, such as Australia, Britain and Canada have been done. The Alberta Quilt Study Society was formed to pick up the strands from earlier projects in Alberta, and is presently working on the Alberta Quilt Discovery Project. As such, it collaborates with the Alberta Quilt Project of the Western Canadian History Research program of the Royal Alberta Museum. The information collected by the Alberta Quilt Study Society at public documentation days will be shared with the Royal Alberta Museum and entered in the Quilt Index.
QUILT DISCOVERY DAYS
2024
September 22 AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
March 24 AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
January 21 AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
2023
September 23 AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
May 7 Rimon Calgary House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary
April 30 AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
March 26 AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
2022
November 15 Quilted Mouse Guild Canyon Meadows Community Hall, Calgary
September 17 AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
August 30 AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
2019
May 17 Victorias Quilts High River
High River Handicrafts Guild
2018
October 3 Didsbury Museum Didsbury Museum, Didsbury
October 21 Heritage Park Heritage Park, Calgary
September 30 Wheatland Quilters Guild Strathmore
June AB QSS Bearspaw Historical Society, Bearspaw one Room Schoolhouse
April AB QSS Bearspaw Historical Society, Bearspaw one Room Schoolhouse
February AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
2017
November AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
October Heritage Park Heritage Park, Calgary
June AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
April AB QSS Shepard Hall, Shepard
2016
November Quilting Ministry Symons Valley United Church, Calgary
October Dalemead Quilt Guild Chestermere Whitecappers Assoc, Chestermere
June Sundre and District Museum Sundre and District Museum, Sundre
May AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
April Chinook Guild of Fibre Arts Rosscarrock Community Hall, Calgary
February AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
January AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
Quilted Mouse Quilt Guild Canyon Meadows Community Hall, Calgary
2015
September AB QSS Bearspaw Historical Society, One Room Schoolhouse, Bearspaw
June AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
May AB QSS Erinwoods Community Hall, Calgary
March Cochrane Quilt Guild Frank Wills Memorial Hall, Cochrane
February AB QSS Bearspaw Historical Society, One Room Schoolhouse, Bearspaw
2014
November AB QSS Bearspaw Historical Society, One Room Schoolhouse, Bearspaw
September AB QSS St Andrews Heights Community Hall, Calgary
February Airdrie & District Quilt Guild Goldenrod Community Hall, Airdrie
2013
November Nose Creek Valley Museum Nose Creek Valley Museum, Airdrie
May Heritage Park Festival of Quilts Heritage Park, Calgary