QUILT

Description: RECTANGULAR QUILT IS TWO SHEETS OF LINEN WITH COTTON BATTING BETWEEN THEM. EDGE IS FOLDED AND HAND SEWN WITH WHITE THREAD IN SIMPLE SINGLE LOOP STITCH. QUILT IS SEWN IN SQUARES. IN CENTER SQUARE "JUNIOR AID 1935" IS EMBROIDERED IN MULTI-COLORED WOOL STITCHING. THE REST OF THE QUILT HAS MULTI COLORED STITCHING WITH THE NAMES OF THE GIRLS WHO MADE QUILT. EMBROIDERY IS VERY WORN AND DIFFICULT TO READ. THE NAMES ARE "JESSIE GERLO, STELLA WADDEN, MARY WADDEN, JENNIE KOWALSKI, VICCI BRIOSH, KATIE MIHALIK, ANITA, ANN HOMULOS, EILEEN BARCLAY, MARY MARGARET, KAY BEGALS, MONICA BRUCHES, DORA DUNN??, URSULA GOIN, GERTRUDE MURPHY, LORRAINE MARION, MARGARET RODINYAL, WYL???, MARY TAYLOR, CONNIE FREED, EMMA GONCZY, AGNES MURPHY, BRUNA BERTEA??, K. PARFITT, JULIET GIDGRAS, MALLE BARTON, A. MICHAEL, CLAIR JENNANT AND RUTH HOEFER". EACH PERSON STITCHED IT INDIVIDUALLY AND VARIOUS DECORATIONS SUCH AS ANCHORS, BLUE-BIRDS, CLOVER AND SPIRAL STARS ARE AROUND NAMES. QUILT IS VERY WORN WITH TEARS AND LOOSE SEAMS.

History: QUILT WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA. UPDATE 16 JUNE 2014: ON 4-5 JUNE 2014, ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM (RAM) CURATOR LUCIE HEINS VISITED THE GALT AS PART OF THE RAM’S INITIATIVE TO DOCUMENT QUILTS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN ALBERTA. THE DOCUMENTATION WORK IS KNOWN AS THE ALBERTA QUILT PROJECT. IN ADDITION TO HEINS’ PROGRAM, THE DATA IS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN QUILT INDEX. THIS QUILT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED NO. “AQP 2-0275” BY THE ALBERTA QUILT PROJECT.