Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Scrapbook |
Catalog Number |
2020.0003.006 |
Date |
1958 |
Year Range from |
1958 |
Year Range to |
1987 |
Description |
A blue fabric scrapbook containing various quilt blocks from the Dungannon Women's Institute. The scrapbook's title is "Grandmother's Quilt Blocks FWIO Handicraft Project 1958," and the cover contains a stiching of a White trillium. According to the scrapbook's frontispiece, these designs were entered into the F.W.I.O. (Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario) Handicraft Competition Project in 1958. The front page also contains a loose paper that catalogues all members of the Dungannon Women's Institute in 1957-1958 and the members of the Quilt Block Committee. The scrapbook is divided into six categories: Pieced Blocks, Appliqued Blocks, Pieced and Appliqued Blocks, Fancy Blocks, Designs in Embroidery and Qulting and Original Designs. In the first five categories, the scrapbook shows various quilting designs followed by a brief description and instruction guide of how to recreate the design. A name is written in pencil in the bottom right corner of each instructional page- possibly reffering to the individual who created the design. At the end of the Fancy Blocks category, there is a typed essay that explores the history of quilting and quilting techniques. In the Original Designs category, a note is paperclipped in between the final pages noting that these four quilt blocks were for a class at Dungannon Fall Fair in the 1970s- written by Myrtle Kerr. On the final quilt block, there is a photograph paperclipped to the design. In the photograph, there is an elderly women in a dress showing off her quilt. The back of the photograph reads"Peg Purdor Victoria St. Church 1987. |
Notes |
The scrapbook of quiltblocks was created by the Dungannon Women's Institute when they entered the FWIO (Federated Women's Institute of Ontario) Handicraft Project 1958. |
Material |
Cloth |
Dimensions |
W-36.3 L-41 cm |
Dimension Details |
Length when book fully open is 82 cm |
Subjects |
Dungannon Quilt |
Search Terms |
Dungannon Dungannon Women's Institute Federated Women's Institute of Ontario |