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Quilt Gallery: Heritage Festival 2009 The Saskatoon Quilters’ Guild participated in the Heritage Festival at the Western Development Museum on Sunday February 8, 2009. Sitting at the table with our Guild's banner left to right are: Joan Acorn, Mae Buday, Isabelle McDonald and Helen Johnson. Beside Joan is the Trip Around the World quilt; beside Helen is the Puff Quilt (see descriptions below).. Photos and descriptions by Sandy Allen Some quilts displayed at the Festival: Puff quilt (far left) Historic Saskatoon Crazy Patch and Whole Cloth on the display rack Dresden Plate Red and White Historic Saskatoon Elizabeth Cuming designed and created this quilt for Saskatoon’s Centennial Celebration. The quilting was done by Deb Barlow. This quilt won 2nd place in the Viewers Choice category of the Quilt Show 2005. Buildings West Side of River: King George School, 1913 St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, 1913 Third Ave. Methodist (United) Church, 1912 Fire Hall #1, 1911 City Hospital, 1909 The Saskatoon Club, 1912 St. John’s Anglican Cathedral, 1913 The Bessborough Hotel, 1931 Buildings On the East Side of the River: President’s Residence, 1937 College Building, 1912 Chemistry Building, 1924 Nutana Collegiate, 1909 Little Stone School House, 1887 Albert School, 1911 Monuments include: Hugh Cairns, 1921 Vimy Memorial Bandstand, 1937 War Memorial Star Phoenix Clock, 1920 Memorial University Gates, 1927 On the display rack: Crazy Patch Magdalena Findlay (Eby) was the daughter of Jacob B. Eby of Waterloo, Ontario. She came from a family of 16 children. She married Charles Findlay (a farmer and engineer). The family homestead was at Shoal Lake, Manitoba. This land is still farmed by the Findlay family. Magdalena had 6 children. She was born in 1826 and died in 1912. This quilt was made by Magdelena, so is over 100 years old. It has been repaired by family members. Magdalena was Muriel Hooper’s husband’s grandmother. Whole Cloth This quilt belonged to Joan Acorn’s grandmother. Joan suspects her grandmother traded something crocheted for the quilt as she was not a quilter. (Quilt possibly made in the 1950’s.) In front of the display rack: Dresden Plate with scalloped border. Miriam Pyett recently received this quilt that belonged to her aunt. It is all hand stitched and hand quilted. Miriam didn’t receive any information regarding the age or maker of the quilt. She suspects it was made by her aunt who was a seamstress. Red and White This quilt was handmade for Helen Johnson’s grandmother’s wedding in 1907. Trip Around the World This quilt belonged to Sheila Clark’s aunt. It was made by Bernice Burton in the 1930’s. It is all hand-sewn. It’s almost Queen size is unusual for that era. The batting layer is flannel. In spite of the hundreds of hours that would have been spent hand piecing and quilting this masterpiece, the quilt was never finished. Perhaps Bernice lost interest in it after she married “Mac” McCollum. Or, maybe she was discouraged because the borders did not match evenly. Bernice died in about 1975, after which Mac married his sister-in-law, Anne (Duncan) Burton. Anne died in December 2000. The quilt which was badly stained by water and vermin was found in her estate – in the McCollum family home in Altadena, CA. To maintain authenticity, the quilt was finished with a fold-over binding, using the original fabric. Noreen Duncan, Winnipeg Feb. 2002 TOP