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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The Pitt Meadows Museum has been offered but cannot take a quilting frame from a local donor. She has asked if we can attempt to find another museum or gallery that might want it. Her information on the frame is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>Quilting frame, stained solid wood, possibly fir; built by my father in the 1950’s for my mother and grandmother; based on a design from the 19th and early 20th century<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>Components<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>Two squared poles (“rollers”), one with a cogwheel on each end Both poles covered in cotton, with ties Two reinforced end legs with slots to adjust the width between the poles A pawl (lever) on each end leg that engages with the teeth of the cogwheel on the corresponding pole end<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>Dimensions<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>When in use, fully extended: <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>37”W x 101”L x 32”H<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>When disassembled for storage (poles lift off; feet on legs fold in): <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>legs 7”W x 38”L x 32”H;<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>poles 6”W x 101”L x 6”H<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>Function<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>The top, batting and lining of the quilt are basted together and attached to the cloth along each pole, then rolled up so most of the quilt is on one pole. The cloth ties keep the sides taut.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>As the quilting progresses, the finished quilt is rolled from one pole to the other.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If there is an interested party out there, please email the Pitt Meadows Museum and we will pass you the donor’s contact information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Leslie Norman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Elephant",serif;color:#7030A0;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>PITT MEADOWS MUSEUM & ARCHIVES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FFC000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>12294 Harris Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FFC000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Pitt Meadows, BC, V3Y 2E9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FFC000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>604-465-4322<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FFC000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>pittmeadowsmuseum.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>