Quilt number:

135NWM

Owner:

National Wool Museum

Location:

VIC South West

Maker:

Mrs Faulkner

Country/Place where quilt was made: 

AUSTRALIA VIC

Date:

1941 - 1970

Description:

Made from two jute wheat bags, opened out and stitched together along the long sides and covered with a simple yellow floral printed cretonne. 1220 x 1900mm

General Pattern:

Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga

Quilt History:

Made by Mrs Faulkner, Bendigo (Victoria), c.1945. Donated to the National Wool Museum by the Running Stitch Group. NWM No. 1667 .

Story of Quilt:

This quilt is one of a collection of quilts known as 'The Running Stitch Collection'. Donated to the National Wool Museum in 1989 by the Running Stitch Group. (Barbara Macey, Lois Densham, Susan Denton and Jan Ross-Manley). Mrs. Faulkner made this wagga for her father in his later years when a hot water bottle was considered too dangerous and a blanket was not warm enough.

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