Quilt number:

156WCQ

Owner:

Wangaratta Centre Quilters Inc

Location:

Vic North East

Maker:

Jessie Waldron

Country/Place where quilt was made: 

AUSTRALIA VIC

Date:

1921 - 1940

Description:

Irregularly patched from a variety of cotton dress prints, checks, plains and mattress ticking. 1920s and 30s fabrics. Both top and back are similar. Hessian padding. Originally two single quilts, now stitched together. 1850 x 1720mm

General Pattern:

Patchwork, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga

Quilt History:

Made by Jessie Waldron in the Sunraysia district of Victoria. Given to the Wangaratta Centre Quilters by Jessie's son Ted Waldron and his wife Fran.

Story of Quilt:

"Donated to Centre Quilters by Ted and Fran Waldron, Wangaratta. The quilt was made by Ted's mother, Jessie, who lived in the Sunraysia district of Victoria. - the centre of the dried fruit industry. The 'batting' in the quilt is hessian - presumably hessian which was used on the drying racks. It appears that this quilt was originally made as 2 single bed quilts and joined together at a later date." [June Brown for Wangaratta Centre Quilters Inc 5.11.96]

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