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[ 3GW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Gladys Williams  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "This quilt in the beginning was to be a cushion. I was visiting my parents in Launceston, Tasmania, Christmas 1936, when I acquired the first offcuts from my sister, who was a dressmaker, & was making Evening Gowns at the..."

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[ 5BG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Betty Gray  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The completed top, most likely made from a kit, was given by a Mrs Laura Hart to members of the Canadian Women's Association who met regularly in Sydney in the 1930s and 1940s to socialise and do charity work. Mrs Hart's husband was a..."

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[ 95YH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic
Owner: Yvonne Hore  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Circles and Squares" The quilt was commenced by my grandmother who stitched everything by hand because she never owned a sewing machine. My grandmother was very poor. Her husband died when my Mother (eldest daughter) was..."

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[ 177EQ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Janette McInnes  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "The quilt was donated to Essendon Quilters. It had been bought at an op shop for $2.00. I had become very interested in the quilt and after a bit of research found the person who gave it to the op shop. That was Mrs Chalmers. Beryl..."

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[ 229SM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Stansbury Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Hazel Colwell (born Bowman) was born at Kadina (SA) on 7 February 1900, and died 25 March 1995. Parents Mary and Alfred Bowman lived on the farm at Weavers until 1922 when the family moved to Adelaide, returning to Stansbury in..."

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[ 230SM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Stansbury Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Hazel Colwell (born Bowman) was born at Kadina (SA) on 7 February 1900, and died 25 March 1995. Parents Mary and Alfred Bowman lived on the farm at Weavers until 1922 when the family moved to Adelaide, returning to Stansbury in..."

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[ 535KBS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Kay Bruce-Smith  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "These quilt tops came to Australia in approximately 1910 as part of the chattels of one, Margaret Dickson (nee McLean). Margaret's father had gone to Northern Ireland from Garamore in Scotland. Garamore is south of Glasgow. Her..."

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[ 536KBS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Kay Bruce-Smith  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "These quilt tops came to Australia in approximately 1910 as part of the chattels of one, Margaret Dickson (nee McLean). Margaret's father had gone to Northern Ireland from Garamore in Scotland. Garamore is south of Glasgow. Her..."

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[ 538WH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Wendy Hunter  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "A family story handed down for many years tells: Gwen made many crazy quilts and gave them to the Red Cross. One quilt ended up in a hospital in England on the bed of a soldier of the 1st world war. Queen Mary on touring the..."

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[ 573JT ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Jillian Towers  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " Una Kerr was born in Rochdale, England in approximately 1922. She became an orphan as a very young child and went with her two older sisters, to an orphanage in Kendal in the Lake District. The girls were trained in domestic duties..."

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