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1 to 10 of 27 quilts

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[ 1GM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature
Owner: Gilgandra Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "The signatures on this fund raising quilt were all embroidered by Mrs. Clara Ward of "Wait-a-While" Biddon NSW. Clara Ward was born Clara Blackert at Nash's Flat near Mudgee in 1883. In 1913 she and her husband Percy moved..."

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[ 20BHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature
Owner: Berry & District Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1906
Story of Quilt: "Ida Lewers was unmarried and kept house for her brother Thomas Ross Lewers who was the doctor in Berry until his death, when she left the district. She took an active part in the social life of the town and was one of the founder..."

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[ 83BB ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Signature
Owner: Gilgandra Uniting Church  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "In the 1920's and 1930's it became fashionable in Gilgandra to raise money for worthy causes, by paying sixpence or one shilling to have one's name embroidered on a quilt. There are two such quilts in Gilgandra, one made by Mrs...."

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[ 167SHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Stawell Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Spaces on the quilt were sold, and the names of over 100 teachers and students were embroidered on the quilt to raise money for the school."

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[ 186RHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Romsey/Lancefield & Districts Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "'There are 370 names of mainly local families embroidered on the quilt. Many of these families are no longer in the district, but a fair number still are still represented in the area." Newspaper report from The Lancefield..."

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[ 224NTA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA)  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilt is log cabin pattern made approx 1954. The little community [Reedy Creek] had a Methodist Ladies Guild & would work all year & have a fete & sell their goods for their charity funds. The quilt was auctioned &..."

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[ 225NTA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA)  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD England -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "Mr Young Bingham Hutchinson came to South Australia in 1836 aboard the ship Buffalo. Mr Hutchinson was involved in exploration in the area south of Adelaide in 1837 in company with Strangways and others. In 1852 he returned to..."

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[ 244EJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Ella Jarvis  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "We wondered if you would be interested in this Wagga I have & use over my lounge. About 20 years ago, as fund raising for a school in Murray Bridge, a lady was making them & selling them. Using scraps of material & old..."

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[ 294WS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Square, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Wendy Springbett  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "I think she made a second quilt (the one featuring noted places of the world). It was raffled during the war in aid of Red Cross and was won by a relative on her husband's side of the family. Â..." [Wendy Springbett] The..."

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[ 400IG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Irene Garran  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Agnes McEwan Brown Maxwell - 1876-1970 Born in the port town of Helensborough Scotland which is not far from Glasgow and Loch Lomond. Died in Sydney At the age of 94. Came to Australia from Vancouver, Canada in 1935. ..."

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