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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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[ 17DMS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Dubbo Museum & Historical Society Inc  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "Susannah Gibbs (1828 - 1896) and Obadiah Hoath (1830 - 1878) were married in England and came to Australia in 1856. The quilt came with Susannah. It was stored in a wooden trunk which got wet on the voyage and the quilt still has some..."

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[ 53RO ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Robyn Oliver  -  Country/Place Created: ITALY -  Date: Unknown
Story of Quilt: "Located on the user's bed when I first visited the house on behalf of Pioneer Park Â...Â...Â..... Not recognised as a handmade item while the owner's sister was visiting from Sweden, so no questions asked directly about the quilt. Was..."

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[ 54RO ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Robyn Oliver  -  Country/Place Created: ITALY -  Date: Unknown
Story of Quilt: "Erice Zilliotto (nee Baratto) was born in 1913 in Cavaso, Treviso, Italy. She could machine knit by the time she was 11. Later she moved to Rome where she had a machine knitting business at home, employing 2 - 3 girls. She knitted for..."

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[ 55GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: ITALY -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Recently Pioneer Park acquired an item of particular interest Â... It was a handmade quilt from Italy donated by Maria Zilliotto in the name of her mother, Mrs Angela Zilliotto... [who] Â... died in 1958. As far as Maria knows, her..."

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[ 75HAS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Tumbling Block
Owner: Friends of the Hawkesbury Art Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: pre 1850
Story of Quilt: "Sophia M. Wilbow was born in 1829 at Pitt Town NSW to William Henry Payton and his wife Mary, nee Ward. Mary Payton died in 1837 aged 27 when Sophia, the eldest, was still a child. Sophia married Thomas Mitchell Wilbow in 1846 and..."

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[ 88DS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Dorothy Stevens  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1940 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Emmiline was a steward at the ECCA (RASQ Show) before moving to Roma to care for 2 motherless children. She remained unmarried but adored children, stitching children's clothes for the various adopted families over a 30 year..."

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[ 89DS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Dorothy Stevens  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1940 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Emmiline was a steward at the ECCA (RASQ Show) before moving to Roma to care for 2 motherless children. She remained unmarried but adored children, stitching children's clothes for the various adopted families over a 30 year..."

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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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[ 96MM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Muriel Mackenzie  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "These quilts were made out of necessity to help keep a family warm during very cold winters in Killarney. When I was first engaged and used to go to Killarney I used to hope that these quilts would not be put on my bed as they were..."

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