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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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[ 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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[ 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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[ 137NWM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork
Owner: National Wool Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Mrs Brown worked as a mantle-makerat 'Mcivors Mantle Makers' in Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Her employer supplied fabric samples for the quilt which was her contribution to their home on her marriage. Agnes' son Cyril noted that the..."

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[ 179QHS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Queenscliffe Historical Society Inc  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Quilt History: "Made by Elizabeth Keen, a dressmaker in Fyansford, Geelong (VIC), in 1879. Possibly made for the 1879 Geelong Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition."

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[ 193LT ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Laurel Thompson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Minnie Dolores Thompson was Australian, born of Irish/English extraction, and lived in Port Melbourne. "The quilt maker was a tailoress & her daughter worked in Flinders Lane, Melbourne (in the 'rag' trade). The fabrics..."

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[ 255VP ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Native Fauna
Owner: Vivienne Pfitzner  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The blocks are sewn together with a linen thread in an overcast stitch, some of which is coming undone, as the thread is becoming frail. We used the rug for many years, camping and picnics, and as a bed cover it is deliciously..."

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