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[ 445JG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Jean Gill  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Ivy Sargeant worked as a milliner at Huntsman's in Chapel Street Prahran, Melbourne. She collected scraps and decorations from her work and gave them to her aunt Eliza Jones for her to use."

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[ 446JG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Jean Gill  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Ivy Sargeant worked as a milliner at Huntsman's in Chapel Street Prahran, Melbourne. She collected scraps and decorations from her work and gave them to her aunt Eliza Jones for her to use."

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[ 1176LG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Leonie Gaston  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA Perth -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Adelaide [Della] Attey [nee Young] Della was born in Sunderland, NE England, on 26th June 1887. As a teenager she travelled to London with her cousin Victoria. They both worked at Madame Elsie’s who was a milliner in Bond St,..."

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[ 1177RW ] Quilt Style: Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Rowena Walsh  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA Perth -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Adelaide [Della] Attee [nee Young] Della was born in Sunderland, NE England, on 26th June 1887. As a teenager she travelled to London with her cousin Victoria. They both worked at Madame Elsie’s who was a milliner in Bond St,..."

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