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[ 803EK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Effie Kalenderidis  -  Country/Place Created: GREECE Lemnos -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Effie's Paploma Effie Kalenderidis was two years old when she arrived in Australia in 1955 with her parents Chrisoula and Trifonas Karpouzos. They came from the village of Kamenitsa, Arcadia, in the Peloponnesus, the southern..."

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[ 804EK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Effie Kalenderidis  -  Country/Place Created: GREECE Lemnos -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Effie's Paploma Effie Kalenderidis was two years old when she arrived in Australia in 1955 with her parents Chrisoula and Trifonas Karpouzos. They came from the village of Kamenitsa, Arcadia, in the Peloponnesus, the southern..."

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[ 983VD ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic
Owner: Virginia DeFriest  -  Country/Place Created: USA Arkansas -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "I was told it had been made by 'Mother Bryant' who lived somewhere in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas, USA. It had been presented to my late husband when he was born in 1925. 'Mother Bryant' was not a relation but presumably a close..."

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[ 990SJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Shari Jamieson  -  Country/Place Created: USA Nebraska -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother probably made this for my uncle who was born in 1945. When my brother was born in 1962 it was used for him. I remember having it as a 'doll' quilt as a child." [Shari Jamieson]

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[ 991SJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Shari Jamieson  -  Country/Place Created: USA Nebraska -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother probably made this cot quilt for her first child, my mother, born in Nebraska in 1942. War time shortages probably account for the lack of batting. I remember using it as a 'doll' quilt as a child." [Shari..."

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[ 1016YH ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Yvonne Hamdorf  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "This quilt was made in Adelaide by Florence Ann Sharpe for the birth of her grand-daughter, Yvonne Sharpe, in December 1936. Florence Sharpe, nee Meadows, was born in 1869 in North Adelaide, South Australia. She was raised in her..."

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[ 1041JJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: June Johnson  -  Country/Place Created: WALES Newport -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "Sarah Simms (later Hodge) was born in Bampton, North Devon UK and moved to Newport when she married. Her husband worked either in mines or in chemical works. She had 6 children and made the quilt for her first born, John. She died..."

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[ 1082PS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Suffolk Puff
Owner: Pippa Savell  -  Country/Place Created: NEW ZEALAND -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Quilt History: "This Suffolk Puff cot quilt was made in New Zealand by Connie Tostevin in 1919. It was made for Audrey Tostevin as a baby. She was the first child of Connie and Frank Tostevin. The quilt is now owned by Audrey's daughter-in-law..."

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[ 1197JG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Jacqueline Grove  -  Country/Place Created: USA Los Angeles California -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Child’s quilt made for me by my great-grandmother, Anne Johanna Mosegaard Hansen, around the time of my birth in 1933. At this time Great Grandma Hansen was a paraplegic due to a fall in the bath. She continued to do handwork..."

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[ 1223WM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Strip
Owner: Wendy Frances Minchin  -  Country/Place Created: Australia WA Perth -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Dorothy Alice Deeley (nee Emms) 1916 -2002, was born at home (Scotts Brook) in the Boyup Creek area. Her maternal grandmother was the local ‘midwife’ with no formal training, just a few tips from the ‘local..."

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