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[ 287PS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Patricia Sheahan  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD Ireland -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "The quilt has not really been used as a quilt for at least sixty years. It is very heavy. My mother used it as a layer between the wire mattress of the double bed and the old kapok mattress so that as a child I saw it when the..."

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[ 359MS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Margery Smith  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilt was completed on 23/7/1973 when the date was stitched on. The project took about three years using what time I had available. At that time I had a terminally ill daughter. Each afternoon when the weather was suitable I..."

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[ 360MS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Margery Smith  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilt was completed on 23/7/1973 when the date was stitched on. The project took about three years using what time I had available. At that time I had a terminally ill daughter. Each afternoon when the weather was suitable I..."

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[ 369PH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Pauline Hunter  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "My mother was brought up by rather elderly parents and in many ways was very conservative but in other ways was a pioneer of women's interests in Queensland's South West during the 50s and 60s. Â.... She was born at Katoomba in the..."

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[ 757PHM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Powerhouse Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "In August 1984, Dorothy Stevenson wrote: 'The eiderdowns I think were akin to the 'Wagga'. The covers were made of cretonne. The lining was a sheet or calico. Onto this any clean old woollen rag was stitched in layers, to make it..."

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[ 806QVM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery  -  Country/Place Created: WALES -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "This quilt was made about AD 1900 by Sarah Nicholls (nee Moseley) 1867-1906. She was one of a family of 8 children only 4 of whom survived to adulthood. Sarah herself died at the age of 39 from consumption. She was a pianist and..."

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