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131 to 140 of 343 quilts

131.

[ 391CC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Cressida Mary Webb Challis  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "One of a pair of quilts made for the makers' own beds. "These were made c.1961 - my mother remembers staying with them at the time they were made, when I was a baby and my brother was about 3. They were made very quickly,..."

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132.

[ 398SM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Santa Maltese  -  Country/Place Created: ITALY Sicily -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Santa made the whole quilt. The design was pencilled on to the fabric. Santa made it in a couple of months - she was a young married woman and had 2 young daughters. They were fashionable at the time and Santa used it on her bed..."

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133.

[ 402JG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Jean Gilbert  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Augusta Craigie's brother-in-law (Bert Monahan) and sister Minnie Monahan were a tailor and tailoress respectively and supplied the tailors' samples for the quilts called "wagga rugs" by the family. The weekender had six..."

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134.

[ 419VI ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Val Ireland  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: " My grandmother had a lot of waggas, on the old couches, on the sleepouts. My aunties had them too, they lived in the country and used them for warmth. I learnt about waggas from them." [Val Ireland 14.1.98]

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135.

[ 420VI ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Val Ireland  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " This Wagga was made for camping. We didn't have a car and we caught the train to the north or south coast (NSW) or wherever the fishing was good." [Val Ireland 14.1.98]

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136.

[ 421JB ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Joan Bradford  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALAIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Hazel Eastwell made this quilt on a treadle Singer sewing machine. Joan Bradford commented that Hazel sewed because she had to. She made clothes for the children and quilts, did mending and patching and helped run a dairy."

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137.

[ 423BB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Barbara Bullock  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "As mentioned, this quilt was entirely hand made. My grand parents had settled here on the Darling Downs in 1902, previously having lived in South Australia. They still had the Adelaide Chronicle sent weekly and this is where my..."

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138.

[ 424AM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Alys Mercer  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "As mentioned, this quilt was entirely hand made. My grand parents had settled here on the Darling Downs in 1902, previously having lived in South Australia. They still had the Adelaide Chronicle sent weekly and this is where my..."

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139.

[ 427MC ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Mal Crawford  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Mal Crawford is a keen fisherman and the Wagga was and is still used on fishing trips. "The kids couldn't move when they slept under it." [Mal Crawford 13.1.98]

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140.

[ 431TM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: The Townsville Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker, Martha Jane Marlton (born Duff) was born in Scotland in 1904. Her parents came from Glasgow where her father was a tailor and when they came to Australia they settled in Warwick on the Darling Downs where Mr. Duff became a..."

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