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[ 167SHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Stawell Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Spaces on the quilt were sold, and the names of over 100 teachers and students were embroidered on the quilt to raise money for the school."

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[ 175BHS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Bright & District Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Notes from telephone conversation with Gwyneth Millar of the Bright Historical Society: "The quilt was made by Mrs Rene Raynor who was a teacher at the Porepunkah school between 1917 and 1920. Her husband George was a farmer..."

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[ 244EJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Ella Jarvis  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "We wondered if you would be interested in this Wagga I have & use over my lounge. About 20 years ago, as fund raising for a school in Murray Bridge, a lady was making them & selling them. Using scraps of material & old..."

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[ 271IB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Ida Blenkiron  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Ida remembers several pieces of material coming from dresses she wore at Silver Vale school picnic (around 1937). The pink/white stripe pieces came from a dress Ida made completely by hand when she was in Grade 5. It won 2nd prize at..."

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[ 281IB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Ida Blenkiron  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Pieces of patchwork include remnants from some of Ida's favourite dresses, including pieces from the plaid dress she wore at school."

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[ 298WHF ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Nicholes Wallace was the second wife of Isaac Wallace, who was a farmer in Carlston, near Violet Town (Vic). Isaac was Nicholes' second husband. She had four sons by her first marriage to a Mr Brown, and made quilts for all her..."

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[ 459CT ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Christine Taylor  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The embroidered names on the quilt include students, parents, friends, anyone associated with the Carwarp school and surrounding area. "The border tells the story of special inhabitants, sporting clubs and numerous organisations..."

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[ 482CR ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Catherine Ringwood  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My mother told me she disliked making the quilt but it was a compulsory activity and she reluctantly finished it." [Catherine Ringwood 10.3.1999]

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[ 593PWH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: The Pioneer Women's Hut  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date:
Quilt History: "The makers were 2 aunts of Sir Murray Tyrell at Carrajung, South Gippsland, Vic. They used the buggy rug when they went to collect Murray Tyrell from the train when he was coming home from boarding school for holidays. George Martin..."

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[ 639BJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Betty Johnson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "Betty Johnson made this quilt/rug in 1954 when her son Kenneth was going to The Kookaburra kindergarten in Coleman Street Wagga Wagga NSW. The children had a sleep on canvas stretchers. The seal motif on the back was for easy..."

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