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[ 229SM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Stansbury Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Hazel Colwell (born Bowman) was born at Kadina (SA) on 7 February 1900, and died 25 March 1995. Parents Mary and Alfred Bowman lived on the farm at Weavers until 1922 when the family moved to Adelaide, returning to Stansbury in..."

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[ 230SM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Stansbury Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Hazel Colwell (born Bowman) was born at Kadina (SA) on 7 February 1900, and died 25 March 1995. Parents Mary and Alfred Bowman lived on the farm at Weavers until 1922 when the family moved to Adelaide, returning to Stansbury in..."

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[ 238KW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Kathleen White  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "I read a book called 'Aunt Jane of Kentucky' & each chapter was about a different quilt or scrap & I got inspired so sewed lots of bits onto an old blanket and made a Wagga. Â... My mother had been away & when she came..."

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[ 239KW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Kathleen White  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "I read a book called 'Aunt Jane of Kentucky' & each chapter was about a different quilt or scrap & I got inspired so sewed lots of bits onto an old blanket and made a Wagga. Â... My mother had been away & when she came..."

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[ 243EJ ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Ella Jarvis  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "Maker and date of making unknown. Purchased by the owner, Ella Jarvis, at the Red Cross shop at Murray Bridge (SA)."

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[ 278JW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: Jean Winchester  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "I am just an ordinary person, very little sewing skills, but enjoy needlework, I have done lots of cross stitch articles for family & friends. Patchwork cot covers for grandchildren (now great grandchildren). I am a member of a..."

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[ 294WS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Square, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Wendy Springbett  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "I think she made a second quilt (the one featuring noted places of the world). It was raffled during the war in aid of Red Cross and was won by a relative on her husband's side of the family. Â..." [Wendy Springbett] The..."

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[ 333GM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Diamond, Tumbling Block
Owner: Gundagai Historical Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " Miss Mary McLean of 'Big Ben' died on Friday morning, severing a link with Gundagai's pioneering past. She was 94 years of age. The late Miss McLean was the last survivor of one of Gundagai's great pioneering families. She..."

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[ 335GM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Diamond, Tumbling Block
Owner: Gundagai Historical Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " Miss Mary McLean of 'Big Ben' died on Friday morning, severing a link with Gundagai's pioneering past. She was 94 years of age. The late Miss McLean was the last survivor of one of Gundagai's great pioneering families. She..."

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[ 347AL ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Alice Lemon  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker (Mrs Vera Ellison) was a true country woman rearing a large family & joined our Church group about 1956-58. I used to pick her up & take her to meetings. All our members took materials to make 'dilly bags' for..."

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