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211 to 220 of 542 quilts

211.

[ 438RC ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature
Owner: Robert Constable  -  Country/Place Created: FRANCE -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Quilt History: "The quilt was held by a family in England who brought it to Australia c.1950. It was acquired by the present owner from this family."

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212.

[ 439EHS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Euroa Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: " Janet Blanche Gerard born 1831?, died 1922. Janet Blanche Gerard born Newcastle on Tyne England, daughter of John Gerard and Betty (Leuring). On the 21st July 1852, the "Flora" a sailing ship sailed from Liverpool under..."

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213.

[ 443DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Dorothy Cawood  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother Francis Jane McElhinney (nee Patterson) was born on the 15.4.1896 at Milford, Letterkenny, Eire and died on the 22.1.1965 at Melbourne. Francis and her husband Robert lived in a 2 storey house at No.1 Sydney Terrace,..."

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214.

[ 444DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Dorothy Cawood  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother Francis Jane McElhinney (nee Patterson) was born on the 15.4.1896 at Milford, Letterkenny, Eire and died on the 22.1.1965 at Melbourne. Francis and her husband Robert lived in a 2 storey house at No.1 Sydney Terrace,..."

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215.

[ 447PS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Pat Stevenson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " I had not thought of these quilts as quilts until showing them to fellow quilters for the genuine fifties period fabrics and had not connected them to my present occupation as a patchworker and quilter. I started with the American..."

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216.

[ 450PS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Pat Stevenson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " Elsa Beavis was the needlework teacher in charge of the subject at Flemington Girls School in 1958 when I started teaching there in 1958. Elsa had made a similar quilt for another staff member and when requested agreed to make one..."

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217.

[ 463JB ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: June Brown  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The material was originally purchased to make curtains but was used to make this functional cot quilt instead. Heather McClounan said of her mother: "My mother was a very thrifty person, as there were five children in our..."

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218.

[ 465MT ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Marie Thomas  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Marie Thomas made the quilt for their bed from old material scraps she already had. Marie wrote that they badly needed a bedspread but couldn't afford to buy one."

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219.

[ 467PSA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Pioneer Settlement Authority  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "This cot quilt was made specifically for the children's room in Towaninnie homestead at the Pioneer Settlement, Swan Hill. It is believed to have been made by the local C.W.A. group in the 1960s. It is displayed on a cot."

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220.

[ 469NI ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Norma Irvin  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Miss Joyce Cook, deceased, was a teacher at the High School in Swan Hill. She taught typing and shorthand and, when needed, also needlework. Around 1947 she was appointed senior mistress at the high school. The quilt was put on a..."

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