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491 to 500 of 542 quilts

491.

[ 1027JL ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Joyce Lannin  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Lila Myrtle Harvey: "When a small child Lila spent her early years in South Australia with her Aunties who spent hours doing patch work and Lila was fascinated with the colours and results of their work. So much so that she..."

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492.

[ 1028JL ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Joyce Lannin  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Lila Myrtle Harvey: "When a small child Lila spent her early years in South Australia with her Aunties who spent hours doing patch work and Lila was fascinated with the colours and results of their work. So much so that she..."

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493.

[ 1029JL ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Joyce Lannin  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Joyce Lydia Lannin. "As long as she can remember Joyce has had an interest in sewing. As a small child she sat and watched her mother sewing at the machine or doing fancy work by hand so it is not surprising that she soon had a..."

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494.

[ 1032NG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Narelle Grieve  -  Country/Place Created: WALES -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Â...Â...Â..."Months after salvaging the quilt from a garage sale in the Sydney suburb of Gordon, Narelle noticed a photograph of an almost identical quilt in Dorothy Osler's book 'Traditional British Quilts'. Correspondence with..."

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495.

[ 1033NG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Diamond, Tumbling Block
Owner: Narelle Grieve  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD -  Date: pre 1850
Story of Quilt: "It was not unusual for the European sailors of previous centuries to engage in the art of quilting. They needed to be able to sew in order to mend their sails, and quilting was a way of passing time while developing their sewing..."

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496.

[ 1035RL ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Ryder Lundy  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Amy Hughes made the quilt during the depression using second hand fabrics to create something pretty. The present owner said it was an escape and that Amy Hughes loved colour. "Mrs Hughes was born in 1881 in Selby, Yorkshire,..."

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497.

[ 1039JZ ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Jenny Gianoula Zounis  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "This quilt has the distinction of being made by a man - Mr. Stamatis Spahis who was born in about 1935 in Greece. He came to Australia before his marriage in 1964. At the time of his wedding he was an apprentice mattress maker and..."

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498.

[ 1042JB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Joan Berger  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "'Granny' Hirst was born in England and lived in Scarborough. She joined her son at Boyup Brook WA in the early 20s. Mrs. Hirst enjoyed various forms of sewing and craft including smocking, cross stitch and crochet. She made a..."

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499.

[ 1047DH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Diane Kern Hamilton  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Quilt History: "The name of the maker is unknown but it was made in the USA probably in the 1930s. It was purchased at a garage sale in 1992/3 in California by the present owner. The vendor was selling off his mother's effects and had sold all her..."

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500.

[ 1053BB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Billie Briggs  -  Country/Place Created: USA Oklahoma -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "The quilt was made by Billie Briggs in Oklahoma USA in the mid 1960s as a learning project. She was a child of 8 to 10 years and her grandmother insisted she learn patchwork at an early age. Iris Briggs is caring for the quilt while..."

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