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111 to 120 of 121 quilts

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111.

[ 10641064NTSA ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA)  -  Country/Place Created: SCOTLAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "It was the custom to have quilts such as these laid out on a frame, so that any member of the household with a little time to spare could add some more stitching." [Victor Harbour National Trust] Mr. McDonough became known as..."

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112.

[ 1094DW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Donna Wood  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker of the quilt was my maternal grandmother, Mary Margaret Robiscoe. She emigrated to Detroit, Michigan USA at the turn of the century from Danzig (Poland). She made the quilt for my mother Grace Robiscoe Davis in 1949, who..."

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113.

[ 1100JC ] Quilt Style: Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Juliet Cook  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "In 1960 we bought a farm at Neville, NSW, about 35kms out of Blayney. It snows in the winter. I had 4 children and hardly any money. My grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Davidson, (my mother's mother) sent me 2 Wagga rugs. She had re-covered..."

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114.

[ 1116YG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Yiota Grigorakis  -  Country/Place Created: GREECE -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Yiota's Paploma. Yiota's beautiful paploma (quilt) made in 1932, was handed down to her from her mother. It was part of Georgia's prika, the dowry which every Greek girl has when she marries. Georgia's mother, Vasiliki..."

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115.

[ 1160EB ] Quilt Style: Mosaic, Square, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Eve ten Brummelaar  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "EVE"S QUILTS. Eve ten Brummelaar was born in 1926, of highly educated, professional parents. They lived a very comfortable life in Sumatra, in the Dutch East Indies (it was not called Indonesia until 1950). Just as Eve was..."

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116.

[ 1161EB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Eve ten Brummelaar  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "EVE"S QUILTS. Eve ten Brummelaar was born in 1926, of highly educated, professional parents. They lived a very comfortable life in Sumatra, in the Dutch East Indies (it was not called Indonesia until 1950). Just as Eve was..."

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117.

[ 1162EB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Eve ten Brummelaar  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "EVE"S QUILTS. Eve ten Brummelaar was born in 1926, of highly educated, professional parents. They lived a very comfortable life in Sumatra, in the Dutch East Indies (it was not called Indonesia until 1950). Just as Eve was..."

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118.

[ 1163LV ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Lina Veltmeyer  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "LINA'S QUILT. Lina Veltmeyer made her quilt during the years when the family lived in the town of Parkes, several hundred kilometres west of Sydney, and many thousands of kilometres from the Dutch city of Rotterdam where Lina was..."

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119.

[ 1198JG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Jacqueline Grove  -  Country/Place Created: USA Los Angeles California -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Anna Mosegaard was born in Aabenraa Denmark in 1850, and migrated to New York, USA in 1868, with a job to make theatre costumes. She married Lorenz Peter Hansen whom she had met on the boat. They lived in Chicago, and later Pasadena..."

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120.

[ 1205JK ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: June Kong  -  Country/Place Created: Australia WA Perth -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Grandmother’s Garden quilt. June Kong was born in Surrey, England, and migrated to Australia under the assisted passage scheme in 1956. She met her husband, Joseph, in the late 1950’s. They married and had two daughters..."

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