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[ 127MOV ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Museum of Victoria  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Elizabeth Hawkey was born in Cornwall in 1829 and died in Clunes (Vic) in 1909. She married Simeon Hawkey in Cornwall in 1850. Elizabeth came to Australia with four children on the 'Royal Standard' on 27th September 1866 and arrived..."

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[ 165NB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Nell Bell  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "These were my first attempts at patchwork quilts. I had never seen patterned ones either in reality or in books. I worked them out myself. Had seen Waggas as a child. Side B attempt at windmills against dark blue sky. "Made..."

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[ 192BC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Gillian Albers  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Known as the 'Pankina' Quilt (means 'a happy place'). "I made the quilt mainly from my sewing scraps as I had a young family at the time. I learned how to do hexagons from a magazine article. I had no idea how to make a..."

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[ 201BM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Barbara McCabe  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Barbara and her husband David were school teachers, and moved around Victoria, from Echuca to Research to Geelong/Highton. This quilt was known as Michael's quilt. It was superseded within 4 years of having been made. Up until..."

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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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[ 267JH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Julianne Humphris  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilts have been in constant use since finished. "I collected dress material scraps for years & quilts have pieces of first frock made for myself when 14 years old. Started hand sewing hexagons after buying..."

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[ 268JH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Julianne Humphris  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilts have been in constant use since finished. "I collected dress material scraps for years & quilts have pieces of first frock made for myself when 14 years old. Started hand sewing hexagons after buying..."

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[ 336ER ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Elsie Roberts  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "This was the second quilt I made. It was a quilt pack imported by George's of Collins St, from Mountain Mist. We were extending our house at the time & I showed the carpenter a photo of a quilt on a large quilting frame and asked..."

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[ 359MS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Margery Smith  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilt was completed on 23/7/1973 when the date was stitched on. The project took about three years using what time I had available. At that time I had a terminally ill daughter. Each afternoon when the weather was suitable I..."

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