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41 to 50 of 66 quilts

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[ 661PG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Patricia Galbraith  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "As a clothing machinist, mainly coats, we were given scraps for bound buttonholes. I saved pieces and made squares which were sewn on an old Singer treadle sewing machine. It has travelled all over Australia and is still used. The..."

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[ 695HL ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Heather Leonard  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "My mother was incredibly resourceful having come from a family of seven children and struggled through the depression and the war. She had great respect for 'proper woollen material' which was strictly rationed in wartimeÂ... My..."

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[ 719ES ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Elsie Shephard  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Patchwork Rugs When my husband was seriously hurt in a road accident in 1956 he was in hospital for a year then another two years recovering until he was fit enough to get a permanent job. There were no Government handouts to..."

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[ 720ES ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Elsie Shephard  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Patchwork Rugs When my husband was seriously hurt in a road accident in 1956 he was in hospital for a year then another two years recovering until he was fit enough to get a permanent job. There were no Government handouts to..."

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[ 721ES ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Elsie Shephard  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Patchwork Rugs When my husband was seriously hurt in a road accident in 1956 he was in hospital for a year then another two years recovering until he was fit enough to get a permanent job. There were no Government handouts to..."

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[ 722ES ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Elsie Shephard  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Patchwork Rugs When my husband was seriously hurt in a road accident in 1956 he was in hospital for a year then another two years recovering until he was fit enough to get a permanent job. There were no Government handouts to..."

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[ 723ES ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Elsie Shephard  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Patchwork Rugs When my husband was seriously hurt in a road accident in 1956 he was in hospital for a year then another two years recovering until he was fit enough to get a permanent job. There were no Government handouts to..."

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[ 724GPM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "May's waggas May Carter was born May Turner in 1919 at Cambeligo (near Wellington), the third of a family of twelve children. Her grandfather, Harry Turner, had already taken up an early farm at Hanwood in 1912 and May's family..."

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[ 833ML ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian
Owner: Margaret Lyons  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA TAS -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Helga Johansen (1898-1986) was born in Trondheim, Norway and the family came to Australia when she was 2. Margaret Lyons comments 9.2.2001: "All my mother's stitching, all her own work. You have to start with a main..."

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[ 982SB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Sheila Bruhn  -  Country/Place Created: SINGAPORE Changi Prison -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "This Girl Guide quilt was put together by a group of girls in Changi Prison. The guide group was started by Elizabeth Ennis, an army nursing sister, with the help of a young Dutch girl, Trude van Roode. There were about 20 to 30..."

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