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31 to 40 of 929 quilts

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[ 44JP ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Julie Pearce  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "My paternal great-Grandmother Â... was a keen sewer in her time and over 30 years ago made my sister and myself a functional quilt for our beds. She made them on her treadle machine and used fabric scraps that my mother had left over..."

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[ 45JM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Jeanette Marchant  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "The person from whom Jeanette Marchant bought the quilt was not the original owner but said it had come from the Barossa Valley Jeanette said the quilt is quite similar to the Elizabeth Macarthur quilt."

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[ 47TS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Suffolk Puff
Owner: Teona Smith  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Made in approx 1965 by Amy Joan Baker who at that time lived on a farm at 'Windowie', Gilmore Via Tumut. Mostly cotton but any kind of material went into it. Just needed to be fairly soft. There is no patchwork material, it is all..."

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[ 48LC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Lyn Cross  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA? -  Date: Unknown
Story of Quilt: "Unknown."

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[ 49EB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Elsie Bennett  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Â... around 1952 I made one [Wagga rug] from wheat bags and made a cover of patchwork pieces from frocks I had made for my daughter or worn out pillow slips or other items. The patchwork is not in patterns but whatever shape suited..."

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[ 56LC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Lyn Cross  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "The hexagon quilt was two thirds completed by Selina Morrison. It was finished by her granddaughter' Lyn cross, who had saved some of the hexagon papers, and used the original fabric, to complete it. It is used on Lyn's queen size..."

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[ 57SC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Sallie Cross  -  Country/Place Created: CANADA -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "I purchased this quilt unfinished at a deceased estate auction sale in London, Ontario, Canada in September 1987 whilst holidaying there. I gave it to my mother who completed it. She completed it with pellon wadding, backing and..."

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[ 58MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Mare Carter  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker was a knitwear designer for Holeproof knitting mills and used up swatches of sample fabrics to make this rug which kept kids warm coming home at night in the car & also warmed family knees in winter in front of telly...."

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[ 59MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Mare Carter  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "VINTAGE QUILTS 1898-1938 These quilts were made by my grandmother, Eva Leota Towe. Her maiden name was Tussey and she came from Missouri, U.S.A. In early 1900 grandmother moved to Washington State and later to Southern..."

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[ 60MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Mare Carter  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "VINTAGE QUILTS 1898-1938 These quilts were made by my grandmother, Eva Leota Towe. Her maiden name was Tussey and she came from Missouri, U.S.A. In early 1900 grandmother moved to Washington State and later to Southern..."

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