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171 to 180 of 204 quilts

171.

[ 953WAQ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: WAQA  -  Country/Place Created: CANADA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "During WW2 1939-1945 Britain had endured the Battle of Britain, the London blitz, and by 1943 Germany was despatching pilotless flying bombs over England. There would be no warning of these attacks and they claimed many lives and..."

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172.

[ 963NGA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: National Gallery of Australia  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Christina Brown (United Kingdom born 1815 - Australia died 1895) made this quilt. Mrs. Brown immigrated to Australia with her husband from Scotland in 1842. The Brown family had a property 'Cooerwull' at Bowenfels near Lithgow, New..."

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173.

[ 964NGA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: National Gallery of Australia  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA TAS -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Miss Constance Bright (United Kingdom c.1812-Australia died c.1915) and Miss May Bright (United Kingdom born c.1813-Australia died c.1915) made this quilt. They were sisters who came to Sandy Bay, Hobart, with their family as free..."

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174.

[ 969NGA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: National Gallery of Australia  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Margaret Brown Weir (Australia 1856-1934) was born at Steiglitz, Victoria and died in Royal Park, Melbourne."

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175.

[ 1012LB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Lora Busellato  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "Purchased by the present owner for $8 at an op-shop, July 2001. It is not used."

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176.

[ 1020GC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Gabrielle Carter  -  Country/Place Created: USA New York -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Quilt History: "Made in 1886, by Margaret Laidlaw of Mt St Vincent, New York. She married Ernest Sturridge, a dental surgeon of Mandeville, Jamaica. They had six children. She moved to London England in 1897, and to Jamaica in 1932, and died in..."

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177.

[ 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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178.

[ 1037KC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: King Cottage Museum  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND County Mayo -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Quilt History: "The quilt was made prior to 1867 by Mrs. Dodwell Brown of Ratines, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. In 1867It was brought to Bridgetown WA by the maker's son who became a medical practitioner there. It is now owned by King Cottage..."

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179.

[ 1045DH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Diane Kern Hamilton  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Quilt History: "Nothing is know of the history though the vendor family believed it to be circa 1875-78 and made in the USA and brought to Australia." [DKH] It is now owned by Diane Kern Hamilton. It is not used."

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180.

[ 1051BB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Billie Briggs  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "It is known that the quilt was made in the USA. It is now owned by Billie Dawn Briggs and being kept by her mother- in- law while Billie is in the USA with her husband. It is used as a wall hanging."

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