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71 to 80 of 204 quilts

71.

[ 418VI ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Val Ireland  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Eric Ireland, son of Emily, the first maker was orphaned when he was 12 years old. Eric took his quilt (now the padding) with him as he moved from relative to relative and also when he went on long walks (200 miles) along the eastern..."

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72.

[ 428MS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: Margaret Sheridan  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Kathleen Mary Sheridan was thrilled to win the quilt in a CWA fund raising raffle and it was used in each of her homes until she went into a unit. Kathleen's daughter-in-law Margaret saved it from going to St. Vincent's (a charity..."

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73.

[ 429HH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Helen Hancock  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Marion Fairlie came to Australia from England in 1862 as a baby. Her parents came to explore the possibility of growing cotton for their muslin factory in Glasgow, Scotland. This was prompted by the failure of the American cotton..."

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74.

[ 431TM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: The Townsville Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker, Martha Jane Marlton (born Duff) was born in Scotland in 1904. Her parents came from Glasgow where her father was a tailor and when they came to Australia they settled in Warwick on the Darling Downs where Mr. Duff became a..."

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75.

[ 432AS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Amanda Smith  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother would tell me about her mother (my great grandmother) making quilts on her treadle machine. She had 14 children (my GGM) and used sewing as an escape and necessity of life. [Amanda Smith 15.3.98]

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76.

[ 433AS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Amanda Smith  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "My memories of this quilt were when I was sick at my grandmother's house (she lived around the corner from my house) it would be on my bed, an old fashioned old bed with curved top and base with a feather mattress." [Amanda..."

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77.

[ 439EHS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Euroa Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: " Janet Blanche Gerard born 1831?, died 1922. Janet Blanche Gerard born Newcastle on Tyne England, daughter of John Gerard and Betty (Leuring). On the 21st July 1852, the "Flora" a sailing ship sailed from Liverpool under..."

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78.

[ 443DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Dorothy Cawood  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother Francis Jane McElhinney (nee Patterson) was born on the 15.4.1896 at Milford, Letterkenny, Eire and died on the 22.1.1965 at Melbourne. Francis and her husband Robert lived in a 2 storey house at No.1 Sydney Terrace,..."

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79.

[ 444DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Dorothy Cawood  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother Francis Jane McElhinney (nee Patterson) was born on the 15.4.1896 at Milford, Letterkenny, Eire and died on the 22.1.1965 at Melbourne. Francis and her husband Robert lived in a 2 storey house at No.1 Sydney Terrace,..."

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80.

[ 447PS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Pat Stevenson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " I had not thought of these quilts as quilts until showing them to fellow quilters for the genuine fifties period fabrics and had not connected them to my present occupation as a patchworker and quilter. I started with the American..."

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