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[ 76JPM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Jindera Pioneer Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Attributed to Catherine Anderson who lived at Selby Grange with her husband Robert in the 1920s."

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[ 84JR ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Joyce Reynolds  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW  -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Quilt History: "The quilt came from the family home at Moss Vale but the actual maker is unknown. It remains in the family. It is still used occasionally."

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[ 139NWM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: National Wool Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "This quilt is one of a collection of quilts known as 'The Running Stitch Collection', donated to the National Wool Museum in 1989 by the Running Stitch Group (Barbara Macey, Lois Densham, Susan Denton and Jan Ross-Manley)."

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[ 151NWM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: National Wool Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "This quilt is one of a collection of quilts known as 'The Running Stitch Collection', donated to the National Wool Museum in 1989 by the Running Stitch Group. (Barbara Macey, Lois Densham, Susan Denton and Jan Ross-Manley)."

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[ 152NWM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: National Wool Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "This quilt is one of a collection of quilts known as 'The Running Stitch Collection', donated to the National Wool Museum in 1989 by the Running Stitch Group (Barbara Macey, Lois Densham, Susan Denton and Jan Ross-Manley)."

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[ 164MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Marion Coleman  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "I made it about 1956-7 when I was only a new wife and mother, living in Maffra away from my family & friends who we had left in Melbourne. In those years housing was impossible to obtain in Melbourne. & my new husband liked..."

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[ 182RF ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Ruth Flett  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My mother was born on 11/12/1896 so would have been 100 years old this year. She was a keen needlewoman & enjoyed competition in local shows etc." Letter from Ruth Fleet: "You ask whether the quilt was in general..."

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[ 216WM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Wanda McPherson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Quilt History: "Made by Margaret Egan (1860-1939), at Portland, VIC. previously owned by Mim Egan, now owned by Wanda McPherson."

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[ 245RC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Ruth Collins  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Selina Martens was born on 12th February 1873, at Clare, a rural town north of Adelaide in South Australia. She was the seventh child in a family of five daughters and three sons. The Martens family later moved to Port Germein where..."

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[ 269IB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Ida Blenkiron  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Ida's uncle Ted (her father's brother) worked at Goode, Durant & Murray in Adelaide and when he'd come home for the holidays he'd present Edith with the samples with which she was delighted to make a new quilt."

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