1906 Berry Show Signature Quilt

[The quilt] is a plain white linen double bed sheet or bedcover on which have been embroidered (over autographed signatures) the names of members of various associations and clubs, local MPs, visiting dignitaries etc. associated with the Berry Agricultural Show of 1906. There are...

Embroidered Silk Patchwork Quilt Top

Silk patchwork quilt top. The allover pattern is of part octagons and black four-pointed stars in the centre of small squares. When joined together, the effect is rows of octagons. All the seams are outlined with embroidery. 1600 x 1430 mm...

Rabbit Skin Rug

Rabbit skins sewn on to dark blue felt. Skins have been arranged to give a patterned effect. Centre has a rectangular lighter coloured skin with a further rectangle of darker colour in the centre. Skins are handsewn, with rat-tail braid on the reverse side. Blue felt has a pinked...

English Patchwork Quilt

"English patchwork pieces. Hand pieced by at least two people. Made from scraps, cut down clothing and sheeting. Backing made from shirtings, dress fabrics, furnishing fabric and ticking. No synthetics. Machine quilted. Condition, fragile….." [Dubbo Museum] ...

Log Cabin Quilt

Log cabin quilt with 90mm squares in cotton materials, white (or cream), faded blacks, dark blues, reds and browns. All the strips are very narrow. No actual padding as such but the quilt is fairly thick because with such narrow strips, there is so much seam allowance. The backin...

Silk Tumbling Block Quilt

Pure silk, hand sewn Tumbling Block quilt incorporating a great variety of silks in plains, florals and stripes. The backing is large rectangles of striped silks or polished cottons. It is hand quilted in a simple square cross hatch [design]. 1470 x 790 mm...

Methodist Parsonage Quilt

Quilt. White linen, autographed, hand embroidered with names of early Methodist Ministers and parishioners' names in white embroidery cottons. ...

Suffolk Puff Quilt

The quilt is double bed size, white, damask type material with a pale pink light cotton backing. The quilt itself is made up of rectangular pieces which are laid out in a pattern and joined to each other with 'suffolk puff' patches of the same white material. The ...

Service Uniform Pot-Pourri Quilt

Patchwork quilt or cloth made from pieces of woollen material used for regimental uniforms in England last [19th] century. Star pattern in colours, red, pale blue, green, maroon, yellow [white] and brown. Hand pieced probably by more than one person. Red fringe ma...

Loved

The pattern is log cabin and it is made from dress materials and pyjama flannelette. The original filling was a heavy woollen blanket (now flannelette) and the backing is green headcloth - all government issue. With its restoration, the backing was supplemented wi...

Log Cabin Patchwork Pieces

Log cabin patchwork pieces (2) with each block approximately 120 x 120mm. They are diagonally divided into light and dark side. Materials are mainly silks including silk velvets. Each block is stitched on to a backing square, pieces of old blanket, woollens, cotto...

Tulip Quilt

Hand appliquéd, embroidered and quilted [in the] 1940s. Cotton quilt with yellow, pink and purple tulips and green leaves, has scalloped edging with green piping. Hand quilted. 2240 x 885 mm ...

Hearts & Stars Appliqué Quilt Top

Quilt top has a white background with pink and purple appliqué hearts and stars in the centre within a pink circle and square border, letters are appliquéd in pink. The inscription is: 'Mary Hunt is my name Dapto is my dwelling place When I am dead and all my'… (incomplete). ...

Cotton Hexagon Quilt

Cotton hexagon quilt, hand stitched, no filling. All centres, of diamond motifs, are plain lemon. Hand stitched edge on to deep blue backing turned back to the front. 2400 x 1800 mm...

Medallion Quilt

Pieced and appliqued quilt of pink, blue and brown wool. Centre motif is an applique whirligig or flower in pink and blue on tan, with two pink side borders topped by smaller appliqued whirligigs or flowers in the same colours. The outer frame is made of strips of pink, blue and ...

Kangaroo Skin Cloak

Kangaroo skin cloak of seven gores made from the skins of seven grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus). The skins vary in size and shape, the inner five are roughly triangular. The cloak is edged with a series of loops, through one of these near the collar is a piece of cloth whic...

Colonial Sugar Refinery Calico Bag Quilt

Machine pieced top and back made from large irregular pieces of calico and sheeting including part of a 70lb Colonial Sugar Refinery calico sugar bag. The padding appears to be old cream blanket, whole or pieced. 1720 x 1030 mm...

Wholecloth Quilt

Wholecloth quilt with replacement cover (1958) of green damask type synthetic sateen. The padding is two old blankets with staples of cross bred wool hand tacked to one blanket. 1400 x 1210 mm...

Crazy Quilt

Crazy patchwork quilt constructed from a wide range of floral, check and plain materials, mainly cottons. The backing is white cotton whole cloth. 2280 x 1380 mm...

Patchwork Quilt

Hand sewn quilt of mustard cotton printed with very small red and brown buds and 16 blocks of red and white patchwork. These are set on point with alternate squares of the mustard print. The backing is a single piece of red and white check, with a black border. It is hand quilted...

Patchwork Quilt

The top of the quilt is squares of white fabric alternating with pieced pink and white blocks, with three borders of pink, white, pink. Heavily hand quilted, including circles and lines. The backing is cream and there is a glazed cotton machine sewn edging. 2480 x...

Bush Rug

Machine pieced patchwork top of tailor's samples with a backing of patches of furnishing materials. There is no padding. 1930 x 1530 mm...

Traditional Fur Cloak

Traditional Aboriginal fur cloak called a 'Buka' or 'Boka', made with three pieces of pelt. Fastened at the front with a piece of fur inserted into the other side. 1500 from back of neck to hem 1600 measuring around to just below the shoulders...

Camping Wagga

The top is a wholecloth, coarse, bluish cotton, furnishing weight material, probably part of a curtain. The backing is half the same material and half is part of a brown travelling rug. The padding is two heavy pieces of coarse jute bag roughly sewn together with twine. ...