Log Cabin Quilt

Machine constructed log cabin quilt using a wide variety of strips of used clothing including cottons, men's suitings and wools. Each square is about 250mm and arranged in the 'light and dark of the fire' variation of log cabin. There is no padding. The backing is brown twill ...

Skin Rug

Skin rug, probably rabbit. Centre backs of 72 fine winter skins used, 6 skins across and 9 in length. Exceptionally well matched and very supple tanning. Blue baize backing with traditional scalloped edge. Brown rat tail braid 90mm from the edge on the back and also a centre desi...

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...

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...

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. ...

Embroidered Flower Garden Raffle Quilt

White cotton quilt of blocks with an embroidered flower in each one. The whole 'garden' is encircled by an appliquéd picket fence. There is a cotton backing but no padding. 1840 x 1820 mm...

Gumleigh Boys’ Home Quilt

Patchwork quilt made up of machine pieced squares and rectangles of cotton dress materials. The backing is a large piece of furnishing material. The padding is an old cream blanket. 1750 x 1350 mm...

Gumleigh Boys’ Home Wagga No. 1

Utility quilt, machine pieced from mainly squares of dress materials in many different patterns. The backing is a wholecloth paisley print. The padding is pieced used clothing and materials including chenille and plush. 1950 x 1270 mm...

Cot Quilt

Cot quilt. Single piece of floral cotton material top and back (cream background with coloured flowers). The padding is a single layer, twill weave, heavy bag, probably jute. The layers are fixed with a different coloured button in each corner. Machine quilted across the cent...

Patchwork Rug

Double sided patchwork quilt. Machined squares and rectangles joined in strips and then the strips joined. Wide variety of materials mainly woollen from hand or machine knitted jumpers, many patched. All materials came from worn garments from family and friends of the maker. ...

Log Cabin Quilt

Patchwork quilt, machine construction in pink and white twill cotton, log cabin pattern. Each log cabin block was constructed with the backing in place, in groups of 4 blocks placed together. Each block 200mm in size. 2300 x 2050 mm ...

Utilitarian Quilt

The top is a wholecloth piece of twill type cotton and the backing is a wholecloth piece of finer patterned cotton. The padding is a layer of pieces of used clothing stitched together, including part jumpers, some darned. These are inside an old folded blanket. ...

Wagga Rug

The top is machine pieced patches of used clothing. The backing is large pieces of dress materials and either end patches similar to the top. The padding is a chaff bag or similar with patches of worn, matted children's jumpers sewn directly on to it. 1400 x 1150...

Suiting Samples Buggy Rug

A buggy rug of machine pieced patchwork of men's suiting samples. There is a large diamond of patches in the centre, bordered by rectangles. There is no padding. The backing is wholecloth tartan wool. 1910 x 1580 mm...

Gumleigh Boys’ Home Wagga No. 2

Utility patchwork quilt made up of mainly squares of furnishing material machine pieced. It is backed with machine pieced patches of woollen jumpers, mainly machine not hand knitted. The back is possibly the top. There is no padding. 1950 x 1270 mm...

Granny’s Flower Garden Quilt

Single bed quilt made up entirely of hexagons in 'Granny's Flower Garden' pattern. The rosettes are made up of eight hexagons and a central one. Native flower prints, including wattle, on a white background. Plain hexagons in white, yellow and blue form a scalloped border. He...

Double Sided Hexagon Quilt

Continuous 'sleeve' of hand sewn small hexagons, many woollen, some joined, some darned, plain and patterned. Several bands of plain coloured hexagons. The padding is ticking, an old cream blanket and part of a bedspread. 1960 x 800 mm...

Wholecloth Quilt

Wholecloth quilt of rose patterned and coloured cretonne on one side and a backing piece of pale green cretonne with a floral pattern. The padding is a worn grey blanket. 1440 x 1080 mm...

Appliquéd Crinoline Lady Quilt

Quilt made up of eight white cotton squares, 360 x 360mm, each with a differently coloured crinoline lady appliquéd in buttonhole stitch. The squares are divided by bands of yellow cotton. It is hand quilted. The padding is kapok or cotton and the backing is red cotton. ...

Knitted Patchwork Wagga

Machine pieced top of squares of part jumpers, most hand knitted. The padding is a blanket. The backing is an old curtain. 1735 x 1350 mm...

Suiting Samples Quilt

Quilt top of patches of tailors' samples and men's suiting pieces in dark colours, mainly black and grey. Machine construction. It has a border of rose coloured velveteen and the backing is a single piece of cream patterned flannelette....

Possum Skin Rug

Possum skin rug. Skins are recantular centre back pieces, approximately 230mm x 140mm. They are hand stitched together in eleven rows running the length of the rug. At one end, the last row of skins goes across the rug. The backing is stitched to the skins and is mainly grey ...

Crazy Quilt

Machine pieced crazy patchwork quilt in plain, floral and striped cotton materials. Some pieces are seamed and others are sewn direct on to calico backing. Each piece is outlined in red stranded cotton in herringbone stitch. 2150 x 1770 mm...

Double Sided Suiting Samples Wagga

Double sided utility quilt made from machine pieced squares of tailors' samples and men's and boy's suitings. The padding is five or six layers of pieced used clothing including darned, threadbare socks, part jumpers, blanket pieces etc. 2090 x 1340 mm...