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Medallion Quilt Top

NSW

Quilt top, all cotton. Center frame is 600mm square of calico on to which is appliquéd red material in an elaborate cut...

Australian Coat of Arms Quilt

NSW

Medallion quilt pieced from square, rectangular and triangular pieces from plain and patterned cottons. Central motif is...

Clarence Valley Coverlet No. 2

Brunswick West, Victoria

The coverlet is double sided. Side one consists of hexagons stitched in a traditional style where the maker has worked f...

Elizabeth Grace

Box Hill South VIC Australia

Machine pieced medallion quilt. The fabrics in the centre eight rows are similar to those used in the ‘Elizabeth S...

Medallion Quilt

Thirroul NSW Australia

Rectangular quilt of print and plain cottons pieced in squares and rectangles within 2 frames, the i...

My Giant Dahlia

Box Hill South VIC Australia

Medallion style, hand pieced by Prue Townley using 100% cotton fabric, and custom quilted by Pam Hammer of Threadshed Qu...

My Tropical Garden

Bungwahl NSW Australia

Fabrics: Cotton and cotton blends, rayon. Central flower is Thai silk. Sourced from quilt shops, dre...

Medallion Quilt

Essendon, Victoria, Australia

Pieced and appliqued quilt of pink, blue and brown wool. Centre motif is an applique whirligig or fl...

Medallion Hexagon Quilt

Victoria Australia

“Donor’s family emigrated from Cornwall England in 1910. Quilt was made by her mother prior to emigration. M...

Pieced Quilt Top

TAS

Square quilt top. Floral centre piece with borders of squares set in a diamond pattern. Squares ar...

Medallion Quilt

SA

Miss Donnellen came to Australia from Ireland in 1844 & bought the quilt with her. For many years the quilt was sto...

Frame Cot Quilt

SA

Frame cot quilt in cotton fabrics, the centre square in a paisley print surrounded by two plain bord...

Medallion Quilt

NSW

“The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, July 20, 1932 ‘A Century Old Patchwork Quilt is Mass of Fine Hand Qui...

Medallion Quilt

QLD

This quilt was recoverd about 1920 to make it thicker but a lot of the material was eaten by mice and the rest turned to...

Rooster Medallion Quilt

QLD

Amelia Brown was born in Devon, England, the daughter of James and Mary Parsons. She married John Brown in 1836 and they...

Embroidered Quilt

VIC

Mrs. May was a member of the Australian-American Association in the 1960s and was a very keen sewer.

Medallion Quilt Top

SA

Emma was born in 1842 in SA and went to the Coolgardie gold fields with her daughter Mrs. N.C.Bottrill (born Loader) and...

Medallion Quilt

Tasmania

Patchwork quilt/cloth with strong overall design of very small squares. The colours are navy, red, ...

The Rajah Quilt

ACT

“The fabrication of the Rajah quilt was organised by prison reformer Elizabeth Fry and the ‘British Ladies S...

Medallion Quilt

NSW

Staff Sergeant Bill Storer, Registrar, 2000

Australian Coat of Arms Quilt

NSW

Amelia Brown was “Born in Devon, England, the daughter of James and Mary Parsons, she had married John Brown in 18...

Medallion Quilt

VIC

Mary Wood made a number of quilts still in existence. She lived at Markwood all her married life and her husband was one...

Medallion Quilt Top

QLD

The quilt is believed to have been made at ‘Thylungra’ Quilpie Queensland where Bridget lived with her son P...

Double Sided Frame Quilt

NSW

Robert (1857-1935) and Margaret (1865-1950) Mays were married at Hartley NSW in 1884. Robert came to Australia from Norf...

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