eight inch square, bound, miniquilts, sewn onto brown duck background fabric. The banner is in three sections, 32 inches, 64 inches and 32 inches wide, all 40 inches deep. Each section has a pocket along the top of the back so can be hung on a rod or strung between trees.

“The quilt is a patchwork of red cotton fabric. Each piece is decorated with embroidery in thick white cotton thread and with cotton appliqué. The edge of the quilt is decorated with a red cotton unlined border strip decorated with cutwork daisies, producing a scalloped edge. The images and inscriptions carried on each of the

Depicts the countries, companies and events that affected Australian history over the 200 years to 1988. Some proprietary flags included in amongst hand made and painted depictions from research. Background top is the English flag from 1788 and bottom is current Australian flag. An index of flags and a plan is available Made using Commercial

Technique: Machine strip piecing and folding of various tones of blue directly onto a backing. No wadding. Hand finished. Materials: Taffeta, silks, blends, cotton.

Technique: Needle felting, machine appliqué, hand quilted and finished. Materials: Pure wool, embroidery thread and low loft wadding.

Technique: Opals, strip piecing, quilt-as-you-go, machine appliquéd to rock panels of various shapes and sizes. Hand quilted and finished. Materials: Cotton, velvet, linen, satin, taffeta, blends, corduroy, wool and mixes, polyester wadding.

Technique: Opals, strip piecing, quilt-as-you-go, machine appliquéd to rock panels of various shapes and sizes. Hand quilted and finished. Materials: Cotton, velvet, linen, satin, taffeta, blends, corduroy, wool and mixes, polyester wadding.

Technique: Opals, strip piecing, quilt-as-you-go, machine appliquéd to rock panels of various shapes and sizes. Hand quilted and finished. Materials: Cotton, velvet, linen, satin, taffeta, blends, corduroy, wool and mixes, polyester wadding.

Technique: Machine appliqué, hand quilted and finished. Materials: Wool, corduroy, satin, taffeta, cotton, blends, polyester wadding.

A white Ghost Gum is set against a blazing sky. The background is divided into three panels with the left being cliffs and water, the centre hills and swamps and the right panel is a desert. The foreground includes rocks and a stream and small habitats. The major features of the quilt are made from

i used an old blanket found in an Op Shop which I suspect was pre war, I eco dyed sections of it by wrapping in rusty items and boiling in water. I then created stamps representing gum leaves and used them as a stamp onto silk which had also been dyed and stitched them onto

Technique: Machine appliqué, net layering, hand quilted and finished. Materials: Net, wool, cotton, corduroy, silk, blends, polyester wadding.

Technique: Machine appliqué, loose leaves and vines, hand quilted and finished. Materials: Cotton, satin, corduroy, furnishing fabrics, found patterns, polyester wadding.

Technique: Strip piecing, quilt-as-you-go. Machine appliqué inserts, hand quilted and pieced. Materials: Corduroy, velvet, satin, taffeta, silk, cotton, blends, furnishing fabrics.

Technique: Strip piecing ‘quilt-as-you-go’ method, hand quilted and finished, loose birds, metal motifs applied by hand. Materials: Satin, taffeta, cotton and blends found screen printed fabric, velvet. Polyester wadding.

Technique: Machine appliqué, hand quilted and finished. Materials: Cotton, wool, blends, corduroy, satin, linings, furnishing fabrics, polyester wadding.

Technique: Machine appliqué, use of overlay to give a sense of distance, clothing, loose leaves, hand quilted and finished. Materials: Cotton, taffeta, wool, curtain fabric, corduroy, velvet, clothing, blends and found prints. Polyester wadding.

Technique: Machine appliqué, strip piecing quilt-as-you-go, machine appliqué, hand quilting and finishing, hand attached sea weed. Materials: Satin, taffeta, cotton, corduroy, furnishing fabrics, found pattern fabric, blends, lace, polyester wadding. 21

A. Earl came to Australia from England, Chesterfield, Derbyshire c.1860 and lived in Queensland and NSW. The nursery rhymes depicted on the quilt include: ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’, ‘Little Miss Muffet’, ‘Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe’, ‘Mother Hubbard’, “Puss in Boots’, ‘Little Boy Blue’.

“Mary Jane Hannaford was born in Devonshire, England in 1840. She came to Australia on board the ‘London’, arriving in Sydney in March 1842. The family moved to Tamworth after the Australian Agricultural Company contracted her Father as shepherd. Her father died in 1852, when Mary was 12. Her Mother remarried 2 years later and

“Mary Jane Hannaford was born in Devonshire, England in 1840. She came to Australia on board the ‘London’, arriving in Sydney in March 1842. The family moved to Tamworth after the Australian Agricultural Company contracted her Father as shepherd. Her father died in 1852, when Mary was 12. Her Mother remarried 2 years later and

Matilda Loader (later Hutchinson) was born in 1865 one of 3 daughters of Emma Jane Loader. She died in 1961 and is buried at the Payneham cemetery in SA.

Matilda Hutchinson (born Loader) was the grandmother of the present owner. Matilda and her mother Emma sailed in 1895 on the ‘Boniyong’ to Freemantle W.A. and thence to the goldfields. Later Matilda and her husband were gardeners and for some time were with the well known SA Playford family who for many years had cherry