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Wholecloth Quilt

QLD

Wholecloth functional quilt. Cretonne type material both sides. Centre is a blanket with sheeting or cotton fabric sewn ...

Mary Studholme’s Wagga

VIC Australia

One side of this whole cloth quilt is a single piece of cretonne or similar with a pattern of autumn leaves. The other s...

Auntie Green’s Quilt

Wodonga VIC Australia

Wholecloth quilt, with appliqué patterns in printed coloured cottons, of a central flower basket in...

1906 Berry Show Signature Quilt

Berry NSW Australia

[The quilt] is a plain white linen double bed sheet or bedcover on which have been embroidered (over...

Tulip Quilt

NSW Australia

Hand appliquéd, embroidered and quilted [in the] 1940s. Cotton quilt with yellow, pink and purple t...

Wholecloth Quilt

Tumbarumba NSW Australia

Emily and Charles Clarke were married in 1890 and had 10 children. They lived all their lives at ‘Arneville’...

Camping Wagga

Tumbarumba NSW Australia

The top is a wholecloth, coarse, bluish cotton, furnishing weight material, probably part of a curta...

Cot Quilt

VIC Australia

The material was originally purchased to make curtains but was used to make this functional cot quilt instead. Heather M...

Durham Quilt

Sydney NSW Australia

“Hannah Reed died at the age of 77 in 1892. At that time she was living with her daughter Ruth; her granddaughter ...

Wholecloth Quilt

South Australia

“It was the custom to have quilts such as these laid out on a frame, so that any member of the household with a li...

Cot Quilt

Tumbarumba NSW Australia

Cot quilt. Single piece of floral cotton material top and back (cream background with coloured flow...

Durham Quilt

WA

“My grandmother was born in 1883, one of eight children. Four of the boys were born in Medomsley, and likely the o...

Cottunata Quilt

Perth WA Australia

The quilt was called ‘cottunata’, it was used on the bed in winter time.” [Sam Genovese]

Hand Quilted Northumberland Quilt

NSW

“Hannah Reed died at the age of 77 in 1892. At that time she was living with her daughter Ruth; her granddaughter ...

Embroidered Quilt

VIC

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

Sugar Bag Quilt

ACT

Edith Perrott, born Bartholomew, (1879 -1970) of Tumbarumba NSW made this child’s quilt for her grand-daughter Ros...

Chinese Quilt

VIC

Hand worked wholecloth Chinese quilt. Background is cream with a central motif of a dragon embroide...

Child’s Quilt

TAS

Child's quilt, reversible, top and ruffle of cotton patterned with pink and off white roses on a gre...

Cot Quilt

VIC

Wholecloth cot quilt of pink silk with an overall paisley pattern in grey and black. Pink-purple fri...

Embroidered Quilt

VIC

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

Utilitarian Cot Quilt

QLD

” Money was tight. It was cold and I made up something to keep him (my son) warm. My husband (first) was a shearer...

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...

Embroidered Quilt

VIC

Hand embroidered pink silk quilt with white embroidery. Wide border of hand made lace thought to be ...

Wagga Rug

QLD

Joyce Lacey remembers sleeping under the quilt was uncomfortable due to the weight of it. The quilt has been used for mo...

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