Kangaroo Skin Cloak
Kangaroo skin cloak of seven gores is made from the skins of eight grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus). The skins vary in size and shape, the inner five are roughly triangular. The extra skin has been used to make a collar. The two skins on the edge of the cloak are roughly rec...
Pioneer Women's Hut Museum: 2001 National Quilt Register CollectionWestern Australian Museum CollectionPossum Skin Rug
Possum skin rug constructed from 24 rectangular pieces hand stitched to a dark brown felt backing and couched on other side to faded blue silk tape. Nineteen possum tails similarly attached to felt backing dangle around three sides of the rug. All felt edges are scalloped. ...
Pioneer Women's Hut Museum: 2001 National Quilt Register CollectionWestern Australian Museum Collection
Woollen Wagga
The wagga is a simple design consisting of forty-eight 20 cm squares stitched together in rows of squares 6 x 8. It is made of wool and a good variety of fabrics were available to the maker. There is no batting in the wagga. Its overall condition is very good although there ar...
Janette McInnes Collection
The Kangaroo Rug
Kangaroo skin rug made from 22 pieces of kangaroo pelt, 4 pieces across each end of the rug and 2 larger pieces making up panels in the central portion of the rug. Pelts are hand stitched together. Backing of burgundy felt has been attached by hand stitching. The navy edging a...
Pioneer Women's Hut Museum: 2001 National Quilt Register Collection
There’s Colour in the Creek
Machine appliqué, use of overlay to give a sense of distance, clothing, loose leaves, hand quilted and finished. Materials include cotton, taffeta, wool, curtain fabric, corduroy, velvet, clothing, blends and found prints. Polyester wadding. 1650 x 1980 mm ...
Yvonne Line Collection
Ireland Experience
Using my photographs, I drew the visuals to size and used this as the pattern for the cutting out. A base fabric of calico was used to machine appliqué onto, using different colour thread. Assembled as stripes and then as a whole piece with polyester wadding and calico backing. ...
Yvonne Line Collection
Aboriginal Homage
Home dyed calico base. Motifs cut from self made machine strip piecing. Hand appliqué and quilted (stab stitch) to denote the feeling of sandstone. Hand finished. Materials include cottons, furnishing fabrics, polyester wadding with furnishing weight wadding in the border....
Yvonne Line Collection
Woollen Wagga
The wagga is double sided and has an inner layer. It is in excellent condition. The wagga contains a great variety of woollen fabrics including tweeds, khaki army uniform, herringbone, plaids, stripes and checks. It is machined stitched and has some machine stitching to hold t...
Janette McInnes Collection
Auntie Green’s Quilt
Wholecloth quilt, with appliqué patterns in printed coloured cottons, of a central flower basket in an oval leaf border, appliquéd leaf and flower branches, a twisted cable border, wider band of leaf and flower branches, and a final border of applique Greek key motif. The base...
Pioneer Women's Hut Museum: 2001 National Quilt Register Collection
