The Fading Dream of Australian Home Ownership
Geelong, Victoria
Quilt featuring block pieces in tones of grey, blue, tan and brown, graduating in light to dark tones from top to bottom...
Dressage Quilt
Geelong, Victoria
Quilt consisting of wool felt and actual felt agricultural sashes. Dyeing and dye reduction, strip pieced. Cotton back w...
The Dempster Quilt
York Residency Museum, 5 Brook Street, York, Western Australia
A patchwork quilt, made from pieces of cotton print (probably used for dresses and furnishings). The design is mainly ge...
Orange Beauty: Inspired by the Dempster Quilt #1
Perth WA
Mary Emily Marsden arrived in Fremantle in 1859, on the barque Swiftsure. Aged 19, she brought with her a quilt. The lab...
Medallion Quilt
Geelong, Victoria
Patchwork quilt, made with small rectangular pieces of printed cotton dress fabrics in predominant s...
Wool Suiting Wagga
Geelong, Victoria
A small knee rug made from suiting samples machine stitched together. It is backed with black silk f...
Ribbon Quilt
Geelong, Victoria
Quilt, composed of felt ribbons stitched together and lined with beige woollen fabric. Most of the r...
Wagga Quilt
Geelong, Victoria
A quilt made of rectangular woven samples of polychrome woollen fabric. The samples are machine sewn...
Wagga Quilt
Geelong, Victoria
A quilt made from woven samples of woollen fabric with herringbone and checked designs, mostly in br...
Isolation Quilt
Geelong, Victoria
Various multi coloured and designed patchwork squares sewn onto a red woollen blanket.
Ghost Blanket IV
Geelong, Victoria
Woven black, white and grey checked design appliqued onto silk organza.
Forest Threads – Looking In
North Nowra NSW
Living in bushland on the NSW South Coast allows me to watch and be inspired by the continual change in colour and patte...
Federation Quilt
Geelong, Victoria
Drawings were based upon Federation of Australia and idea of the Rajah Quilt
Harry Walter Hewitt Wilton – Wagga
Geelong, Victoria
Patchwork style quilt with coloured pieces of dyed woollen singlets stitched together over a backing. Features feather s...
Celebration Quilt
Geelong, Victoria
Multi coloured patchwork quilt with native flowers protruding from centre in a diamond shape.
Soroptimist Project Quilt 2000
Geelong, Victoria
Cream patchwork quilt with 31 squares depicting various scenes and motifs. The Soroptimist logo features in the bottom r...
The Hill – That Summer!
RICHMOND VIC
Materials include plain cotton and silk fabrics, recycled sari silk, fabric paint and screen printing inks. Machine and ...
Flowers in bold colours
Brisbane
Appears very old. Cotton/jute backing? Strong colour appliqué flower heads. Blue – cinnamon – clear red ...
