This quilt was made in the early 1960s by Marie Thomas and is still owned by her. It is not used. Marie Thomas made the quilt for their bed from old material scraps she already had. Marie wrote that they badly needed a bedspread but couldn't afford to buy one.
150mm squares of old material scraps, mostly cotton, including some curtain material. There is no padding and the backing is brown lawn.
2540 x 2370mm
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Materials: Commercial and hand dyed silk, tie silk, commercial satin, Thai silk Techniques: fused appliqué, machine qui...
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Materials: cotton sheeting Techniques: hand dyed and hand & machine stitched
Imperial War Museum, London UK
Quilt constructed of blocks of hexagons with 72 ‘flower’ rosettes made from plain and printed cotton scraps....
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