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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, 2016: A Year of Commemoration, Remembrance and Celebration, 2016
A mixture of photos including Anzac Day 2016 at the Shrine; Open Day at NVVM; Vet Ride and the Commemoration Quilt.vietnam veterans day, vietnam veterans march, national vietnam veterans museum -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Schwerkolt Cottage, 1965
A family heirloom patchwork quilt was donated by former Ringwood residents Mr and Mrs Ewan French for display in Schwerkolt Cottage.A family heirloom patchwork quilt was donated by former Ringwood residents Mr and Mrs Ewan French for display in Schwerkolt Cottage.A family heirloom patchwork quilt was donated by former Ringwood residents Mr and Mrs Ewan French for display in Schwerkolt Cottage.schwerkolt cottage, french, ewan, french (mrs) -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Australia's Quilts, 1999
A directory of patchwork treasuresnon-fictionA directory of patchwork treasuresquilts, manning jenny -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper clipping, Sewing a nation's fabric, 15/04/2015
Watsonia North quilter Deb Layt has crafted a quilt in response to the 2014 Martin Place Lindt Cafe siege.News clipping, black text, colour image.deb layt, quilting, watsonia north -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Bucket list of rollouts, 2010
Article on Nunawading resident Margaret Rowe, using her hobby of patchwork quilting as the background for her Australian Challenge series of novels.Article on Nunawading resident Margaret Rowe, using her hobby of patchwork quilting as the background for her Australian Challenge series of novels.Article on Nunawading resident Margaret Rowe, using her hobby of patchwork quilting as the background for her Australian Challenge series of novels.patchwork, quilts, rowe, margaret -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Rice Paddles
A black and white photograph of patch work quilt rice paddy fields from the air in the IV Corps area of the Mekong Deltaphotograph, mekong delta, gibbons collection catalogue -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Photographs, Rosie Bray, Quilts on display at The Patchwork Gallery 2004, 2005
2 photographs from the Patchwork Gallery in Watsonia taken by Rosie Bray. Photo 1 and 2 are captioned "Quilts at quilt shop 2004".2 colour photographs, captions on back.layt family, the patchwork gallery, watsonia, quilting -
National Wool Museum
Book, Australian science, Australia's future
"Australia's science, Australia's future" - CSIRO, 1991. Examines some of the scientific breakthroughs made by CSIRO, including a new processing technique for woollen quilts (Bungaree Merino quilts).wool processing, csiro -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Cot Quilt
Cream cotton quilt made up in 56 sections each gathered to form centre flower shape. Fringing around edges. Lines in cottonhandcrafts, needlework, manchester, bedding -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Heritage festival, 21/04/1999 12:00:00 AM
Activities which are featured at Schwerkolt Cottage on the Open Day including blacksmiths, wood turners, lace makers, artists, spinners and weavers, paper-makers, quilters and patch workers.Activities which are featured at Schwerkolt Cottage on the Open Day including blacksmiths, wood turners, lace makers, artists, spinners and weavers, paper-makers, quilters and patch workers.Activities which are featured at Schwerkolt Cottage on the Open Day including blacksmiths, wood turners, lace makers, artists, spinners and weavers, paper-makers, quilters and patch workers.heritage festivals, schwerkolt cottage, nunawading and district historical society, rotary club of forest hill, tymms, pat, durham, norm, lavis, andrew -
Greensborough Historical Society
Programme - Document, The Patchwork Gallery, Watsonia Quillt Wander (WQW), 2004_08
Event promotion and planning document for the Watsonia Quilt Wander 20046p. programme promotion document, stapledlayt family, quilting, debra layt, the patchwork gallery -
National Wool Museum
Blanket, Army blanket
This army blanket dates from the time of the Boer War. It belonged to the Densham family, possibly used by great uncle Roland.Army blanket from the Boer War. This picture was during the exhibition, "Quilts & waggas: The Running Stitch collection" in gallery 4 from 4/4/3 to 13/7/3boer war, running stitch group, running stitch collection -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Cotton patch worked knitted quilt, n.d
Displayed in History House.Cotton patch worked knitted quilt. Composed of shell-shaped pieces sewn together. Bordered by pattern of straight alternating rows of knit and eyelet patterning, with edging in a triangular pattern. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Students stitch sanctuary theme, 24/11/1993 12:00:00 AM
The article describes a quilt made by the Blackburn Lake Primary School students under the guidance of local artist, Jeanette Jennings.The article describes a quilt made by the Blackburn Lake Primary School students under the guidance of local artist, Jeanette Jennings. The project was integrated with environmental studies and involved all students at the school.The article describes a quilt made by the Blackburn Lake Primary School students under the guidance of local artist, Jeanette Jennings.primary education, blackburn lake primary school no 4860, nunawading schools community arts project, jennings, jeanette, oldham, john, nunawading civic centre, blackburn branch library, blackburn lake sanctuary visitors centre -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DONALD CLARKE COLLECTION: THE BEEHIVE INVOICE
Invoice dated 16/05/1952 for one quilt purchased from The Beehive at a cost of £1.12.06. The Beehive, R.O. Henderson (Beehive Pty. Ltd.) Pall Mall and Hargreaves St., Bendigo. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Patchwork Quilts- Hand-made x2
Patch work quilts were made by women to decorate a cot or bed and to use left over material. They were backed to increase the warmth of the bedding. It was a leisurely occupation sometimes done in the home or with a group. These two quilts are of a decorative nature using scrap material and do not have a theme or particular pattern to them. These two quilts were made by women in the Kiewa Valley and were hand stitched.1. Hand-made cotton patchwork of varying colours and shapes of squares and rectangles. Back by a flannel sheet of flowers on beige or blue background. Suitable for a cot. No filling and slightly damaged with a small tear. 2. Handmade cotton patchwork of a square whose sides have been extended with rectangular strips of material. The back is a coarse wool with a greenish tinge and thin colored strips along its length on the sides. Suitable for a cot. No filling.patchwork quilts, home sewing -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping, Daren Howe, Bright quilts, 13/08/2004
Article advertising an exhibition of patchwork quilts in shop fronts along Watsonia Road, Watsonia 13/08/2004Newspaper clipping, text with colour illustrationquilting, debra layt, patchwork gallery, watsonia road watsonia -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Wheat Bag, 1928 - 1932
Maker unknown. Made c.1930. Wagga / quilt made of two jute wheat bushel bags hand bound together.Jute wheat bag. Two rows of red jute and one of orange, run the length of each side. Two holes have been mended with white string. Green purple and black markings have been stamped into the bag.quilting history, running stitch group, running stitch collection, quilting - history -
Brighton Historical Society
Dressing gown, circa 1880s-1910s
This dressing gown was made from a patchwork quilt begun around the 1880s or 1890s by the daughters of William and Polly Hodgens, owners of the Adelphi Hotel near Montague Station, South Melbourne. The quilt became a communal project, added to over many years by the Hodgens children, relatives, friends and guests. Together, they filled the colourful patchwork with images and figures from their everyday lives, giving us a unique glimpse into the world of early Melbourne.Crazy patchwork dressing gown made from a patchwork bedspread. Made from irregular pieces of silk, satin, velvet and brocades and embellished with embroidered and painted motifs. Fully lined with maroon silk. Neckline trimmed with thick silk cord. Right over left fastening with two large metal press studs. One of the pieces on the back has an inscription dated 11/7/94 (1894).dressing gown, patchwork, embroidery, hand painted -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Quilt, Domestic Wagga, Mrs E Faulkner, 1943 - 1947
Donated to the Running Stitch collection by Mrs Faulkner of Bendigo after she saw the exhibition curated by Murray Walker at the Museum of Victoria in 1985 of memorabilia. Mrs Faulkner sent the wagga down on the train and Lois Densham picked it up from 'Travellers Aid' at Spencer Sreet station. Mrs Faulkner made this wagga for her father in his later years when a hot water bottle was considered too dangerous and a blanket was not warm enough.Printed cretonne cover of yellow and orange flowers, covering a wagga style quilt made of two standard size wheat bags opened out and stitched together. An opening in the cover has been tacked down to reveal the jute lining.quilting - history, running stitch group, running stitch collection, highlights of the national wool museum: from waggas to the wool quilt prize - exhibition (22/09/2001 - 02/12/2001), faulkner -
Stratford and District Historical Society
Bedspread, Bower, Archibald James, 1915-c.1920
Archibald James Bower enlisted in World War I in November 1915, and was killed in action in France in August 1916. Before he left Australia, he drew designs on linen for his mother, Harriet Bower nee Harper, to embroider a quilt - mainly flowers, butterflies and moths. Mrs Bower finished the quilt, which was then used for many years by her grandson, Archibald William Luxford. He went to sleep every night, knowing the designs were drawn by the uncle he had never known, after whom he had been named.This quilt has historic significance as a memorial to a soldier lost in World War I. It is important as a tangible reminder of loss in war, and an example of how memorials to those lost in war take many forms. It has aestetic significance as an example of needlework that is original in design, with an impressive range of different stitches used to execute the design. It has spiritual significance to the Luxford family and the Munro community (even though Archie Bower was from Sale and the quilt moved later to Munro), as the quilt that Arch Luxford, a prominent member of the community, often spoke about as one his most important possessions. He was born after the death of his uncle, and named in memory of him. He grew up sleeping under the quilt, and knowing the story of his loss in World War I.A bedspread made principally of three sections of white linen sewn together with panels of crochet, with a deep linen edging and crochet edging. There are moths, butterflies and flowers embroidered on all sections in white cotton, as a form of candlewicking.world war 1914-1918, craft, needlework -
National Wool Museum
Sample Book, "Selected Suitings of Crusader Cloth" sample book
This book dates from the 1940s and was part of the Running Stitch collection of quilts, probably because it was common for women to acquire these books from travelling salesmen. This sample book is an example of the type made by textile mills and given to tailors to sell fabric for made to measure suits. With little money to spare during the austere years of the war, women often acquired these books from tailors when the fabrics were no longer available. They made use of the fabric sample pieces to make quilts. The Australian Woollen Mills was an example of a woollen mill which went into worsted production making good quality English-type suiting. They were very successful until the 1960's when the oversupply of worsted fabrics from Europe and Asia led to the decline of the industry in this country. This book was displayed in the Running Stitch exhibition "Wool Quilts Old and New" of 1985 where it was catalogue entry number 40.Australian Woollen Mills Crusader fabric sample book, c.1940sKnight / QUALITY SELECTED / SUITINGS / of / Crusader / CLOTH / NEVER SOLD OUT Crusader / CLOTH / Makes the best suits "Crusader" / WORSTEDaustralian woollen mills pty ltd running stitch group, cloth - worsted, running stitch collection -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Your Memories Association Inc, Armchair Memories, 2011
This is a auto biography of Mary's life from birth 1920 till her 90th. birthday in 2000.A soft covered book dark blue book, dark blue pages with white writing on each page. Also on the cover is a photo of Mary Henshelwood Davenport ( in her latter years) sitting in a chair (which has a brightly coloured patchwork quilt over it) looking towards the camera.non-fictionThis is a auto biography of Mary's life from birth 1920 till her 90th. birthday in 2000.history, memories, stories, auto biography, tasmania, caulfield, elwood, bentleigh, school days, myers, clothes, birthday party. -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Green Wheat Bag Wagga, Percy Perkins, 1945
Mr Perkins joined the police force in his early twenties and apart from an 18-month posting in Melbourne, spent the rest of his career serving communities in country Victoria. He was a keen fisherman and hunter- his first love was sitting on the banks of the Murray River with a fishing rod in his hand. Family camping trips were spent by the river where everyone slept on stretchers with several army blankets underneath and a wheat bag wagga on top. The green colour of this wagga is from "Dekkol" a preservative which Mr Perkins used to protect his cotton fishing nets from rotting.Quilt made of two standard size jute wheat bags (a bushel = 150lbs) split and hand bound along seams.It is an example of the basic type of wagga made by shearers, farmers or swagmen. The green colour results from the application of "Dekkol" a preservative used for cotton fishing nets.quilting history, running stitch group, running stitch collection, highlights of the national wool museum: from waggas to the wool quilt prize - exhibition (22/09/2001 - 02/12/2001), perkins, mr percy, quilting - history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NOTES ON: MEETING OF THE BENDIGO BICENTENNIAL COMMUNITY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE: MAY 1987, 11/05/1987
Notes on Meeting of the Bendigo Bicentennial Community Consultative Committee; (a.) May 1987. Includes Minutes of Meeting; correspondence incl. winner of the Pictorial Quilt competition ( Carolyn Marrone) and runner-up (Bill Delecca); (b.) Meeting of 27th Jan 1987.(c..) Meeting of 18th Nov 1986.Bendigo Bicentennial Committeebendigo, history, centenary, bendigo bicentenial community consultative committee -
National Wool Museum
Book, Fabric of Our Community
"Fabric of our community" - City of Hamilton Art Gallery, 1988. Catalogue for an exhibition of modern quilts produced to celebrate the bicentenary in Hamilton. They were accompanied by a display of historic textiles from the Hamilton Art Gallery's permanent collection.quilting patchwork handicrafts, city of hamilton art gallery, quilting, patchwork, handicrafts -
Bendigo Military Museum
Clothing - SASH/BELT, C.1930 - 45
centre section is double thickness with blue- rayed sun ; blue sections are decorated with gold coloured cotton french knots symbolizing the district shire where the owner lived. A Khaki coloured tiger faces inwards each end of center. Japanese characters in pink near center shashiko quilting on white rays.costume accessories - male, japan, handcrafts - sewing/ embroidery -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Quilted Wool & Silk Afternoon Dress, c.1878
Joseph Butterworth COOMBS (1842-1901), was an accountant who founded a successful mercantile trading company. At the time of his marriage to Caroline Mary MICHEL in 1969, Coombs had already purchased 10 acres of Studley Park. The acreage included land on the west of Fenwick Street that extended along lower Stawell Street to the corner of Yarra Street, all of it connected directly to the Yarra environs. A right of way to Studley Park Road was on the title, though Coombs went on to purchase more land, some of which faced Studley Park Road. In addition to owning the Studley Park acreage, Coombs later acquired 1,201 acres of land abutting the Acheron River. While retaining the Kew property he became a Taggerty Councillor and was Shire President for a time. J.B. Coombs died at Acheron Station in 1901 (aged 59 years). A few months after, tenders were called to repair the Kew dwelling, the Fenwick Street property now appearing in records with the name ‘Hope Mansell’. Caroline Coombs remained at Hope Mansell until she died in 1924, survived by three sons and five daughters. Not long after her death, advertisements appeared for the sale of the Studley Park land. The sale seems to have been a mechanism for distribution of the Estate, as the following year the original 10 acre holding was transferred to members of the family. The eldest daughter Mabel married William Younger who, with his brother Alexander, developed Younger and Mackie Courts, both south of Studley Park Road. [Research: Kerry Fairbank]In 1961, the granddaughter of Joseph and Caroline Coombs, Mabel Isola (Younger) Grattan, donated ten 19th century dresses and parasols to the Kew Historical Society. The costumes, now known as the 'Coombs Collection', are the earliest recorded items of clothing to enter the Society's collection. Each of the items in the Coombs Collection, of which this item forms a part, is historically, aesthetically and socially significant. As a collection, the costumes includes outstanding examples of morning wear, day dresses, wedding dresses, and clothing accessories, providing evidence of outstanding dressmaker skills in Victoria during the mid to late Victorian period. Periwinkle blue afternoon dress made of finely woven wool with silk quilting to the yoke and cuffs. The one-piece outfit is fastened at front with large mother of pearl buttons. The dress includes a very long train. At one stage, the buttoning at the waist has been modified, presumably due to changes in the owner's waistline. women's clothing, australian fashion, costumes, dresses -
Melton City Libraries
Memorabilia, Sewing needle and thread, c.1943
"Members of the Melton Country Women’s Association branch, which had been established in 1938 just before the war, made camouflage nets and food packages, held fundraising events and sewed quilts to send to British children. All soldiers’ wives were made honorary members of the branch".Probably used during World War 2 effortwar, local special interest groups -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Game - Card, 1940's
used by internees at camp 3 as playing cards for a child8 buff coloured cards, 4 depicting infant in a cradle, blue cradle with a heart shape on end and flowers on side, purple dots on quilt and pillow. 3 cards depicting a girl dressed in a red dress and hat, blue apro. Carrying a basket. 1 depicting 2 red apples on a stem, pencil drawings coloured intoys, card game, gbissinger g, wied k and n, camp 3, tatura, ww2, general