Quilt No.88DS - Dorothy Stevens

Owner:

Dorothy Stevens

Location:

QLD South West

Maker

Maker:

Emmiline Marsland

Made in

AUSTRALIA QLDt

Patterms

Wholecloth, Re-used clothing or blanket, Utilitarian, Typically Australian

Date:

1940 - 1970

Description:

Utilitarian quilt. Padding consists of recycled hand knitted jumper pieces (mainly 3 ply crepe and 8 ply) tacked to a layer of cotton material with strong buttonhole twist thread. The top is a piece of cotton fabric. Machine quilted in rows approximately 70mm apart.
1827 x 1423mm

History:

The maker was Emmiline Marsland in Roma, Queensland in the early 1950s. It was given to her friend, Dorothy Stevens, the present owner, in about 1978.

Story:

Emmeline was a steward at the ECCA (RASQ Show) before moving to Roma to care for 2 motherless children. She remained unmarried but adored children, stitching children's clothes for the various adopted families over a 30 year period.
"Emmiline Marsland was my very dear friend. I boarded with her when teaching in Roma in 1952-53. She was born 30th July 1901 and died 18 December 1986. A dressmaker by trade , she was skilled in many crafts, fine embroidery to woodwork and had a great love for children. I remember sleeping under the green quilt in Roma and it was probably used for packing precious furniture when moving form Roma to Maryborough to Brisbane."
[Dorothy Stevens 18.3.1996]

Back of quilt

Emmiline Marsland & Phillipa Harvey(Stevens)1978

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Quilt No.88DS - Dorothy Stevens

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