Quilt No.135NWM - National Wool Museum

Owner: 
National Wool Museum
Location: 
VIC South West
Maker
Maker: 
Mrs Faulkner
Made in
AUSTRALIA VIC
Patterms
Domestic Wagga, Wholecloth, Typically Australian
Date: 
1941 - 1970
Description: 
Domestic Wagga with printed cover lined with jute throughout. 'Sent to Travellers aid at Spencer Street Station for delivery' [NWM]
1900 x 1220mm
History: 

Made by Mrs Faulkner, Bendigo (Victoria), c.1945. Donated to the National Wool Museum by the Running Stitch Group.
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Story: 

This quilt is one of a collection of quilts known as 'The Running Stitch Collection'. Donated to the National Wool Museum in 1989 by the Running Stitch Group. (Barbara Macey, Lois Densham, Susan Denton and Jan Ross-Manley).

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