Quilt No.447PS - Pat Stevenson

1245 x 712mm
The quilt was made by the present owner, in Melbourne, in 1959 for her first nephew born in July 1959. It was owned by his mother Gwen Nixon and is now owned by the maker Pat Stevenson. It is used occasionally.
" I had not thought of these quilts as quilts until showing them to fellow quilters for the genuine fifties period fabrics and had not connected them to my present occupation as a patchworker and quilter.
I started with the American style patchwork in 1980 and onwards, teaching it to High School students until my retirement in 1993 when I joined a group of Essenden Quilters and now spend a large amount of time creating new quilts." [Pat Stevenson 14.5.98] The quilt was made in the same style as the single bed quilt Pat owns made by Elsa Beaves.
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Each of the patchwork pieces (there are several thousand present) are sewn together with very fine overcasting stitches. The quilt is entirely hand sewn. There is some evidence that templates from the hexagon pieces possibly blotting paper, remain in situ���The quilt is not padded or quilted. The lining is fine twill weave cotton printed in pink and pale purple. The design follows William Morris's 'Strawberry Thief design'." [NGA] 2075 x 1911mm
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The centre field is bounded by two strip-pieced borders at top and bottom, and three down each side. These are sewn from rectangles, using light pink/brown tones for the inner border and darker colours for the outer borders. The quilt is padded and backed and the side seams are secured with black herringbone stitch. The three layers are tied together invisibly with lazy daisy stitches in black cotton from the back." [PHM] The padding is a wool blanket and the backing is two pieces of cream twill cotton.
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