Quilt No.133NWM - National Wool Museum

Owner: 
National Wool Museum
Location: 
VIC South West
Maker
Maker: 
Unknown
Made in
Unknown
Patterms
Patchwork
Date: 
Unknown
Description: 
Quilt made from patchworked curtain materials, machine stitched and patched at a later date by hand.
1700 x 1600mm
History: 

Maker unknown. Donated to the National Wool Museum, Geelong, by the Running Stitch Group.

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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