Quilt No.150NWM - National Wool Museum

Owner: 
National Wool Museum
Location: 
VIC South West
Maker
Maker: 
Unknown
Made in
AUSTRALIA
Date: 
Unknown
Description: 
Quilt made of squares of suiting. Pink and blue curtain backing.
1760 x 1320mm
History: 

Maker unknown.
Donated to the National Wool Museum 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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