Quilt No.255VP - Vivienne Pfitzner

"The blocks are sewn together with a linen thread in an overcast stitch, some of which is coming undone, as the thread is becoming frail. We used the rug for many years, camping and picnics, and as a bed cover it is deliciously warm. There are some holes in the skins, I think they may be insect holes as I cannot imagine Mother selecting parts of the skin with bullet holes�����.. My Mother who was aged 41 when she made the rug, she was a tailoress before marriage and continued to work from home tailoring for a tailor shop in the city of Adelaide for some years. She was a very accomplished seamstress and embroiderer, competent in many handcrafts, crochet, knitting and fine dressmaking. She made my wedding dress front panel (the dress was made by a dressmaker Mrs Angus of Goodwood to relieve the stress with my Mother), the panel took her six months to embroider with seed pearls, it stretched from the neck line to the hem in a design of long stemmed roses and buds, on delustred satin. I have the gown and was overjoyed when my daughter wore it for her wedding five years ago. My Mother died in 1972 aged 61." [Vivienne Belle Pfitzner SA 1999]