Quilt No.313JL - Joyce Lacey

Joyce Lacey
Owner: 
Joyce Lacey
Location: 
QLD South East
Maker
Maker: 
Ivy Campbell
Made in
AUSTRALIA QLD
Date: 
1921 - 1940
Description: 
Wholecloth utility quilt, the top made of good quality cotton printed with posies of pink, blue and green flowers and leaves, the backing of plain cream cretonne, with a flap of plain cretonne, coming over the top side. Padding is made from blanket and jumper pieces stitched to a blanket base. Cretonne has signs of wear, and the cream backing has some staining. Top and backing machine sewn.
1840 x 1220mm
History: 

Made by Ivy Campbell (born Castle, 1901-1957) in 1937, in the Lockyer Valley (Qld), and owned by her daughter, Joyce Lacey. Called the 'wagga' or the 'wagga rug'.

Story: 

Joyce Lacey remembers sleeping under the quilt was uncomfortable due to the weight of it. The quilt has been used for moving furniture and sent to Scout camp with Joyce's son Graham when he was younger.
"My mother Ivy's mother was a very good sewer however she would not allow my mother to use the sewing machine (afraid the girls would damage the machine). As a result when my mother married and produced four children in four years she had to teach herself to sew in a hurry! She did household mending, embroidery, doilies & the like.
My mother used flour bags for our clothing. The printing was bleached out of them & our underclothes were made out of the calico fabric."
[Joyce Lacey 1998]

Joyce Lacey with quilt
Joyce Lacey with quilt
Charles & Ada Castle, Reg, Ruby, Amy, Ivy, Harry
Charles & Ada Castle, Reg, Ruby, Amy, Ivy, Harry
Eric & Ivy Campbell, Joyce, Joan & Jean, Keith
Eric & Ivy Campbell, Joyce, Joan & Jean, Keith

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