Quilt No.313JL - Joyce Lacey

1840 x 1220mm
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'.
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]



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