Quilt No.935HS - Helen Sparkman
Description:
Hexagon quilt made from dressmaking scraps, nearly all woollen. The hexagons measure 150mm. It is hand stitched.
1170 x 1100mm
1170 x 1100mm
History:
This quilt was made by Helen Sparkman (born 1949) in the late 1960s. It was her first quilt and is still owned by her. Helen is the great grand- daughter of Matilda Pitt and great neice of Clara May Pitt whose quilts have been registered.
Story:
Helen remarked that she thought quilting and hexagons were synonymous and that she naturally followed her great aunt Clara and chose hexagons as her first project.
Helen Sparkman 1990
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