- Bib ID:
- 3048056
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Rooney, Mary-anne, 1956-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2003
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 65 min.)
- Series:
- Tradition bearers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mary-anne Rooney, a teacher and quilter from Spring Gully, near Bendigo,Victoria recalls her family background at Cahuna, Vic.; her tertiary education at the Bendigo Teachers College, Vic. and University of Melbourne; learning to quilt with the Strathdale (Vic.) Quilters; the philosophy of quilting; social aspects of quilting; training techniques; ratio of hand quilters to machine quilters, some doing both; the process of quilting; basic concepts of quilting in relation to history, etc.; patchwork quilting styles, noting the influence of America on Australian styles; charity quilt projects, such as Canberra bush fire victims, Bali victims; Sept. 11, Kosovo refugees; Kosovo quilt project; teaching quilting skills; varing attitudes of quilters in regard to traditional methods; philosophy of tradition function of quilting versus traditional methods.
- Notes:
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- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.)
- Subject:
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- Occupation:
- Quiltmakers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Dodsworth, Graham, interviewer
- Related Records:
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