were worked. The scalloped edge is a series of floral shapes, finely stitched and added as a border on the completion of the front of the quilt, probably after the flannelette backing had been added. The panels depict scenes from the farming life of the Hampson family and the nearby villages. There are loved cows with the names "Polly" and "Kitty" and a pair of horses named "Bell" and "Colin". A thirteen hour clock bears the words "Lost time is never found again". The individual patches are rich with homilies, cautionary tales, theological virtues and proverbs, and "exhortations to decorous moral and social behaviour". These include: "when a woman throws herself at a man's head, she seldom hits the mark" "Don't spoil good tea in the making" "Faith, Hope and Charity" "Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away" The quilt was displayed on the wall of the Fitzpatrick Inn until the late 1980s. It was then not seen for a number of years. When it was discovered, it was found in a room with a dead rat on the centre. The quilt was acquired for the national collection by the National Gallery of Australia, with the assistance of the Australian Textiles Fund 1990. Legacy The quilt was included in the national touring exhibition Everyday Art: Australian Folk Art which "celebrated the glories of everyday objects". Included in the tour was the Tasmanian Museum and Gallery in Hobart in 1999. At the time, it was called the "Hampson Quilt". To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Westbury Quilt, the craftswomen of the towns of Westbury, Hagley and Whitemore joined together to create a new quilt. Named the "Millennium Quilt", it is now on permanent display at the Meander Valley Council Chambers in Deloraine. Further reading Rolfe, Margaret. (1987). Patchwork quilts in Australia. Richmond, Vic: Greenhouse. References External links Australiana magazine, August 1998 Image of the Westbury Quilt, Artsearch, National Gallery of Australia Image and details of the Westbury Quilt, National Gallery of Victoria 1868 births 1944 deaths 1873 births 1950 deaths 20th-century Australian artists 20th-century Australian women artists 20th-century textile artists 20th-century women textile artists Australian textile artists Australian embroiderers Quilters Sibling duos Sisters