Iron Lace — Autumn EILEEN CAMPBELL, KEW, VIC Cotton fabrics. Machine appliqué, embroidery and quilting. 144 cm H x 146 cm W At the time of Federation, iron lace was still very much in vogue. The iron lace across the top is from a 1901 catalogue. Gardens mainly featured flowers from ‘home’: here creeper, prunus, chrysanthemums and asters. Tiny blue wrens tell you it is Australia.