As well as being brought in the luggage of those immigrating to Australia, patchwork quilts were made en route, on board ships bound for the colonies. This quilt, made by Prudence Jeffery, was sewn on board The Phoenix, a sailing ship that left Liverpool on 14 June 1857 and arrived in Melbourne on 26 November 1857. The quilt is a masterpiece of workmanship, as each hexagon measures only one centimetre in diameter, and is pieced over papers in the English tradition. The stitches, as well as the hexagons, are remarkable for their tiny scale.