A patchwork quilt may bring police closer to identifying a little girl whose remains were found in a suitcase dumped in the South Australian bush.

The quilt was found with the child's skeletal remains and clothing near Wynarka, in the state's south east, almost two weeks ago.

A quilt found with the remains of a child in a suitcase in Wynarka. Credit:SA Police

Police released images of the badly degraded, colourful quilt on Sunday hoping it would help them identify the little girl.

She is believed to be aged between two-and-a-half and four, had fair hair and could have died up to eight years ago.