Jack's Quilt

You saw the pile of fabrics I had collected together

on a previous post? Here is Jack's Quilt pieced together.

It is now ready for quilting.

The inspiration for the colours and design came from

the Blue and Green Quillow on the right of this post.

I took it outside to photograph because I couldn't

get higher enough to photograph all of it.

Jack's Quilt is a large single.

See more of my quilts on y website.

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Bess of Hardwick

Last week I had the pleasure of going to The Methwold Ladies Group

to listen to Professor Jeff Handcock speaking about

Bess of Hardwick Hall.

'Bess', not 'Elizabeth' due to Elizabeth the 1st being

on the throne at this time in Tudor England.

The Professor put Bess's life in context with Tudor English history

and made her 83 years of entrepreneurial life come alive.

I have visited Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire and marvelled

at the tapestries, panelled walls, collections, vast embroideries and garden.

Above is the guidebook written for The National Trust full

of some wonderful photographs and insights to the Hall.

See two videos I have put on my website about Hardwick Hall and

Bess's life. They are very interesting.

www.art2inspire.co.uk/bess