Ann Ludbrook, of the York Quilt Museum and Gallery, examines an Irish crazy coverlet made in 1880.
The item is part of a new exhibition of quilts from the British Isles, one of three displays scheduled for the autumn at the museum in Peasholme Green. The main exhibition of then three highlights quiltmaking in some of Britain’s more remote areas, like the Channel and Farne Islands and the Isle of Wight. Additionally, there will be a tenth anniversary exhibition from By Design and some traditional patchwork made by members of the Traditional Quilt Group.
Among the quilts brought together at the museum are an example by the wife of a lighthousekeeper on the Farne Islands, and another from the home of an Irish shepherd.
• Quilts From The British Isles runs until December 3, Structured, by the By Design group, can be seen until October 29 and How Times Have Changed, by the Traditional Quilt Group, is on from November 1 until December 3.
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