Joseph Hedley, known as Joe the Quilter, was an 18th-century individual who made his living from quilting. Joe had worked first as a tailor and later as a quilter. Very sadly, he met a violent end – he was murdered in his small cottage in Northumberland. The murder case remains unsolved to this day. HeContinueContinue reading “Joe the Quilter at Beamish”
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Sewing loose covers – and the kindness of strangers
My daughter and son-in-law have moved to the South-East of England and last weekend I went down by train to visit. I had made a promise to make a new slip-cover for their wing chair while I was there. My daughter had gone to some trouble to find suitable furnishing fabric, and in end hadContinueContinue reading “Sewing loose covers – and the kindness of strangers”
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