Joe the Quilter at Beamish

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”