A rare opportunity to see 16 incredible quilts from the Tullie collection
These quilts, which have not been on public display for over 20 years, will be available to view for three days only.
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Highlights include:
A medallion patchwork quilt stitched by Betty Ballas of Appleby as her wedding quilt, in 1790.
A Georgian wholecloth quilted bedcover made by the famous Northumbrian stitcher Joseph Hedley, known as “Joe the Quilter”.
A quilt made from Suffolk puffs, stitched by the pupils of the Robert Ferguson Senior School as a gift for their headmaster in the 1930s / 1940s, using local textiles from Fergusons Fabrics and the Bucks shirt factory.
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Tullie, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP
