Hi, there is a strong quilting tradition in Northern Scotland. There is evidence from the Hebrides that warriors used to wear a heavily quilted tunic. Also the oldest example of 'log cabin' patchwork anywhere was found in an 18th century Scottish quilt. The Quilters Guild of the British Isles has a Scottish branch and there are quilting groups on Orkney and on the mainland. Caithness Quilters meet once a month either in Wick or Thurso and held an excellent exhibition in Wick library a couple of years ago. In quilting terms however Orkney is most famous for being the birthplace and inspiration of Sheena Norquay - one of Britain's best quilters. Her work is mostly inspired by Orcadian folklore, land and sea scapes. Her quilts can be found represented on greeting and post cards at The Workshop, St Margaret's Hope (they also have lots of other artistic goodies). She is not a professional quilter and unfortunately does not have a web site. Anne-Marie > Hi All - > I'm finally getting my wish to go to Orkney - yayyy! I arrive in Glasgow Mar 23, Orkney April 1. Is there any sort of a quilting heritage in Northern Scotland or the Isles? And what is Orkney cloth? (from the banking video website.) > Cheers - > Charlie Anne Petersen > Port Townsend, Washington USA > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

Thank you Anne-Marie, that is really helpful. I've seen pictures of Sheena Norquay's work, she is fabulous. Charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne-Marie Tye" <annemarie.tye@btinternet.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Quilting? > Hi, > there is a strong quilting tradition in Northern Scotland. There is > evidence from the Hebrides that warriors used to wear a heavily quilted > tunic. Also the oldest example of 'log cabin' patchwork anywhere was found > in an 18th century Scottish quilt. The Quilters Guild of the British Isles > has a Scottish branch and there are quilting groups on Orkney and on the > mainland. Caithness Quilters meet once a month either in Wick or Thurso and > held an excellent exhibition in Wick library a couple of years ago. > > In quilting terms however Orkney is most famous for being the birthplace and > inspiration of Sheena Norquay - one of Britain's best quilters. Her work is > mostly inspired by Orcadian folklore, land and sea scapes. Her quilts can > be found represented on greeting and post cards at The Workshop, St > Margaret's Hope (they also have lots of other artistic goodies). She is not > a professional quilter and unfortunately does not have a web site. > > Anne-Marie > > > > Hi All - > > I'm finally getting my wish to go to Orkney - yayyy! I arrive in Glasgow > Mar 23, Orkney April 1. Is there any sort of a quilting heritage in Northern > Scotland or the Isles? And what is Orkney cloth? (from the banking video > website.) > > Cheers - > > Charlie Anne Petersen > > Port Townsend, Washington USA > > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >