I've enjoyed a lovely morning and lunchtime wandering round Ilfracombe but later in the afternoon decided to get in the car and make for Arlington Court, a National Trust property in a most remote and beautiful spot. It was the home of the Chichester family until 1949 when the unmarried daughter of the house left it to the National Trust.
I was pleased on my tour of the house to see two patchwork quilts. Earlier in the day I saw a small crazy quilt in a pram at the museum. My children were pushed in just such a pram. Meanwhile an exhibition at the theatre displayed textile pieces by Sandy Campbell,
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| Textile piece by Sandy Campbell |
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1890 quilt made locally. The silks are disintegrating.
Some fabrics date from a century before. |
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| Quilt made by Mrs Page in the early 20th century |
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| Fragile silks |
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| Fussy cutting |
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