October, 2026

Northern Quilts 20 oct 202622 oct 2026

Time

20 October 2026 10:00 - 22 October 2026 16:00(GMT+00:00)

Location

Tullie

Castle Street

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Event Details

For three days only, a rare opportunity to see 16 incredible quilts from the Tullie collection which have not been on public display for over 20 years. 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.

Included with admission.

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