Yorkshire and Proud Part One - Inspiration from the Local Landscape
I was born in Leeds and though I have travelled a lot in the past, my home is now in Ilkley, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. My friends would say that I have a fairly strong Northern accent and I see myself very much as a Yorkshire lass: I am pretty hardy in cold weather, I love a brisk walk on the wild moors just like the Brontë sisters many moons ago, and I drink a lot of tea. A lot of my recent quilt art has been directly inspired by the landscape that surrounds my home. First up are the very famous Cow and Calf rocks on Ilkley Moor. These huge formations are made of millstone grit and...