after 5 weeks of drawing and embroyderie and 9 days of handquilting my version of the tristan quilt is finished.the tristan or guiccardini quilt is the oldest existing quilt of europe and was made about 1290 on sicilly in italy,there are two quilts known,one in florence and one in london in the royal victoria and albert museum,telling the story of tristan and isolde.i mixed them a bit.the originals are sewn on white linnen with beige and brown thread,my version is dark blue linnen with natural white cotton thread. it is 250x250cm big .have a nice rest of the week,susi
