I'm not very good at updating my blog, but this is a brilliant example of why I should...... One of my previous textile pieces was based on my family ancestors, the Blounts of Sodington. Whilst googling, Nicola (her job description is Research & Conservation of Historic Textiles) found my blog and contacted me. She sent me a copy of the article below which is a historic embroidery by Mary, Duchess of Norfolk who was a Blount descended from the same Sodington line as me! In fact Mary and I are second cousins 8X removed (but I didn't get a title)! How fantastic is this? Before I've even had the chance to see these embroideries in real life, I've already had tonnes of ideas and inspiration for next years projects (even if I had said I was trying to avoid historical influences - for a change) but I can't resist this!
