Truagh Counterpane

This large wallhanging was one of my earliest quilts. It hung in the Irish Patchwork Society's Exhibition in 1987. It was also my first International venture and was part of the Irish Focus group at the first Expo Exhibition in Salzburg in 1988. It also featured on the front page of one of the early editions of the British Patchwork and Quilting magazine.

The wallhanging was inspired by a dramatic sunset behind Truagh hill as seen from my back window. The orange and pink rays of the sun were bursting through dark thunderclouds as the sun set behind the dark green hills.
I was intrigued by the possibility of capturing this scene using a traditional patchwork pattern. My choice of pattern was the Spider's Web which had sufficient flexibility to capture an abstract view of the scene.