A hand-embroidered take on a traditional quilt block, stitched with a thousand-year old stitch. Wool on linen, 7.5x7.5 inches, ready to frame, hang on the wall, or use as a table centerpiece.

Flying Geese quilts create a clever movement effect by sewing triangles next to each other— many show the geese all flying in one line up a quilt, while this block is a different take. Quilts from as far back at the 1700s use this popular pattern.

The Bayeux stitch is a couching stitch usually done in wool, and is the main stitch used in the Bayeux Tapestry (not actually a tapestry!). It’s a giant 230 foot-long embroidery that dates back to 11th century in England, made to commemorate the Norman Conquest in 1066.

By using a stitch technique that’s over nine centuries old and combining it with more “modern” but still centuries-old quilting designs, these pieces create an interesting conversation of inherited skills and stories.