“The Carnival Is Over” by Paula Rafferty Ireland
As well as being inspired by the first quilt, I have also looked to my past and the old castles I climbed as a child. The background is photo transfers of old maps from where I lived as a child, overlaid with images of one of the castles than I used to climb, Claremont Castle. The quote, machine quilted, is from a song that holds a very strong emotional memory for me, “The Carnival is Over” by “The New Seekers”, when I hear it, tears always come.