No Entry: The Tale of Three Sisters
12" x 12"
Hand dyed cotton, stenciled and hand painted commercial cotton.
My friend and her two sisters were spending the day together in London, enjoying each others' company. This was the first time in twelve years that all three were in the same country at the same time. As they neared The Ritz Hotel they decided to stop in for a "proper afternoon tea". When attempting to enter the restaurant they were stopped and told that they could not be seated as they were wearing "inappropriate footwear"! Seems the hotel has a "no trainers" policy in any of their restaurants. In all fairness to The Ritz, the sisters were offered to borrow appropriate footwear in order to be served, but they declined and decided to find their tea elsewhere. Before they parted for the day, they took a photo to document their "inappropriate footwear". This quilt is based on that photo:
