Joyous Garde

Bamburgh Castle - Traditional Location of Lancelot's Castle
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106 Guenivere
Bits and pieces about Guenivere, the last known wife of Arthur, have come to us.  Her colors were green and white however, the quilt block that bears her name will work in any color combination and in many settings.

 

260 Lancelot
Quilters will love this extremely versatile quilt design with the four small "hidden" hearts.  Very easy to piece Lancelot will be wonderful in any color combination and setting.

 

 

579 Queens Crown
A delicate and lacy design in any color combination or setting.  The full 20" size enables all appliqué techniques too!

 

464 Joyous Garde
The romantic refuge of Guenivere and Lancelot!  Quarter blocks will rotate into elaborate medallions, borders and more!  This is one that quilters will love!

 

 

472 Sand Castles
Extremely easy and fantastic all over settings!  This is a must do design! 

 

 

 

695  Tristan
A very dimensional appearing design that is extremely easy to sew whether you choose traditional templates or paper piecing!
 

696 Isolt
This is a very delicate appearing design but it is a solid performer that will work extremely well in any color combination you might desire.  Exceptionally easy to sew and fast in paper piecing!
 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bamburgh Castle-Joyous Garde
In 547 it became the capital of the Northumbrian 'Kingdom' of the Angles who had settled there in the early part of the sixth century; as such, it would have been a stronghold of the Saxon alliance, who were Arthur's prime enemies in his fight to maintain British rule. At the time, the site was not called Bamburgh, but seems to have been named 'Din Guayrdi', which may have suggested Joyous Garde to Sir Thomas Mallory, who first described it as Lancelot's holding in his fifteenth-century Arthurian 'novel', Le Morte d'Arthur.
This is the probable site of Sir Lancelot's famous castle of Joyous Garde, where he once gave refuge to Tristan and Iseult, and where he himself retired to escape the rumors of his liaison with Arthur's Queen.

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