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Mary, Queen of Scots was born in Scotland on December 8, 1542.  Her parents were King James V of Scotland and the King's second wife (from France), Marie of Guise.   She is pictured above at age seven. Of all six of his children, Mary was the only child to outlive him who was legitimate of birth. At the age of six-days-old, Mary's father, the King, died.  As he had been on his death bed at the time of her birth, he never even saw his new daughter.  Nevertheless, at six days of age, Mary became the Queen of Scotland and the newest ruler from the House of Stuart.   A Reagent would rule in her place until she was older. Mary was sent to school in France, where she was taught many things including embroidery and other textile arts.  She loved needlework and had quite a talent for the beautiful variety of complicated and expressive stitches.   She was a lifelong fan of embroidery and would come to lean on her artistic abilities through her life as ...

Hi there!  This post of quilts will be the last of the Houston Quilt Show pictures.  They were not in the contest this year, but were parts of several exhibits, of which I missed about 95%. (Sorry, no label for this fabulous quilt...) \ Well, I think that is all of them.  This last post was a little crazy, but so was I as I was tiring and stumbling around, LOL!  It's been fun for me...I really take advantage of all the pictures to really study the quilts at my own pace.  It's too hard to do that during the show sometimes. In stitches, Teresa   :o)