A team of rural craft enthusiasts who are creating a quilt believe it will still be causing interest in 100 years' time.

It is being made by members of the Craft Works group, who live in Teesdale and meet weekly in Barnard Castle.

The quilt, featuring parts of the world visited by Teesdale people in the past, will go on show for the first time at an exhibition starting on Saturday, May 14.

Anne Noble, who is leading the project, said: "Some quilts on display at the event will be more than a century old, and we are certain they will gain a great deal of attention.

"But we think our new one, illustrating different parts of the world, will cause just as much interest in future and people will still be studying it a century from now."

The sections depict the Sahara desert, New Zealand mountains, Sydney Opera House, a jungle, Indian elephant, Egyptian pyramids and China.

They will be stitched together before the four-day exhibition opens, at the Methodist chapel at Newbiggin, in Teesdale.

The group has made two other quilts and a number have been borrowed from local residents.

Mrs Noble said: "There has always been a great tradition of quilt-making in the dale and we are proud to be helping to keep the art alive."