January 2021 saw the beginning of a new Journal Quilt Challenge for Contemporary Quilt members. The brief was a little different from usual: no set theme, size or shape, but all 12 Journal Quilts had to be linked together to work as a single quilt. Continue reading
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Meet a Member – Sabi Westoby
StandardGet to know The Guild by meeting our talented members! We have interesting and inspiring members all over the country doing amazing sewing and we want you to be able to share their work.
Meet Sabi Westoby, a textile and mixed media artist who is also a member of Contemporary Quilt. Continue reading
‘Uncharted’: Challenged, Explored, Conquered!
StandardWe invite Janine Pound, the organiser of Contemporary Quilt‘s ‘Uncharted’ Challenge, to introduce us to the challenge and what to expect from CQ’s 20th Anniversary exhibition at The Festival of Quilts. Continue reading
Meet a Member: Khurshid Bamboat
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Meet Guild and Contemporary Quilt member, Khurshid Bamboat. Continue reading
Text and Context: Quilts and the Written Word
StandardIn honour of the 20th anniversary of the Special Interest Group, Contemporary Quilt, guest curator and Contemporary Quilt member Judy Fairless was invited to curate this year’s exhibition at The Festival of Quilts, featuring The Quilters’ Guild Museum Collection. Continue reading
Meet Contemporary Quilt
StandardAt exhibitions where our contemporary work is on display, the most common question posed is, ‘What is contemporary quilting?’ Continue reading
Meet a Member: Mike Wallace
StandardGet to know The Guild by meeting our talented members! We have interesting and inspiring members all over the country doing amazing sewing and we want you to be able to share their work.
Meet Guild and Contemporary Quilt member, Mike Wallace. Continue reading
Danny Amazonas at The Festival of Quilts
StandardDanny Amazonas is a Taiwanese fibre artist. His exhibition, ‘Vibrance in Larger Textured Life’, is at The Festival of Quilts at the NEC Birmingham from 18th-21st August 2022. Continue reading
Collection focus: ‘Suffolk Marshes’ by Jo Budd
Standard‘Suffolk Marshes’ is a recent acquisition to The Quilters’ Guild Museum Collection. This contemporary piece was made in 2006, and belongs to a series of work created by textile artist Jo Budd, in response to the landscape immediately surrounding her studio, and more specifically to the water meadow at the bottom of her garden, which regularly floods each year. Continue reading
Sarah Hibbert at the Festival of Quilts
StandardSarah Hibbert is a modern British quilter and Guild member. Her exhibition, Linen Works (sponsored by Lucky Spool), is at The Festival of Quilts at the NEC Birmingham from 18th-21st August 2022. Continue reading