Two days at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, two days to travel back and forth, tons of quilts in my head, loads of posivite feelings and millions of impressions - that´s what I´ve got from my visit to Birmingham.
Again, I met the loveliest people like Margaret, Maureen and Evelyn, three ladies from the English Quilter´s Guild, staying at the same Bed&Breakfast and taking me to and fro the Exhibition each day. And I experienced some strange but positive encounters during those two days. Next year I will visit for all four days, that´s for sure.
As there were severeal categories for the quilts to be entered I thought it´s best to present them in those categories, too. Should you have a question to any of the pictures, please let me know - otherwise just google the names or artists if you would like to know more about them.
Well, first of all, my favourite quilt from this Festival: Susan Chapman with "The Building of New York" - when I stepped into the aisles I looked at it and there it was, really, believe me: Love at first sight!
And the Judge´s comment is totally my impression of this quilt, too: "I just love this interpretation of a well known photo. Touch of humour and characterization. Simplicity of Line. Hilary Gooding"
Of course, there were lots of winners and lots of single exhibitions that I was not able to cover - but you can look them up at the homepage of the Festival of Quilts, is worth the time.
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| Susan Chapman_The Building of New York |
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| Susan Chapman_The Building of New York_Detail |
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| Susan Chapman_The Building of New York_Detail |
ART Quilts
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| Aran Illingworth_Black Tuesday |
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| Charlotte Mankin_Sail Away |
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| Freda Haylett_Singularity |
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| Heidi Drahota_Protected Rooms |
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| Helen Lynch_Fractured |
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| Helen Lynch_Fractured_Detail |
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| Herma de Ruiter_What remains is love |
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| Kathy Unwin_Remembering_Detail |
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| Kathy Unwin_Remerbering Times Past and Future |
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| Lia Meiborg_Textile Graffity |
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| Lia Meiborg_Textile Graffity_Detail |
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| Linzi Upton_Shield Maiden |
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| Lorene Horner_Fractalization |
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| Maggie Farmer_Mistral |
CONTEMPORARY Quilts
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| Alison Garrett_Women and Thoughts of 3 |
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| Alison Garrett_Women and Thoughts of 3_Detail |
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| Alison Garrett_Women and Thoughts of 3_Detail |
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| Bernadette Mayr_Shells of the Southsea |
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| Carolina Asmussen_Botanical Garden |
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| Linzi Upton_Beezlebub Detail |
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| Linzi Upton_Beezlebub |
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| Liz Heywood_Coastal Drift |
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| Maria Spiller_Raindrops |
GROUP Quilts
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| Cowslip Workshops_Dancing with Daisies |
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| Cowslip Workshops_Dancing with Daisies_detail |
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| Cowslip Workshops_Dancing with Daisies_detail |
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| HMP Bullingdon Boys_Two Man Cell |
Quilt CREATIONS
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| Catriona Warburton_A Quest Story |
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| Julia Shay_Hippary Japanese Field Jacket |
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| Julia Shay_Hippary Japanese Field Jacket_back |
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| Miesje Chafer_Dotty_back |
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| Miesje Chafer_Dotty |
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| Pam Morris_Nelly |
I will post Part Two tomorrow and Part Three in two days - that gives you the chance to "digest" the quilts in bits...... See you soon!
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