For the first time this year I made it to the Val d’Argent in France to visit the Carrefour Européen du Patchwork. We drove down on Wednesday afternoon to Colmar, where we were staying for the next few days. Colmar is an attractive town. We have been there before, but I had forgotten [...]
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My quilt Reflections arrived back from Birmingham today – very quick delivery. I wasn’t sure whether I would get to see the judges’ comments, so I was pleased to find an envelope pinned to the back of the quilt containing these two judging sheets. It’s the first time I’ve had any official [...] Yesterday we took the train down to Stuttgart to visit the Color Improvisations exhibition in the Haus der Wirtschaft. It is an exhibition of quilts that highlights the work of a group of quilters that have studied with Nancy Crow over a number of years. Nancy Crow is the curator and her co-director [...] This is me since 8:45 this morning, when I read this email: Your quilt is here and safe. Thank you! My quilt Colour Vortex has found its way out of the black hole and has arrived in time to be shown in Houston. I am one happy bunny with a big Cheshire cat [...] Big grins are turning me into a Cheshire Cat. Last night I received notification that my Colour Vortex quilt has been selected for inclusion in the special exhibit Text on Textiles 2010. It will be one of 31 quilts in the exhibit, which will premiere at International Quilt Market and Festival in Houston. The [...] It’s official. I have finished my C&G course. I’ve received two stiff tickets – don’t ask me why there were two. I’ve not got my head around that one yet. And I now have a student exhibition up on the Design Matters website. It is interesting to see the entire 2 1/2 years [...] Yesterday Frankfurt put on a really neat event for Sqeze’s birthday It started at 7 p.m. and went on until 2 a.m. In fact it is an annual event and just happened to fall on the 24th April this year. 47 museums in and around Frankfurt open up their doors and put on special [...] Yesterday we visited the Seurat Exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt. It must be the first time we’ve been to an exhibition not at the weekend or on a public holiday. It was still well visited, but was a more relaxed experience without the usual press of people all vying for room around [...] here is another link to an article about the Quilts 1700-2010 exhibition at the V&A. This time the article appeared on the Daily Mail website. The quilt referred to was made by a group of Girl Guides at the Changi prisoner of war camp in Singapore. One of the girls involved in the making, [...] Sorry about the title – it’s a bit naff imho, but that is what the Guardian chose to title the gallery of photos showing the work of inmates in Her Majesty’s Prisons. You can see the finished quilt ‘Wandsworth Quilt’ made by inmates at HMP Wandsworth that was produced on commission for the V&A [...] |
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