Voices Plus - Quilt Art Exhibition

I almost missed this exhibition by the Quilt Art group, but just managed to squeeze in a visit on it's very last day at the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale. And what a beautiful exhibition it was with some very diverse work by an international group of quilt artists. In a statement they say that " The aim of the group is to extend the boundaries of quilting as an artistic medium and achieve wider recognition of the quilt as a contemporary art form". Here are some of my favourites.

Jette Clover

Yael David Cohen

Val Jackson

Mirjam Pet-Jacobs

And my absolute favourite was Elizabeth Brimelow.

Voices is a touring exhibition and has now moved to The Brindley in Runcorn.

Antique Textile Fair Part 3: Quilt

This is my last post about the Antique Textile fair that I went to in early March. The most expensive item I bought was a quilt and I did have a bit of a should I shouldn't I moment about whether to buy it or not. In some way it's not the most prettiest of quilts, it is quite plain but there is just something about it that I really like. It is Kantha quilted so is covered in small colourful stitches, it also has lovely little random patches of patterned fabrics. Apologies again for the amount of photographs, and this is just a few, again it was something that looked good from different angles.

I think this quilt has a real story to tell but I don't know what it is, perhaps I will make one up for it.