The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles – Region 1 LONDON

'Our Patch'

 

The Region 1 Newsletter

 

Last updated 2nd August 2008

 

Members of the Quilters Guild living in Region 1 automatically receive copies. Members of the Guild from other Regions may subscribe to Our Patch for a fee by contacting us qgr1@yahoo.com

 

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Lucy Poloniecka

Newsletter Production Editor   lucy@poloniecka.co.uk

 

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Contributions are welcome from all Guild members. Material sent to the editors for publication may also be used on the website unless the author specifically requests otherwise. Views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles. Please remember that articles in this Newsletter are copyright and may not be reproduced without the editor's permission.

 

Carole Thompson’s new Region 1 Banner for St Anthony’s Hall, York

 

Photos from March Regional Day 2008

Our new Banner at Show and Tell with Jane Steward on the left and Carole Thompson on the right

2008/9 Raffle Quilt

Our spectacular new Region 1 Raffle quilt has been designed and made by Barbara Laine and will be on show at various venues and at Regional Days.  Look out for further details on the website and in Our Patch

 

Canadian Red Cross Quilts

 

Jean Hammond’s talk at March regional day has raised a lot of interest in these historic quilts. Jackie Maxwell of Region 2, and trader with Grandmother’s Workbox, has a request.

If members are travelling to Canada, would they look out for information on Red Cross quilts. Quilters often drift into quilt shops and textile or local museums. If you find yourself in a likely place, can you remember to ask about the quilts? Other organisations that sent quilts are the IODE (the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire) and Bundles for Britain. So much information has been lost about these quilts, and Jackie is keen to add to her own research.

If you do find out anything that you think would interest Jackie, please contact her on  BromleyAv@aol.com

 

The Quilters’ Guild Acquisition Policy

               

Since 2001, the Quilters’ Guild’s collection at Halifax has been a registered museum. As part of this registration the Guild has an acquisition policy which was reviewed in 2005 and now runs until 2010.

The Guild focuses on collecting quilts and related items from the British Isles to represent a broad range of styles, techniques and regional influences up to the present day. It also collects ethnic non-British items that have influenced the development of patchwork, quilting and appliqué in the British Isles; items relating to the production of patchwork and quilting; fabric samples of value as a resource for dating quilts and modern quilts that are outstanding examples of best practice.

Over the years, the quilt collection has grown to over 500 items due in great part to the generosity of a number of private donors who have given their quilts and other items into the care of the Guild’s museum. Sadly, the Guild cannot accept everything that is offered not only on grounds of space but also because the items may not accord with the collecting policy set out above by not being relevant to the study of British quilt heritage. For example, quilts from the United States do not fit into the collection on that basis. Also the Guild has a duty to ensure that items in poor condition that cannot be stored or cared for properly or that are duplicates of existing collection pieces are not added to the collection.

Once the collections have been moved to St Anthony’s Hall, York there will be a little more storage space but the Guild will still have to work to their Acquisition Policy.

Anyone who has a quilt that they would like to donate to the Guild should, in the first instance, contact the Guild curator Rachel Terry rachel@quiltersguild.org.uk Any such kind offer will then be considered by the Collections committee before acceptance and other museums and institutions with quilt collections may also be consulted at this stage. The Guild’s Collections committee does not want to appear ungrateful when the decision is taken to turn things down but, practically, it is impossible to provide a home for everything.

 

Bridget Long

Member of the Collections Management Committee

December 2007

 

Pearls, Pearls, Pearls

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles all current members are invited to submit two images of one new piece of their work based on the topic ‘Pearls, Pearls, Pearls’.

Selected pieces will be displayed at the Quilt Museum and Gallery, St. Anthony’s Hall, York from 29th April 2009 to 30th August 2009.

                Rules

                There is no restriction on the size of the work but it should not have been exhibited anywhere previously. 

The work can be a joint effort but all participants must be listed and all must be current members of QGBI.

The selection will be made by a qualified quilt judge, the Museum Director, the Museum Curator and the President of QGBI.  Their decision will be final.

Closing date for entry forms and two images on a CD is 1st March 2009.

A fee of £15, payable to QGBI (Exhibition), should accompany the application.

Selection will take place early in March and notification will be made to all applicants by 14th March 2009.

 

 

Pearls, Pearls, Pearls

 

Name                                      ____________________________________________

Address                       ____________________________________________

                                                 ____________________________________________

Post code                  ________________

Email address            ____________________________________________

Telephone                 _____________________________

Membership Number            _______________________

Details of Exhibit

Title of Work  ____________________________________________

Width cms                 ______________               Length cms        _____________

Value of work for insurance purposes     £____________

 

Please provide a statement to accompany your work at the exhibition.   This may include inspiration and techniques used, hand or machine quilted, etc (not more than 50 words) attach additional sheet if necessary

 _________________________________________________________

 _________________________________________________________

 _________________________________________________________

Closing date 1stt March 2009

Return entry form with fee plus a CD showing 1 full size and 1 close up of the work to:

Exhibition Officer (York)

Quilt Museum and Gallery, St. Anthony’s Hall, Peasholme Green, York, YO17PW.

Please keep a copy of this form for your own reference                               

 

Project Linus Update

Hello, I’ve just taken over from Ann Fordham as President of Project Linus UK and my local patch is Nottingham and Derby. You may not already know your local co-ordinators:

North London   Eileen Head      0208 366 5603  wellieseileen@talktalk.net

S.E. Lond          Belinda Greenwood 01322 402700 belinda.greenwood@ntlworld.com    

                   Sandra Anderson   0208 3039430 Sandra.whalesby@btinternet.com

                   & Linda Higgins 0208 303 6131 who does knitted blankets

The last 3 are new and from Bexley where they also cover NW Kent. Eileen has delivered nearly 200 quilts since I took over in September. Thanks to all those of you who have contributed to this total. These go to hospitals, homes, refuges and anywhere else that sick and traumatised children can be cheered and comforted. I am always heartened by the appreciation of your efforts expressed by the children, their parents and carers. They are often amazed that people would make such beautiful quilts to give away.

Thanks also to those of you who contributed blocks to the Animal Alphabet theme at the Festival of Quilts. We received about 4,000 blocks in all and many completed quilts. Others took bags of blocks away to make up for their local collection. Next year’s theme is ‘All that Jazz’ with teenagers in mind. This time we are making 9” finished blocks.

You will see that not all of your region is covered by our co-ordinators. In fact, for such a populous area, London is very poorly covered, putting pressure on those who are involved. What we would like to do is to have more co-ordinators, each taking a smaller area. Helping Linus should be a pleasure not a pain, so we don’t want people to feel that they have to do more than they can comfortably cope with. If you feel you could help in some small way, please contact me for further information.

 

Best wishes

Lyn Antill

01773 530388   lyn.antill@ntlworld.com

 

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