The Quilters’ Guild of the
British Isles – Region 1
Quilt and Textile Related Events
Last updated 6th
March 2010
Quilters’ Guild events in Red Type
If you know of a quilting or textile related event
that might be of interest in or near the
Now Showing
24th
November-13th March
Alice Kettle: Allegory. Crafts Study Centre, University for the
Creative Arts,
From December 2009 – Mid
2010
The Tristan Quilt at the V and A
will be on show in room 9 of the new Medieval Galleries, Victoria and Albert
Museum, South Kensington
2010
9th
January – 20th March
The Celtic Fringe.
Wholecloths of Wales and
19th February – 1st
May
Mrs Delaney and her Circle. Mrs.
Delany, née Mary Granville (1700-1788), was a significant figure in the
practice of natural history in Georgian England and, in the words of Edmund
Burke, "the woman of fashion of all ages”.
This exhibition, organised with the Yale Centre for British Art,
Sir John Soane’s Museum, 13
6th-7th
March
Puddleducks/Quercus Quilt
show.
7th March 2010
THE TEXTILE SOCIETY’S
Antique and Vintage Costumes and Textiles.
Armitage Centre,
10
– 4.30 (trade 8.30)
£6
(Trade £10) £4 full time students and snr citizens
www.textilesociety.org.uk or phone
Deborah Roberts 077193 47512
The society will
be holding their first London Textile Fair on 26 September 2010 at
12th-14th
March
Spring
Quilt Festival, Westpoint Exhibition Centre,
13th
March to 31st
14th-15th
March
Contemporary
Textiles Fair, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington. http://www.landmarkartscentre.org/whats-on/visual-arts.html#visual100314
10-5. Supported by
Selvedge Magazine
18th to 21st
March STITCH AND CRAFT SHOW at
020 8692 2299 http://www.twistedthread.com
20th March
Quilters
Guild of the British Isles, Region 1,
20th
March -4th July 2010
Quilts
at the
Quilts are
valued as objects of solace and comfort, representing warmth, safekeeping,
beauty and our ancestral past. As vessels for individual and collective
memories, they also document love and marriage, births and deaths, periods of
intense patriotic fervour and developments in taste
and fashion. The extraordinary variety of each object testifies to the
skill of its maker, challenging the assumption that stitching is simply 'women's
work'.
This exhibition will showcase the V&A's
collection of patchwork and quilted covers to bring together over 300 years of
British quilting history, from the spectacular bed hangings and silk coverlets
of the 18th century, to the creative reinvention of the quilt by contemporary
artists.
Each quilt has a unique story to tell, revealed
under the broader themes of consumerism, luxury and utility, creativity and
confinement, taste, the domestic interior, travel, national and regional
identity, and commemmoriation. The exhibition will
celebrate the astonishing vision involved in the design and making of each
quilt, and attempt to unravel some of the complex and individual narratives
embedded in its history
http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/future_exhibs/Quilts/index.html
Curators
Blog http://www.vam.ac.uk/things-to-do/blogs/quilts-hidden-histories-untold-stories/home
26th-28th
March
Quilters Guild AGM,
26th-28th
March
Spring
Quilt Festival, Chilford Hall Vineyard, Linton,
27th March- 3rd
July
Inspired
by the Past: Traditional Practice and Contemporary Conversations. Breakthrough by Contemporary Quilt
9th-11th April
Quilts in the Garden, Trentham, Stoke on
16th April to 29th May 2010
Further info: Lucy Poloniecka;
email exhibition@londonquilters.org.uk;
website londonquilters.org.uk
Sat 17 April 2010
QUAGGY QUILTERS’ 4TH EXHIBITION. St Laurence Church
Hall,
17th &
18th April THE CHALFONT PATCHWORK & QUILTING SHOW
17th April 10 a.m to
5p.m 2010
l 8th April 10 a.m to 4 p.m 2010
St Joseph'a Catholic primary school SL0 8SB details Meg Sheppee
01494 873533 region 7
7 - 9
May,
RICHMOND AND KEW QUILTERS, Exhibition 2010, Landmark Centre,
Opening hours 10 am - 5pm. Tickets £3.00
Over 100 quilts in a beautiful venue. Refreshments available,
quilt-related traders, craft stall and bric –a- brac stall. Contact Avril Horne
for information avril_horn@hotmail.com
13th-16th May
Quilts
21st-23rd
May
Wimbledon International Quilters' Show, 21-23 May,
5th June
Quilters Guild of the British Isles, Region 1,
11th-12th June
Quilt Symposium,
18th-20th
June
National
Quilt Championships. Sandown Exhibition
Centre, Esher,
12th July- 27th
September 2010
Quilts
at the College 2. An exhibition of work
by
30, 31July
& 1st Aug
MAIDSTONE QUILT SHOW at The Friars, Aylesford ME20 7BX, £3 entrance, starts 10am. The event is a
fundraiser for the Heart of Kent Hospice.
For an entry
form and more details go to: www.hearty-quilters.blogspot.com
19th-22nd
August
Festival
of Quilts, NEC
3rd-5th
September
3rd-5th
September 2010
Quilts
at Hever. Hever Challenge – My Favourite
Artist. Further
details to follow.
24th-26th
September
Scottish
Quilt Championships, MacRobert Pavilions, Royal
Highland Showground, Ingliston,
2nd October
Quilters
Guild of the British Isles, Region 1,
9th October
Shirley
Quilters Biennial Exhibition,
29th-31st
October
Malvern
Autumn Quilt Festival Three Counties Showground
WR13 6NW Challenge – Flying
High. Details from Grosvenor Exhibitions 01775
712100/01775 722900
email emma.cooling@btconnect.com. www.grosvenorexhibitions.co.uk
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