Yesterday I went to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham.
It was a huge show and it was jammed packed full of inspiring stuff to see, have ago at (if you’d booked in advance) and to buy.
It was the first year that I was aware that many people had travelled from far afield to be here. As I walked around I could identify Dutch, Belgian, French and Spanish accents.
It gave me a fresh feeling of gratitude to have it on my doorstep and so easily accessible.
I did my star spotting as promised – Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett and Jane Brocket.
(That’s my friend pointing out Jane Brocket there)
And admired many quilts along the way. I should have bought a programme and then I could have described the different categories of quilt and given exact details – hey ho.
(I do remember that the top left is a detail of Stephanie Redfern’s award-winning quilt.)
The word ‘quilt’ covers all manner of fabric expressions from the very traditional and formal…
Chris and Genna’s wedding quilt (512)
through to wearable and three-dimensional work…
to Art Quilts which were as much a piece of wall art as a piece of cloth.
- All That Glitters (238)
The Cotton Patch had a huge stand (that’s where all the big names were signing their books) and lots of merchandise to inspire you to have ago yourself.
Photograph’s don’t do justice to the colour and detail of the workmanship in all these quilts. I took 365 photo’s yesterday so this really is only a little bit here. Kaffe Fassett had his own mini exhibition of quilts but I’m saving them for tomorrow – it takes a long time to do all these mosaic’s and my tummy’s rumbling – off for some supper!
