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Share your quilts and their stories
Everyone is welcome to this Drop-In - bring your quilts or just come along to admire others' quilts, hear the stories and techniques behind them, or learn how to start your own hand-stitched quilt using the paper piece method.
On the final weekend of our current exhibition, Thrum, by Scottish artist Claire Barclay, we're celebrating the art of quilting, a process which Claire uses in her work.
Claire Barclay is a visual artist recognised for producing large-scale sculptural installations created in response to specific contexts. Her works are immersive sensory experiences that explore our interactions with materials and functionality. Claire has used enamelling, dyeing, quilting and embroidery in her sculptures.
We are inviting all quilt makers, from beginners to experienced, to share their quilts with us. During the Drop-In, we'd love you to show us your work, tell us about the techniques used, and why you made the quilt. Quilts are made for all sorts of reasons - as gifts, to tell a story, to celebrate a birth, or as a form of activism, for example - and we're excited to learn about your quilt.
If you allow us, we’d love to photograph your quilt to share with our online audiences.
The afternoon will be hosted by Rachel Fitzpatrick who is a textile artist working at the interface of art & design. Her sculptures have been exhibited globally and she has an international client base for her commercial work.
Rachel was first introduced to quilting during her studies at Ulster University. She utilised its slow-making methodologies embracing the repetitive processes as a way to relax and slow down during pregnancy. Through this, she became fascinated by various hand stitching quilting methods including ‘paper piece' quilting used to patch together pieces of fabric to create geometric shapes and patterns.
Materials will be provided for those who want to get started using the 'paper piece' method but please bring your own scissors if you can.
Image: A quilt made by Rachel Fitzpatrick for her daughter using paper piecing method with hexagons.
