Hands Across the Border 2017

The Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild  and The Irish Patchwork Society 2017  “Hands Across the Border 2017” was presented under the theme “Aurora”.

The NIPG was delighted with the attention and comments which this exhibition received, not just from the quilting community, but from non-quilters who visited the exhibition. Congratulations to each and everyone who had submitted a piece. Next Hands Across the Border is 2019.

Quilters and their friends made the trip from all parts of Ireland and left some really heartwarming comments, for which we thank you all.

Message from Ruth Bourke, Irish Patchwork Society Chair 2017.

Thank you to all who took part in our celebration of Aurora and a special thanks to the organisers of the exhibitions in The CHQ Building, Dublin and The Island Centre, Lisburn.
So much work goes into the preparation, hanging of the quilts and invigilation, it is very much appreciated.
Of course, a big thank you goes to all the quilt makers whose stunning and vibrant works were a joy to see hanging together!

Congratulations to Olena Pugachora from the Irish Patchwork Society  whose quilt, “Dance of the Goddess” was voted the visitors’ favourite. This is our featured image on this page and is pretty spectacular.  Hoping to add a selection of comments from visitors to this page soon.

A special thank you to our NIPG member Brian McKenna for these photographs which he took when the exhibition was in situ. If you would like to see more about each quilt, just click on the image and the name of the maker and title of the quilt should appear. Then scroll down slightly (or perhaps more, depending on the device you are using) to see what the maker has written about the quilt.

Ursula O’Sullivan “Birdsong”
Ursula O’Sullivan “Daybreak in Erris”
Elizabeth Brennan ‘New York Convergence’
Suzanne Pass “Green Horizon”
Anne Rowlands “Tangerine Burst”
Valerie Mulally “Midnight Moonlight”
Linda Hamilton ‘The light of dawn’
Mary Nolan Murphy “Aurora Flow”
Janet Kirkwood ‘Dawn at Dunluce Castle, Co Antrim
Nikki Foley ‘Aurora’
Martha Cromie ‘Spirit of Aurora’
Janet Kirkwood ‘Aurora’
Margaret McEvoy ‘Goosey feathers’
Jane Horner ‘Aura of flowers’
Irene McCarthy ‘Aurora’
Thérèse Roche “Celtic Dawn”
Madeline Jordan ‘Heaven’s above’
Joanna Harrington ‘Morning star’
Maria Bolton ‘The Lure of Northern Lights’
Sheila Cleary ‘Aurora’
Mary McCormick ‘Norwegian dusk’
Helen Heron ‘Aurora Queen of the night’
Ann Blachford ‘Poles apart’
Paula Rafferty “Brigid”
Hazel McCullagh ‘The Northern Lights’
Linda Cowbert ‘Aurora Goddess of the dawn’
Irene MacWilliam ‘Aurora’
Jayne McClenaghan ‘Aurora gone crazy’
Notifcation
Olena Pugachova “Dance of the Goddess”
Mari Moran “Revontulet ie Fox Fires”
Kelly Fogerty ‘Dawn Portmarnock Beach’
Anna E. Campbell ‘Scrappy Zappy Do-Aurora’
Anna Campbell ‘Aurora’
Tomomi McElwee “Falling”
Frances Shanahan “Donegal Lights”
Margaret McCrory ‘Aurora – Goddess of the dawn’
Maya Toscani “Princess Aurora-Sleeping Beauty”
Mary Maguire ‘Under an Artic sky’
Dearbhla O’Reilly “Circles of colour”
Paula Ellis “Spring Sunrise”
Esme Edwards ‘Aurora from the Knockagh Monument to Mossley Mill’
Felicity Aston The Donzerly Light
Ethleda Ellis ‘Princess Aurora’
Kate Hennessy ‘Indian dawn’
Imelda O’Grady “Northern Light”
Anne French ‘Enchanted Aurora’
Deborah Baillie ‘Aurora’
Evelyn Brady ‘Escape to infinity’
Sue Mulvihill
Loretta O’Brien “HWG ÉÓS”
Claire Lynch ‘Aurora-Alien Landscape’
Ruth Bourke ‘What the camera sees’
Gillian Killick ‘A new dawn’
Anne James “The Dawn of Time”
Gillian Barr ‘Catching the light’
Sheryl L. Cullen “Bearly Aurora”
Joy McCormack “Purple Dawn”
Maureen Kennedy ‘Greeting the morning’
Valerie McKeown Aurora
Suzanne Pass “Sunrise, sunrise”
Anne Hardcastle ‘Aurora’
Sharon Hughes ‘Southern Lights’
Louise Mullane “Northern Light”