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.

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