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.

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