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