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