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