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