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.

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