Hands Across the Border 2019 “Ruby Serendipity” Quilts

On Saturday 4th May 2019 in the Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, Lady Mary Peters officially launched the 2019 Hands Across the Border Exhibition. [This event is hosted biennially by The Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild and The Irish Patchwork Society’s. ]

In 2019 NIPG were the hosts coinciding with NIPG celebrating their 40th anniversary. In honour of which, the theme nominated was ‘Ruby Serendipity’.

The exhibition was a resounding success, with many positive comments. The current Chair, Paula Ellis and her committee did an amazing job in getting the exhibition together. The venue was excellent and having Lady Mary Peters to do the honours at the opening contributed to making the NIPG’s 40 Celebrations really exciting. [As if having a Kaffe Fassett talk and Workshop weren’t enough].

NIPG and IPA meet monthly in their respective locations, and consist of a diverse group of members, with a common interest in fabric, traditional/modern patchwork and quilting. The patchworks exhibited reflect a wide range of interpretations, including various colours, techniques, fibres and fabric.

  • HATB 2019 Clare Taggart with Lady Mary Peters
  • HATB 2019 Marea Mulqueen IPS “Sunrise-Sunset”
  • HATB 2019 Loretta O’Brien IPS “My Ruby in Rails for my Web Development”
  • HATB 2019 Kathleen Forde IPS “Sunlight Through the Trees”
  • HATB 2019 Joanne Warwick NIPG “Threads of Time”
  • HATB 2019 Jenny Dempsey NIPG “Poppies”
  • HATB Irene MacWilliam NIPG & IPS “Colour Shapes”
  • HATB 2019 Deborah Baillie NIPG 1930 “Wardrobe”
  • HATB 2019 Deborah Baillie NIPG “Collage Japan 1”
  • HATB 2019 Collaborative Piece IPS “Le Chéile”
  • HATB 2019 Cheryl Cullen IPS “A Flutter of Butterflies”
  • HATB 2019 Catherine Breen NIPG “The Quilt Barn”
  • HATB 2019 Brian McKenna NIPG “Born in Fire”
  • HATB 2019 Brenda Richardson NIPG
  • HATB 2019 Brenda Richardson “Birch Trees”
  • HATB 2019 Brenda Powers NIPG “Red Bird in the Woods”
  • HATB 2019 Brenda Powers “Red Work Year Quilt”
  • HATB 2019 Margaret McEvoy IPS “The Same But Different”
  • HATB Margaret McCrory NIPG “Belfast Song Bird”
  • HATB Paula Ellis NIPG “Exotic Birds”
  • HATB 2019 Olive Byers NIPG “Belfast’s Own Home-Grown Ruby”
  • HATB 2019 Gillian Barr “Moon Rays Pick Out Flowers Like Rubies in the Dust”
  • HATB 2019 Irene MacWilliam NIPG & IPS “Colour Shapes”
  • HATB 2019 Patricia Pauley NIPG “Inscribed Leaves”
  • HATB 2019 Sandra Streeter NIPG “Recycled Floral Structure”
  • HATB 2019 Suzanne Pass IPS “Big Questions”
  • HATB 2019 Cheryl Cullen IPS “A Flutter of Butterflies”
  • HATB 2019 Tomomi McElwee IPS “Warm Heart Cool Head”
  • HATB 2019 Evelyn Brady IPS “Refraction”
  • HABT Ethna Palmer NIPG “Circles of Life”
  • HATB 2019 Janet Kirkwood NIPG “Ruby Takes Her Own Path”
  • HATB 2019 Nikki Foley IPS Ruby, Pip, Jesse and Lou Lou
  • HATB 2019 Felicity Aston NIPG “Ruby Serendipity”
  • HATB 2019 Clare Taggart NIPG “Barking Mad”
  • HATB Anne Rowlands IPS “Simply Red”
  • HATB 2019 Anne Marie Horan IPS “Ruby’s Serendipitous Day”
  • HATB 2019 Anne Hardcastle “Ruby Serendipity”
  • HATB 2019 Valerie McKeown NIPG “Ruby Serendipity”
  • HATB 2019 Tomomi McElwee IPS “Warm Heart Cool Head”
  • HATB 2019 Sarah Thompson IPS “Avalon”
  • HATB 2019 Olena Pugachova IPS “Enchanted”
  • HATB Mary Moriarty IPS “Splendid Light Through Nature’s Prisms
  • HATB 2019 Mary McCormack NIPG “Starburst”
  • HATB 2019 Marjorie Guiler NIPG “Ruby in the Sky with Diamonds”
  • HATB 2019 Margaret Mehaffey NIPG “Theresa’s Mayhem”
  • HATB 2019 Helen Coulter NIPG “Ruby is My Serendipity”
  • HATB 2019 Ethna Palmer NIPG “Circles of Life”