Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

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Q U I LT S & C A K E S

PA RT Y, PA RT Y!
TheLordMayorofYork,CouncillorJanetLooker,joinedfounding
membersofTheQuilters’Guild,staff,volunteersandquiltersto
celebrateTheGuild’s40thanniversarycelebrationsinYorkin
September.Curator,HeatherAudin,presentedanoverviewof 40 years
ofquiltcollectingfollowedbyafternoonteaandbirthdaycake,allset
againstthebackdropofsomegorgeousquilts,newandold,fromThe
Quilters’Guildcollection.AsPresident,LindaBilsborrow,saidinher
welcome, “We’re all excited to see what the next 40 years might bring.”

TRAVELLING SHOW

Goingeast

A collectionof quiltsspanninga century

from1850-1950willbetravellingto

Tokyoin 2020 aspartof a Quilters’

Guildgallery.Thecollectionincludes

framequilts,mosaicquilts,a soldier’s

quilt,a stunningTurkeyredquiltanda

recentcelebrity,theRedManorHouse

Quilt.Froma simplestrippyquilttoa

busytumblingblockdesignmadefrom

tinypaperpieces,thegalleryshowsthe

greatvarietyof designs,makersand

materialsrepresenting 100 yearsof

quilt-makingintheUK.Visitorsarein

fora treatasit’sthefirsttimea galleryof

thistypefromtheQGBI(TheQuilters’

Guildof TheBritishIsles) has been on

displayinJapan.

To k y oI n t e r n a t i o n a lG r e a tQ u i l t F e s t i v a l

23rd-28thJanuary 2020

http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/e/quilt

TheLordMayorofYork,CouncillorJanet

Looker(left)didthecake-cuttinghonoursat

TheGuild’sbirthdaypartyPresidentLinda

Bilsborrow(topright)andCuratorHeather

Audin welcomed party goers (below right)