Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

Right,Slo-Moquilt.
‘Pascale’sMoralFibre’
byPascaleMichalski
willbeondisplayat
Newark,Ardingly,
Harrogate(spring),
Duxford(spring),
Exeter,QuiltsUK,
Springfieldsand
Sandown

Below,PiesandTarts
quilt.‘SomeScraps
areBiggerThan
Others’byFrances
Meredithwillbeon
displayatNewark,
Ardingly,Harrogate
(spring),Duxford
(spring),Exeter,Quilts
UK,Springfields and
Sandown

BelowRight,Farmers
WifequiltbyRuth
Westbrook.
‘Farmer’sWifeQuilts’
byPasture’sNew
QuiltingStudents
willbeondisplayat
Newark,Ardingly,
Harrogate(spring),
Duxford(spring),
Exeter,Springfields,
Sandown(andQuilts
UK subject to space)

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QUILT TR AIL
We’reveryexcitedtobringyoua previewofsomeoftheforthcomingattractionsat nextyear’s
GrosvenorQuiltShows.There’ssomethingforeveryone,includingthreestunninggalleriesby
studentsofJoyEdgington,usingtheFarmer’sWifequiltbooks,CivilWarinspiredpatterns
fromstudentsofWhiteCottageCountryCraftsandBeyondBaltimorequiltsbystudentsof
PatCox.FrancesMeredithusesscrapsmasterfullyandshowsushowit’sdoneinhergallery
‘SomeScrapsareBiggerThanOthers’,whiletextileartistPascaleMichalskiexplores
contemporaryquilt-makingthatcombinesherloveofpainting,illustrationandstorytelling.

View all of the dates for Grosvenor’s 10 shows in 2020 onlineatwww.grosvenorshows.co.uk