Patchwork & Quilting UK – July 2019

FEATURE // quilts UK

20 British Patchwork & Quilting JULY 2019

Spring has arrived when I make my way to the Three Counties Showground in May for

Quilts UK. One of the larger of the regular quilt shows it always provides a feast for the

eyes. The Malvern Hills in the background, as I drove into the car park, were glowing with

a purple tinge in the fabulous sunshine and the trees were bursting into leaf.

Quilts UK

BY HELEN KENT

It seemed appropriate then that the

Quilts UK Overall Champion was

exactly that. ‘Saknad’ was an image

of a Swedish woodland. Malin Wood

(appropriate name too!) created this

beautifully refl ective piece. Her fi rst

attempt at disappearing perspective,

her trees were dyed, painted and

appliquéd with intricate quilting using

diff erent domestic machine stitches.

She also included a line from a poem

in Swedish, ‘I yearn for the soil, I yearn

for the stones Where I played as a child.’ Malin was also awarded

fi rst in the Large Wall Hanging category, the Art Quilt Award, the

Intermediate Quilter Award and was Maggie Davies’ Judge's Choice.

Another scenic quilt, but one in complete contrast, not only in

content but in size, was the Quilts UK Overall Runner Up. ‘Greek

Village Sampler’ by Julia Gahagan was a take on a sampler quilt and

this won the Miniature/Doll Quilts fi rst place. The tiny white houses

perched on hillsides, each in their own block with embroidered

details and quilting enhancing the design.

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‘Saknad’, Malin Wood,

Overall Champion. First

Large Wall Hanging, Art

Quilt, Judges Choice Detail, ‘Saknad’

Detail, ‘Saknad’

‘Greek Village Sampler’, Julia Gahagan, Overall

Runner Up. First Miniature/Doll Quilts

Detail,

‘Greek Village

Sampler’