7REGULAR // patchwork & quilting newsWorld Wide WhispersWe all like a quilt challenge, whether it’s a Round
Robin or Sew a Row but what about a World Wide
Whispers challenge? One was started following
a conversation between Ann Hill and four other
international quilters – Paula Raff erty from Ireland,
eltje van Essen from The Netherlands, Debbi Cagney
from USA and Kim Caskey from Canada when they
met in Edinburgh. They each choose twelve quilters,
one for each month of the year and asked them to
make a quilt from a photograph of the quilt that they
would receive, from the patchworker who made the
quilt the month before them. This resulted in twelve
quilts from fi ve countries, sixty quilts in all. These
have now been gathered together for an exhibition at
he beautiful location of Farfi eld Mill in Cumbria. Full
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f m o m w q q h t dHelsinki Square DanceHutton Priory Patchers are holding their 30th Anniversary
exhibition shortly in September this year. To celebrate they
have chosen a pattern from British Patchwork and Quilting
from January 2014, 'Helsinki Square Dance', designed by Kerry
Wilkinson. The quilt, ‘Helsinki Square Dance’ will be at the Great
Northern Quilt Show at Harrogate from 30 August – 1 September
or you can visit Hutton Priory Patchers’ quilt exhibition. If you
would like to buy raffl e tickets to win this quilt email Patricia at
[email protected]. Full details of both exhibitions will
appear on our Exhibitions page in September’s issue.
New Liberty Collection from Alice CarolineAlice Caroline are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new Liberty collection in time for the Autumn. Aesthetic
Renaissance is a collection that celebrates the story of Liberty’s founder, Arthur Lasenby Liberty. As one of the original
merchant adventurers, Arthur introduced exotic textiles and artefacts from around the world and Liberty became central to
the development of the aesthetic movement in the late 1800s. The collection is framed by designs drawn from the English
countryside that Arthur escaped to when he left the buzz of his London store. Drawing inspiration from the original drawings
and paintings from the collection, it has a lovely selection
of florals from oriental botanicals to decorative bluebells
and trailing flowers. Peacock feathers, an integral part of
Liberty’s design heritage and a strong emblem of the aesthetic
movement, feature in two of the stunning prints. There are
also fun prints like ‘Safari’ which features the wildlife observed
by Arthur and his wife on one of their African adventures;
‘Legs Eleven’ which features coloured coral insects from Arthur
Liberty's journal from his trip on the Orient Express in 1909.
The balance of prints makes them perfect for many types of
sewing projects such as dressmaking and quilting.