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Above,CigaretteSilksTeaCosymadein the1920s

andacquiredin 1992;Below,BabyBootiesfromthe

1930s (Maker Unknown) and acquired in 1988

ROARING FORTIES

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE

A newcommemorativebookexploringfourdecadesof TheQuilters’GuildCollectionand

markingTheGuild’s40thAnniversaryis nowavailabletopre-order.It’sa fascinatingsnapshot

of a collectionthatincludes 850 differentobjects,highlightingdifferentitemsandwhythey

wereconsideredimportantforthecollection.It also examines how our ideas of what needs

tobecollectedtorepresentquiltingtofuture

generationshaveevolvedovertime.It’san

invaluableread,andbyfollowingtheevolution

of thecollection,it alsoplotstheearlydaysof

TheGuildfromitsinceptionin 1979 to the

organisation that it is today.

Forty:TheEvolutionofa Collection

willbelaunchedat TheFestivalof Quilts.

Pre-orderyourcopyforthe special price

of£10.00(RRP£12.00)

http://www.quiltersguildshop.org.uk

LUSH DESIGNS

Trad it ion w it ha t w ist

SandieLush’saward-winningwholeclothquilts

havebeenaninspirationtoa greatmanyquilters

overtheyears.Howcouldweforgetherclever

designswhichreplicatedcomplexknittingpatterns?

HerlongrunningcollaborationwithJenJones

andtheWelshQuiltCentreyieldedanentirely

new collectionof quiltsinspiredbythetraditional

Paisleypattern,andwasexhibitedat

LampeterinWalesin2016.Whilethe

2016 collectionremainedfaithfultothe

traditionalPaisleymotif,Sandiehas

developedthedesignfurther,pairing

thiswiththeWelshTrailmotiftocreate

a newbodyof work.It’sraretoseea

galleryof wholeclothsondisplaywhich

celebratetraditionaldesignswitha

modernreinterpretation.Don’tmiss

PaisleyParadeinBirminghamat The

Festivalof QuiltsthisAugust.

http://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk

TEXTILE HERITAGE

A familyaffair

Sincethepublication

ofherbookWarm

Covers, whichexplores

Scotland’stextilehistory

throughquilts,quilt

historianJanetRaehas

takena slightdetourto

exploretheworldofwoven

clothandknitwear.She’s

beencompilinga history

ofScotland’ssecondoldest

familybusinessandemployer

of10%ofthoseworkingin

Scotland’stextileindustry

JohnstonsofElgin.The

fruitsofherlabour,The

Fabricof Scotland TheStory

of Johnstons,waspublished

in 2018 andwaswritten

byJanetandresearchedby

CompanyChairmanIan

Urquhart.It’sa fascinating

andcomplexstorywhich

startsin1797,whenmost

weavingandspinningwas

donebyhandandendsin

2018 whenthecompany

madeitspresentationat

LondonFashionWeek,

promotingitsownJohnstons

ofElginbrand.Sincethe

officiallaunchinFebruary

thisyear,wehearthatJanet

is backonthequilttrail,

exploringlinkstoJacobean

textilesandenjoyingthe

opportunitytofollowupon

someresearchthathasbeen

onthebackburner.

TheFabricofScotland–

TheStoryofJohnstonsis

availabletopurchasedirectly

fromwww.johnstonsofelgin.com

£20.