This year, Piecemakers' members decided to enter a group quilt into 'The Festival of Quilts' at the NEC in Birmingham. Bunty and Andrea bravely volunteered to organise it, and came up with the theme of 'cosmic wonders'. Members were invited to participate, and 24 of us received a pack of fabrics and embellishments and a sub-theme of rays, planets, Milky Way or comets to inspire us. The brief was to make a small quilt (8" finished, and bagged, so there were no bulky bindings) which were to be joined together in some way. On the due date, all 24 small quilts were returned to Bunty and Andrea, who had the task of displaying them to their advantage, and in a way which would work at the NEC. As you can see, they have made a great job of putting the very different quilts together to form a whole.
We were disappointed not to win anything, but pleased to have entered the competition, and seen our work hanging in such illustrious halls.
1 comment:
I think your "Cosmic Wonders" is truly amazing. I did attend Lutterworth Piecemakers several times and would have joined but I moved to Florida 2 years ago. I have stayed in close touch with Bunty, who keeps me informed of all your hard work. Keep it up - I cant wait to see next year's entry. Well done to all of you.
Sheila Foster from Sunny Florida.
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