Gee’s Bend is a small, isolated, rural community in Alabama in the United States, which at the start of the 20th century was mostly populated by the descendants of slaves. By definition, they were very impoverished, but their lives became especially hard during the recession of the 1930s. The families had been forced to borrow … Continue reading Black History Month: The quilters of Gee’s Bend
Greetings, it is October and that means it is Black History Month. Originally created by a group of black students in the 1970s in the USA (where BHM is held in February), it was first celebrated in the UK in 1987. The rationale behind this event is to recognise and celebrate the achievements of black … Continue reading Black History Month
Are you an Instagram user? We love Instagram here at Youngish Quilters - our Instagram Feed can be found at YoungishQuilters. There's a super fun photo challenge on Instagram at the moment called Great British Quilter. It's hosted by Sarah Ashford and Lucy Brennan and is described as "a month of getting to know one … Continue reading Great British Quilter – Instagram
Ask the curator: behind the scenes at The Quilters Guild Heather Audin gives us some insight into The Guild’s Collection What do you enjoy most about being a curator? Being a curator is great fun! There is so much variety every day as there are lots of different elements to the role. I get to … Continue reading Ask the curator: behind the scenes at The Quilters Guild
Today is the first day of the BBC's Get Creative Festival which runs from 11-19 May. This is the fourth year of the Festival which showcases and celebrates creativity of all types across the UK. What does being creative mean to you? For me, being creative is about working with fabric and thread. As a … Continue reading BBC Get Creative Festival 2019
It's World Book Day today! In honour of this event, I will share one of my latest obsessions: wonderfully illustrated (children's) books. There are some gob-smackingly gorgeous ones out there, and here are some of my favourites. I find them very inspirational in terms of colour, blocking and lines - I am thinking of copying … Continue reading World Book Day
I'm just going to geek out completely for a minute and tell you about my favourite Christmas present. I'd been eyeing up this book, Wild Colour by Jenny Dean, for a while; it was being reprinted at the time when I wanted to buy it, which, although I had to practise patience for a while, … Continue reading Wild Colour
Laura - A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about how and why I applied for the Guild's Amy Emms bursary. Here, I tell a bit about what I am doing with the bursary. The bursary is awarded to a Guild member to 'further their knowledge of, or skills in, the traditional art of … Continue reading Amy Emms bursary – continued
Laura - I'm not entering a quilt for the Festival this year as I sadly ran out of time, so I thought I would talk about my entry for last year. I decided to enter a quilt for the Quilters' Guild challenge on the theme of 'Free'. Every year there is a theme and only … Continue reading My FoQ quilt
The In the Spotlight gallery usually appears at Festival of Quilts in alternate years. The gallery is organised by the Quilters' Guild and a quilter from each region is selected to produce a quilt for display. This year the gallery will be showcasing work by Young Quilters which is really exciting. I thought it might … Continue reading FOQ – In the Spotlight
