30 of the best
Posted: Friday, 01 June 2007 |
this is the exhibition of quilts from the islands, there were quilts from five islands as unfortunately Shetland pulled out and didn鈥檛 send any quilts, the contributing islands were, Arran, Islay, Lewis, Orkney and Skye, I took a photo of one quilt from each island, apologies for the quality of the photos but it is not me, it is how the quilts were displayed, they are in a church so some are too high, some are tucked in corners, some have the light behind them, etc.
Charm Quilt by Liz McCormack, Isle of Arran,
I really love this little quilt and was irritated by the fact that the lower border was hid behind a pew and no it didn鈥檛 work to bring it over the pew as there was too big a gap, so imagine the lower border when you view this quilt,
October by Kitty Watt, Isle of Islay,
I think Kitty has captured the falling autumn leaves well in this simple square patch quilt,
Hilary鈥檚 Quilt by Ross Barton, Isle of Lewis,
Ross is the quilter who made the ferry in the Harris Tweed quilt and the church,
Traditional Sampler by Sue Maclay, Isle of Orkney,
Blues and mauves are favs of mine,
Blue on Blue by Val Hunkin, Isle of Skye,
Part of the statement on this said
鈥淢ade for someone who loves blue by someone who loves blue鈥
well I can add ~ photographed by someone who loves blue ~
I really love this it is my fav from 30 of the best, Skye had some very beautiful quilts and I noticed quiet a few quilters were studying their City and Guilds in Patchwork and Quilting, I am wondering if it is by correspondence or is someone teaching C & G, P & Q, on Skye,
If anyone reading this notices a mistake please tell me so I can correct it, thanks,
Charm Quilt by Liz McCormack, Isle of Arran,
I really love this little quilt and was irritated by the fact that the lower border was hid behind a pew and no it didn鈥檛 work to bring it over the pew as there was too big a gap, so imagine the lower border when you view this quilt,
October by Kitty Watt, Isle of Islay,
I think Kitty has captured the falling autumn leaves well in this simple square patch quilt,
Hilary鈥檚 Quilt by Ross Barton, Isle of Lewis,
Ross is the quilter who made the ferry in the Harris Tweed quilt and the church,
Traditional Sampler by Sue Maclay, Isle of Orkney,
Blues and mauves are favs of mine,
Blue on Blue by Val Hunkin, Isle of Skye,
Part of the statement on this said
鈥淢ade for someone who loves blue by someone who loves blue鈥
well I can add ~ photographed by someone who loves blue ~
I really love this it is my fav from 30 of the best, Skye had some very beautiful quilts and I noticed quiet a few quilters were studying their City and Guilds in Patchwork and Quilting, I am wondering if it is by correspondence or is someone teaching C & G, P & Q, on Skye,
If anyone reading this notices a mistake please tell me so I can correct it, thanks,
Comments
absolutely gorgeous what a beautiful change from made in china great pics.I.T.
frodo the scot from utica michigan
Haven't had the opportunity to check out the blogs in a few days, but what a lovely blog to see! Have looked at some of your recent ones, thank you for the beautiful photos. How long has quilting been a tradition on the Islands? I came to the States a long time ago and found it quite an American passion here but never saw them in Scotland, but of course quilting (or something like it) would probably have been introduced by immigrants to the USA. Anyway, never had the patience for it but can admire them just the same, a lot of work in these - just beautiful!
macQ from NMtoo, USA
These are gorgeous, IT. If I had to pick one it would be the autumn leaves one. Interesting to see the quilt by the person who did the ferry square! That caught my eye in your earlier posting.Thanks again!
Jill from EK
What sort of tog rating have these quilts got?
shivering donald from the wee bedroom with no heating
Congratulations to all. These handcrafted items are beautiful and a welcome change from"made in china"
frodo the scot from utica michigan
The Blue on Blue is just lovely. Each blue square is like a little work of art. Thank you for the photo.
Lisa from Florida Keys, U.S.
Thanks for all the nice comments and I am sure the ladies who made the quilts thank you too, I am afraid I have some don't knows, sorry I do not know when quilting started in Scotland but I expect it will have been done in one form or another for centuries and sorry shivering Donald but what is a tog? something you wear!!
island threads from lewis
I think Blue on Blue is beautiful,and it must have taken ages.
Diane from Hampshire,UK
From a beginner - what a journey to startand blue is my fav colour. Thanks sooo
Katie from Clydebank
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