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IPS Exhibitions at Knitting & Stitching Show 2017

Reminder to our members that if you have a quilt or bag to exhibit at Knitting & Stitching Show in November to please email ipsknitandstitch@gmail.com with two photos - an overall and a detail and state the category and size. Quilt or bag should not have been exhibited before at Knitting & Stitching Show.

There are a number of categories to show a varied selection of our work, and selected items will go on display in the RDS from 9th November.

These are the categories and the organiser/curator:

Traditional - Elizabeth Brennan

Modern/Contemporary - Claire Lynch

Art - Paula Rafferty

Young Quilters - Paula Rafferty

Bags -  Dearbhla O’Reilly and Eilish Masterson

Please email ipsknitandstitch@gmail.com with photographs of your quilt or bag as soon as possible.

The organiser of each section will make arrangements to receive delivery of selected items, options include branch meetings and our AGM on 7th October.

Eastern Branch exhibit Scrap Happy Opening tonight

7pm AXIS ART CENTRE, BALLYMUN.
All most welcome, our exhibition of 32 creative quilts made from scraps.
Hope to see you there!

Reminder : Visit Limerick School of Art and Design for exhibitions by Paula Rafferty

Reminder if you want to see all the share Jane quilts together don't miss out on Paula's exhibition on until this Friday!

Aurora Exhibition in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

Our joint exhibition with the Northern Irish Patchwork Guild - Hands Across the Border, Aurora is now in the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn. The exhibition of 63 quilts hangs until the end of June. For opening times and details, see Aurora Exhibition.

Layered Stories Exhibition Details!

Call for Baby Cot Quilts

The Limerick Quilt Centre have their annual exhibition, River of Dreams in Limerick in the School of Art and Design, Clare Street from the 23rd to the 30th of June. This year baby cot quilts are requested for donation to The Heart Children of Ireland. Quilts be displayed during the exhibition and then donated afterwards.

For anybody interested in making a baby cot quilt, the size is 36"x42" and the hanging sleeve must be placed on the 36" size. For more details see the River of Dreams Facebook page.

Exhibition Opening - 16th May at 7pm

All members of are invited to the official opening by Leo Enright of 

Hands Across the Border 2017

Aurora

Tuesday 16th May at 7pm

CHQ, Custom House Quarter, Dublin 1

Hands Across the Border is a joint exhibition from members of the Northern Ireland PAtchwork Guild and the Irish Patchwork Society.

What's on over the coming months!

Event Name	Dates	Venue
"Fun" Modern Quilters Ireland 2nd Exhibition	2nd May -23rd June	St. Patrick's Hospital, Dublin
The Spike Quilters	2nd - 30th May	Thurles Source Library
Tracey Watson & Joke Buursma	20th May - 23rd June	Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
Hands Across the Border "Aurora"	15th - 23rd May	Custom House Quarter (CHQ), Dublin
Western Branch Exhibition "The West"	22nd - 29th May	St. Nicholas Church, Galway
3rd Irish Quilters Showcase "North, South, East and West"	May	Hunt Museum, Limerick
River of Dreams	23rd -30th June	Limerick School of Art & Design
Festival of Quilts	10th - 13th August	NEC, Birmingham
Open European Quilt Championships	19th  - 22nd October	Maastricht, The Netherlands
Knitting & Stitching	9th - 12th November	RDS, Dublin
An Grianan	2nd - 4th March	Temonfeckin, Co. Louth

Upcoming Events

“Community.” 

Southern Branch exhibition will be running at the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh from the 2nd of March to the 26th of March.  The opening reception will happen on the 2nd of March with Cork County Mayor, Seamus McGrath in attendance. 

"Fun"

Modern Quilters Ireland second exhibition at St.Patricks Hospital, Dublin May 2nd to June 23rd.

Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon, Co. Clare.

An exhibition that will be held this summer by Tracy Watson and Joke Buursma

12th May and 23rd June.  Gallery website is theCourthouseGallery.com for details of opening times

Hands across the Border “ Aurora” 

Official Opening Tuesday 16th May 2017 in CHQ Custom House Quarter, IFSC, Custom House Quay, Dublin Northside, Dublin.  Exhibition will run until the 26 th May.  Northern venue is Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, June 2017 

The Spike Quilters

Exhibition in Thurles Source Library centre from Tuesday May 2nd toTue May 30th. Library hours. (9.30 to5 pm week days and10 to 5pm Sat. Closes 1pm to 2pm for Lunch.  

Third Irish Quilters’ Showcase Exhibition  

May-June 2017   The Mitchel Hall, Spike Island 

The Kniting and Stitching show 2017  

Simmonscourt, RDS, Dublin 9-12th November 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody. 

The Society has a very busy year ahead.  We thought it would be helpful to pull the submission dates for our themed exhibitions together so you have them for you diaires!  (Entry forms can be downloaded from the right sidebar on this page.)

• Hands Across the Border - theme is Aurora due 31st March, maximum 1m square
• EQA annual challenge for exhibition at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham - theme is Inspired by New York Beauty, also due end of march, 30th March, 25cm x 35cm in Landscape format
• EQA Diversity in Europe - no theme but showcasing the best example of quilt making, due 30th April, size is minimum 1m x 1m to a maximum of 2.5m x 2.5m
• Open European Quilt Championships - theme is Illuminate due 31st May. 20" x 40" portrait format
• Knitting & Stitching Show - open call to IPS members to submit work for exhibition on the following themes: Traditional, Modern, Young Quilters (aged 18 or less), Art and we are exhibiting bags again this year.  Hand in at the September meetings.

Our AGM will be held in Cork this year, Saturday 7th October and the Southern Branch already has an update on their website here, for more details on the hotel: the Kingsley, Victoria Cross, Cork.

November dates for your diary

Haberdashery an exhibit by the D4 Textile group is open from the 8th November to 5th January at the Phoenix Branch Visitors Centre.

Remix by the Cork Textiles Group is open from 15th November to 22nd December at the Cork School of Music.

There will be an Anniversary Mass for Rita Kelly (South Western Branch in Kerry) at Mount Mellery Abbey Waterford on Thursday 17th November. 

Mid West Branch member Kate Hennessy is exhibiting this month in Limerick!

The Irish Patchwork Society and The Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild present:

“Hands Across the Border 2017”
“Aurora”
Official Opening Tuesday 16th May 2017 in CHQ Custom House Quarter, IFSC, Custom House Quay, Dublin Northside, Dublin
Exhibition will run until the 26th May
Northern venue is Lisburn Arts Centre, June 2017

Exhibition Rules and Conditions;

All Irish Patchwork Society and Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild Members are eligible to enter
1.    The quilt must consist of a minimum of two layers, although any technique may be       used.
2.    Size: quilts can be made to a maximum of 1 meter square.
3.    The quilt has a free choice of edging treatments.
4.    No glass fronted, framed, mounted quilts or quilts made from kits will be allowed.
5.    The work should have been completed in the last two years.
6.    The quilt must have a 10 cm (4 inch) hanging sleeve, (with sufficient fullness to accommodate the hanging rod).
7.    Please ensure that your quilt is labelled on the back at the bottom edge with the following information:    Name of the Quilt, Name of Quilter, Postal Address.
8.    The quilt should not have been exhibited prior to submission to this exhibition.
9.    Quilts made by more than one person at any stage of construction should identify all of those involved.
10.    Quilts are not for sale during the exhibition.
11.    This is a juried exhibiition. The judging panel’s decision will be final.
12.    The quilts are covered by the IPS insurance once the quilt is received by the hosting branch.
13.    By entering your quilt you agree to have it photographed for publicity purposes and the catalogue of the exhibition.
14.    Each quilt must have its own bag labelled with both the name of the quilt, the name of the maker and your branch.
15.    Quilts will be released at the end of the exhibition period and not before that time.
16.    Deadline for quilts to be received is the 31st March 2017. No late entries will be accepted due to cataloguing and photographing of quilts.
Download entry form here!

Call for entries - Illuminate!

Call for Entries

The Irish Patchwork Society invites all IPS members to submit quilts for an Irish exhibition at the OEQC Open European Quilt Championships in Maastright October 19-22 2017.

The Theme is “Illuminate” and the size is 20 x40 inches portrait orientation.

Rules of the exhibition:

1.                  The quilt must consist of a minimum of two layers, although any technique may be used.

2.                  Size: 20 x 40 inches portrait orientation

3.                  The quilt has a free choice of edging treatments.

4.                  No glass fronted, framed, mounted quilts or quilts made from kits will be allowed.

5.                  The work should have been completed in the last two years.

6.                  The quilt must have a 10 cm (4 inch) hanging sleeve, (with sufficient fullness to accommodate the hanging rod).

7.                  Please ensure that your quilt has a stitched fabric label on the back at the bottom edge with the following information:  Name of the Quilt, Name of Quilter, Postal Address, Telephone number.

8.                  The quilt should not have been exhibited prior to submission to this exhibition.

9.                  Quilts made by more than one person at any stage of construction should identify all of those involved.

10.              Quilts are not for sale during the exhibition.

11.              This is a juried exhibiition. The judging panel’s decision will be final.

12.              The quilts are covered by the IPS insurance once the quilt is received by the society.

13.              By entering your quilt you agree to have it photographed for publicity purposes.

14.              Each quilt must have its own bag labelled with both the name of the quilt, the name of the maker and your branch.

15.               Quilts will be released at the end of the exhibition period and not before that time.

16.               Deadline for quilts to be received is the 31^st May 2017. 

Download entry form here

Quilt Exhibition on this weekend!

Knitting & Stitching Galleries

This past weekend I had the pleasure of invigilating at the Knitting & Stiching show in the RDS and loved our gallery there so much I took quite a few photos! 

 The traditional gallery was curated by Elizabeth Brennan and featured quilts from Frances Shanahan, Ina Stephens, Assumpta Lydon, Maureen Feary, Ann Marie Horan, Linda McCulkin and Jo Banks.

 The modern gallery was curated by Ruth Bourke and featured quilts from Sharon Hughes, Tomomi McElwee, Ethelda Ellis, Erin Case, Imelda O'Grady and Aine Lecky

 Our young quilters gallery was curated by Paula Rafferty and featured quilts by Isobel Maher, Cathal Crowe, Isobel Cagney, Ashling Murphy and the class of Mary Ann Brewer.

Thanks to all who contributed to the success of the show including hanging, invigilating and of course the quilt making!

 The art quilts gallery was also curated by Paula Rafferty and featured quilts from our Evolution exhibition in addition to quilts by Elizabeth Brennan, Gillian Killick, Lorretta O'Brien and Lois Davies.

 The bag gallery was curated by Dearbhla O'Reilly and featured bags by over 30 different makers!

The South Eastern branch volunteered to be the first to take on the branch display and treated us to a  wonderful early Christmas!

 It was brilliant to get the chance to see one of the Share Jane quilts designed by Paula Rafferty and we all had fun finding our blocks in there somewhere!  More photos of the quilts exhibited will be added to our exhibition archive on Flickr over the course of the week.

 I have to leave you with Valerie Mullaly's block of the month quilt.  I found myself taking lots of photos of this one with so much detail, I could spend hours looking at it finding something new!  Can you spot the owl and the pussycat?  That was my favourite block in the quilt.

A wonderful show - looking forward to next years already!

Exhibitions photos added to our archive!

For those that didn't make it to Limerick this summer to see our National Exhibition the mid-West branch have added photographs to our archive here!

We exhibited just under 50 quilts on the theme of Evolution and also exhibited the EQA exhibition Distance which was a collaboration between Ireland, Latvia and Austria.

Please pop over to our archive and have a look!

IPS Magazine on the way!

Our latest newsletter is on the way to members in the post.  Issue 136 is our Autumn edition and features a block and a camera bag pattern, news and updates from the branches as well as feature articles!

If you would like to submit an article or photographs to the next newsletter please send them to your branch editorial representative before the 20th October!

Looking forward to seeing everyone at our AGM tomorrow in the Ormond Hotel in Kilkenny!

AGM Update

Our upcoming AGM is being held in the Ormond Hotel in Kilkenny on the 1st October.  We invite members to submit any motions in writing proposed and seconded by email to irishpatchwork@gmail.com or via post to our postal address:

Irish Patchwork Society
PO Box 45
Blackrock
Co. Dublin
Ireland

Motions must be received by 5pm Monday the 26th September.

Details of our AGM activities are as follows and the form can be downloaded separately here.

Thank you to the South Midlands Branch for hosting our AGM this year!