International Quilt Festival of Ireland 2012

The first ever International Quilt Festival of Ireland (IQFOI) took place in the NUIG Campus Galway from the 8-10th June.

 Here's a small selection of quilts from the exhibition.

Cead Mile Failte Quilt

Cead Mile Failte Quilt Panels

Good enough to eat!

Box of Chocolates made by Lynn Naughton (Western Branch)

Chocolate Quilt entry by Rebecca Palmer (Mid-West Branch)

Giant cupcake from the Chocolate Exhibition (US entry)

Some yarn-bombed trees around the Quilt Exhibition

 

Yarn-bombed trees

International Quilting Festival of Ireland

 

For anyone who would like more details on the quilt exhibition schedule please click here

If you would to find out more about being a volunteer at the quilt festival click here

Note: If you can organise the delivery and collection any of the quilts to Galway, there will be no entrance fee for the submitted quilts. The quilts have to be in the IQFoI office by April 15th.

International Quilt Festival of Ireland 2012