Quilting in America Survey

For those who might be interested here's a link to a 2010 survey of American quilters. Quilting Survey
Wonder if any of it compares to Irish quilters??

According to the survey, the average quilter is 62 years of age and has been quilting for an average of 16 years.

"Branching Out" Postcard Exhibition

As part of the celebrations for the 30th Anniversary of the Irish Patchwork Society in 2011, we have decided to run a postcard exhibition in conjunction with the Special National Exhibition.

We hope to get National and International Postcard Entries for the Exhibition.

• Postcards must be on the theme of "Branching Out" i.e. horticultural, flora, botannical and environmental themes.
• Must be standard postcard size i.e. 4 x 6 inches
• Must be fabric-based
• Postcards must be sent through the post (i.e. stamped, not posted in an envelope).
• Send all postcards to the Irish Patchwork Society PO Box. Address is The Irish Patchwork Society, PO Box 45, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland.
• The postcards are non-returnable. Instead all the postcards will be put up for raffle/auction at the Knitting and Stitching Show 2011. All proceeds raised will go to Breast Cancer Ireland.

The "Branching Out" National Exhibition will be on display in the Botanic Gardens from July 2nd to August 2nd.

Details on how make fabric postcards will be in the Winter Issue of the IPS Newsletter.
Further instructions on making fabric postcards will be displayed on the blog in the coming weeks

Irish Patchwork Stand at the Recent Knitting & Stitching Show

Some photos of the Irish Patchwork Society's stand at the recent Knitting and Stitching Show

Celebrate 30 years of IPS in 2011

The Irish Patchwork Society will be 30 years promoting patchwork and quilting in Ireland in 2011. To celebrate this event there will be exhibtions of our members work across the country. Each of our branches will be hosting a local exhibtion between January and May to be followed by a national exhibtion in July. The National Exhibition will be exhibited in the Botanic Gardens, Dublin. Members can get more details of Branch exhibitions from their branch.

Visit IPS at the Knitting & Stitch show.

The Irish Patchwork Society will be at the Knitting & Stitching Show in the RDS, Dublin from Thursday 28th October until Sunday 31st October. We will have stands where you can meet our members, see their work and see copies of our newsletter. We hope you will be inspired to join one of our 8 branches that meet regularly all over Ireland. Our diaries and branch locations will be available at our stand and on this site.

For more information about the Knitting & Stitching Show in Dublin, visit the TwistedThread website.