The National Quilt Championships at Sandown 2023

This week I went to the National Quilt Championships show which takes place at Sandown Race Course, Surrey. This was my first visit. Here is a personal selection of the quilts that I particularly enjoyed seeing at the show. There were competition quilts (complete with their rosettes) plus a number of special collections of quiltsContinue reading "The National Quilt Championships at Sandown 2023"

Textiles at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Last week, I went to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London. What a delight to see Textiles hung in the show alongside paintings, prints and sculpture. Indeed, the artwork by Richard Malone, reproduced (in part) on the large banner on the front of the building (seen below) is a textile piece, entitled 'poem inContinue reading "Textiles at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition"