2016 IPS National Exhibition

On July 21, 2016July 19, 2016 By corkipsIn Exhibitions, UncategorizedLeave a comment

On Sunday, July 17th, I had the pleasure of attending the Irish Patchwork Society National Exhibition, “Evolution.”

What an amazing exhibition!

Signage outside the Limerick School of Art and Design

Two exhibitions were running in the space when I visited. One was “Distance,” a collection of quilts from Austria, Latvia and Ireland.

Below is a slideshow of all of the quilts in this part of the exhibition:

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Next, I walked through the IPS National Exhibition, “Evolution.”

Below, is a slideshow of all of the quilts involved.

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Congratulations to all those who participated. I hope you had the chance to see the quilts in person, the photographs did not do the exhibition justice!

Congratulations to all of the Southern Branch members who participated as well!

Diversity in Europe Quilt Exhibition Opportunity

On April 27, 2016April 27, 2016 By corkipsIn Exhibitions1 Comment

Do you want a chance to exhibit a fantastic quilt of yours at the Festival of Quilts in 2016? The Irish Patchwork Society will be putting a quilt forward for the Diversity in Europe EQA Quilt Gallery at the Festival of Quilts.

This gallery will showcase the work of artists from 17 countries. Because only one quilt will be representing Ireland, this will be quite the honour!

The process of choosing a quilt is this: Each branch will nominate a quilt to represent the branch and submit it to the Executive Committee for consideration.

Do you have a quilt you’d like to nominate? If so, bring it to our meeting on May 14th to show it for consideration, or if you’re unable to attend the meeting, send a good quality photograph to our email address at corkips@gmail.com. See the rules below for guidelines for submission.

The quilt to represent our branch will be chosen by the committee at the committee meeting on May 28th.

RULES:

— Size of Quilt:

Maximum height 2.5 m, maximum width 2.5 m
Minimum height 1 m, minimum width 1 m
Maximum perimeter (all the way around the quilt) 9 meters
Minimum perimeter (all the way around the quilt) 4 meters

— All quilts must have a 10 cm (4 inch) having sleeve with extra fullness to accommodate the rod) sewn 1 cm below the top of the quilt and stopping 2 cm at each side

— All quilts must include the following information at the bottom of the quilt, either on a fabric label securely attached to the back of the quilt or written directly on the back of the quilt – owner’s name, and full postal address (including country), Name of the quilt.

— All quilts must have a quilt maker’s statement.

For more information, see the article in the Winter Newsletter on page 8.

IPS National Exhibition

On April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 By corkipsIn Exhibitions1 Comment

From July 12 to the 22nd, the Midwestern Branch is hosting the National Exhibition at the Limerick School of Art and Design in Limerick City.

This year’s theme is “Evolution”

Have you been working on your entry? Be sure to follow the following rules:

The quilt must consist of a minimum of two layers, although any technique may be used.
Size: Quilts can be made to a maximum of 1.25 meters (approx. 50 inches) on any one side.
The quilt has a free choice of edging treatments.
No glass fronted, framed, mounted quilts or quilts made from kits will be allowed.
The work should have been completed in the last two years.
The quilt must have a 10 cm (4 inch) hanging sleeve, (with sufficient fullness to accommodate the hanging rod).
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
The quilt should not have been exhibited prior to submission to this exhibition.
Quilts made by more than one person at any stage of the construction should identify all of those involved.
Quilts are not for sale during the exhibition.
All IPS members are eligible to enter and there is a €10 entry fee per quilt to defray the costs of holding the exhibition.
This is a juried exhibition. The judging panel’s decision will be final.
The quilts are covered by the IPS insurance once the quilt is received by the hosting branch.
By entering your quilt, you agree to have it photographed for publicity purposes and the catalogue of the exhibition.
Each quilt must have its own bag labelled with both the name of the quilt, the name of the maker and your branch.
Quilts will be released at the end of the exhibition period and not before that time.
Deadline for quilts to be received is the 31st of May 2016. No late entries will be accepted due to cataloguing and photographing of quilts.

Do you need an entry form?

Download the entry form here!

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We’re looking forward to seeing the exhibition! I’ve been hard at work on mine!

Announcing our June Speaker and Workshop

On March 23, 2016March 21, 2016 By corkipsIn Class Opportunity1 Comment

For our meeting on June 11, we’re excited to announce Ruth Bourke as our speaker for the meeting.

Ruth is a member of the Mid-West Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society, and is a member of the Modern Quilt Guild and Modern Quilters Ireland. You can find her personal blog here.

She’s planning on speaking to us about Modern Quilting during our June meeting.

Her workshop is entitled Traditional Blocks Made Modern. We’ve currently set a class limit of 15 people, €35 per person. We plan on running it 1 pm – 5 pm. Please bring a lunch if you plan on doing both the meeting and the class. You’ll need that fuel for all of the learning you’ll be doing!

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Ruth has created this awesome handout with more information about her class!

The sign up list will be available at our April meeting. Be warned that sign ups are first come, first served, so if you want to sign up, please arrive to the April meeting promptly!