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MacWilliam

26 Events of the Year Quilts and Testimonies of Survival
Tower Museum, Londonderry/Derry Northern Ireland 14th February -
24th March, 2012
Travelling to –
Donegal County Museum, High Road, Letterkenny
Tel: +353 7491 24613 museum@donegalcoco.ie
12th April - 30th June, 2012
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/quilts/exhibit/followup.html#present
In 1985 I went to a talk about appliqué in
the Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild. I decided that I would have
a go. I was not interested in reproducing traditional patterns so
my early work was machine appliqué.
I use a lot of free machining and other decorative
techniques Many pieces incorporate text, often almost hidden.
Since 1986 I have been making Events of
the Year quilts see Year Quilts.
From this page you can access images of individual year quilts
covering 1986-2011.
In 2004 the Year and the Peace Quilts were Exhibited at the Festival
of Quilts at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. They
were shown in Armagh Museum, Northern Ireland in 2005 together with
a retrospective show of my work and in the Irish Linen Centre, Lisburn
Museum in 1986.
I have produced many 3 dimensional pieces that
satisfy the criteria of a quilt as they consist of 3 layers but
equally well would be accepted as embroidery or sculpture. A miscellaneous
selection of my work can be seen from Galleriesaa
I am a freelance lecturer and teacher. Details
of my talks and workshops can be seen on the Lectures
+ Workshops page. My career details may be seen on CV
There are also pages showing my Journal Quilts for 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011
2012
A list of all the pieces on this site with links to the individual
images can be seen on the List
of work page
Some of my recent work can be seen on flickr: http://flic.kr/ps/23XmR1
CDs
A CD of all the Year Hangings 1986 -2012 plus a minimum
of 4 details from each year together with 3 Peace Quilts is available
for £6.00 which includes P&P (UK). email
for details
A CD of all 27 Fish and Water works (53 high quality
images) is available for £6.00 which includes P&P (UK).
email for details
Site updated April 2012
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