Welcome to Contemporary Quilt

Contemporary Quilt is a special interest group of The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles. 
We are a diverse group of quilters and fabric artists working at the cutting edge of quilt making creating innovative and dynamic art.

CQ subscriptions

A planned increase in the subscription for CQ has not been able to be implemented.
A request has been sent out to appeal to members to make up the shortfall to support our celebration of CQ@20.
See the full text of the letter.
Many thanks to all who have contributed so far.

CQ Groups

Learn more about how CQ Groups work in this article by Penny Armitage about Exe Valley Group's joint work 'The Wall' part 1 and part 2

FESTIVAL OF QUILTS, 18 - 21 AUGUST:  STEWARDS NEEDED FOR CQ@20 GALLERY! 

The CQ@20 gallery at Festival of Quilts will celebrate CQ's 20th anniversary.
It will be a wonderful gallery, including a juried selection of
  • Uncharted Quilts
  • Joined-up Journal Quilts
  • A selection from the Suitcase Collection
WE NEED YOUR HELP to act as Stewards.. four two-hour shifts for each of the four days, Thursday 18th August to Sunday 21st August, shifts starting each day at
  • 9.30am 
  • 11.30am 
  • 1.30pm 
  • 3.30pm 
I'm sure that stewarding will be interesting and fun.. there will be wonderful innovative work to interpret to our audience, who themselves will be interesting [and hopefully fun!].  

PLEASE EMAIL ME at exhibition_contemp@quiltersguild.org.uk with offers to steward, and let me have:
  • name 
  • email 
  • contact phone number [preferably mobile] 
with the day and time which you can be available to steward.

Many thanks! 
Maggie 
Maggie Pearson
CQ Exhibition Co-ordinator 
mobile: 0797 409 2054 
email: exhibition_contemp@quiltersguild.org.uk 

Invitation to exhibit 2022
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Anni Henderson-Begg - Expires / Extended
You can now view all the Uncharted Quilts in our new online gallery


The next exhibition of Uncharted quilts will be at

Beartown P&Q,
Congleton Town Hall, Cheshire,
24th-25th June 2022



More exhibitions are being planned, see the program so far here

The UNCHARTED catalogue is now available.
The catalogue, prepared by Annie Henderson-Begg and Maggie Jarman, is now on sale for £10.
Click here to order

Photographing your work?

Here are two helpful articles -
Tips on photographing quilts by Delyse Upton
and
Editor's explanation: reaching the right resolution by CQ's Newsletter editor Maggie Jarman

See our new Events page for information about members' exhibitions

2022 Journal Quilts

Embrace your curves!
You are now invited to take part in the 2022 Journal Quilt Challenge. Glenys Davies outlines the requirements here

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Denise Gregoire - October 2021
2021 Journal Quilts - Bringing it all together
Complete your 2021 challenge - click here to see how.

CQ Newsletter March 2022

You can view an article here from the newsletter Always Inspiration from the Garden by Hilary Richardson

Links from the Contemporary Quilt Newsletter March 2022

Hexagons are as close as science gets to magic - Joe Carmichael
www.inverse.com/article/18926-hexagons-nature-science-sacred-geometry-explainer
colourwash
www.quiltmuseum.org.uk/collections/all/deirdre-amsden/1700-2022/colourwash-stripes.html
https://quiltersguild.blog/2019/01/23/meet-a-member-deirdre-amsden/
https://www.dilysfronks.com/about-me.html

http://irenemacwilliam.co.uk/
http://www.barbaraweeks.com/
http://www.curiousthreads.co.uk/

CQ Talks

A series of talks from well-known artists has been a great success with CQ members.  Most recently  - a talk by Cas Holmes.

Previous speakers have been Lisa Walton, Pat Archibald, Joanna O’Neill, Leah Higgins, Sabi Westoby, Sarah Burgess and Christine Chester. 
 
We are planning to continue these talks, so keep an eye on your inbox for details of our next event. We work within artists' contractual constraints and spaces are therefore limited and recordings are not available. 

These free lectures are currently available to CQ members only. 

Anne Tuck Award 2022 -
Buffy Fieldhouse

Congratulations to Buffy Fieldhouse, who's won the 2021 Anne Tuck Award with her Uncharted entry, Between Tides. The judges said 'Subtle, sand like colour. Original and clever, textured depiction of sand. The composition has humorous elements which add to its appeal'
The quilt is based on photographs taken while walking on the beach and you can see it here


CQ Challenge 2020 Fragmentation

Picture
Margaret Wilmore
The next and final exhibition of Fragmentation will be at

The Creative Craft Show, ExCeL London:
1-2 April 2022

See all the entries to the Fragmentation Challenge in a new slideshow
Website Banner image by Alicia Merrett 'The Thin Blue Line' first map quilt Alicia had made.
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York, YO1 7PW
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