Their new museum which shows the earliest examples of British patchwork
Some of us are lucky enough to have heirloom quilts, lovingly stitched together many years ago, creating unique, and warm, family artworks. But quilting has often been written off as the poor relation of embroidery and tapestry despite the fact that some pieces are examples of fine art in their own right. Well, perhaps the tables are about to turn because after 6 years of searching for the right venue, the Quilters’ Guild of Great Britain has moved into a new home and it’s opened Europe’s first museum dedicated to quilting and textile arts where you can see the earliest dated example of British patchwork as well as works by contemporary quilters using materials like plastic and tin. Bridget Long is a quilt historian and an Associate Fellow of the International Quilt Study Centre at the University of Nebraska. She’s been showing Caz Graham the Guild’s new home in York, and some of the work on show in it.
