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​Irene MacWilliam BEM

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Kipper Ties                        180cm x 134cm​​
​A very early piece, using cottons and polycottons.
This was the first piece in a series using the fish shape that emerged when I was doodling
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​Life Goes On                          160cm x 160cm
Made after studying stripes on a Zebra’s head. Cottons. When I was designing this piece I kept thinking of how friendships and relationships are made and end. Life goes on regardless.
​ I like the fact that people have put many interpretations on this piece.
 

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​Sunset                                               61cm x 61cm
Made using home dyed cottons. I love colour in particular the intensity of home dyed fabrics.

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​Leaves                                                     each 61cm x 31cm
2 of a set of 6 pieces made for Crossing Oceans exhibition group. Every few years we are asked to design pieces to a given theme.
​I have always used black and white stripes in my work for this group. These were to the theme of Nature and are from a set of 6.

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​Global Warming - Carbon Footprint
​                                                                           174cm x 115cm
I first referenced Climate Change in my work in 1987.
One of many pieces I have made to this theme. 

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​Diets: Losing that First Quarter Pound is the Easy Bit                               95cm x 65cm
Made as a result of hearing friends speak of how they had managed to lose so much in their first few weeks of dieting.

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​The Tape Measure Never Lies                                                                                                                       31cm x 142cm
Made for a Challenge by the Contemporary Quilt Group a sub section of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles. We had to make a piece to a set size and it had to have a horizontal line, hence the tape measure. I have never managed to put myself on a diet but it is a common thread in conversations.

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​Save the Coral Reefs                   
                                                                          75cm x 76cm
I am quite a speedy worker but this piece was made over many years. I started with commercially printed fabric and cut and rearranged it together with some elements from the same fabric applied; sequins and beads to give it extra richness. Heavily free machine worked. I had intended this piece to be displayed with the back showing. Part of my climate change collection of work.


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​Q Play                                        108cm x 106cm
The challenge set for this piece was Q is for Quilt. I have a large selection of black and white striped fabrics collected over many years. I am intrigued with the way stripes work visually.

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​Global Warming - Grey Earth                                                                           61cm x 108cm 

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  • Quiltfest 2022
    • Irene MacWilliam BEM
    • IM Quilts
    • IM Journals
    • IM Stomachers
    • Uncharted Contemporary Quilt
    • Challenge
    • Mere Kats
    • PTB
  • Previous Exhibitions
    • Quiltfest 2021 >
      • Val
      • Rebecca Collins
      • Maureen Poole
      • Gwenfai Rees Griffiths
      • Traders
      • Invited Guests
      • Reg 13 in Quilters' Guild Collection
      • Letters and Numbers
      • Landscapes
      • Flowers
    • Quiltfest 2020 >
      • 40 Years and Still Stitching
      • Song of the Celts
      • Traditional Stars
      • Cauldron
      • Ten Plus
      • Invited Members' Quilts
      • Traders' Quilts
    • Quiltfest 2019 >
      • Trading Day and Colwyn Quilters
      • Maps Exhibition
      • Just One Day Exhibition
      • In Print Exhibition
      • Modern Quilts Exhibition
      • Colwyn Quilters
      • Trading Day
    • Quiltfest 2018 >
      • Quilts at The Pavilion
      • Quilts at The Museum
      • Trading Day
    • Quiltfest 2017 >
      • 1001 Nights
      • On The Edge
      • Wrexham Tailor's Challenge
      • Miniatures
      • Make and Take
    • Quiltfest 2016 >
      • NinetiesCollection
      • Wrexham Quilting Circle
    • Quiltfest 2015 >
      • Region 13 Challenge
      • Contemporary Quilt Challenge
      • Dislocation by Contemporary Quilt Group
    • Quiltfest 2014 >
      • Barbara Howell: A Retrospective
      • Going Dutch
      • Cestrian Quilters
    • Exhibition 2013 >
      • Susan Briscoe and Friends at the Pavilion
      • Rieko Domon at the Museum
      • Cwiltcymru
      • Threadbare
    • Exhibition 2012 >
      • Ferret 2012
      • Magie Relph 2012
      • Dilys Fronks 2012
    • Exhibition 2011 >
      • Made in Wales - DeAnne Hartwell-Jones
      • Made in Wales - Other Artists
      • Passage Defined - By Design
      • Trees and Carved in Cloth - Turning Point
      • Miniatures by Sandra Goldsbrough
      • Quilts in the Library
      • Trading Day
      • Ario Workshop
    • Exhibition 2010 >
      • Effie Galletly 2010
      • Contemporary Quilt 2010
      • Liesbeth Williams 2010
      • Celtic Connection 2010
      • Borderlands 2010
      • Exhibition 2005 >
        • Travels with Cloth - New Horizons Group
        • Pat Salt 2005
        • Invited Artists 2005
      • Trading day 2010
    • Exhibition 2009 >
      • Nikki Tinkler
      • Hanging Together
      • In Response
      • Bethan Hughes
      • Peaceful Hearts
      • The French Connection
      • Kate Cawley 2009
    • Exhibition 2008 >
      • Elizabeth Brimelow 2008
      • Calendar of Kings 2008
      • Invited Artists 2008
      • Sisters' Choice 2008
    • Exhibition 2007 >
      • Chiaroscuro 2007
      • Boutis 2007
      • Hot and Cold 2007
      • Miniatures 2007
      • Invited Artists 2007
    • Exhibition 2006 >
      • Pat Storey 2006
      • Images of Wales 2006
      • Invited Artists 2006
    • Exhibition 2004 >
      • By Design 2004
      • Invited Artists 2004
    • Exhibition 2003 >
      • Edrica Huws 2003
      • Invited Artists 2003
    • Exhibition 2002
  • Contact us