Quiltfest 2022

                                Quilts
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​Irene MacWilliam BEM

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. 

​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. 
​Sunset                                               61cm x 61cm
Made using home dyed cottons. I love colour in particular the intensity of home dyed fabrics.
​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.
​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. 
​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.
​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.
​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.
​Global Warming - Grey Earth                                                                           61cm x 108cm