The Modern Quilt Guild
Founded to promote and support modern quilting, The Modern Quilt Guild is now the largest international organization dedicated to this contemporary textile movement. With thousands of members worldwide organized in local guilds, it fosters innovation, knowledge sharing, and the development of a distinctly modern quilt aesthetic. At the center of its activities is QuiltCon, the […]
Val Patch
Val Patch is a local association from the Val d’Argent region (Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines, Lièpvre, and Rombach-le-Franc), bringing together around twenty passionate quilt enthusiasts. Some members have been quilting for nearly thirty years. Coming from diverse backgrounds and training traditions, they have developed experience across various textile techniques. This diversity leads them to explore traditional, contemporary, […]
The Dairy Barn Arts Center
The Dairy Barn Arts Center, located in the Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio, is a historic arts organization founded in 1978 and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is the home of Quilt National, the longest-running juried exhibition of art quilts in the United States. Born from a group of artists […]
Sophie Zaugg
Sophie Zaugg is a self-taught textile artist who draws on patchwork traditions and techniques to create abstract, dynamic, and distinctly contemporary compositions. Influenced by graphic design, contemporary design, and architecture, she focuses on the visual impact of color and geometric form with precision and clarity. She regularly exhibits in Switzerland, where she lives, and her […]
Sarah Hibbert
Sarah Hibbert has been a quilter for more than 35 years. Over the course of her career, she has exhibited internationally and built a strong global reputation, further enhanced by her book From Collage to Quilt. Her work is often inspired by art and architecture while remaining rooted in traditional quilting heritage. Sarah has presented […]
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates)
SAQA Europe & Middle East brings together a diverse community of artists from across the region, representing a wide range of languages, histories, and cultural backgrounds. Despite these differences, members share a powerful common language: their art. Through color, form, material, and technique, their works create a visual dialogue that transcends borders. SAQA (Studio Art […]
Quilt India Foundation
The Quilt India Foundation (QIF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting quilting as a contemporary textile art while celebrating India’s rich textile heritage. Through exhibitions, workshops, educational programs, and community initiatives, QIF works to inform, educate, and inspire quilters across India and internationally. Since its founding in 2018, the foundation has played an important […]
Patchwork Gilde Deutschland
The Patchwork Gilde Deutschland is the central organization representing quilt and patchwork artists in Germany and one of the most established guilds within the European textile art community. Founded to promote excellence in craftsmanship while encouraging artistic innovation, the Guild has evolved into a dynamic platform for exchange, education, and professional presentation. At the heart […]
Quilt en Rêve
Quilt en Rêve is a group of French and Dutch friends who have been working together for over twenty years. United by a shared focus on 19th-century quilts, they have turned this enduring theme into their signature. What might seem like a ritual has become a source of constant exploration within textile heritage and its […]
Marylène Loës
With scissors, fabric scraps, and a thimble in hand since early childhood, she has never stopped creating with her needles. At just eight years old, she transformed an old cabinet into a Barbie house, crafting dresses, trousers, curtains, tablecloths, miniature furniture, and even plates made from recycled juice caps. Everything became an opportunity to invent—always […]