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 solo galleries at the Festival of Quilts in the UK, as well as international exhibitions in Spain, France, and South Korea. In 2024, she began a collaboration with another internationally recognized quilter; the resulting work was also featured in a dedicated gallery at the Festival of Quilts, UK.

Her quilt Reflections was acquired in 2019 by The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles for its permanent collection as a representation of modern quilting. More recently, two of her quilts were acquired by The International Quilt Museum in Nebraska, USA.

In July 2023, Sarah was appointed Ambassador for the Modern Group of The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles, further affirming her influence within the contemporary quilting community.

EXHIBITION

Colour Works

Town

Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines

Exhibition venue

#6 Espace des Tisserands, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines

Year

2026

Sarah Hibbert’s quilts are known for their bold visual impact, created through vibrant and contrasting color combinations. Her gallery Colour Works continues this signature approach while presenting an entirely new body of work, shown here for the first time.

For this collection, Sarah chose to work exclusively with solid fabrics rather than patterned textiles. By focusing solely on color, she intensifies contrast and heightens the graphic clarity of each composition. The absence of print allows color relationships to take center stage, creating striking visual statements.

The exhibition includes both improvisational quilts and carefully designed compositions of her own creation. Alongside these, Sarah revisits traditional quilt blocks, reinterpreting familiar forms through contemporary color palettes.

As a quilter often associated with modern design, she has long wanted to return to classic blocks and explore how color alone can transform them into something fresh and dynamic.

Colour Works offers her the opportunity to integrate this renewed perspective into her latest body of work.

Ultimately, color is her language. It shapes mood, structure, and energy within each quilt. In this exhibition, she demonstrates how powerful and expressive color can be—proving that, for her, color works.