Patchwork Gilde Deutschland
The German Patchwork Guild is a vibrant community of quilt artists of all levels. Membership in the club provides access to weekly projects, online courses, and a magazine. Non-affiliated members can participate in certain projects and attend the annual patchwork festival organized by the guild.
PatCHquilt
PatCHquilt is the Swiss association of quilters. Its aim is to support all Swiss creators in their patchwork, quilting, and textile art projects.Its goal is to promote mutual contacts among members and to foster knowledge and appreciation of textile art in the country.PatCHquilt serves as the central point of contact for national and international calls […]
National African American Quilt Guild
The African-American Sampler Quilt Group (AASQG) and the National African-American Quilt Guild (NAAQG) consist of creators from all corners of the United States, from Rhode Island in the North, Texas in the South, California in the West, and Pennsylvania in the East. The artists range from beginners to professionals. They are self-taught, having learned from […]
Maria Stoller
Maria Stoller was born in the United States and has lived in Switzerland for over 40 years. She has always loved textiles and making objects. Her first textile works were quilts, which gradually became figurative and inventive.In 2006, she discovered drawing and painting, which greatly influenced her work. Today, Maria works as a mixed-media artist, […]
Lynett Muhaso
Lynett Muhaso is a Zimbabwean artist who now lives in Australia. She is a self-taught creator who turned to quilts when she was asked to make one for a friend.She loves grand, vibrant, and bold patterns and colors that are present in her works. Lynett enjoys creating modern designs that anyone can make, display as […]
Les filles du mardi
The Tuesday Girls (Les filles du mardi) is a group of quilters who meet two to three times a month, on Tuesdays, of course, for the pleasure of sewing together as friends and enjoying pastries.Their combined quilting experience totals over 480 years, but they’ve chosen not to share their individual ages! They are unconditional fans […]
Léna Meszaros
Léna Meszaros is of Hungarian and Russian origin, living in France, where she discovered patchwork in the 1990s. Through contemporary patchwork, she finds her personal expression in figurative art quilts, which she transposes into mixed media. The use of various materials in her creations—acrylic pouring, plastic, metal, recycled cardboard—pushes her toward 3D.She employs different techniques […]
Lauren Austin
Lauren Austin is an African-American artist with over 30 years of experience in creating artistic quilts. She uses woodblock printing and lithographic impressions, fabric dyeing, and painting to create portraits of the life and work of African-Americans. Lauren employs color, 3D sewn sculptural effects, and beaded and threaded sketches and tableaux to bring her works […]
Jane Lury
“Labors of Love” is the business name of Jane Lury’s company, which specializes in selling antique quilts. According to her partner David, what started as a weekend hobby quickly grew beyond their expectations.In the 1980s, while traveling in Oregon, Jane spotted a quilt for sale at an antique shop and bought it. Back in New […]
Jacques Légeret & Hans Zogg
Swiss journalist Jacques Légeret was ‘adopted’ by an Old Order Amish family in 1986, along with his wife and son. Over several stays, he lived for about 26 months with Amish families in Pennsylvania and Indiana. This gave him access to the ‘hope chests,’ wooden chests in which Amish women store their wedding quilts. His […]