Gabriele Heinz
For Gabriele Heinz, the desire to sew her first quilt appeared about forty years ago when she was living in the United States and observing her Amish neighbors making quilts.While sewing full-sized quilts according to traditional patterns, she gradually developed her own artistic way of quilting over the years.Gabriele Heinz not only moved from commercially […]
Dieter Filler
After studying artistic and manual education, Dieter Filler could only pursue his artistic ambitions during his free time, mainly with clay creations or bookbinding works. It was when he moved to Switzerland in 1993 that he had his first contact with patchwork. Thanks to courses, he learned traditional techniques, which were quickly expanded to include […]
Concours International du Carrefour Européen du Patchwork
The International Carrefour Contest offers an exceptional showcase to all quilters around the world. A theme is born from the imagination of the Carrefour organizers every year in the fall. It leads to a new edition of the competition, open to all patchwork enthusiasts. Several months of imagination and creation are required for each participant […]
Debra Milkovich
Debra Milkovich is a quilt maker, mother of four daughters, soldier’s wife, and collector of unusual vintage treasures. From a very young age, she dreamed of becoming an artist, but chose to pursue a safer path by obtaining a doctorate in pharmacy. Debra created her first quilt in 2017 with encouragement from her friend, Emi. […]
Concours International du Carrefour
The International Carrefour Competition offers an exceptional platform to quilters from all over the world.Each year, in the fall, a theme is created by the organizers of Carrefour, leading to a new edition of the competition, open to all patchwork enthusiasts. Several months of imagination and creation are required for each participant to craft their […]
Carmen Netto
Carmen Netto is passionate about art. She began her career in illustration and graphic design, but it was in textile art that she found her true means of expression.Whether evident or subtle, geometric shapes have always been present in her work, and their study plays an intriguing role in her creations.Freedom in color usage, improvisation, […]
Charles-Édouard de Broin & Géraldine Chouard
Charles-Edouard de Broin, a passionate collector of American patchwork, owns more than 250 quilts, exhibited in renowned venues such as the Fondation des États-Unis or the 5th arrondissement Town Hall in Paris.Author of “Les Mille bonheurs d’un chercheur de quilts” (Quiltmania, 2019), he is known for his lectures and exhibitions, shedding light on the history […]
Beverly Smith
Bára Bartošová is an artist born in Prague, Czech Republic. She loves oil and acrylic painting.Over time, she started using the silk painting technique before quilting it. First, she paints the main design on the silk and then quilts it. This has now become her most popular method.She believes that quilting adds a new dimension […]
Anne Bellas
Anne lives in Nantes, Brittany. She taught languages in several European countries and only discovered textile paintings in 2015. It quickly became a total passion.She uses some commercial cottons, but mainly cotton and linen sheets and tablecloths inherited from her great-grandmother, which she dyes or prints before piecing and quilting.Anne’s paintings are not very figurative, […]
AFHAM
After World War II, the “Anabaptist Mennonites” of France realized the importance of remembering their past. This is when the French Association of Anabaptist Mennonite History (AFHAM) was created on June 4, 1979, in the Vosges region. It is managed by historians, sociologists, theologians, and other enthusiasts of the original history of this movement. AFHAM […]