Marijke van Welzen
Textiles are Marijke van Welzen’s passion and offer an unlimited range of expressive possibilities, from their tactile quality to their flexibility, variety of colors, and visual texture.Marijke van Welzen creates wearable art using techniques she has developed over the years.She isn’t afraid to experiment or challenge herself, producing unique garments that explore a theme or […]
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 […]
Hilde Hoogwaerts
Hilde Hoogwaerts started creating quilts in 1989 while living in Atlanta, USA.She lived there for three years before moving to eight other countries around the world, then returning to her home country, the Netherlands, in 2018.Her last mission abroad was in Ghana, where she challenged herself to use only local African textiles in her works.Hilde […]
Heidi Drahota
Heidi Drahota studied to become a middle school teacher with knowledge in art, history, mathematics, and biology. After teaching for 27 years, she has been working exclusively as an artist for 10 years.She practiced photography, ceramics, and watercolor painting. Since 2002, her artistic style has shifted towards techniques combining textiles and materials. She is self-taught […]
France Patchwork
France Patchwork celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2024 and reaffirms its commitment to showcase its know-how and exchange of practices. The aim of this volunteer association is to raise awareness of patchwork and its various fields (Artextures, Quilt de Légende, Les Jeunes Poussent, Modern Quilt, Traditionals…).With a global presence, France Patchwork serves as the link […]
Fifteen by Fifteen
Fifteen by Fifteen is an international group of 15 artists sharing the same passion: textile art. Spread across the world, their meetings are mostly virtual.Each year, one or more themes are chosen, and the artists create six quilts.The photos and explanations of each artist’s approach are posted on the group’s website every 8 weeks.The size […]
European Quilt Association
EQA, the European Quilters’ Association, is a cooperation between European patchwork guilds that resonates beyond the national level.It has become a joint venture between the 19 member guilds with the general aim of providing all European quilters with a means of interaction and opportunities to showcase their work.Annual competitions on a given theme, without a […]
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 […]
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. […]
Annie Bugnon
Trained at the Beaux-Arts in Besançon, specializing in Ceramics, Annie Bugnon currently lives in Béarn.She taught visual arts for many years. In 2005, she published *La Poétique de l’Art de l’Enfant*, in which she shares the results of her years of experience.In the 1990s, her work shifted toward symbolism in art history.She exhibited in various […]