Patchwork Promises International Quilting Round Robin

Paula Rafferty is part of Team Ireland in an International Quilting Round Robin. For further details see http://patchwork-promises.blogspot.com

Tracey's Blue EQA Quilt on cover of Autumn Issue of the IPS newsletter

Tracey's blue EQA quilt was the cover photo for the Autumn Issue of the Irish Patchwork Society Newsletter.

Gloria Loughman

Paula at work at a recent "Playing on the Surface" Gloria Loughman workshop that was held down in Tralee.

Irish Patchwork Society National Exhibition 2010

The Irish Patchwork Society's National Exhibition is on at the moment in the Cork Institute of Technology. The opening was on yesterday 4th of September. American quilter Laura Wasilowski officially opened the exhibit and gave a talk.

Paula entered her quilt "Round and Round Again".


Claire entered her quilt "Graffiti Graz".

EQA Colour Connections Exhibition at the Festival of Quilts

The EQA Exhibition at the Festival of Quilts this year had nine coloured 12inch squares from different EU countries. Ireland got the colour blue this year.
The photo shows the Irish entry - three of the squares were made by Genesis members. The top left square is by Tracey Watson, the middle row left square is by Claire Lynch and the bottom row middle square is by Paula Rafferty.

Tracy with her EQA Entry Blue Quilt

Textile Alchemy

We're currently making art quilts based on the theme of "Textile Alchemy".