Friday 22 July 2016

IPS National Exhibition 2016 "Evolution"

Another trip to Limerick in one month, another quilt show at the beautiful gallery space of the Limerick School of Art and Design (read about the first one here). This time my husband went with me on a romantic bus ride as the kids were looked after by their aunt and uncle)).

My quilt "Fallen by the Wayside" was there, so an obligatory "artist with quilt" picture was duly taken:
archaeopteryx quilt

I have written about it and included some close-ups in this post. My birdies were well received and even made it onto the catalogue cover:


I struggled with my camera settings, so not all the photos of the quilts I liked were good quality, but here are at least some of them:

"In the Beginning" by Mary Maguire and "Woods" by Tomomi McElvee

IPS National Exhibition
"Fish Evolution" by Irene MacWilliam

IPS National Exhibition 2016
"Same but Different" by Ruth Bourke

IPS National Exhibition 2016
"Celebrating the Big Bang" by Rita Whelan

IPS National Exhibition 2016
"Kerry Dance" by Marie Hooper

IPS National Exhibition
"Starburst" by Louise Mullane

The gallery also housed an exhibition of mini quilts on the theme "Distance" by artists from Ireland, Austria and Latvia, which we also enjoyed. Unfortunately, there was no catalogue and I didn't include the quilt and artist's names with some of the photos.







We then went to Limerick Quilt Center to do some fabric shopping (did I mention it was my birthday? no present like fabric shopping)))


You can tell I'm getting ready for Halloween.


We strolled a bit around the city center, saw a sewing and knitting supplies shop with my name on it, had some coffee with very nice cakes and went back home.

Limerick


Limerick

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Limerick


Linking up to Fabric Frenzy Friday at Fort Worth Fabric Studio and Can I Get a Whip Whoop? at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

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8 comments:

  1. Words fail me...your quilt is so well done and imaginative. All those beautiful birds contemplating their ancestor. Just lovely. I signed up to follow you on bloglovin so I do not miss a seeing more of your work.

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  2. Happy Birthday! Next time I have to walk around the city properly!

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  3. All of the quilts are wonderful and inspirational! Thank you for sharing! I, too, like to design my own quilts and I'm inspired to see you doing the same. I'll be checking out more of what you do. Very cool!

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  4. Happy Birthday. I'm glad you got some shopping in. Your quilt looks great up there on the gallery wall. Thanks for sharing the pictures of many quilts. It is nice to see how different they all are.

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  5. I saw your Evolution quilt at CQA and was blown away.

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  6. Lena, your amazing "Fallen by the Wayside" still bowls me over everytime I see it. It's just incredible - so original and so beautifully done!
    It looks like it was a really terrific show - lots of beauties! And the perfect birthday getaway - a belated Happy Birthday!

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  7. Happy Birthday. Your quilt is lovely, Lena, and how pretty you look.
    Amalia
    xo

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  8. Such a wonderful quilt, Lena! Very creative. Whoop whoop!!

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