Circuit XL
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- Maker:
- Marion McCrindle
- Date:
- 2019
Contemporary quilt commissioned for The Forties Collection, a body of work representing contemporary quiltmaking across the U.K. in the 40th anniversary year of The Quilters' Guild.
Each year is a new cycle, hence there are 40 circles to represent 40 years of The Guild's life so far! Just as each year brings its own challenges and developments, so the circles have different patterns, colours and are made from a range of materials: paper, thread, fabric, wood and metal. Some years are good…some do not go as planned and in the life of the Guild, some years have been highly successful, others less so. The circle has no end, something we hope for the Guild. The circle of friends the maker has found in the Guild has a value above rubies.
The Forties Collection quilts were made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles. The 18 regions of The Guild are represented, as well as the three age groups of Young Quilters. Each piece was a new work specially made by a Guild member not already represented in The Collection. The makers were asked to interpret the theme of 40 as creatively as possible. The rule was that the finished piece had to have one dimension of 40 inches and between 25 and 40 inches in the other dimension. These pieces were exhibited at the Festival of Quilts in 2019 in a gallery entitled ‘Spotlight@40’.
Commissioned by Region 7 (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire)
40 inches (102cm) x 28 inches (71cm)
