Reflections on 40
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- Maker:
- Barbara Goldie
- 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.
This quilt spans more than one genre of quilting and reflects the maker’s quilting journey and that of the Guild. Reflections on 40 is traditionally hand pieced with half-inch hexagons over papers. It reflects a modern design in its use of cream calico creating large areas of negative space, with contemporary and dynamic overtones of purple. Using 4 and 0, for the Quilters’ Guild 40th anniversary then flipping them over and over, takes the viewer back to where it started through four decades. Purple (one of the colours in the Guild’s logo) is the maker’s favourite colour.
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 15W (Cumbria)
34 inches (86cm) x 40 inches (102cm)
