Sermilik Fjord
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- Maker:
- Lis Tate
- 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.
The inspiration for the quilt came from photographs taken whilst trekking in East Greenland in 2003. East Greenland happens to be 40 degrees west of the prime meridian. The work is hand pieced and hand quilted. All the fabrics are commercial, with the exception of a few pieces that were coloured using fabric paint to achieve light effects on the distant sea. The map is hand painted using Markal sticks and the lettering is made using photographs, inkjet-printed onto cotton, before being applied to the border of the quilt.
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 14 (Cleveland and Yorkshire)
40 inches (102cm) x 40 inches (102cm)
