WESTON SUPER QUILTS
2008
12th to 14th September 2008
With over 160 quilts on
display, this exhibition, with wall to wall quilts, was a visual feast.
This show is run by the members of Weston Quilters and as you
enter the hall the impact is amazing, with quilts hanging from all the
walls and neatly lined up along the centre.
Like all good
feasts it is the range and variety that makes it so appealing.
The individual styles and levels of experience among the quilt
makers means that there is something for everyone.
It is an opportunity for the experienced to wow us with the
fantastic and leave us thinking ‘how do I do that?’ followed by the
next quilt which gets the
juices flowing and the thoughts of ‘I’m going straight home to try
that!’ But also the more
inexperienced can show off and say ‘Look, I did it!
This is what I can do!’ Weston
Super Quilts is a show for everyone and we invite all levels of
experience to take part.
In 2008 we had
our usual categories of Traditional, Children’s and Beginners/Novice
quilts, but with specialist categories of Mystic East, All Our
Yesterdays, Inspiration from Poetry and Music, Water – An
Interpretation and our feature category, Charles Darwin.
The 200th anniversary of his birth was due at the beginning of
2009 and we wanted to celebrate along with him.
The Winter
Gardens in Weston Super Mare provides an excellent venue for the quilts,
which are hung beautifully on especially made frames and also along the
walls of the Prince Consort Room. Set
in our wonderful seaside town, it is easily accessible by road and rail
and the town offers other attractions such as shopping, restaurants and
theatre and film experiences and of course not forgetting the beach and
pier.
The whole
experience is most rewarding, with Weston Quilters being a friendly
bunch and offering various trade stalls, raffle quilt and charity
stands. 2008 also saw our
first year of full day workshops, which went down a storm.
Please take a visual trip through our show.
Examples of our categories
in 2008
Darwin
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Beginners
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Children's
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Mystic East
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Inspired by Poetry & Music
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Traditional
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Water - An Inspiration
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All Our Yesterdays
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