Under African Skies

10 Jul - 16 Oct 2010
10am-4pm: April - Sept Mon-Sat; Oct-March Tues-Sat

Quilt Museum and Gallery
St Anthonyıs Hall, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PW

What started as a hobby has developed into a small
fairtrade business, supplying those British quiltmakers and textile artists who also have a fascination with unusual fabrics.
"When I started selling a few fat quarters of African fabric out of a suitcase to my quilt group", recalls Magie, "I had no idea that ten years later I would be seeing so many wonderful creations made using African fabrics." Fabrics sourced by Magie include handy-dyed batiks, resist dyed Indigo, Kola nut and Indigo and traditional mud cloth as well as wax prints and Shwe Shwe Indigo.

The exhibition will include a selection of quilts made with African fabrics and also displays of the fabrics themselves with information about their provenance and makers.