QUILT EN SUD 2015
Ghislaine BERLIER GARCIA (France)
Ghislaine defines her art as great DIY, allowing her to collect textiles, bizarre and disparate objects, until a dialogue develops between the materials generating new emotions in her public.
Martine APAOLAZA (France)



Brigit AUBESO BELL-LLOCH (Spain)
Brigit AUBESO BELL-LLOCH, in spite of her recent discovery of textile art, is already an international artist. She works using figurative patchwork and appliqué, mixed with new techniques, experimenting with new materials without rules or prohibitions, initiating new and innovative work.
Pauline BARNES (England)
I started sewing when I was 6 years old and since then have tried everything that involved needles, threads and fabrics! I owned a fabric shop and was a self-employed dressmaker for many years, but on completion of C&G Patchwork & Quilting, and Machine Embroidery, I gave up dressmaking in favour of quilting. I started to exhibit my work whilst studying a 3-year Design Course and was accepted as a Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen. I have won many awards over the last 18 years and my work has been exhibited in the UK, the rest of Europe, Canada and USA. I have been teaching textile-related subjects since 1992 and am an Invited Judge for The Quilters Guild of the British Isles.
AFGHAN SQUARES (Europe – Afghanistan)
- For this new challenge, 130 European women created drafts that were embroidered by Afghan artists and enriched. Then back in Europe the works were completed, each illustrating the theme of cookware, sharing both lifestyles and cultures. This exhibition is the result of a partnership between two associations: Textile-Resonance (France) and Deutsch- Afghanische Initiative (Germany).



To illustrate her favourite subject “trees”, Muriel paints, tints, “rusts”, deconstructs, heats several materials and vegetal papers together then embroiders using free piqué, enhancing the work, by hand, with pearls and unusual materials.
CROSSING OCEANS (International)
Jane Rollason is an English artist living in France. In 2013, Jane created an international group called “Crossing Oceans” which incorporates 13 artists in textile art. Each artist has been challenged to create 6 quilts on the topic of nature.
– Frieda ANDERSON (USA)
– Pat ARCHIBALD (Scotland)
– Hilary BEATTIE (England)
– Ineke BERLYN (England)
– Dijanne CEVAAL (Australia)
– Kay HAERLAND (Australia)
– Lin HSIN-CHEN (Taïwan)
– Christiane KÜHR (Germany)
– Irène MAC WILLIAM (Northern Ireland)
– Elaine QUEHL (Canada)
– Bergen ROSE (USA)
– Jane ROLLASON (England)
– Charlotte YDE (Denmark)
Jean DELAFOSSE (France)
Although specialising in high quality weaving, Jean Delafosse quickly directed his artistic talent towards braiding and twisting, curling, macramé, folding and rolling fabrics such as linen, cotton, silk, bonded fibre and even denim from jeans. Celebrated works of art inspired by the harmony and equilibrium of nature.
Kaffe FASSETT (USA)
Kaffe Fassett is an American textile artist and designer who has been living in Engalnd since 1964. He has inspired many people across the world with his colourful work in fabric, knitting, needlepoint, patchwork, painting and mosaic.
He also creates wallpapers and has designed fabrics for Rowan and for the Westminster Museum in London…
He published many books.
FRANCE PATCHWORK
All our district delegations extend a warm welcome to every person who likes to sew.
ARGENTISSIMO :
A very special selection made exclusively for Quilt en Sud 2015!
KANTHA EMBROIDERY (India)
Inherited from a centuries-old tradition that has now disappeared, the Kantha embroidery magnified the work of recovered used fabrics, now lives again and perpetuates between the hands of a thousand women from Bengal several traditional or contemporary themes on silks and various weaves. It is an Indian NGO “SHE Foundation” relayed by “SHE France” that supports these artisans.



Alongside the Khanta exhibition, Shamlu Dudedja, a grand Lady from Kolkata (also known as Calcutta), has performed a presentation of saris used depending on the circumstances of a social life, according to regional customs or by age…Dozens of different draperies added to our western research to make these 6m of fabric, often made of well- slippery silk.






Gabrielle likes to mix the fabrics as much as the colours. She develops an original concept: the double stripe with striped fabrics themselves recombined in bands, from light to dark. The red often punctuates her works.
SELECTION FROM THE NETHERLANDS
Since 2000, two Dutch quilters, Jette Clover and Hanny Spierenburg, have created a Master Class “Quilten Speciaal” to initiate passionate for new techniques. Twenty of them are presenting for us their works.
QUILTS OF LEGEND (France)
Traditional quilts inspired by the 19th century.
Quilters brilliantly reinterpret traditional techniques; the selection of antique reproduction fabrics brings authenticity to the quilts.
All quilts are handmade.
QUILTS FROM AROUND THE ADOUR RIVER (France)
CONTEST RESULTS
France Patchwork Price:
– Jacqueline LEON “Les 4 saisons”
– École A. BRIAND d”ANGLET – Classes CE1/CE2 : “Les jeunes poussent”
Bernina Price:
– Christiane AMSTUTZ : « Tout en courbes »
Quiltmania Price:
– Micheline DELMAERE : « Le regard »
Quilt en Sud Price:
– Valérie St ANDRE : « 1ère rue à gauche »
Vote of the Public :
– Rosine HONDELATTE : « Océan » (n° 29)
Canadian Hungarian-born artist, who is inspired by illuminated manuscripts, medieval cosmologies of bestiaries but also children’s drawings of monsters and soldiers. Collages and quilts hand embroidered on linen or silk materials.
“Diversion, dix versions” Contest
France Patchwork Price: Fanny DOUVIER : « Panique dans l’arène »
Bernina Price: Yvette CAMPOS-KRATZEISEN : « Suganya »
Quiltmania Price: Fanny DOUVIER : « Panique dans l’arène »
Quilt en Sud Price: Christine MAHE : « Hommage à Kénojvak Ashevak : où est l’esquimau »
Vote of the Public : Colette VIROT : « Divertissement » (n° 24)
Textile Game “The Panties”
Vote of the Public :– Cécile MILHAU (n° 21)
Quizz Game
– Chantal CHEVILLON
– Anne-Marie JACOT
– Sylvie DANNELONGUE
– Josy RABILLE
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Christine CABEZA (France)
Patchwork? Textile art? Artist? Artisan? In 2015 the question is no longer there. We mix everything, the materials, the colors, we associate the flowery, the blade, the stripes.
Everywhere, in decoration too. So naturally we will present chairs created by Christine Cabeza, decorator-upholsterer.
Marianne CRESSON (France)
When Marianne discovers a seat, in the exercise of her occupation of upholsterer, her visual artist’s eye can not help but see a character!