Exhibition: Everyday Histories - Exploring the lives of Quiltmakers from the Past
The Quilters Guild, St. Anthonys Hall, Peasholme Green, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 7PW
This year's exhibition showcases the varied and interesting everyday lives of the quiltmakers in the Quilt Collection. With a wide range of styles, fabrics and social backgrounds, each piece tells it's own story of creation, and shows the talent, skills and motivations behind these beautiful pieces of crafting history. From hand-quilted wholecloth quilts stitched in working-class communities as a form of income, to examples of opulent and ornate works created by ladies of leisure, it's the stories of the makers and their worlds which helps to bring these objects to life.
The exhibition will also feature one of our newest acquisitions, the War Widows Association Quilt - a moving piece of contemporary collaborative art made in 2023 by widows and families of lost servicemen which tells stories of love, loss and grief that connect women across generations from the Second World War to the Falklands, Iraq, and peacetime.
Timings
- Friday 11 September:
- 1000-1600
- Saturday 12 September:
- 1000-1500
- Tuesday 15 September:
- 1000-1600
- Wednesday 16 September:
- 1000-1600
- Thursday 17 September:
- 1000-1600
- Friday 18 September:
- 1000-1600
- Saturday 19 September:
- 1000-1500
Location & directions
The Quilters Guild, St. Anthonys Hall, Peasholme Green, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 7PW
- Contact on day:
- Quilters' Guild Staff
- Telephone number:
- +441904613242
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
The building is accessible from a ramp in the gardens.
