Kylie Quilt has gone to her new home!

 I’m delighted to say my Lucky Lucky Lucky, 2020 quilt was chosen recently by the Quilting Guild of the British Isles to be part of their permanent collection. I had a fantastic day out in York visiting the Quilting Guild, having a peek at the cathedral and walking city walls.

As soon as I know when my quilt is being displayed I’ll let you know 😀

A bit about the quilt….

Lucky Lucky Lucky, 2020

I bought the vintage Kylie T-shirt on eBay at the start of the lockdown. It’s very similar to one I had as a child when I was obsessed with the pint sized popstar. It put me in mind of a particular memory from April 1990, when I was 11 years old and had begged my mother to get me a ticket to the see Kylie in concert in Birmingham. The concert date, I had noticed, happily coincided with our annual easter visit from Scotland to see our grandmother in Shrewsbury.

I had brought various Kylie annuals and magazines to read while we were on our holiday.  I remember being aware of the contrast of the fresh modern colours and glossy photos in the publications against dark wood furniture, heavy drapes and plastic flowers of my grandmother’s house. Overhearing my mother explaining to my grandmother how important Kylie was to me corroborated my pre-teen sense of establishing my own interests and personality.

I had decided to wear my oversized Kylie T-shirt with black cycling shorts (very de rigueur at the time) and a denim jacket. My gran was insisting I should wear some proper “slacks” in case of cold, not a word I’d ever heard before!

I wanted to blend the old and new in this quilt - chintzy flowers with bold 1980s stripes and lace linen with an image of a glossy pop star - and try to capture the sense of joy and newness I felt back then. 

Up early to get the train to York. Sun hat on, the weather didn’t disappoint!

St Anthony's Hall, home to the Quilting Guild of the British Isles

Sewing some dots on the train on the way home