Grand Patchwork Festival Captivated with Chagall and Frida
- Category: Entertaining Stories
- Practices: Quilting & Trapunto, Sewing
The main patchwork show of Europe The Festival of Quilts opened its doors to visitors in Birmingham from 9th to 20th of August and demonstrated breathtaking examples of textile art: thousands of blankets from all over the world.
The trading platform is unique in Europe: nowhere else one finds so many artists selling patchwork and quilted masterpieces under one roof. Over seven hundred samples participate in the competitive program, winners will be called later. Works of internationally recognized leading artists were gathered in series by professional curators. In addition, small art projects, workshops with experts and craft shops took place there.
Visitors were satisfied as Instagram prooves.
How could one leave the market without experiencing pleasant shopping?
Attracted by miniatures:
The variation of ornaments and themes was extremely diverse, traditional patterns were near animalistic works, re-makes of famous masterpieces and modern graphic:
It's easy to remember the prominent artists who created the prototypes for the works: