All articles related to our First International Block Swap including all subsequent activities, such as the IBS1 Travelling Exhibition
While we are in the middle of preparing the IBS2 Travelling Exhibition, let's not forget how it all started with the block swaps! This is Karin's IBS1 quilt...
As you might have read in our last newsletter, we celebrated the grand finale of our
IBS1 Traveling Exhibition at the Nadelwelt 2014
in Karlsruhe, Germany, from May 23 – 25, 2014....
As you can see, people are still sending us pictures for IBS1! This wonderful and very large IBS1 quilt is the collaboration of an entire family...
We will always look back on the year 2013 as the year "when we did the IBS1 Travelling Exhibition". The IBS1 Travelling Exhibition, or as it has turned out, the first part of the IBS1 Travelling Exhibition, was a great and unique experience for the Quilt around the World team...
Three ladies of the Schotten quilt guild participated in IBS1 and from there it was a small step to make their 2013 quilt show one of the destinations of the IBS1 Travelling Exhibition....
LandHausLeben is a combination of exhibition and shopping opportunity, mainly for soft furnishings, clothing and decorative objects....
The Patchwork und Textilmark Erding is a very special event for us...
Maria N from Austria needed a little encouragement to actually send us the picture of her quilt. Jutta and Johann met her at one of the destinations of the IBS1 Travelling Exhibition. When they learnt that Maria N had a finished IBS1 quilt at home, they pestered her so long until she agreed to send a picture. And don't you agree that this quilt absolutely needs to be in the IBS1 quilt gallery...
Teresa from Spain had a difficult start with her IBS1 blocks - the swapped package got lost on its way from Germany to Spain! Luckily, her team is really a team in the best sense and all team members agreed to make another block for Teresa.
June set her IBS1 blocks on point and arranged them in a layout which allows for 13 blocks instead of 12. In the 13th space, she included a diagram showing all the contributing quilters for her quilt along with their countries - another very clever idea to show to the world how well quilters collaborate beyond borders!
