The Festival Quilts 2025 - what I loved . . Part the first
My favourite piece of the entire show |
The Festival of Quilts 2025 was wonderful. It was so very good to catch up with friends and students. I was there for 2 days, and it was almost enough.
Anitha Reddy
Anitha Reddy is an art historian, curator and community based textile art practitioner who has been collaborating with the Siddi women of Karnataka, India.
The stand was a rainbow of colour. All the pieces are hand pieced and hand quilted and some were also 'embroidered'. Not with recognisable stitches, but a glorious cacophony of layers of thread stitched to give definition. Just wonderful.
This was my favourite piece, I hope you enjoy looking at the detailed sections I have shown you.
The entire stand was an absolute delight and a great big breath of fresh air.
The sheer joy of working with scraps of cotton and silk in delicious colours can not be underestimated.
You can find Anitha Reddy on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/anithanreddy/
This a great blog post - do read it and find out more about Anitha's work with the Siddi women. https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/mosaics-of-cloth?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeAMihgkDsM2u2jr5YeN_HmCwJRxy5wh580tflm0f-SRGdWMxPY3lls8zXWqg_aem_Zmp3Fvj0HQOOA1Yr9euJtg
I will write more tomorrow about my favourite modern quilt and catching up with friends.
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