I have two quilts in the exhibition at Festival of Quilts.
But my scrap box is still full Started in March 2020 when I couldn’t do anything more creative than stitch scraps together. These blocks languished in a box until I needed to practice using my Moxie Long Arm machine, then I manged to finish it.
Uprooted which will be on display on the outside of the Quilt Collection Gallery.
But my Scrap Bin is Still Full (2024 Mary Whitehouse
Uprooted (2025) Mary Whitehouse
I have been shortlisted for the Quilters’ Guild Graduate Bursary and my work will be on display in the Graduate Showcase in Hall 7 at the Festival of Quilts.
There is a Better Way, (at Bradford School of Art Summer Show)
My work will be in the the Summer Show, alongside the work of my fellow students graduating from the Foundation Degree in Textiles Practice. You can read more about my work in my blog.
The Dye House Gallery, Lister Building, Bradford College, Great Horton Road, Bradford BD7 1AY
https://www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/events/bradford-school-of-art-end-of-year-show-2024/
My featured work, Lost at Sea, is part of There is a Better Way, my response to the government’s treatment of those seeking asylum in the UK.
Lost at Sea
Read the guide at a-n.co.uk/degree-shows and congratulate this year’s graduating artists @anartistsinfo on Instagram.
Awarded a commendation for this woven textile design in the W1N Category The Clothworkers’ Company Award for a woven fabric design for interior furnishings or products.
WasteAge Coat, created for Textile Project 1 FDA in Textiles Practice at Bradford College course, from waste materials provided by A W Hainsworth, Pudsey, Leeds.
The WasteAge Coat was exhibited in Open 24, Old Parcels Office artspace, Scarborough YO11 1TU from 10th February - 10th March 2024
No one should die, created for the Sustainability category at Festival of Quilts 2023. The quilt was a response to the tenth anniversary of the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse.
