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The Quilters’ Guild Needs your Votes
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Published: Friday, June 03, 2011
Quilting could be thrust into the spotlight if enough people cast their votes before June 20th.
The Quilters' Guild has reached the the semi-finals of the National Lottery Awards with it's project 'Unfolding the Quilts'.
Based at the Quilt Museum and Gallery in York, the project is one of ten competing in the 'Best Heritage Project' category of the annual search to find Britain's favourite Lottery-funded creations.
The finals of the competition will be shown on BBC 1 – giving tremendous publicity for quilting as an activity, which would provide the industry with a welcome boost and spark further public interest in the craft.
The Heritage Lottery grant supports the Guild's work with volunteers and in education and outreach, and has allowed it to open the Quilt Museum and Gallery, creating wider public access to its collection of more than 800 historic and contemporary quilts.
The Museum and Gallery's educational programme has enabled more than 6,250 adults and children to learn and develop practical sewing skills as well as learning about the history, art and craft of patchwork and quilting.
The Guild has worked with school groups, children and young people, hospital patients, young mothers and the elderly, as well as many others, with the Lottery-funded programme meaning there was little or no cost to participants.
“Reaching the semi-finals of the National Lottery Awards recognises the excellent work of our staff and all the volunteers involved in running the Quilt Museum and Gallery and its education and outreach projects,” says Marilyn Lovett, the Guild's president. “We hope that everyone will support us by voting for the project and helping us to reach the finals.”
Vote to put The Quilters' Guild through to the finals by clicking here (link will take you to the National Lottery's voting page).
Based at the Quilt Museum and Gallery in York, the project is one of ten competing in the 'Best Heritage Project' category of the annual search to find Britain's favourite Lottery-funded creations.
The finals of the competition will be shown on BBC 1 – giving tremendous publicity for quilting as an activity, which would provide the industry with a welcome boost and spark further public interest in the craft.
The Heritage Lottery grant supports the Guild's work with volunteers and in education and outreach, and has allowed it to open the Quilt Museum and Gallery, creating wider public access to its collection of more than 800 historic and contemporary quilts.
The Museum and Gallery's educational programme has enabled more than 6,250 adults and children to learn and develop practical sewing skills as well as learning about the history, art and craft of patchwork and quilting.
The Guild has worked with school groups, children and young people, hospital patients, young mothers and the elderly, as well as many others, with the Lottery-funded programme meaning there was little or no cost to participants.
“Reaching the semi-finals of the National Lottery Awards recognises the excellent work of our staff and all the volunteers involved in running the Quilt Museum and Gallery and its education and outreach projects,” says Marilyn Lovett, the Guild's president. “We hope that everyone will support us by voting for the project and helping us to reach the finals.”
Vote to put The Quilters' Guild through to the finals by clicking here (link will take you to the National Lottery's voting page).
