Quiltmania
Louise-Marie Stipon has been a figurehead of the Quilts de Légende contest, organised by France Patchwork and Dominique Husson, for over 20 years. She creates extraordinary authentic quilts which take us to the most prestigious museums in the United States. Louise-Marie’s sister, Marie-Paule, also caught the quilting bug, as did her niece Anne-Hélène who now […]
Quilts of yesterday and today
France Patchwork’s mission is to promote patchwork and textile art in all its forms. With representation throughout France, it is a link between those who are passionate about thread. France Patchwork through its different branches (Artextures, Quilt de Légende, Les Jeunes Poussent, le Modern Quilt…) will leave no one unaffected by this art in its […]
Annie Bugnon
Annie Bugnon studied fine arts and ceramics in Besançon and currently lives in Béarn. She taught art for many years. In 2005, she edited La poétique de l’art de l’enfant in which she expands on these years of experience. During the 90s, her work focused on the symbolism of the history of art. She exhibits […]
Françoise Lucas Broggini
Françoise Lucas Broggini is a self-taught French textile artist who is passionate about quilts. She has lived in Italy for many years with her husband and children. During the 2000s, she discovered patchworking thanks to a French friend who lived in Turin and invited her to visit the patchwork club that she was part of. […]
Last chance for forgotten blocks
France Patchwork’s mission is to promote patchwork and textile art in all its forms. With representation throughout France, it is a link between those who are passionate about thread. France Patchwork through its different branches (Artextures, Quilt de Légende, Les Jeunes Poussent, le Modern Quilt…) will leave no one unaffected by this art in its […]
Les Jeunes Poussent Contest: draw me a…
France Patchwork’s mission is to promote patchwork and textile art in all its forms. With representation throughout France, it is a link between those who are passionate about thread. France Patchwork through its different branches (Artextures, Quilt de Légende, Les Jeunes Poussent, le Modern Quilt…) will leave no one unaffected by this art in its […]
Des P’tits Bouts de Fils
Des P’tits Bouts de Fils is an association created in August 2022.Following the reorganisation of the association ALC Méru which quilters were associated with for 13 years, the activity needed to be recreated elsewhere. The world of renowned textile artists inspired and enriched all the creative hands at Des P’tits Bouts de Fils. The passion […]
Quilts en rêve
Quilt en rêve is an association full of English, Dutch and American antique quilt enthusiasts. Some of them have been quilting for over 30 years, always conscious of working in a traditional way, paying attention to detail, the choice of fabric and hand sewing. Its members (women and a man) have found their style in […]
Pascale Goldenberg
Pascale Goldenberg shares her life as an independent artist by managing the transcultural hand embroidery programme, Guldusi, which she launched in Afghanistan in 2004. On the one hand, she believed that being responsible for 200 embroiderers was a priority, but on the other hand, she didn’t want to give up her work as an artist. […]
AFHAM
After WW2, the “Anabaptists Mennonites” from France realized the importance of remembering their past. This is how the French Anabaptist and Mennonite History Society (AFHAM) was created on June 4th 1979. It was managed by historians, sociologists, theologists and other history lovers that were fond of this movement. The AFHAM has set itself the following […]
Val Patch
Val Patch is an association from the Silver Valley (Val d’Argent in Franch) region (Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines, Lièpvre and Rombach-le-Franc), which is composed of over 20 friends. Its members are patchwork enthusiasts and some of them have been patchworking for over 30 years. They all have different scholarly backgrounds and different experiences in the textile industry, […]