France Patchwork & Guldusi
France Patchwork, the French quilting association, and Guldusi, a German association closely connected with embroiderers in Afghanistan, are joining forces to organize a festive competition: The Floral Logo.
Ina Statescu
The originality of Ina Statescu’s work, a well-known Franco-Romanian artist on the international scene, lies in her combination of various textile techniques, playing with materials, shapes, and colors, She has exhibited in several countries and has been teaching textile art since 1990.
Kazakhstan Patchwork Association
Founded in 2013, the Kazakh Patchwork Association has over 180 members and is dedicated to promoting and developing ethnic-style patchwork (Kurak) and Art-Quilt. They organize workshops, competitions, and the annual Orient Bazaar festival. In recent years, their members have also been exhibiting more frequently worldwide.
Ulla Hoppe
Ulla Hoppe was born into a very creative world: she learned to sew, knit and crochet with her mother. Form and color were passed on to her by her grandmother Omimi. She began embroidering at the age of five.A day spent without a needle and thread? There’s something missing.
Val Patch
Val Patch is a local association in Val d’Argent (Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines, Lièpvre, and Rombach-le-Franc) made up of about twenty friends. Its members are patchwork enthusiasts, and some of them have been practicing it for almost 30 years.Coming from various schools, they have gained experience in different textile fields, leading them, according to their whims, to […]
Pascale Goldenberg
Pascale Goldenberg balances her life as an independent artist with managing the transcultural hand-embroidery program Guldusi, which she initiated in Afghanistan in 2004. On one hand, she considered her responsibility toward 200 embroiderers a priority, but on the other, she neither could nor wanted to give up her artistic pursuits. Over the years, she had […]
Justine Cow
In the beginning, there is a large house, a beautiful sibling group, a huge vegetable garden, a hut, a forest, games, and no television. Justine and Cow grew up in the Val d’Argent, in Lièpvre, at Bois l’Abbesse.After training as a crystal cutter (Baccarat), Justine became known in the valley for her wood paintings. It […]
Deutsch-Afghanische Initiative
Guldusi, the Afghan hand embroidery program of the German association Deutsch-Afghanische Initiative, was launched in 2004, 20 years ago! Afghan women from 3 villages were encouraged to resume hand embroidery, an activity they had abandoned during the long years of war, with other priorities.It is this long journey of exchange between embroiderers and Europeans that […]
Des P’tits Bouts de Fils
Des P’tits Bouts de Fils is an association created in August 2022. Following a reorganization of the ALC Méru association, to which the Patchwork section had been attached for 13 years, the activity had to be recreated elsewhere. The world of great textile artists has nourished and inspired all the little hands of “Des P’tits […]
Debra Milkovich
Debra Milkovich is a quilt maker, mother of four daughters, soldier’s wife, and collector of unusual vintage treasures. From a very young age, she dreamed of becoming an artist, but chose to pursue a safer path by obtaining a doctorate in pharmacy. Debra created her first quilt in 2017 with encouragement from her friend, Emi. […]
