Invitation to the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Hungarian Patchwork Guild

Programme of the 7th ‘Borderless’ exhibition
Date and place of the programmes:

5th to 8th November 2009
The Hungarian Cultural Foundation
(Magyar Kultura Alapitvany)
Budapest, 1024 Szentháromság tér 6.
Opening hours 10 to 18 hours each day.

Opening ceremony:

Friday 6th November 2009, 5pm
Guest: Eszter Horgas, flautist, who will improvise music for the exhibited works
After the opening: meeting our international guests with some wine and snacks

Exhibitions:

- Exhibition of the Hungarian Patchwork Guild – selected works from the last three years. Catalogue will be available

- Contest exhibition of the European Patchwork Meeting in Budapest: Colours of a country

- East European exhibition: three works from each of the countries of the region will be on show

- Afghanistan –Inspiration; Pasquale Goldenberg’s project in Hungary: exhibition of Hungarian quilts based on Afghan embroidery

- Irish and Hungarian gardens: First showing of two 2 x 2 metre flower garden-quilts that has been created by Irish and Hungarian quilters

- Friendship tree: a quilt of a tree without leaves will be exhibited; guests are asked to bring the tree to life by placing a quilted leaf on it. The leaf should be palm-size and bearing the name of the quilter. A piece of the rough side of Velcro should be fixed on the back of the leaf

For information about the exhibition:
Beatrix Göbölös: bgobolos@freemail.hu (in English or German)
Marianna Lőrincz loma6@freemail.hu (in Russian)

Courses:

Friday 6th November 2009 – 10 am to 4pm
“Heat wave” by Ildikó Polyák
Learn about materials whose shape, colour, and form can be changed by heat treatment, a technique used in modern quilting
Fee: €30 – Cost of materials: €10

Friday 6th November 2009 – 1pm to 5pm
“A new approach to traditional stitches” by Zsófia Atkins
An introduction to the use of familiar stitches in modern quilting
Fee: €25

Saturday 7th November 2009 – 2pm to 6pm
“Cutting and appliqué” by Mrs Marika Molnár
Appliqué with cutting, based on a Hungarian tradition
Fee: €25

Saturday 7th November 2009 – 2pm to 6pm
“The marriage of wool and weaving” by Emma Kelemen
Different ways of needle-felting in traditional and modern quilting
Fee: €25

Sunday 8th November 2009 – 10am to 5pm
“Double cutting; twice the fun” by Aranka Németh-Hopp (Switzerland)
The newest techniques in freehand cutting
Fee: €30

Sunday 8th November 2009 – 10am to 5pm
“Quilts in three dimensions” by Nelli Saveljeva (Russia)
Quilting three dimensional flowers or abstract constructs
Fee: €30

For information about courses and booking:
Sára Vidovszky
email: visa@dunaweb.hu
tel: 06 70 360 7374
Deadline for booking: 15th October 2009

For information about travel and accommodation:
Pont Tours
1025, Budapest, Szépvölgyi út 92/E
info@ponttours.hu
ponttours@ponttours.hu
office@ponttours.hu
tel: +36 1 335 5513, +36 1 336 17 83, +36 1 336 1905