Tuesday, January 11, 2022

January Zoom Meeting

Our January speaker Helen Barnes gave her presentation via Zoom last night. Her topic, traditional north country strippy quilting, was very  well illustrated, and she talked most interestingly about how she became a strippy quilter herself and eventually, in 2020, a recipient of an Amy Emms bursary. The name Amy Emms  wasn’t known to me so I looked her up.  She was born  in County Durham in 1904 and there’s lots about her on the internet. She wrote a book about Durham quilting, and about her life, which seems to be out of print but can be bought for very little money from a number of sites such as Abe Books and Amazon. I  ordered mine last night!  Keen quilters will no doubt be familiar with her but for lovers of textiles who haven’t heard of Amy Emms M.B.E. I recommend a little online searching into the life and achievements of a remarkable, inspiring  woman. And many thanks to Helen for encouraging interest in this very special craft. 

Chris Small 

11/1/22

Here are a couple of screen shots from Helen's Zoom talk




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