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Welcome To Kekfesto Cotton : Home of Hungarian Blue Print Fabrics Diary Dates 31 Oct 2009 : Quilters' Guild Area Day, Culloden Academy, Inverness 19 - 22 May 2010 : Loch Lomond Quilt Show 19 - 22 Aug 2010 : Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham Inspirations By Hungarian Blue-Dyed Textiles International Quilt Competition and Exhibition, 2009 The Foundation of the Textile Museum and Blue Dyers Museum in Papa, Hungary is sponsoring an international quilt competition to highlight the unique richness of Hungarian blue print fabrics. The competition has five categories and each category winner will receive a three day stay for two people in Hungary. The official opening of the Quilt Exhibition will be in Pápa on 13 Jun, after which the quilts will be on display in the following places in Hungary.
A Bit of Background My first visit to Hungary was in 2002, when I discovered their traditional blue and white cotton. Then in May 2003, the Hungarian Patchwork Association [www.foltvarro.hu] held an International Exhibition of Quilts, made from the traditional blue-print/kekfesto cotton. Quilters from over 30 different countries contributed to the exhibition, but I was the only one from the U.K. who attended the Official Opening of the Exhibition. One of the reasons for organising the event was to get the blueprint better known outside of Hungary. These quilts went on to be exhibited at the European Patchwork Show in Val d'Argent in France in September of that year. The blue-print material is considered very ordinary in Hungary, as it used to be widely available. I liked it so much and felt that others would too, so the idea of setting up the web-site "fell into place". The cotton is colour fast and fade resistant, and ideal for patchwork and quilting. There are only eight family run businesses left that produce the material in relatively small quantities, three of which I deal with on a regular basis. |
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