Penny Evans - winner of Quilt Creations at Festival of Quilts

 

Congratulations to Out of the Fold member Penny Evans who won first prize in the Quilt Creations category at www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/ 2024 at the NEC in Birmingham with her piece 'Metamorphosis'

Here is Penny alongside her fantasy costume inspired by the Eri silk moth made as part of her Creative Stitch Advanced Stitched Textiles course with tutor Mary McIntosh

Penny attended the awards ceremony on Thursday 1st August and was presented with her trophy by www.joecunninghamquilts.com/

The winners of each category will go on to be shown at the theknittingandstitchingshow.com/london/ at Alexandra Palace from 10th - 13th October 2024 and at theknittingandstitchingshow.com/harrogate/ from 21st - 24th November 2024

Penny receives a prize of £1000 alongside her trophy.

Penny says "I am so pleased that Out of the Fold member Dee Nicholson encouraged me to enter 'Metamorphosis' into the Festival of Quilts. The opportunity for my work to be seen by thousands of visitors to Birmingham and then London an Harrogate is just fantastic"