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KHQ Group Quilt: International Round Robin Millennium Quilt Project ![]() Kingston Heirloom Quilters, along with groups from five other countries, participated in a Millennium Project that had quilts under construction circumnavigate the globe. The Alington House Quilters of Durham UK, who instituted this ambitious Round Robin quiltmaking exchange, connected to Kingston Heirloom Quilters through a member who had joined them during a sojourn in England. Groups from six different countries would each make a centre panel, 24 inches square, to represent either the country o All quilts to arrive in Kingston were mailed from New Zealand . We added a border, then sent them across the Atlantic Ocean to the "Arlington House Quilters" in Durham, England. They added another border, then shipped them across Europe, and over the Kattegat almost up to the Then the ever enlarging quilts traveled due south, to "Table Mountain Quilters" of Wynberg, on South Africa 's southern Cape. From there, they crossed the Indian Ocean en route to "The Prolific Quilters" of Sydney, Australia. Then a short trip across the Tasman Sea brought them to the quilting group, "In Stitches" of Christchurch, New Zealand. A flight across the Pacific Ocean, from as far south as we are n In spring 2000, each quilt top returned to the group that had created its centre panel. We rushed to get them quilted, bound, and sent off to circumnavigate the globe again. First to the UK to be featured at "Alington House Quilters Show" in June, and also at "Quilts UK North" at Harrowgate in August. From there the collection traveled to Japan to the prestigious "Quilt Week Yokohama 2000", where the Canadian Quilt, "Maples Leave The Canadian quilt "Maple Leaves in Autumn" was juried into " Through this exercise, we've gained a number of friends around the world, along with some insight into their world of quilting. During this time, one of our members on sabbatical in Sydney Australia worked with the group involved in the project; our President managed to meet up with the Christchurch group, while on holiday in New Zealand ; and an Alington House quilter got in touch during a brief stopover in Kingston . For a more detailed picture, click on quilts and scroll through the file to see details of all the quilts.. |
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