New Designers- Judging Graduates for Festival of Quilts bursary (2014)

A few weeks ago I was asked, by Upper Street (organisers of The Festival of Quilts, New Designers and the Knitting and Stitch shows) to select several new graduate textile students from New Designers to take their work to The Festival Quilts in August.

The textile work was of such high quality, it proved to be a very difficult decision. However after lunch with Pauline Burbidge and I deliberated over the students who would be awarded a stand at the Festival. These students then have the opportunity to recieve a £1000 bursary to continue their practice.