Catalogue Number
NMLH.2000.3
Object Name
Quilt
Title
Millennium Quilt. Manchester Adult Education Service
Place
Manchester & Lancashire & England & UK
People
Designers:
Gibson, Ann
Sandiford, Carol
Events
Millennium 2000 celebrations & Manchester
Date
1999
Creator(s)Gibson, Ann
Description
Millennium quilt, 1999
The Millennium quilt was designed by Ann Gibson and Carol Sandiford and was made by the Manchester Adult Education Centre. The quilt took nearly three years to make and involved over 100 people in various workshops held throughout Manchester. It was carried at the Manchester's Coming Home celebrations in 2000. It was shortly after this on display in the Engine hall of the Pump House people's History Museum.
The quilt celebrates Manchester's textiles, past and present. The outer circle represents the wheel which was influential in the textile industry. The spokes depict various parts of Manchester's heritage and culture, and the images in the corners represent the four corners of the world - Asia, Africa, the Orient and Manchester. The outside bricks represent individuals and form the symbolic structure upon which the future of the Manchester Adult Education Centre is built going into the new millennium.
Materials: Combination of hand and machine sewing techniques using synthetic and natural fabrics, with designs worked in embroidery, applied work, lacework, painting and possibly printing.
The theme of the quilt is Manchester's textiles, past and present. The design reflects the different communities within the City. Over 100 people were involved in making the quilt and workshops were held throughout Manchester.
People who helped make the Quilt:
Adeline Ackun, Suzanne Albery, Andrea Austin, Alice Aylmer, Joan Bailey, Mary Baker, Ruth Bell, Eva Blease, Beryl Boyd, Letitia Braithwaite, Shirley Braithwaite, Hilary Bright, Beatrice Bure, Margaret Cadwallader, Elma Carrington, Hishrat Chaudhry, Yao-Ming Chien, Barbara Clarke, Linda Clements, Vera Cohen, Teresa Daly, Sarah Darbey, Sylvia Davies, Joan Davis, Lilleth Davis, Marjorie Derbyshire, Joan Derrington, Marjorie Dickenson, Betty Dunn, Dorothy Dyde, Joy Eng, Frances Fletcher, Elvera Fosta, Jessie Fox, Helen Gavaghan, Joyce Gibbs, Ann Gibson, Joy Gordon, Margaret Griffiths, Greta Groundsell, Anne Harrison, Dorothy Haywood, Doreen Healy, May Heaton, Thelma Henry, Clarissa Houghton, Brenda Hunt, Zahida Hussain, Hilary James, Jenny Johnson, Leslie Jones, Rita Jones, Sheila Jones, Terri Jones, Margaret Kavanagh, Joy King, Betty Longden, Margaret Longden, Mary Lonergan, Pat Longford, Ann Meakin, Wendy Milner, Margaret Murphy, Jean Newton, Joyce Nightingale, Carol O'Connor, Sheelah
O'Keefe, Joan Ormrod, Dorothy Osborne, Betty Parker, Maureen Parsey, Mina Patel, May Reaney, Ira Reid, Moira Reid, Edna Rogerson, Geraldine Roswell, Joyce Rossiter, Carol Sandiford, Colette Scorey, Joan Scruton, Margaret Shepherd, Claris Small, Myrtle Smith, Joan Smyllie, Irene Spivey, Edith Stanley, Mary Stevenson, Elaine Stout, Freda Sykes, Hermine Tait, Joan Tucker, Anne Vickers, Melvina Ward, Andrea Watson, Sue Weir, Denise Williams, Glenda Cox MAES, Mike George MAES, Chris Hayes MAES.
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