Curriculum

Quilters de México has contributed to the development and awareness of Mexican quiltmaking through the following:

Shows in Mexico:
2013 — 5th Expo Patchwork & Quilt, Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla
2014 — 6th Expo Patchwork & Quilt, Expo Reforma, Mexico City
2014 — Patchwork & Quilt Festival, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Puebla campus
2015 — 7th Expo Patchwork & Quilt, WTC, Mexico City
2016 — 8th Expo Patchwork & Quilt, WTC, Mexico City
2016 — Summer Festival of Quilts in the Bajío, Poliforum, León, Guanajuato
2017 — 9th Expo Patchwork & Quilt, WTC, Mexico City
2017 — Summer Festival of Quilts in the Bajío, Poliforum, León, Guanajuato
2018 — 10th Expo Patchwork & Quilt, WTC, Mexico City
2018 — Patchwork Festival, Poliforum, León, Guanajuato
2019 — 11th Expo Patchwork, WTC, Mexico City
2019 — Patchwork Festival, Poliforum, León, Guanajuato
2020 — 12th Expo Patchwork, WTC, Mexico City

People viewing an exhibition of Mexican quilts

Quetzalcoatl — Arturo Aranda, Sissi Gutiérrez y Verónica Toledo

Quilt contest collections:
Mexican Traditional Holidays (2013)
The Flowers of Mexico (2014)
Mexican Sayings and Proverbs (2015)
Mayans: Creation, Art and Science (2016)
Mexican Endemic Flora and Fauna – sister collection to Made in Australia: Flora and Fauna (2017)
Mexican Textiles (2018)
My House is your House: Mexican Hospitality (2019)
Artisanal Mexican Toys (2020)

Quilters de México also made possible the international tour and accompanying book about the Macro Quilt: Magic Towns (2017) – daughter of the Berne House Quilt (2010).


International venues where Quilters de México has had exhibitions on display:
International Quilt Festival (Houston, United States)
Texas Quilt Museum (La Grange, United States)
The Festival of Quilts (Birmingham, England)
Quilt Time Festival (Yokohama, Japan)
Carrefour Européen du Patchwork (Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France)
Biennale Internationale d’Art Textile (Beaujolais, France)
Quilt Show Berna Guid (Bern, Switzerland)
Australasian Quilt Convention (Melbourne, Australia)
Festival Brasileiro de Quilt e Patchwork (Gramado, Brazil)
International Quilt Festival (Suzdal, Russia)
National Quilt Festival South Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Southern New Mexico Festival of Quilts (Alamogordo, United States)
Kenya Quilt Guild (Nairobi, Kenya)
International Quilt & Craft Festival of Ireland (Galway, Ireland)

Exhibition of Mexican quilts at the Quilt Time Festival (Yokohama, Japan)


Cecilia Koppmann teaching a class

World-renowned teachers brought to Mexico by Quilters de México (in alphabetical order):
• Carmen Netto (Brazil)
• Cecilia Koppmann (Argentina)
• Els Mommers (The Netherlands)
• Geneviève Guadalupe (United States – Mexico)
• Gillian Travis (England)
• Gloria Molina (United States)
• Isabelle Wiesler (Germany)
• Jane Tenorio Coscarelli (United States – Mexico)
• Keiko Nakamura (Japan)
• Keiko Suzuki (Japan)
• Lea McCommas (United States)
• Marcia Baraldi (Brazil)
• Marina Landi (Brazil)
• Montse Forcadell (Spain)
• Pam Holland (Australia)
• Paula Rafferty (Ireland)
• Yoneko Maruya (Japan)


The following is a video compilation made for the 10th edition of the Expo Patchwork & Quilt in 2018.