PAULINE BURBIDGE
Celebrated textile artist Pauline Burbidge is challenging expectations of what a quilt can be. Her pioneering work is held by museums such as London’s V&A, as well as prestigious collections in America. ‘I’ve always been trying to reinvent what quilting is; to make quilts completely on my own terms, and not according to anyone else’s rules. I hope I have changed what people mean when they talk about quilts,’ Pauline says.
Pauline started making quilts after a chance discovery at London’s Portobello market in 1975. ‘I found an old quilting book by Ruth Finley from the 1920s, and I decided to
