Linda Seward
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Judging

Judging experience

2023
Judge for The Jersey Eisteddfod, Isle of Jersey, UK

2018
Chair of Judges for Fine Art Quilt Masters at the Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK

2010-2012
Judge Selector and Co-ordinator for Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK

2022, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK

2009–2012      
QGBI Judging Committee
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2008   
"Tradition bis Moderne", German Patchwork Gilde, Einbeck, Germany

2007   
Royal Dublin Society National Crafts Competition, Dublin, Ireland

2007   
Thameside Quilters “Quilts and Roses” Exhibition, Shepperton, UK

2007   
UK selector for EQA A4 Challenge, “My Country”, Scarborough, UK

2006   
UK selector for EQA Suitcase Collection, “Hot and Cold”, Hove, UK

2002   
The Quilters' Guild 8th National Juried Exhibition, “Transforming Tradition,”
Dean Clough, Halifax, UK

1997   
XIIIth National Patchwork Championships, Ascot, UK

1995   
UK selector for “88 Leaders in the Quilt World Today,” for Nihon Vogue,  Japan

1992   
VIIIth National Patchwork Championships, Hatfield, UK
Picture

Other relevant experience
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2022, 2018, 2016, 2012, 2010, 2008
Curator for London Quilters' exhibitions at Swiss Cottage Library.

2018
Curator for Quilters' Guild's WWI exhibition at the Spring Knitting & Stitching show, Olympia, London.

2015, 2016, 2017
Curator for Quilters' Guild's exhibitions at the Spring Knitting & Stitching shows, Olympia, London.

2013
Curator for "A Living Tradition" exhibition by the Quilters' Guild Traditional Quilt Group at the Spring Knitting & Stitching show, Olympia, London.

2003–2022
Writer of "At the Sharp End" for The Quilter

2003–2009      
Editorial Board of The Quilter

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Member of:
1984—present
The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles

1984—present   
The London Quilters
Chairman: 1992–1995 and 2008–2011

2006—present
Contemporary Quilt


All quilts, text and images © Linda Seward. 
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  • Home
  • Biography
  • Books and Publications
    • Quilting books >
      • Latest: Patchwork, Quilting & Applique
      • Art Quilting
    • Quilt Articles >
      • Cricket quilts
      • The Big ‘O’
      • Create Whimsy Interview
      • Crazy Curve Wallhanging
      • Pretty Patches Interview
      • At the Sharp End
    • Bibliography
    • Nature >
      • Fungi
      • Nature Articles
      • Magazine Articles >
        • Fungi Spotting in the Chilterns
        • Professor Richard Fortey
        • Dispelling Myths about Misunderstood Moths
        • Understanding Wasps
        • Hairstreak article: Silver-studded blue butterflies
        • Looking for Lichens in the Chilterns
        • Bees
        • Thistles and other Prickly Plants
        • Chilterns Wonderland
        • Yellow & White Flowers of Early Spring
        • Spotting Butterflies in the Chilterns
        • Searching for Slime Moulds in the Chilterns
        • Enjoying Autumnal Sights in the Chilterns
        • Springtime in the Chilterns
        • Summertime in the Chilterns
        • Meandering with Moss in the Chilterns
        • Finding Fungi on Trees in the Chilterns
        • Enjoy the Poetry of Glorious Summer Flowers
        • Exploring the Enchanting World of Hoverflies
        • Spiders and Their Silk
  • Quilts
    • Quilt Galleries
    • 2024-2025
    • 2019 to 2022
    • 2016 to 2018
    • 2013 to 2015
    • 2007 to 2012
    • 2000 to 2006
    • 1994 to 1999
    • For sale
  • Photography
    • Fungi Photography >
      • Fungi Photo Features
      • Rare fungi
      • Best Fungi Photos 2021
    • Nature Photography >
      • 2021
      • 2022
      • 2023
    • 365-day Photo Challenge >
      • 2026 Photo Challenge
      • 2025 Photo Challenge
      • 2023 Photo Challenge
      • 2022 Photo Challenge
    • Dog portraits
  • News
  • About
    • CV
    • Judging
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  • Contact