Welcome

  • The 2nd Grit’s Life & Friends Quiltfest Takes Place on 20–21 August 2022 in Suderburg, Germany
  • Quilt festival on more than 1.500 sqm
  • International Challenge – Winners!
  • Classes, lectures and workshops (starting on Friday, 19 August)
  • Vendor mall

Opening

The opening of the 2nd GL&FQ 2022 with the award ceremony of the Challenge will take place on Friday, 19 August 2022 starting at 6 pm in the foyer of the cafeteria of the Ostfalia College. Afterwards you can visit the exhibitions (until 8 pm).

Opening Hours

  • Friday, Aug 19.: Classes only
  • Saturday, Aug 20: 10:00 to 18:00 hours
  • Sunday, Aug 21: 11:00 to 17:00 hours

Entry

  • One-Day Ticket (Saturday or Sunday): 12 €
  • Two-Day Ticket (Saturday andSunday): 18 €

You can purchase tickets when entering the premises.

Entry fees are included in the class fee at the day of the class!

Contact:
Grit’s Life, Owner Grit Kovacs
Holthuser Weg
29591 Gerdau
Germany
+49 5808 755
Contact Form
Location:
Ostfalia Hochschule
für angewandte Wissenschaften
Herbert-Meyer-Straße 7
29556 Suderburg
Germany

Using Public Transportation

We recommend using Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) and the 9 Euro ticket for less stress when travaling to the location.

  • Train station: Bahnhof Suderburg
  • Bus from train station to Ostfalia Hochschule: 7040/7045
  • Taxi (Mietwagen Jutta Mielke): +49 (0)5826-8121

Class Rooms

News

Exhibition – Double Play

Tina Kroiß (Bavaria) and Gudrun Brückner-Krebbel (Lower Saxony) met for the first time in January 2020 in Dortmund at a meeting of the Patchwork Guild. In spring, the idea arose to create textile works together despite Corona and the spatial distance. The idea: one theme+one format+one colour scheme = two works. The two results are …

Ilonka Harz: Caleidoscope Blocks

Duration: 7 hours (1 hour lunch break) Participants: 12 Difficulty: Intermediate Who doesn’t know them, the eye-catchers at every quilt exhibition? Sometimes they are a firework of colours, sometimes they are restrainedly elegant. Learn in this day course how to easily create kaleidoscope blocks and join them together to create an atmospheric quilt. General information …