{"id":807,"date":"2020-01-24T10:10:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T09:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quiltfest.de\/?p=807"},"modified":"2021-11-08T12:27:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:27:35","slug":"helle-eggebrecht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quiltfest.de\/en\/helle-eggebrecht","title":{"rendered":"Helle Eggebrecht"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>My name is Helle Eggebrecht, I was born in Denmark in 1942 and have lived and worked in Germany since 1962.<\/p>\n

Besides bringing up my three children, I have devoted myself to various textile techniques since 1972, have been a member of the Patchwork Gilde Deutschland since 1985 and studied textile and clothing technology as well as religious education at the University of Hanover from 1985 to 1992.<\/p>\n

Participation in group and solo exhibitions at home and abroad, including Bern\/CH, Posen\/PL, Frederikshavn\/DK, “World Quilt Carnival” Nagoya\/JN and I., II. and VII. Quilt-Triennale “Tradition and Modernity” in Heidelberg.<\/p>\n

Publications: B. Staub-Wachsmuth: “Hobby Patchwork und Quilten” 1985; NOBILIS, Hannover 1989\/2; “Patchwork. K\u00fcnstler und ihre Werke”, OZ-Verlag 2004; approx. 30 articles in “Patchwork Gilde Deutschland”, in Denmark and Norway.<\/p>\n

Since 1978, I have been teaching batik, felting and spinning, design and colour theory, patchwork and quilting at the University of Hanover, VHS Nds. and LEB, German Patchwork Guild and many summer schools.<\/p>\n

In 1988, I learned kimono sewing from Yvonne Porcella. Since then I have given over 100 courses in kimono sewing and sashiko embroidery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My Class<\/h1>\n