GC Patchwork Studio

Dear Friends,
I just happened to open a new section on my web site, called “My Gallery“. I selected 21 works from until 1987 and published their stories, general and detailed photos.
I enjoyed making it, I hope you’ll also enjoy watching them !

I will update that page regularly and add the rest of my works, so I recommend that you visit the page again soon!

• “A Seed Of Pomegranate & A Beam Of Light” by Alime Cicerali
  “Nar Tanesi, Nur Tanesi “
• “As Far As You Go” by Gunsu Gungor
  “Gidebildiğin Kadar”
• “Happiness” by Ozer Korkmaz
  “Mürüvvet’i Gördüm”

Our annual lunch and the certificate ceremony was held at the Isbank restaurant on 27th February 2008.

Six of our members got their certificates;

• Güner Ata
• Emine Ataman
• Gülden Kaya
• Lale Kayıhan
• Sadiye Okyar
• Birsen Yürür

We were invited by the Selcuk Municipality on 4-8 September 2007 to display some of our award winning quilts at the Selcuk-Efes Festival. It was for sure the most widely attended exhibition I have ever had.

Following members of GC Patchwork Studio participated in the exhibition:

• Tulin Alacaatli
• Hayal Aytekin
• Alime Cicerali
• Selma Dogan
• Ulker Gedikoglu
• Asuman Ilday
• Muzeyyen Kulali
• Sadiye Okyar
• Gonul Soysal
• Nesibe Nur Senel

My punch book was published in September 2007 and was first sold at the 39th International Handcraft Festival of Selcuk.

An interview about me and my studio was published in TED Kolejliler Magazine July issue. This magazine belongs to graduates of Ankara’s first private college, from which my husband and two sons have also graduated.

One of our advanced student Leyla Bizeroglu had her first exhibion at our studio.

Leyla Bizeroglu at the opening ceremony of her exhibition ” PURE ” with her class mates.

The reporters of “American Women’s Clup of Dusseldorf Magazine” Paulette Fagen and her friend Sonja Jansen have visited us in April 2007 at our studio.

Alime Cicerali (second on the left) with her magazine presented by our visitors on which her quilt ” Life Under It’s Shadow” was published on the cover.

One of friday art class members Ilknur Kucuk had her first personal exhibition at our new studio.

Four of our quilts were invited to be displayed at the exhibition “Infinity” in Chateau Sainte Rosaline-France

“Always” by Gunsu Gungor ( Herzaman Heriklimde )
“Sometime Somewhere” by Gunsu Gungor ( Birgun Biryerde )
“Birds of Paradise” by Ulker Gedikoglu ( Cennet Kuslari )
“Memories” by Hayal Aytekin ( Anilar )

“Always” and “Memories” were published in the catalogue.