GC Patchwork Studio

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

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.

The president of the Art Quilts Foundation Mr.Simon Prins invited me to Birmingham to the quilt show "Festival of Quilts" with some of our award winning quilts.

• "Sometime-Somewhere" by Günsu Güngör
• "Always" by Günsu Güngör
• "A Waterdrop Seeks the Ocean" by Günsu Güngör
• "Lake Meke" by Günsu Güngör
• "Backyard" by Günsu Güngör
• "Merhaba" by Selma Dogan
• "Au-Revoir" by Selma Dogan
• "Adam&Eve" by Selma Dogan
• "Fire Blossoms" by Serpil Bozbag
• "Fire Blossoms-prayer mat" by Serpil Bozbag
• "Harvest time in Beypazari" by Asuman Ilday
• "Spring Time " by Muzeyyen Kulali
• "Spring Symphony" by Nilgun Ustunel

• "Life Under It's Shadow" by Alime Cicerali
• "Meeting With Memories" by Gonul Soysal
• "A Dream Message From Past to Eternity" by Nur Senel
• "Life In My Dreams" by Selma Dogan
• "Sparkling Tulip" by Sadiye Okyar
• "Snowy Forest" by Muzeyyen Kulali

I have been invited to Beypazari Festival for an exhibition in June 2006.

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"Turquoise" by Behice Egemen was the finalist of 2005 AQS Fashion Show.

"Deep Purple"by Serar Akay was the finalist of 2005 AQS Show.

• "Always" by Gunsu Gungor (Günsu Güngör)
• "Starlight" by Ulker Gedikoglu
  Won 2nd place at Traditional Quilts category
• "Springtime" by Muzeyyen Kulali
  Won 3rd place at intermediate category
• "Merhaba" by Selma Dogan

We organized a fashion show for "Association for Fight with Tuberculosis", themed "Return to Self" dedicated to Ahmet Taner Kislali, a Turkish intellectual. The wife and daughter of Ahmet Taner Kislali also took part of the stage during the fashion show.

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