BRNO Patchwork Meeting 2026

April 24-26 2026, Velethry Brno, Pavillion A1

The BRNO Patchwork Meeting is the largest international Textile and creative exhibition in  Eastern Europe.

Visitors eagerly waiting at the door

The venue for the quilt show was the beautiful A1 pavillion, where I had my own gallery. at the back : Dreamcoats.

The organisation provided me with  ample wall-space and 6 mannequins for my exhibition.

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I had made a plan in advance how I wanted to hang the pieces on the wall, so we started with those. Then we had to clothe the mannequins, which sounds easier than it was.

Forest of friends

It's a jungle out there.

A Pride of Peacocks

The Snake Pit

The Beekeeper

UnderWonderWorld

Seam*Stress

We met lots of old and new friends. It was nice to see young children and teenagers visiting the show too.

It was great to see the bobbins were there as well.

I was one of the judges for the Quilt Competition 50 shades. There were lots of beautiful pieces entered. Here are the winning quilts.

3rd prize Silence after the game by Monika Malinova  

2nd prize Shadow Guardian by Sylvia Ignatowska

1st prize Winter Morning by Maryte Collard

This year’s edition featured an exceptionally strong international presence. The global SAQA collection titled “Blue” and the traditional French EPM collection drew significant attention. Lovers of classic patchwork were captivated by the 10th-anniversary works of the Polish guild and the creations of the Patchfanynky club, this year’s “Star of Czech Classics.”

 The guest country was Denmark, featuring a selection of the best works by local artists. Galleries from Germany, France, Lithuania, Hungary, Switzerland, and the Netherlands were also present. Notable highlights included the “Dream Cloaks” collection by Dutch textile designer Marijke van Welzen and the Swiss guild’s “Round Robin” project.

Czech designers were also well represented—Jana Dohnalová, Jana Haklová, Zuzana Dolínková, and Andrea Landovská presented their galleries. Club projects were brought by the Bohemia Patchwork Club Prague and the 1st Moravian Patchwork Club with their “Birds” collection. The younger generation also returned to the exhibition in the form of a gallery by students from the Secondary School of Design in Lysá nad Labem.