PAULINE BURBIDGE QUILTS
ABOUT
I am a textile artist, designer and quiltmaker. The landscape, plant-forms and seasonal changes, here in the Scottish Borders, provide endless resource and inspiration for my textile work. This website concentrates on showing recent work. I hope you enjoy it, feel uplifted and inspired!
I draw, stitch, print and collage my way through many processes to create what I see as ‘textile landscapes’, making unique, large-scale, stitched, collaged and quilted textile wall hangings, as well as functional, usable quilts. They are all made from a broad range of fine cottons and silks. I immerse myself in the process of making and fuse this together with the imagery that inspires me. I never tire of making, creating and inventing with cloth, colour and texture; it is where I find balance and contentment. Textiles are my celebrated medium, linking fine-art and craftwork.
My career spans over more than four decades – throughout this time I have developed my own unique visual language. Many of my quiltworks have been purchased by Museums. For example, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Whitworth Art Gallery, here in the UK, and the International Quilt Museum in the USA. I have a printed card ‘The Quilts of Pauline Burbidge in MUSEUM COLLECTIONS’, which is available on request to UK and European addresses only. Email me with your name and full postal address and I will be happy to send you one.
Photos: © Phil Dickson, psd photography & Pauline Burbidge
VIEW MY WORK ONLINE
GALLERY
During 2025, I worked on a commissioned quilt called Big Bluestem. It has been an amazing project, a commission for The International Quilt Museum, in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA – www.internationalquiltmuseum.org
Please take a look at these photos and the short 5-minute film about the project – photos and film made by Dominic Clemence, 2025.
Film – A short 5 minute film by Dominic Clemence 2025.
Currently my work divides into 3 categories - Quiltscape Quilts, Quiltline Quilts and small Box Frames.
Click below to view a selection of my latest work.
VIEW MY WORK IN PERSON
EXHIBITIONS
I have had many splendid exhibitions in major galleries and museums – mainly in the UK and USA.
Below are a few photographs from past exhibitions.
FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
Here is where you will find information about any upcoming exhibitions
ALLANBANK MILL STEADING
You are invited to visit our Studios and Garden on Friday afternoons during
MAY & SEPTEMBER 2026, between 2pm & 5pm.
You will be able to see new drawings by Charlie (www.charlespoulsenartwork.co.uk)
New work in Pauline’s studio, and a display of artwork in the ‘artroom’.
Please text us to say you are coming:
Charlie – 07585 841 602 Pauline – 07785 269 623
We look forward to welcoming you!
ALLANBANK MILL STEADING
Allanbank Mill Steading, in the Scottish Borders, is our home and studios. I share it with my husband,
the sculptor and drawing artist, Charlie Poulsen.
HOW TO FIND US
CONTACT
We are situated eight miles inland from the A1 and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Rail links are good to Berwick, or by road we are approximately 1 hour south of Edinburgh and 1½ hours north of Newcastle.
The Scottish Borders is a lovely area with rolling hills, good for walking and cycling. You might like to explore the area a little whilst you are visiting our studio. If staying overnight, or looking for a meal or coffee – we fully recommend The Allanton Inn which is just around the corner from us.
ALLANBANK MILL STEADING
ALLANTON, NEAR DUNS, BERWICKSHIRE TD11 3JX
T: 01890 818073 M: 07785 269623
E: pburbidgequilts@gmail.com