Get to know The Guild better by meeting our talented members! We have interesting and inspiring members all over the country doing amazing sewing and we want you to be able to share their work. Continue reading
Month: April 2018
Votes for Women; celebrating 100 years with PROCESSIONS
StandardThe Quilters’ Guild is delighted to be supporting PROCESSIONS, a mass participation artwork to mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, which gave the first British women the right to vote. Continue reading
Technology and tradition
StandardThe introduction of the rotary cutter by the Olfa Company in 1979 was a milestone in the history of patchwork and quilting. Not since Singer’s development of the electric sewing machine in 1889 has the way we make our quilts been so dramatically influenced. Continue reading
Bookings open soon for Europe’s premier quilt show
StandardThe Festival of Quilts is Europe’s number one quilt show attracting 24,000 visitors from all over the world. Showcasing thousands of magnificent quilts, the show celebrates patchwork and quilting in all its forms. Continue reading
Meet a Member #imintheguild with Collette Howie
StandardGet to know The Guild better by meeting our talented members! We have interesting and inspiring members all over the country doing amazing sewing and we want you to be able to share their work. Continue reading
Inspiring a new generation
StandardWhat happens when you cross a 300 year old patchwork and illustration students? Well, we weren’t sure either so we got together with York St. John University to find out.
If quilts could talk…
StandardHave you ever come across an old quilt and wondered – where did it come from? Who made it? How? Why? How old are these fabrics? Continue reading
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