Miniature Quilts are small versions of a full sized quilt. If a miniature quilt was viewed with no indication of size, you shouldn’t automatically realise it is a miniature quilt. Continue reading
Month: February 2022
Scrap Bag Memories by Karen Llewellyn-Parsons
StandardMiniature Quilt Group joint co-ordinator, Karen has designed a quilt made from the contents of her scrap bag. This applique, crazy patchwork and embroidery project will be really fun to do! Continue reading
Angela Daymond & Janet Goddard at the Stitch Festival
StandardWe asked tutors and Guild members Angela Daymond and Janet Goddard a few questions ahead of their workshops at The Stitch Festival, 3 – 6 March 2022 at The Business Design Centre, London. Continue reading
Meet a Member: Susan Grimes
StandardGet to know The Guild 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.
Meet Guild and Miniature Quilt Group member, Susan Grimes.
What are you working on now?
I live in South West Scotland, in Region 16. I’ve been quilting for thirty years, but only in last fifteen have things got serious. I’m currently finishing a Birthstone quilt. It’s a block of the month project and it has dragged on due to fabric shortages, but I’m about to cut out the last block. I also have one row of a Lucy Boston hand pieced English Paper Piecing patchwork to sew together; another long term project nearing completion. I’m a craft-a-holic so I also have wool spinning, knitting, crochet, cross stitch and fifteen other quilts in various stages, from doodles on envelopes to fabric selected ready to cut, or scraps that just need backing all on the go.

What is your favourite miniature quilt that you’ve ever made?
My favourite miniature quilt is just a little nine patch that lives in a jam jar on the shelf. Odd I know, but it’s the jam pot from my first trip to FOQ in 2019 and the jar is engraved. I get a thrill every time I see it, and during the recent pandemic I’ve held onto that jar and remembered the fantastic time I had at the show. Another favourite is my piper, made at a class with Paula Rafferty. It’s actually a drawing of my son turned into a mini quilt, and hangs in my craft room. I think this was why I joined the Contemporary Special Interest Group, but I decided it wasn’t the way I wanted to go long term.

Who are your quilting heroes?


What do you love about The Guild and your membership of the Miniature Special Interest Group?
