Thanks! Good luck to you if you have entered!

Thanks Sylvia – they have been wonderful fabrics to work with. And as I said I have a few projects in my head that would look fab in the linen textures!

I intend to send this to FOQ.
I wear easier to wash pieces. These are still for exhibition.

Thank you!

Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment Helen. Hope you use the tutorial some day.

Pleased to hear that you share my enjoyment of these beautiful quilts. I do hope that you decide to make a wholecloth yourself.

Fantastic, aren’t they? If you are coming to the Festival of Quilts in August, then come to the British Quilt Study Group exhibition to see some wholecloth quilts – I am doing a Quilt Academy workshop on the Friday, too, for anyone who would like a really close-up look.

Thank you Pauline! I hope you do manage to make a wholecloth yourself. I have almost finished my first – not a bed sized quilt yet, but I have so enjoyed it.

Lovely to hear of more people who enjoy these beautiful quilts. Do post a photo of your wholecloth in the Facebook group!

I’m pleased you found it interesting, Carol. We have a wonderful heritage of distinctive British quilts here in the UK, which deserves to be more widely known.

Was it the red, white and blue wholecloth quilts on the BQSG stand? They were fabulous, weren’t they? Yes, do try making a wholecloth yourself – it’s such a lovely thing to do (but perhaps start on something smaller than a quilt though!)

Size 8 betweens. These are quite small but strong, which is what works for the rocking stitch, as you don’t need to move your hand up and down as far as you would with a longer needle. Some quilters use even smaller ones!

Thanks – if you are more a machine girl, I have done some more videos – search on YouTube if you are interested.

None of us are perfect when we start – so I’m glad it was useful to see the progress that is possible with a bit of patience!

I use a hoop. Mine is on a stand, and can swivel round but for a first try, I would suggest an ordinary quilting hoop about 14″ across. This is what I take on holiday – and I find the most comfortable way to hold it is to lean the left hand side on a table or the arm of your chair, and the right hand side on your lap (assuming you are right handed). Wall hanging sounds a good size to try hand quilting – hope you enjoy it!

It’s a pleasure! The theme was interpreted in so many different ways, which is what is great about a theme, and I wanted to give wide spread of quilts. I still have a lot more photos I didn’t put up – but thinking about it can we ever really have too many quilts?!