UK Quilters
Friday dawned bright and beautiful, which was nice after all the rain and stuff we have been having. Just as well since Carol was picking me up 8.30 for a trip to Harrogate Show Ground for Grosvenor Shows’ Spring Quilt Show! As local shows go this is one of the best! When we arrived it…
This months competition is sponsored by Grosvenor Shows and EQS The theme for March was the Mad March Hare. We had some fabulous entries and our lucky winners are shown below. Well done everyone who entered and voted for their favourites. This Months first prize is great for beginner or expert alike and has been…
EDITED 22/01/19 This giveaway is now closed. The winner, selected by random.org, is Mary Carrington This weekend sees the first Quilt Show of the year at Newark Showground. It is a show run by Grosvenor Shows and this is only its second year. I didn’t go last year but was very eager to go this year…
My coat There are snakes lurking in the grass won 1st place Wearable Art at Sandown 2018. “Things are not always what they appear to be. A lovely path through the shrubs can be deceiving.” I made this coat in the collage technique I really love. Stage one of starting on such a coat is…
Among the many fabulous quilts on display at Malvern Spring Quilt Show in May, was a display by some of the Radiance Quilters from our Longarm Learning Curve group. The brief was to produce a wholecloth cot quilt to a specified size, designed by each maker, using Robert Kaufman’s Radiance fabric. This is a 60%…
Today my friend and I attended our local quilt show. It’s a lovely venue with lots of parking and there’s the craft outlet within the shopping outlet, which sells cotton fabric £7 a meter! The show had amazing quilts on display, all very different. Some were fabulous free motion sewing with colouring added, beautiful landscapes…
The largest of the spring quilt shows was held last weekend at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern. Quilts UK, organised by Grosvenor Shows, runs for 4 days and encompasses competition quilts, exhibition displays and the all important traders. This year it took place in glorious sunny weather with the wonderful view of the hills…
