The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles  

Region 1 (London and Middlesex)

Quilt by Carole Thompson

 Welcome to the Website of Region One (London) of the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles.

Last Updated 23rd January 2010

All Quilts illustrated on these pages are used with permission and remain copyright of the Quilt Artist.

Email Bulletins.  We send out regular brief email bulletins at 2-3 month intervals to coincide with our events and major website updates.  Please email us if you would like to be included on our list.  No attachments will be sent and your email address will not be disclosed to third parties.  Contact us at qgr1@yahoo.com

The Region 1 Team and the Quilters' Guild  Message from our New Co-ordinator Carol Wilkes.  Details of the London Regional representatives and also contact details for the New National Quilters’ Guild offices in York. 

The Region 1 Local Groups  Details of local groups with dates and times of meetings, contact emails and group websites. 

Virtual Quilt Show  Quilts by members of the Guild from the London Area  (Now up and Running – eagerly awaiting more submissions from Region 1 members, including exiles.)   Please send a separate JPEG image together with your name and current Guild membership number and up to 50 words about your quilt, its’ size and technique to qgr1@yahoo.com. (You may also include a link to your website if you have one, but we cannot advertise quilts for sale).  Only one quilt per member at present, but you may ask to change the quilt at any time.

NEW  Quilts by Janice Gunner, Alicia Merritt

Quilt Related Events in the South East of England and the Main Shows and Championships around the Country.  Details of Quilters’ Guild London Regional days and Members Days in 2010,  and dates for Festival of Quilts, Knitting and Stitching Shows, National Patchwork Championships and Quilt fairs and Hever 2010.

 

Regional Day on March 20th 2010 see Flyer

NEW Quilt Exhibitions at  Quilters’ Guild Quilt Museum and Gallery at St Anthony’s Hall in York.  Details of exhibitions to 2010

NEW  Little Gems Website of Quilts raffled at the Festival of Quilts 2009,

NEW  Fabric of a Nation at the Horniman Museum from November, Alice Kettle in Farnham, Surrey. Beware of Embroidery in Ealing,  Hanging Together VII starting in January, Mrs Delaney and her Circle at the Sir John Soane Museum, Contemporary Textile fair in Teddington, Quilts at the College 2 in July

NEW Dates for Quilt exhibitions and shows in 2010 including Festival of Quilts, National Quilt Championships, VandA Quilt exhibition, Quilts in the Garden and Quilts at the College 2. 

NEW  Puddleducks/Quercus  exhibition in March,  London Quilters show in April, Quaggy Quilters show in April, Chalfont Quilters show in April, Wimbledon International Quilters show in May, Richmond and Kew Quilters in May, Maidstone Quilt show in July and Shirley Quilters in October 2010

Quilting Links to UK websites of interest to Quilters, including shops in the South East of England and London, Museums and Galleries with Quilts and Textiles and places of interest and inspiration in the region.   

Quilters and Textile Artists in the UK  Links to the pages of Quilters and Textile artists working in the UK and Europe.  

Now arranged in alphabetical groups for easier access

 

NEW  Links to websites and blogs

Sophie Callaghan

Maaike Bakker  Netherlands

Stephanie Littlechild

Philippa Naylor

Lilian Hedley

 

Our Patch  -

 

NEW- details of our Region 1 Newsletter with illustrated articles from recent editions, Nancy Crow in Switzerland, Morsbags,

Kazakh Craftswomen of Mongolia and our New Raffle Quilt for 2010

 

NEW  - Review of Quilty Secrets in Winchester, Regional Day reviews, Quilt in a Day

Festival of Quilts– link to Twisted Thread website.  

Young Quilters   

NEW – Printed Faces Project and Photos of Leonard D’Aranjo with his YQ Challenge cup for his marvellous Dragon quilt ‘Seeing the Impossible’

Contact us at qgr1@yahoo.com