Quilters' Guild of the British Isles Region 1 (London)

The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles

Region 1 (London and Middlesex)

New Region 1 Banner for St Anthony’s Hall made by Carole Thompson

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

Last Updated 12^th April 2008

URL from May 2006 www.qgr1.co.uk

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 Details of the London Regional representatives and also contact details for the New National Quilters’ Guild offices in York.

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

NEW Quilters’ Guild Quilt Museum in York opening June 2008

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 Margaret Cooter and Ruth Thomas,

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 2008 and dates for Festival of Quilts 2008, Knitting and Stitching Shows.

NEW Regional Day in June and dates for Regional Days in November

NEW June Regional Day Flyer

NEW Quaggy Quilters Exhibition in April, Kentwood City and Guilds Exhibition in May, Shirley Quilters and Thameside Quilters exhibitions in June . Windsor City and Guilds exhibition in June. London Quilters exhibition opening in May

NEW Quilts in Time: Journey from Bed to Wall. Opening exhibition of the Quilters’ Guild Quilt Museum and Gallery at St Anthony’s Hall in York in June

NEW The Fabric of Myth at Compton Verney in Warwickshire in June. Quilting Across the Borders in Hereford in July, Art of the Stitch in Birmingham from March to June

Don’t Forget : Entry forms for the Festival of Quilts must be in by the beginning of May.

NEW 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.

NEW – Stitch in Time in Kew has now reopened as Tikki Limited run by Tiina Connors

NEW – Links to Sudeley Castle, Pitt Rivers Museum, Fireside Fabrics, Odyssey Art Videos, Bishopston Trading and Sewezi quilting Tables.

Popular Patchwork have recently updated their website

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 the websites and blogs of

Alysn Midgelow-Marsden

Our Patch - details of our Region 1 Newsletter with illustrated articles from recent editions

NEW Photos from the March 2008 Regional day and a picture of our new banner by Carole Thompson for display at the Quilt Museum at St Anthony’s Hall in York

Festival of Quilts– link to Twisted Thread website with details for 2008 Tickets on sale NOW

Young Quilters