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

Local Groups and Contacts with dates of Meetings in 2008

Last updated 12th April 2008

Abbey Quilters

Where: St Michael's Community Hall, Wrotham Road, Welling, Kent.

When: Last Friday in Month, 2pm – 4pm

Who:  Carol James

Email: carol@carolspatch.co.uk

 

Ashford P’s & Q’s

Where:     Elm Place, Ashford, Middx

When: 2nd & 4th Tues, 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Who:  Evelyne Wheeler

Email: michael_wheeler@talk21.com

 

Dulwich Quilters

Where:     Members’ homes

When: 1st Fri, 12.00; 3rd Mon, 8pm

Who: Amanda Parry

Email: nikitatrotsky@btinternet.com

 

 

Ealing Quilters

Where:     Ealing Town Hall

When: 3rd Thurs, 7.30 pm

Who: Glenys Price

Email:  glenysprice@yahoo.co.uk

 

East 14 Quilters – Isle of Dogs

Where:     Members’ homes

When: 3rd Thursdays

Who:  Nicola Branigan

Email: nicola_branigan@hotmail.com

 

Enfield Quilters Patch

Where:     Enfield Chase Lawn Tennis Club

When: 2nd Tues, 8.00 pm

Who:  Gladys Eves

Email: peteandglad@aol.com

 

Honeybee Quilters (Formerly Wembley Quilters)

Where:     Perivale Community Centre

Horsenden Lane South,

Perivale, Middx UB6 7NP

When: 2nd and 4th Fri, 7pm – 9.30pm

Who:  Eva Labak

Email: e.labak@btinternet.com

 

London Quilters

Where:     Crossfield Centre Halls,

8 Fairhazel Gdns, NW6 3SG

When: 3rd Mon, 7.30 pm

Who   Judy Roose

Email: jroose.highgate@virgin.net

Website www.londonquilters.org.uk

 

Marsh Quilters

Where:     Leytonstone United Free Church,

Corner – 55 Wallwood Rd

Leytonstone, E11 1AY

When: 1st Thurs, 7.30 pm

Who:  Linda Libby

Email: L.a.libby@btinternet.com

Website www.marshquilters.co.uk

 

North West Quilters

Where:     Members’ homes

When: Sats at two-monthly intervals

Who:  Mary Rose Fry

Email: lfqa@blueyonder.co.uk

 

Quaggy Quilters

Where:     Various venues

When: 3rd Saturday, 2.30pm

Who:  Ann Hill

Email: ann.hill42@btinternet.com

 

Rainbow Quilters

Where:     Welling Library Hall, Welling, Kent

When: 1st Thurs, 7.00 pm

Who:  Doreen Martin

Email: dordi18@tiscali.co.uk

 

Red House Quilters

Where:     St Mary’s Church Hall, Manor Road, Bexley

When: 3rd Thurs, 7.30 pm

Who:  Billie Greenwood

Email: belinda.greenwood@ntlworld.com

Or:       Sandra Anderson

Email: sandra.whalesby@btinternet.com

 

Richmond and Kew Quilters

Where:     St Winifrede’s Church Hall,

Leyborne Park, Kew

When: 2nd Mon, 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Who:  Hilary Robinson

Email: hilaryjrobinson@hotmail.com

Website:  www.richmondandkewquilters.org.uk

 

Shirley Quilters

Where:     Shirley Methodist Church

Eldon Ave, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey

When: 3rd Tues, 7.30 pm

Who:  Linda Mercer

linda@shirleyquilters.co.uk

Email: enquiries@shirleyquilters.co.uk

Website:  www.shirleyquilters.co.uk

 

Southern Comforters

Where:     Wimbledon area

Meet diff days & diff homes

Who:  Brenda Curtis

Email: brenda.curtis@btopenworld.com

 

Thameside Quilters

Where:     Magna Carta School, Thorpe Rd

Egham, Surrey

(Use St Paul’s Rd entrance)

When: 3rd Mon, 7.30 pm

Who:  Patricia Miles

Email: patriciamiles@waitrose.com

Website:  www.thamesidequilters.co.uk

 

Wimbledon International Quilters

Where:     Members’ homes

When: Alternate Friday mornings

Who:  Rev. Anne Townsend

Email: who.guess@yahoo.co.uk

 

DIARY DATES 2008

 

April

14 Apr         Richmond & Kew Quilters. ‘Stitch ‘n Flip Rose’ – a mini-workshop with Hilary Robinson.     Origami rose demo with Lucy Fotheringham.

17 Apr         Red House Quilters. Project Linus In-house Workshop

17 Apr         Ealing Quilters. Hexagon Star Block Using Inset Seams with Kaisa Mills

21  Apr        London Quilters. Speaker tba

21st Apr        AGM, ugly fat quarter swap, Giant show and tell.  7.30pm  Magna Carta School(St Pauls Road Entrance) Thorpe Road, Egham, Surrey  A small charge made for non-members  www.thamesidequilters.co.uk

 

May

12 May        Richmond & Kew Quilters. Group quilting evening – small quilts for the babies of prisoners

15 May        Red House Quilters. AGM & Quiz

15 May        Ealing Quilters. Crazy Patchwork with Sally Kelly

19 May        London Quilters. Kathy Thiessen – ‘Mennonite Quilts’

19 May        Thameside Quilters. Sew early for Christmas. Collect 30 plastic milk bottle tops and Christmas fabric and bring them to the meeting. Small charge for non-members.

24 May        North West London Quilters at Monica Millman’s home. Details: 020 7503 0269

 

June

7 Jun            June Regional Day. A day of presentations & demonstrations by Region 1 members, plus other entertainments. Full details in May issue of Our Patch or contact Jane Stewerd at reg1@quiltersguild.org.uk

9 Jun            Richmond & Kew Quilters. ‘Kantha’ – A short talk & mini-workshop with Kaye Telford. Bring sewing kit, materials supplied for a small charge. Visitors £5.

16 Jun          London Quilters. Patricia McLaughlin – ‘Brave Man’s Blood’ (a brief history of Zululand and the composition of the quilt

16 Jun          Thameside Quilters. Talk and demonstration by Paula Doyle. Last minute quilt show information. Small charge for non-members.

19 Jun          Ealing Quilters. Mobile Phone Pouch with Ann Turk

19th June     Red House Quilters  A talk by Anna Mansi on Canadian Red Cross Quilts, 7.30pm. Visitors welcome

 

July

14 Jul           Richmond & Kew Quilters. Talk by Janet Bolton – ‘My Experiences, Development & Influences’. Visitors £5.

17 Jul           Ealing Quilters. Get More Adventurous with Your Quilting with Glenys Price

17 July         Red House Quilters. Christmas in July, foundation piecing with a Christmas theme

21 Jul           London Quilters. Sewing evening

 

August

21 August    Red House Quilters  Patch and Chat

September

8 Sept          Richmond & Kew Quilters. ‘Pleated Log Cabin’ – a mini-workshop with Hilary Robinson. Bring sewing kit, materials supplied for a small charge.

15 Sept       London Quilters. Judy Mendelssohn ‘How not to be a championship quilter’.

15 Sept       Thameside Quilters. Club evening with Paula Doyle. Details 01784 484963 or www.thamesidequilters.co.uk  New members and visitors welcome.

 

October

13 Oct          Richmond & Kew Quilters. Talk by Eliza McClelland – ‘To Bead or Not to Bead Two’

16t Oct            Red House Quilters  "How I arrived here tonight" a talk by Caroline Forster. Visitors welcome

20 Oct          London Quilters. Speaker tba

 

November

1 Nov           November Regional Day. AM. Speaker: Alysn Midgelow-Marsden. PM. Demonstration & hands-on session, plus other entertainments. For further details contact Jane Stewerd at reg1@quiltersguild.org.uk

10 Nov         Richmond & Kew Quilters. Mini-workshop with a Christmas theme

17 Nov         London Quilters. AGM – with trader

 

December

8 Dec           Richmond & Kew Quilters. AGM and Christmas Party

15 Dec        London Quilters. Christmas Party

18 Dec        Red House Quilters  Christmas Festivities

 

 

 

 

 

For further details please contact group organiser contacts by email or consult individual group websites

 

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