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  • Techniques & Inspiration - Area Day

    Our next Area day will be held at Branston Booths Village Hall, approximately 7 miles south east of… (read more)

  • Finishing Techniques including Piping and Binding

    Join award-winning quilter Philippa Naylor and learn techniques to get the best possible finish to the… (read more)

  • Machine Appliqué Techniques - Philippa Naylor

    A WORKSHOP WITH PHILIPPA NAYLOR A practical workshop exploring turned edge and satin stitch appliqué… (read more)

  • Talk - 25 Years of Tips, Tricks and Techniques - Judi Kirk

    Judi is an experienced quilter and a Quilters Guild Judge, her talk will provide us all with lots of… (read more)

  • Joan Weston

    I have been an artist all my life and recently retired as the Head of Art at Dover Grammar School for… (read more)

  • Pauline Mills

    I have been interested in sewing since childhood making clothes for myself and family over the last… (read more)

  • Katharine Guerrier

    My main area of interest in Patchwork is geometric pattern and colour. Preferred techniques piecing.… (read more)

  • Alicia Merrett

    I am a contemporary art quilter, and for a couple of decades I have worked mainly with the techniques… (read more)

  • Vivien Finch

    I finished a two year term as President of The Quilters' Guild at the end of April 2016, succeeded by… (read more)

  • Greta Fitchett

    My textile work is contemporary in style, and is influenced by places that I visit. I work with a domestic… (read more)

  • Alison Thomas

    My Mum was a tailoress and made most of my clothes when I was young. As a child I was surrounded by… (read more)

  • Elizabeth Whitehouse

    I grew up in a sewing household and I have sewn all my life: dressmaking, curtains, basic embroidery… (read more)

  • Gwyneth Rose

    I have been a Patchworker since 1976. In the 1990's I taught City & Guilds Patchwork & Quilting and… (read more)

  • Heather Hasthorpe

    I have sewn since I was very young. At school I had to drop it and study more academic subjects so at… (read more)

  • Terry Donaldson

    I am a quilter and teacher based in Fleet, Hampshire. My contemporary quilted wall hangings and smaller… (read more)

  • Katrina Parris

    I have a Fine Art background and studied Textiles and Embroidery at Goldsmiths College in the 1970s.… (read more)

  • Suzan Wild

    I live in Poole, Dorset. I have been quilting for nearly 30 years and been a member of the Guild for… (read more)

  • Sara Cook

    Like so many I made my first quilt as a teenager in hexagons cut from Laura Ashley fabric. Since then… (read more)

  • Christiane Shrimpton

    I like traditional as well as contemporary quilts. I am always interested in trying out new techniques… (read more)

  • Helen Howes

    I have been sewing since I was two years old.. I get fidgetty when I'm not doing that. In the last 20… (read more)

  • Deborah O'Hare

    I am a contemporary quilter textile artist with a love of many techniques; producing machine embroidered… (read more)

  • Jill Stillman

    One of my earliest memories is of playing trains under the table while my Mum used an old hand turned… (read more)

  • Carol Bowden

    I have been quilting since the late 1980's. The first quilt I made was for my daughter, who was born… (read more)

  • Sarah Humphreys

    I am an experienced quilter – having made quilts for nearly 30 years. I was taught to sew by my mother… (read more)

  • Gilli Theokritoff

    I am Gilli Theokritoff, a quilt artist, endlessly fascinated by fabric and pattern and all the possibilities… (read more)

  • Angie Green

    Currently I live in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I have lived here for 3 years and will return to… (read more)

  • Jo Stewart

    I live in Scotland and only started quilting serioulsy when living in Oman from 2010 -2013. Prior to… (read more)

  • Rosalind Johansson

    My passion is ethnic design and traditional techniques in textiles. I don’t like seeing decades of… (read more)

  • Delyse Upton

    My special interests: Japanese aesthetics, pictorial art and contemporary quilts, embroidery, mixed-media,… (read more)

  • Julie Edwards

    Member of the guild since 2005 and was on Region 14 committee from 2009 firstly as newsletter editor,… (read more)

  • Margaret Harris

    I live in the very North of Wiltshire, actually on the edge of 3 counties, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and… (read more)

  • Janet Bevan

    My recent work has featured World War 1 with a series of studies on this theme using a variety of techniques.… (read more)

  • Carolyn Gibbs

    I make traditional quilts,usually in modern ways using quick-piecing techniques. Working out beforehand… (read more)

  • Patricia Wills

    A move to York coincided with the opening of the Quilt Museum and Gallery. New volunteers were recruited… (read more)

  • Christabel Gilbert

    I began quilting in the 1970's and was the founder member of Gwent Quilters. I gave talks and taught… (read more)

  • Jennie Rayment

    Internationally acclaimed tutor, lecturer and author, Jennie is totally obsessed with twiddling, fiddling,… (read more)

  • Lis Binns

    I have been an area rep and the website editor for Region 13. I teach regular classes at Inspirations… (read more)

  • Janice Gunner

    I have been a member of the guild since 1982 and was President from 2005 to 2008. I have been quilting… (read more)

  • Barbara Weeks

    I taught City & Guilds Patchwork and Quilting for almost 30 years. I love the way our craft is continually… (read more)

  • Chantal Guillermet

    I live in the French Alps and I've been quilting for nearly 30 years now, starting with traditional… (read more)

  • Margaret Ramsay

    Winner of Fine Art Quilt Masters 2017 (!) , I have been a member of the Quilters Guild of the British… (read more)

  • Fiona Zachariasse

    I have been patching and quilting for over thirty-five years - since I was 15 years old. Having begun… (read more)

  • Susie Corke

    I have taught Patchwork and Quilting for many years and I am PGCE qualified in teaching Textiles Technology… (read more)

  • Catherine Lawes

    I am a Quilter and Textile Artist. I was born and brought up in New Zealand but have lived in the UK… (read more)

  • Moira Neal

    Hello! I am a free machine artist and I love to upcycle old cotton sheets to use in my work. I enjoy… (read more)

  • Paula Rafferty

    I have been sewing since I was a small child, taught my mother and I started making clothes for my Sindy… (read more)

  • Norma Goff

    I have some experience of quilting but am also a member of the Durham Embroiderers Guild so can put… (read more)

  • Christine Plowman

    I have been quilting for many years, mainly Contemporary and Art Quilts. I have just returned to the… (read more)

  • Avril Clark

    I create a range of one off and limited edition textile items, such as bed quilts, wall hangings, cushions,… (read more)

  • Joy Edgington

    I have been a full time patchwork and quilting tutor since 2011 and I love teaching a wide range of… (read more)

  • Marijke Van Welzen

    Marijke van Welzen , the Netherlands textile artist, teacher, makes wearable art with a story to tell.… (read more)

  • Jane Chapman

    I began my quilt journey at a week long course at Missenden Abbey about 6 years ago and have enjoyed… (read more)

  • Jean Twycross

    I discovered Patchwork and quilting in 2018. I love all aspects, including FMQ on my domestic sewing… (read more)

  • Lucy Brennan

    Lucy is a quilter and blogger at 'Charm About You', she is a pattern designer and regularly teaches… (read more)

  • Julie Green

    I have just joined the Quilters' Guild and I am looking forward to joining in with the Guild activities,… (read more)

  • Jo Avery

    A lifetime of playing with fabric and yarn has culminated in a career as a teacher, entrepreneur and… (read more)

  • Isobel Loftus

    My main aim is to make quilts which are functional- which can be used to give warmth and comfort. However,… (read more)

  • Claire Powell

    I was bowled over when I saw my first quilts at the American Museum in Bath though it took me another… (read more)

  • Linda Wilsher

    Having joined a local village Quilting Group way back in the early 2000s I have enjoyed all sorts of… (read more)

  • Fiona Bateman

    I am based in Witney, Oxfordshire and have been quilting for about 4 years. I work in the local sewing… (read more)

  • Trish Murphy

    I have come late to the world of quilting and sewing, but on retirement in 2019 from the NHS as a dietitian,… (read more)

  • Cecilia Slinn

    More of my work and teaching projects can be seen on: www.ceciliaslinn.com Indulged by my Grandmother… (read more)

  • Juliet Bartlett

    Hello, my name is Juliet. I am 55 and have been married to Mark for 29 years this year. (2021) We have… (read more)

  • Trustee SKelly

    I've been quilting since 1988 when my mother decided I needed a break from my 2 children and sent me… (read more)

  • Alison Reynolds

    I've been quilting since 2017 so still relatively new to the craft, although I've been sewing for many… (read more)

  • Magie Relph

    I fell in love with African Textiles when I first landed in Africa in 1984. Since then I have travelled… (read more)

  • Carol Davies

    I love fabrics and textiles. I can spend hours and hours looking at fabrics etc., and am like many of… (read more)

  • Anne Smith

    I started patchwork and quilting in 1995 with Jacqui Vallis as my teacher. When my third son was born… (read more)

  • Brenda Mary Howell

    I explore a variety of textile techniques, am experienced teaching children and adults of various abilities,… (read more)

  • Patricia Nelson

    I have recently joined the guild having made quilts for several years. I am self taught. I am interested… (read more)

  • Shona Kelly

    I adore english paper piecing and crazy quilting as I find the rhythm of handwork to be a great stress… (read more)

  • Urszula Chojnacka

    My interests are photography and painting as well as work with textiles, which encmpasses knitting,… (read more)

  • Jennifer Pudney

    In a former life I taught chemistry but have been interested in textiles from an early age having been… (read more)