18 Jul 10 - 04 Sep 10
The Guild exhibition ‘Summer in the Park’
The Craft Centre is open Tuesday – Saturday. Please check.
There are quilts from Guild members together with eight quilts from the Guild Collection (from the Nineties Collection and 25 for 25 Collection).
Entry to park is free!
Venue: Rufford Craft centre Rufford Park Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF
Contact: Rufford Park
Website: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/leisure/art
27 Aug 10 - 31 Oct 10
Inlaid Patchwork Exhibition
Inlaid patchwork exhibition. Leeds Art Gallery.
Please contact the gallery for more details about opening times etc.
Admission to the gallery is FREE.
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA
Phone: 0113 247 8256
Website: http://www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery/
18 Sep 10 - 18 Sep 10
Bag Workshop
Advance notice for members in the East of the region - a bag workshop with Evelyn Gibb will be held in Walkington Village Hall, Beverley on Saturday,September 18th.
Full details will be included in the next Fat Quarter. In the meantime any enquiries to Diana Thomson or Connie Coupland - contact details at the back of the Fat Quarter
Venue: Walkington Village Hall
Contact: Diana Thomson
25 Sep 10 - 25 Sep 10
Heather Quilters Quilt Show
10am -4pm, Entrance £2,
Book stall, Refreshments, Cushion tombola.
Tel: 01947 897554.Venue: Robinson Institute, High Terrace, Glaisdale YO21 2PW
Contact: Hanneke Wood
02 Oct 10 - 02 Oct 10
Quilters Guild Regional day
Guest speaker Carolyn Gibbs
'Quick! Piece It! My developing love of making traditional quilts in a modern way'.10.30 until 3.30
Mini workshops"Colour and Contrast", with Carolyn Gibbs. Bring three or more pieces of blue cotton fabric approx 4" square and go home with different scraps to the ones you brought, in what will hopefully be the inspiration for a colour scheme for a future project.Make a Java Jacket with Jackie Ledger. Kit provided price £2.
Make a delightful fabric covered notebook. Beryl Frank of Levenscraft. Kits provided price £2.Quilters Challenge - Make a scary Halloween item; block, hanging or character.
Venue: Clifford Village Hall, Albion St, Clifford, West Yorkshire. LS23 6HY.
Contact: Lesley Dale
Phone: Tel: 01724 875734
Email: lesleydale@btconnect.com
03 Oct 10 - 03 Oct 10
Hebden Bridge Rag Market
An event where people will be selling all sorts of arts and craft materials, mostly second hand, and a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded people and swap contacts.
This time we've hired the Town Hall so we can offer more stalls and also provide tea and cakes.
There will be art and craft materials, including fabric, paints, wools, buttons, beads, books, new and used, recycled and vintage and everything else in between.
A fantastic opportunity to rummage through treasures, bits and bobs and inspiring items with like-minded knitters, sewists, crafters and artists. There’ll be some real bargains as well as some one-off hidden gems.
Open 12pm until 4pm.
Venue: Bridge Mill and the Town Hall, St George's Square Hebden Bridge North Yorkshire
Phone: 07944352913
Email: info@tozieandteal.com
30 Oct 10 - 30 Oct 10
Wensleydale & District Area Coffee & Cupcake Morning
30th OCTOBER 2010 10.00—1.00pm
A demonstration in Japan Crafts by textile artist Katie Chaplin with Japanese fabrics and kits for sale.
£1-50 Guild Members £2-00 Non-Members
To make a cupcake [non-calorific] bring 5 inch square in plain fabric, scissors, pencil and sewing kit.
Venue: The Old Schoolroom Patrick Brompton Nr Bedale [on A684] DL8 1JN
Contact: Val Bell
Phone: 01969 624 644
22 Nov 10 - 22 Nov 10
Talk: My Favourite Quilts by Ineke Berlin
Priory Patchworkers York
Ineke Berlyn Talk and Workshop
Monday 22nd November 7.30 pm Elvington Village Hall, York
Talk – ‘My favourite Quilts’
Visitors fee £3, pay on door
Venue: Elvington Village Hall Elvington York
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