Region 5 - Groups

Bristol Quilters

We are one of the largest quilt groups in the South West (Gloucestershire, Bristol, Somerset) area with 130 members. We range from beginners to international teachers and exhibitors and we were founded in 1980 when we started meeting in Bristol.

We are committed to regularly raise money for local causes. For several years we have made baby quilts for both Southmead and St Michael’s premature units, we have a fundraising table for St Peter’s Hospice at every meeting and we also raise money for a different local charity at our exhibition, which is held every three years.

Meet Details

Our members meet at Redmaids' Junior School Hall, once month at in the evening. More information on our programme for this year can be found on our website.

Clifton Quilters

We are a small, friendly group who enjoy sharing our ideas, knowledge and inspiration. Our meetings are primarily member-led mini workshops & talks but we also have occasional external speakers and tutors and organise an annual Shop Visit and Christmas Party. Quilters of any level of experience are welcome to our group.

Meet Details

We meet at St Edyth's Church in Sea Mills, Bristol. The evening meetings are once a month, typically on the 4th Monday of the month. We organise 2 Saturday workshops each year, one to make quilts for charity and the second with an eternal tutor. We have at least one speaker each year. We organise a shop visit in August and a Christmas meal out in December.

Emersons Green Quilters

We are a very friendly group with a mixed programme of speakers, mini workshops and member evenings. Why not come along to one of our meetings or contact us using the details shown. Visitors and new Members very welcome

Meet Details

We meet 2nd Thursday of every month (except August) 7:30pm to 9:30pm at the Christ Church Centre, Quakers Road, Bromley Health, Bristol. BS16 6NH

Severn Valley Quilters

We are a group of 40-50 talented and enthusiastic quilters, who meet in Thornbury on the last Wednesday evening of the month, except for August and December. We hold a very successful public exhibition every 2 years in February. We are all levels of quilters, beginners and experienced, and have a combination of speakers and skill share evenings. We have some Saturday social sewing days throughout the year at a local hall. Visitors are welcome to come along to our meetings, hopefully with a view to you wanting to join us. Details of address are alongside, for any questions please do email us or ring Sally on the number shown.

Meet Details

Monthly in Thornbury, last Wednesday of the month, we start our meeting at 19:30, you are welcome from 7pm.

Westbury Park Quilters

We are a friendly group with a great love of patchwork and quilting. Our meetings are a chance to hear external speakers, share work with show and tell sessions, catch up on local quilting news and events and share skills. We run occasional workshops and have an annual challenge. Every three years we hold a popular and well attended exhibition, with the next one coming up in 2027.

Meet Details

We meet on the second Monday of each month (except August) from 7.30 to 9pm, with tea and coffee being served from 7.15pm. The venue is on the number 1 bus route. A free car park is adjacent to the church, which has step-free access. Our January meeting is often held online.

Bristol Modern Quilt Group

Bristol Quilters

Brockeridge Quilters

Frome Valley #1

Meet Details

3rd Wed of the month 10-12

Saltford Quilters

Shire Stitchers

South of the River Quilters

Wednesday Afternoon Qs

Bradley Stoke Sew and Sos

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Meet Details

3rd Monday of the month
1.30pm to 3.30pm
Jubilee Centre
Savages Wood Rd
Bradley Stoke
BS32 8HL

Churchdown Patchwork and Quilters

We are very friendly long established group who meet 2nd and 4th Thursday in the evenings. We have a speaker most months and organise full day workshops throughout the year. We also hold regular 'sewing bees' making quilts and items for the local community and hospitals.
For more information please visit our website.

Meet Details

We meet at 7pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of most months. Some of our speaker evenings are open to non-members. Please check the program on our website for more information

Five Valleys Quilters

Five Valleys Quilt Group was founded in 2005 and has a current membership of over thirty members. We meet monthly in Nailsworth. Please see our website https://fivevalleysquilters.weebly.com/ or Instagram page @ Fivevalleysquilters for more information.

Meet Details

Our main meeting is on the second Wednesday every month, in the Arkell Centre, Nailsworth (from 7.30 – 9.00pm). Meetings are a mixture of mini-workshops and guest speakers.

We also have a number of subgroups which meet on a regular basis during the daytime.

Highnam Quilters

We are a group of like minded ladies numbering 50 members at present.
We hold regular Meetings /Talks/in person Activities on 2 sessions per month

Meet Details

We meet on one Tuesday Evening (7.30 pm to 9.30 pm) and one Saturday Afternoon (1 pm to 5pm) per Month.
These times can be for talks, demonstrations, workshops, Sit and Sew or Charitable activities eg making items to aid patients, babies etc.

Lydney Quilters

We are a friendly group, who are interested in learning new aspects of patchwork and quilting. We also look forward to new challenges and new adventures related to artwork.

Meet Details

We meet on the fourth Thursday of each month at Lydney Community Centre, Nass Lane, Lydney, GL 15 5AT between 10 - 12.30, We welcome anyone who would like to share in the art of patchwork and mixed media.

Montpellier Quilters

We are a friendly group of sewing enthusiasts based in Cheltenham in the beautiful Cotswolds.
We meet to share our enjoyment of anything and everything to do with needles and thread.
We currently have 40 members who have a wide range of interests within textile arts and crafts; everything from patchwork and quilting to embroidery, dyeing and felting all served up with a large dose of fun and laughter, an occasional dash of adventure and a wonderful sense of community.
Some of our members are complete beginners and others have a wealth of knowledge and experience, who are more than eager to tell us about their work, show examples or give demonstrations. MQ members love to share their expertise; it's great to learn from each other.
We hold Patchwork Picnics - informal sewing days where we get together for the day to sew our own projects, to talk and to eat cake and there are always trips to shows, shops and other sewing activities.
The group is a wonderful opportunity to make friends, learn from about quilting from scratch or improve a technique. Please take a look at our website, or better still pay us a visit. Check out our website for further details.

Meet Details

Where to find us:
At The Reddings Community Centre, North Road West, Cheltenham, GL51 6RF
Occasionally we meet at other venues, please check with the Programme
Our meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:15pm - 9:15pm.

Visitors are very welcome

There is a charge of £4 per visit and you can attend twice without paying membership fees. Do try us out.

If you decide to join us there is an annual subscription of £40 if you join between March and July; £20 if you join between Sept and Feb.

Newent Quilters

XTo meet on a regular, usually on a monthly basis to share information and ideas with like minded people through talks and workshops. Also, do charitable makes on a regular basis.

Meet Details

Regular meetings are held monthly on the second Thursday of the month at Newent Memorial Hall GL18 1PT starting at 7.30pm

Severnside Stitchers

Severnside Stitchers is a group of forty ladies of all ages and abilities who love to stitch. We are a friendly, enthusiastic bunch always keen to try out new techniques in fabric and thread, both traditional and modern.

Meet Details

We meet on the first and third Thursday of the month from 7pm to 9pm, the second Friday morning from 10am to 1pm and a Saturday workshop bi-monthly.
Our Summer and Christmas Socials are always popular when we have a shared lunch and a surprise project.

Sodbury Vale Quilters

We are a small friendly group with a wide range of talents and knowledge, supplemented by visiting teachers and speakers, as well as sharing our own ideas and skills.

Meet Details

We meet at 7.30 pm on the third Wednesday of each month in the Old Grammar School, Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire.

On the first Wednesday afternoon of each month we meet at a member's home for tea and cake and, of course, to pursue our own quilting/sewing projects.

Visitors are very welcome.

Hunt Stitchers

The Cotswold Quilters

Theoc Quilters

Wainlode Quilters

Clevedon Quilters

We are a relatively new group of Quilters. Alison Batchelor, who is a very experienced quilter and tutor, started the group in January 2024. We currently have a membership of 38 and we meet in our local shop, Spinning Weal, on Thursday evenings, alternatively throughout the month. We also meet alternate Fridays at our local council offices.
We plan approximately 3 workshops a year and a talk by a visiting Speaker too.

Meet Details

meetings are: 1st and 3rd Fridays 10-1pm
2nd and 4th Thursdays 6-9pm

Members bring their own sewing projects and we also arrange group projects, which have been very successful.

North Somerset Quilters

We are a textile focused group. We meet September through to May.
We generally have a speaker at most of our meetings.and trader.

Meet Details

Speaker orientated meetings

Portishead Quilters

Portishead Quilters is a friendly and welcoming group, who meet twice a month, on the first and third Tuesday evening, in Redcliffe Bay Hall. We have a mixture of speakers and sewing evenings and we are open to everyone. The group members have a wide range of abilities from beginners to experienced. We have lots of projects on the go, including supporting a number of charities. We organise 3 to 4 workshops a year and we hold an exhibition once every two years.

Meet Details

We meet on the first and third Tuesday of the month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, in Redcliffe Bay Hall, Newhaven Road, Portishead, BS20 8LH.

The Thursday Girls

We have members at all levels from beginners to the very experienced, with a wide range of talents and expertise. While not a teaching group we happily share skills to help each other, and occasionally demonstrate techniques and projects to the group. It is a large, lively and friendly group.

Meet Details

We meet every Tuesday, from 9.30 to 4.30 - although members stay for all or part of the day, as it suits them. We meet in a lovely converted barn, with far reaching views across the countryside. We share our skills, but work on our own projects. We also make quilts for a local children’s charity. Everyone from beginners to the very experienced are welcome - especially those with a fondness for cake! We also run four pop up fabric and coffee shops a year in aid of our chosen charity.

Weston Quilters

We are a lively group of patchwork quilters and meet once a month.
We have a combination of speakers and project evenings in our annual programme and a trader at our meetings.
NOTE: Our venue will change to the one stated above from January 2026.

Meet Details

We meet the first Monday of each month UNLESS it’s a bank holiday, then we meet on the second Monday of the month.

Apple County Quilters

We are a friendly group of quilters, embroiderers, knitters and crocheters

Meet Details

Tuesdays 13.00 to 16.00hrs

Avalon Quilters

Workshops with outside Teachers and also talks. Welcome all levels of quilting experience.

Meet Details

1st Saturday of each month from 10.00 - 16.00

Corfe Quilters

Corfe Quilters meet weekly in a local village hall. We are a small friendly group who exchange and share information about all things Patchwork and Quilting.
We welcome new members.

Meet Details

Corfe Quilters meet on Monday afternoons in Corfe Village Hall

Quilting in the Country

Small group of 6/7 meeting weekly on a Thursday

Meet Details

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Quirky Quilters, Somerset

Quirky Quilters - like minded friends who meet to sew … with occasional workshops, speakers and a biennial exhibition

Meet Details

Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons - 1 pm until 4 pm

Sew Happy Quilters

The Sew Happy Quilters enjoy making all sorts of quilted items and improving their quilting skills either by machine or hand. Members also enjoy other needlecrafts as a break from quilting, when the quilting mojo is weak!!!!
The group is very active and has a strong, dedicated membership numbering approximately 18 ladies. Our quilting skills range from fairly novice to very experienced and everyone is keen to share their skills and support each other as we work on our own projects each week.

Meet Details

We meet every Thursday from 1:30 -4:30pm at The Green, Wembdon.

New members welcome, please contact the Secretary using the displayed email address.

Bath Quilters

Camelot Quilters

Draycott Quilters

Queen Camel Quilters

Somerset County Quilters

Stanchester Quilters

Star Quilters

Washday Quilters

Wells Quilters

Winford Craft & Quilters