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Sheena Roberts

I have been sewing since I was tiny, and creating patchwork for almost as long. I was taught by my Great… (read more)

Sandy Snowden

Love to do thinking outside the box work, using a wide variety of techniques that will suit the current… (read more)

Ruth Bennett

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Sandra Newton

I started quilting in 2007, though I admit to a hexagon beanbag in the 70's ! I found City & Guilds… (read more)

Julia Shay

I have been quilting for about ten years, having been taught to knit by my grandmother, and to make… (read more)

Tracy Fox

Hello and welcome.... My name is tracy fox and I live in Manchester, England. I am a designer maker… (read more)

Chantal David

Hello I was formerly one of the Quilters Guild Representatives for Region 4 covering West Dorset and… (read more)

Alison Garrett

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Joanna O'Neill

Having knitted, painted and stitched my way through early life, I studied for the City & Guilds Creative… (read more)

Jinnie Robisson

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Lis Binns

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

Jo Stewart

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

Dieuwke Philpott

I'm a founder member of the Quilters Guild and am interested in both the history of quilt making world… (read more)

Irene MacWilliam

I have been involved with textiles since I was five and three quarters. Since 1985 I have been a member… (read more)

Cathy Park

I've always stitched, but was a passionate hand embroiderer until about eleven years ago, when I reluctantly… (read more)

Alison Mayall

I enjoy working with fabric- dyeing it, sewing it, appliqueing it and, not forgetting, quilting it!… (read more)

Sheila Alink-Brunsdon

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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)

Sally Scott

I am a quilter who loves piecing and also fabric design. I also lead a small group of new quilters who… (read more)

Joan Fisher

Hi, I first became interested in textiles in Kuwait where I lived for 12 years. I was invited to a textile… (read more)

Penny Armitage

I learned to quilt while living in Kuwait but now live on the edge of Exmoor in North Devon, in region4.… (read more)

Exe Valley Contemporary Quilt Group

Most of our members met through being Region 4 members of the Contemporary Quilt group, which is a special… (read more)

Judith Barker

I make and exhibit contemporary quilts and smaller pieces based on folk art; I've won awards in several… (read more)

Sheila Dalgleish

I have been involved in some form of needlework for as long as I can remember. Eventually I realised… (read more)

Marion McCrindle

I have been a member of QGBI for ten years and am very grateful to those who introduced me as I am having… (read more)

Pat Ashton-Smith

Originally an embroiderer, having completed my City & Guilds Certificates in Creative Embroidery in… (read more)

Jane Attwood

I have been stitching for as long as I can remember, quilting for about 17 years and teaching patchwork… (read more)

M Drake

I live in the South West of England in Weymouth, Dorset along the Jurassic Coast. Where I live is a… (read more)

Christiane Shrimpton

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

Isobel Loftus

Although I have worked with and studied textiles over many years, my practice in quilt making is more… (read more)

Elizabeth Brooke Ward

I live near Stroud,Gloucestershire. I have city and guilds qualifications in patchwork and quilting… (read more)

Lynn Collison

I started out as an embroiderer but about 12 years ago became interested in quilting. After a visit… (read more)

Avril Horn

Contemporary painting and sculpture, literature, theatre, fabric dyeing, public awareness about science,… (read more)

Muriel Markland

I live in Perth (previously living in Kinross-shire) and have been quilting for over 25 years. I did… (read more)

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Carole Kokinis

In the 70's I started to hand sew a hexagon quilt over papers. After many house moves it was eventually… (read more)

Elisabeth Tate

I have been quilting for 30+ years having been taught by Canadian quilt teacher Lucy Anne Holiday when… (read more)

Kerry Hockham

I learnt to to knit and sew from a young age, completing my first jumper for my brother at the age of… (read more)

Contemporary Inspirations

We are looking forward to our next mini-exhibition - Contemporary Inspirations - will be running from… (read more)

Bernina Sponsors Contemporary Quilts

Visitors to Festival of Quilts this year will notice a change in the Quilters' Guild Challenge which… (read more)

Katja May

I'm an avid quilter and a researcher and lecturer at the University of Kent. My research is interested… (read more)

Colin Brandi

In 1989, after a chance meeting with an American Art quilt maker whilst on holiday in Scotland, I made… (read more)

Wendy Watson

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Samantha Jones

I am a Quilt Maker using traditional and contemporary techniques. I have been making quilts since 2005.… (read more)

Penny Kurowski

I am interested in all kinds of patchwork and quilting, with a bias towards contemporary/art quilts.… (read more)

John Cole-Morgan

I am a beginner quilter. I sewed for the very first time ever in May 2014. Technically my work is poor… (read more)

Wendy Barrington

Given Guild membership for Christmas 2017. Completed a Contemporary Fine Art Degree in 2017 some of… (read more)

Pascale Michalski

Based on short and marvelous stories of farms and sunsets, slow roasties and the confection of the honey… (read more)

Jenna Clements

My love of craft began in childhood, when my mum taught me how to cross stitch when I was two years… (read more)

Christine Plowman

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

Kay Leech

My background is embroidery having completed my City and Guilds Certificate and Diploma in 2014 with… (read more)

Angela Timbrell

I am married and living in the South West of England, although originally from South Wales. I have been… (read more)

B. Jane Nairn

I live in Essex and am a member of Region 8 and Ash Valley Quilters. I have always loved stitching and… (read more)

Gillian Callaghan

Where to start? I have lived in Carmarthenshire for well over forty-five years and I have made many… (read more)

Kira Withers-Jones

Originally I completed a BA in Fashion Design but I quickly realised that I didn't have a robust enough… (read more)

Kate Loasby

Hi, I am interested in using mixed textiles to create quilts and quilt art. I also enjoy traditional… (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)

Hannah Thompson

I joined the quilters guild on recommendation of an embroiderer friend and she was right, I love the… (read more)

Deborah McGuire

Hello! I'm Deb. You could call my quilt making a hobby, but its more of a compulsion! I sew every day… (read more)

Deborah O'Hare

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

Andrea Lee

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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)

Leah Cox

Originally I'm from the Deep South of the USA - Mississippi, Arkansas, and New Orleans. Then I lived… (read more)

Janet McCallum

I am a graphic designer and contemporary quilter. Most of my graphic design work has been for educational… (read more)

Mahri Prince

I live in rural Aberdeenshire at the foothills of the Cairngorm mountains. I am inspired by the views… (read more)

Freda Haylett

I learned to quilt while sailing around the world on our 40' sailing yacht. In April 2013 I won the… (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)

Lynne Pretty

My work is influenced by my travels, history and architecture. Work has been shown in several exhibitions… (read more)

Contemporary Co-ordinator

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Emm Johnstone

I've been quilting since 1994 when I made a cot quilt for my older child, out of hexagons of course.… (read more)

Patricia Archibald

Quiltmaking and teaching are passions of mine. My love of fabric started at an early age and having… (read more)

Gwen Harlow

Update 2019 I finally finished my own hexagon quilt just before last Chrismas. I am leaving the older… (read more)

Region 11 Co-ordinator

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Connie Wheeler

I love to learn, sit, sew & share with like minded companions. Outside of this I'm having fun trying… (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)

Leah Higgins

My textile art has developed from a life long love of working with textiles and stitch. The tactile… (read more)

Deborah Relf

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Gilli Theokritoff

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

Val Cowan

I have always loved colour, texture and pattern, quilting brings all these elements together for me.… (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)

Jill Exell

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Marilyn Miles

I live in Nailsworth, Nr Stroud, Glos and have been quilting since 1986 when I lived for 6 months in… (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)

Linda Bilsborrow

I began quilting almost twenty years ago and although my left brain enjoys the pattern in traditional… (read more)

Gwyneth Rose

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

Jan Allston

Living with husband Keith in Polegate, East Sussex and having retired from a career in firstly teaching… (read more)

Ann Beare

I am a contemporary textile artist whose work encompasses quilting, embroidery and mixed media. I enjoy… (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)

Stephanie Lockie

I have been a teacher of textiles for many years, teaching in schools and adult education in the 1970's… (read more)

Ingrid Ellis

I am mainly interested in contemporary quilting/art quilts/modern quilting - as long as it's colourful!… (read more)

Sarah Hibbert

I live just outside London and have been quilting for 30 years off and on due to family and work commitments.… (read more)

Linda Seward

I have been actively involved in sewing, needlework and handicrafts from a very young age. After graduating… (read more)

Terry Donaldson

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

Jean Phillips

I am a patchwork tutor in Poole Dorset under the name of Jeaniality Patchwork. I was introduced to patchwork… (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)

Hanne Asbey

Quilting has been my passion since the late 80ies and I am interested in all kinds of quilts. I still… (read more)

Jan Williams

Interested in contemporary quilting, textile art, photography, art, travel, cooking. I especially enjoy… (read more)

Judy Stephens

I am drawn to strong graphic imagery and an underlying narrative, possibly linked with the fact that… (read more)

Alicia Merrett

I am a contemporary art quilter, working mainly with the techniques of freehand-cutting and piecing,… (read more)

Anne Riches

Having taught City and Guilds patchwork and quilting, and teaching in France where we lived for 11 years,… (read more)

Deena Goff

The quilting world is expanding and the variety is limitless. My interests have developed from the traditional… (read more)

Brenda Thomas

I retired in 2010, bought a sewing machine in 2011 and began making quilts in 2012. I particularly like… (read more)

Exe Valley Contemporary Quilt Tree Time Exhibition

About Contemporary Quilt

Hello and welcome to Contemporary Quilt! We are a diverse group of over 600 quilters and fabric artists… (read more)

Annette Morgan

I have lived in East Anglia most of my life, and I have lived in Thetford for the last 3 years. I am… (read more)

Patricia Dickson

I am a Quilter and Textile Artist and completed the Diploma in Quilting and Design with Creative Stitch… (read more)

Delyse Upton

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

Rhona Thomson

I enjoy traditional and contemporary patchwork and quilting, leaning more to machine rather than hand… (read more)

AGM Regional Challenge Winners

The Regional Challenge for the 2017 Quilters' Guild AGM and Conference at Torquay was two place mats… (read more)

Join a Specialist Group

Why not join a specialist group?  Open to all Guild members, the specialist groups allow members to… (read more)

Christine Burgess

I have been sewing since the age of seven and like a lot of people I used to make my own clothes as… (read more)

Lesley Brankin

The natural world and many different aspects of mankind’s inventiveness fuel my creativity. A stunning… (read more)

Enchanted Islands Quilts by Exe Valley Contemporary Quilt Group

These quilts were made by members of the Exe Valley Contemporary Quilt Group and have been "on tour"… (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)

Jill Stillman

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

Christine Dixon

Art and Textiles have featured significantly in my life offering careers, enjoyment, therapy and a great… (read more)

Unfolding Stories 3 - an exhibition of contemporary quilts

A treasured First Communion dress, transformed with stitch; textile fragments, dyed in seawater on an… (read more)

Janet Beck

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Greta Fitchett Workshop: Contemporary Log Cabin

A non traditional look at log cabin patchwork.  Asymmetrical construction, curved piecing, free cutting,… (read more)

Regional Day Speakers October 2013

 The speakers at the Regional Day at Woolpit in October 2013 were Annette Morgan and Sandra Meech (read more)

Contemporary Quilters West present Unfolding Stories III

Contemporary Quilters West present Unfolding Stories IIIApril 27th – May 3rd 2018.Harbour House… (read more)

Mary Hewson

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Neil MacGillivray

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Pauline Macaulay

I have been quiltmaking since the late 1970s and am interested in the social history of patchwork and… (read more)

Judith Baser

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Susan Clowes-Phelps

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Janet Strong

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Janine Pound

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Dian Smith

Hi, I'm Dian, I am a teacher of Patchwork and Quilting, Art, Embroidery, Beading, Lacemaking and more.… (read more)

Sarah Morison

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Hilary Grayson

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Hilary Jackson

I am currently Regional coordinator for Region 10. I am a member of 2 local quilt groups and also the… (read more)

Janet Edgington

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Gaye Alger

I have been patchwork and quilting for about sixteen years. As a result of studying for my City & Guilds… (read more)

Carol Milner

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Joy Frampton

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Gail Griffith

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Judith Fox

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Sue Shanley

When I was a primary school child, my mother completed a year's secondment from Secondary school PE… (read more)

Jeni Wetton

Hello, I've been quilting for about three years and love it but realise I have lots to learn so hope… (read more)

Jean Stocks

Hi, I'm retired and haven't been quilting long, about 18 months. So far my quilting ranges from a centre… (read more)

Sarah Gravestock

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Veronica Buckingham

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Cynefin: An exhibition of Contemporary quilted textiles by Cwit Cymru

August 4th - September 8th The Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes Cwilt Cymru is a group of individual… (read more)

Contemporary Quilt Contact

Co-ordinator: Karin McCollin contemp@quiltersguild.org.uk Treasurer: Jill Holden treasurer_contemp@quiltersguild.org.uk… (read more)

Dorothy Russell

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Hilary Farquharson

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Penny Bicknell

I am passionate about fabric and design. I love the tactile quality of quilts. I enjoy passing on my… (read more)

Brenda Mary Howell

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

Norma Goff

I am a brand new member with little experience of quilting but am also a member of the Durham Embroiderers… (read more)

Kathryn Thompson

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Joe Bennison

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Diana Judd

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Helen Scott

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Stephanie Long

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Julie Edwards

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

Silvia Dell'Aere

I'm Silvia Dell'Aere, textile artist, teacher and certified quilt judge Since when I started to quilt… (read more)

Christine Espinosa

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Linda Burgess

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Jenny Hall

I am on the committee in Region 11. Qualified and registered Quilt Judge having completed the Quilters'… (read more)

Christine Adcock

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Lisbet Borggreen

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Carol Taylor

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Margaret Macdonald

In winter I live in Preveza, Greece and from March 2017 will be based in Polperro, Cornwall, and sailing… (read more)

Gillian Travis

I am a textile artist based in a small village in the South Pennines near Halifax. I have a studio near… (read more)

Jill Sharpe

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Annette Bruton

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Mandy Hague

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Hilary Smith

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Valerie Barnard

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Mike Wallace

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Jennifer Carter

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Barbara Scurr

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Carole Muncaster

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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)

Marjory McKinven

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Brenda Wroe

I am a contemporary textile artist with residential ties to the UK, France and Spain. My artistic work… (read more)

Jane Rogers

My name is Jane Rogers and I live in Bury St Edmunds, with my husband and our 2 cats and have done for… (read more)

Karena Brand

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Wendy Green

I have recently moved from Suffolk to Norfolk. I was a committee member for Region 8 several years ago… (read more)

Jackie Ketley

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Norma Hale

I worked in tailoring and couture most of my working life, love fabric textures and colour. I started… (read more)

Liesbeth Williams

I have lived on Ynys Môn, the Isle of Anglesey, for nearly 40 years. I work part-time with my husband… (read more)

Sheila Craig

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Sandra Grusd

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Margaret Pratt

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Christine Seager

I am a contemporary quilter. I dye and discharge my own cloth, I tend to do abstract pieces using improvisional… (read more)

Ruth Gallagher

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Sue Horder

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Mary Heseltine

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Caroline Hannan

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Ann Ward

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Mary Parry

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Vicki Watson

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Julie Bowler

Like many others I have had a life long interest in textiles. This now takes the form of quilts, hangings… (read more)

Catherine Hensman

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Judith Bentley

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Marie Paddon

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CONTEMPORARY QUILT ANNUAL MEETING 2020

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday 28 March 2020, NewcastleCONTEMPORARY QUILT ANNUAL MEETING  Next year’s AM… (read more)

Contemporary Expressions ‘Hidden Treasures’

Contemporary Expressions ‘Hidden Treasures’ An exhibition of new textile creations based on Shakespeare’s… (read more)

Sylvia Lindoe

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Anne Weldon

I have been sewing for most of my life and started quilting and patchwork when I retired. I belong to… (read more)

Janet Dowling

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Judy Fairless

I love to spend my spare time painting or sewing or walking. My husband has Austin Sevens which we race… (read more)

Susan Wakefield

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Magie Relph

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

Sue Ogden

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Contemporary Quilt

Our Specialist Groups

To meet the needs of all our members we have five additional specialist groups. Open to all Guild members,… (read more)

Janet Price

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Carol Davies

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

Hilary Martin

I am interested in all aspects of textile work.My time is divided between sewing,music(I am a pianist… (read more)

Susan Tresidder

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Thread - Celebrating Creativity in Historic and Contemporary Quilts

There will be an exhibition of the Guild's Collection at Torre Abbey, organised by The Quilters' Guild… (read more)

Contemporary Curved Piecing - A Workshop with Philippa Naylor CANCELLED

THIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS Learn Philippa’s unique award winning curved piecing… (read more)

Stephanie Crawford

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Yvonne Brown

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Veronica Ryden

I have been quilting since the 1980's, discovered machine quilting in 1992, on a course at Gawthorpe… (read more)

Pippa Wardman

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REGIONAL DAY 1 DAY WORKSHOP - Julia Triston - Contemporary Applique

Following on from her talk at the Regional day on the Saturday, Julia will be teaching her contemporary… (read more)

Eva Hulley

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Jane Wheeler

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Contemporary Curved Piecing - A Workshop with Philippa Naylor

This workshop is associated with the Chichester Regional Day on 3rd March 2018.  For further details… (read more)

Waltham Windmill Contemporary Textile Group’s 3rd Exhibition

This event runs from 10:00am on the 25th August 2018, to 4:00pm on the 27th August 2018 and will… (read more)

Mandy Winter

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