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Past issues of Quilt Studies
Publications
BQSG produces two regular publications, Culcita and Quilt Studies and occasional small guides will also be published.
Copies of the current edition of Quilt Studies and most earlier editions are available to purchase from BQSG. Email our Chair or our Treasurer to enquire about availability and costs (including postage).
Visitors to the Festival of Quilts in August are usually able to buy the latest copies of Quilt Studies from Quiltworks, the Quilters' Guild shop. Copies of our publications will also be available for inspection and/or purchase at the BQSG Seminar.
Newsletters
The BQSG newsletter Culcita is usually issued twice each year in January and September. In the interim e-newsletters will be sent out with any other Stop Press items. Culcita carries news, membership information, occasional short research articles, notes, book reviews, booking forms for events, together with a What's on guide for a selection of exhibitions that may interest members. It also provides a forum for members to share information and research questions and the events calendar keeps members up to date with what's happening in the textile world. The newsletters are edited by a BQSG Committee member who is usually in post for three years.
Contributions to both Culcita and the e-newsletters are welcome - simply contact the editor at [email protected] in the first instance to discuss any proposed article. News of events, exhibitions and talks of interest to members are also welcome.
Quilt Studies
BQSG publishes the papers presented at our annual Seminar in the research journal Quilt Studies which is published in May/June each year. The issues are soft-bound and contain black and white as well as colour illustrations. All members and Associates receive one copy as part of their subscription following renewal in May. International & Institutional Associates also receive one copy.
Quilt Studies is edited by a BQSG Committee member who is usually in post for three years. We are very fortunate to have a number of members who are qualified to take on the role of Editor.
Quilt Studies Sales
Copies of the current edition of Quilts Studies and most earlier editions are available to purchase from BQSG.
Email [email protected] to enquire about availability and costs (including postage).
Visitors to the Festival of Quilts in August can buy copies of our current issue of Quilt Studies from Quiltworks, the Quilters' Guild Shop stand.
Copies of our publications will also be available for inspection and/or purchase at the BQSG Seminar.
BQSG Quilt Studies Availability as at March 2025 Copies of most issues are available but unfortunately, at present we have none of the following issues - 6, 8. We sometimes receive donations of earlier issues of Quilt Studies, so if you are looking for any of those, please let us know and we can add you to the waiting list
Quilt Studies 27, edited by Linda Lane Thornton published 2026
Quilt Studies Issue 27
- Sarah Marion Davies - Abertridwr RIB Quilter by KATHERINE GOUGH
- The Material Evidence for Catherine Hutton's Patchwork Practice by DR BRIDGET LONG
- Elizabeth Hake (1890 - 1987) Research, Publication and Legacy by DOROTHY OSLER
-Swaledale Quilts and Quilters by LIZ NALLY AND KATE SMITH
Quilt Studies 26, edited by Linda Lane Thornton published 2025
Quilt Studies Issue 26
- A Highland Mystery or Who was Jessie M. Findlay? by JANET RAE
- The Gooch Coverlet: Exploring Sociability, Fashion and Sewing Networks in the Late Eighteenth Century by DR BRIDGET LONG
Quilt Studies 25, edited by Linda Lane Thornton published 2024
Quilt Studies issue 25
- What's New? A brief look at new items into The Quilt Collection over the last 10 years by HEATHER AUDIN
- The Canadian Red Cross Quilts Return Home by LUCIE HEINS & MAXINE MARCH
- Recognising the Printing and Dyeing Techniques Useful for Dating Fabric by CAROLYN GIBBS
Quilt Studies 24, edited by Linda Lane Thornton published 2023
Quilt Studies Issue 24
- On the Edge and Round the Bend by CAROLYN GIBBS
Links to websites containing images of the wholecloth quilts referenced in this paper can be found in the Endnotes HERE
- 'Our folk on twilting in our parlour': The Pragmatic Emotional Networks of the Quilt Stampers of Allendale, 1870-1920 by DEBORAH MCGUIRE
Allenheads Family Tree HERE
Quilt Studies 23, edited by Linda Lane Thornton published 2022
Quilt Studies Issue 23
- Remember Me: Love, Loss and Legacy. Memorial Textiles in Britain 1790-1890 by DEBORAH MCGUIRE
- In Theory, My stash is for Using: British Quilters, the Fabric Stash, and a Quilting Space of One's Own by MARYBETH C. STALP and ANN RIPPIN
- Sewing in the Wings: The Theatrical Patchwork of Mrs Fanny Stirling by DOROTHY HILL
Quilt Studies 22, Muriel Rose Special Issue, Edited by Rachel Terry published 2021
Quilt Studies Issue 22
- Introduction by DOROTHY OSLER
- A Modern Crafts Legacy: Muriel Rose and the Crafts Study Centre by JEAN VACHER (Edited with permission by Greta Bertram)
- The Little Gallery and the RIB Quilts: Findings from the Muriel Rose Archive by JULIA SHAY
- Patrons of Muriel Rose's Little Gallery in the 1930's by ANNE JEATER
- An Investigation into the Geographic, Social and Economic Backgrounds of Five Durham Quilters Working for the RIB Quilting Scheme in the 1930's by JOAN FOSTER
- Durham Quilters and the Little Gallery: Economic and Business Interactions by DOROTHY OSLER
Quilt Studies 21 Edited by Rachel Terry published 2020
Quilt Studies Issue 21
- Paupers, Penitents and Potentates: An Investigation of the Symbolism and Meaning in Some Patchwork Garments by CELIA EDDY
- The Bosley Coverlet and Other British Signature Quilts by ANNE JEATER
- Domestic Needlework and the Sacred Liturgy: The Wardour Patchwork Chasuble and Maniple by BRIDGET LONG
Quilt Studies 20 Edited by Bridget Long published 2019
Quilt Studies Issue 20
- Documenting the Extent of Competitive Quilting Taking Place in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham in the period 1870-1919: JOAN FOSTER
- 'I thought I was the only one': The British Quilt Revival during the 1970's: PAULINE W MACAULEY
- The 1918 Hartley Quilt: an investigation into the origins of a quilt: KATE SMITH
Quilt Studies 19 Edited by Barbara Hateley Published 2018
Quilt Studies Issue 19
- The Third Avenue Methodist Church Quilt: a digital research project: DAVID MARCH
- Stitched Encounters:an exploration of the Afghan-European Embroidery Initiative Guldas: KATJA MAY
- Twenty Years A-Growing: Perspectives on Quilt History Research in Britain 1998-2018: DOROTHY OSLER
- An Index of Topics and Authors included in Quilt Studies: RACHEL NICHOLS
Quilt Studies 18 Edited by Barbara Hateley published 2017
Quilt Studies Issue 18
- Stories of Collaborative Quilt Making: Two Rochdale Quilts - LYNN SETTERINGTON AND DR ALISON SLATER
- A tale of the Unexpected: Origins of the 1930's Spennymoor Quilters - DOROTHY OSLER, JOAN FOSTER, ANNE JEATOR, KATHRYN KERSEY, JULIA SHAY, VAL SHIELDS and ROSEMARY TONKS
- Queen's Pictures: the life and work of the artist Elizabeth Allen - HAZEL CONWAY
- Documenting Twenty-First Century Quilters: Capturing Quilting trends Today for Tomorrow - LUCIE HEINS B.SC., M.A
Quilt Studies 17 Edited by Sue Selwyn published 2016
Quilt Studies Issue 17
- Pride of Place: The Bed and its Furniture: an Analysis of 88 Wills from North Staffordshire and South Cheshire - PAULA HULME
- Egyptian Quilting: The Documentation, Structural Analysis and Conservation of Two Mamluk Caps in the Newberry Collection, University of Leeds - JACQUELINE HYMAN
- The History of Cyanotype (Blueprinting) and its Use in Photography, Industry, Art and Textiles - CATHY CORBISHLEY MICHEL
- A Stitch in Time - JENNIFER VICKERS
- The Quilt Wives of Aberdare - CLARE CLARIDGE
Quilt Studies 16 Edited by Sue Selwyn published 2015
Quilt Studies Issue 16
- On and Off the Wall: A Look Back at Thirty Years of Quilt Art and Art Quilts - SARA IMPEY
- The Rose Diaries: A Window into the World of Britain's pre-1960 Quilters in North East England and South Wales - DOROTHY OSLER
- Embroideries Created by Women Interned in the Far East (1942-1945) - BERNICE ARCHER and ALAN JEFFRIES
Quilt Studies 15 Edited by Sue Selwyn published 2014
Quilt Studies Issue 15
- The Potential for Welsh Influence in the Early Development of Amish Quilts: An Exploration of Historical Evidence - DOROTHY OSLER
- British Influences on the American Block-Style Quilt - JANICE E. FRISCH
- From Conception to Fruition: The BQSG Exhibition "It's all in the Making - patchwork and quilting unpicked" - SUE MARKS
Quilt Studies 14 edited by Hazel Mills published 2013
Quilt Studies Issue 14
- Bolton's Cotton Counterpanes: Hand weaving in the Industrial Age - ERIN BEESTON and LAUREL HORTON
- West Kent Textiles in Wills, Inventories and Probate, 1550 - 1650 - CHRISTINE BURGESS
- A Tale of Two Quilts: From Guernsey to Ohio and Back - CELIA EDDY
- Patchwork: An Illustrated Tale - ANN GIBSON
- A Tyneside Signature Quilt: A Passport to a Primitive Methodist Community in the 1890's - ANN JEATER
Quilt Studies 13 edited by Hazel Mills published 2012
Quilt Studies Issue 13
- Quilted Works 'of Naples' : the French and Italian Context of the Tristan Quilts - KATHRYN BERENSON
- Commemoration and Grief: Two Coverlets and the Death of Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales - ANITA B. LOSCALZO
- The Marchant Grove Quilt: A Record of a Canadian Wartime Community - MAXINE MARCH
- The Comfy: A Social History of the British Quilting Company - JANET RAE
Quilt Studies 12 edited by Hazel Mills published 2011
Quilt Studies Issue 12
- A North Wales Tradition? A Preliminary Study of the Patchwork and Quilting of North Wales - DEBBIE EVANS
- The Great British Quilt Story: Fact or Fiction? - VIVIENNE JOHNSON
- The Wemyss School of Needlework and the 'Business' of Quilting, 1928 - 1940 - JANET RAE
- Harmony in Cloth: Theory into Practice - KAY SWANCUTT
Quilt Studies 11 edited by Hazel Mills published 2010
Quilt Studies Issue 11
- Print with Print: The Role of Liberty Fabric in the post-1960s UK Quilt Revival - ELIZABETH BETTS
- From the United Kingdom to the United States: The Evolution of Chintz Appliqué Quilts - CAROLYN DUCEY
- Quilt as Icon? - SUSAN B. MARKS
Quilt Studies 10 edited by Hazel Mills published 2009
Quilt Studies Issue 10
- Barbara Ponsonby's Household Scrap-book: Nineteenth-century Perceptions of Patchwork and Quilting - CELIA EDDY
- The Third Quilt: An Investigation into Possible Connections between a Coverlet in Nottingham Museums and Galleries and the Wyatt and Bloomfield Coverlets - MARGARETA FAUST
- The Wyatt and Bloomfield Coverlets: The Family Connection - CAROLYN FERGUSON
- One Common Border, Two Continents, Three Countries: A Study of a Set of Silk Wholecloth Quilts - JOAN FOSTER
- Sibling, Cousin or Friend? Considering the Relationship between Two Late Eighteenth-century Mosaic Patchwork Coverlets - BRIDGET LONG
Quilt Studies 9 edited by Hazel Mills published 2008
Quilt Studies Issue 9
- Victorian Piety on Cloth: The Wyatt and Bloomfield Coverlets - MARGARETA FAUST
- Fabric or Fabrication? Textile references in four Elizabeth Gaskell novels - CAROLYN FERGUSON
- Uncovering Hidden Marks on the 1718 Silk Patchwork Coverlet - BRIDGET LONG
- Cloth and Culture: Silk-mix Fabrics from North Wales - DOROTHY OSLER and DEBORAH EVANS
- The Hawick Quilts - LINDA LANE THORNTON
Quilt Studies 8 edited by Dorothy Osler published 2007
Quilt Studies Issue 8
- Machine-made Patchwork: the Development and Adoption of Tools and Techniques 1880 to 1990 - PAULINE ADAMS
- A Study of Quakers, Convicts and Quilts - CAROLYN FERGUSON
- Early Quiltmaking among the Ulster-Scots in the Southern United States - LAUREL HORTON
- An Introductory Study to Sericulture and Silk-mix Fabric production in North Wales in the 18th and 19th Centuries - DOROTHY OSLER and DEBORAH EVANS
Quilt Studies 7 edited by Dorothy Osler published 2006
Quilt Studies Issue 7
- Uncovering the History of Patchwork and Quilting in Norway - JOAN FOSTER
- The Blossoming of Patchwork: A Study of Cotton and Linen Patchwork in the 18th and 19th centuries - BRIDGET LONG
- 'Revolutionary' Prints: A New Style of Late 18th Century Block Printed Fabric Designs - DERYN O'CONNOR
Quilt Studies 6 edited by Dorothy Osler published 2004
Quilt Studies Issue 6
- Quilts and Cultural Values: Gender, Race and Social Class - LAUREL HORTON
- Historic Silk Quilted Petticoats - SHEILAH DAUGHTREE
- Scripture Coverlets from Printed Blocks - RACHEL NICHOL
Quilt Studies 4/5 edited by Dorothy Osler published 2002/3
Quilt Studies Issue 4/5
Issue 4:
- Lapis: Recognising a Colour Phenomenon Found in Some Printed Cottons in Early 19th Century Patchwork - DERYN O'CONNOR
Issue 5:
- Special Issue on the 1718 Silk Patchwork Coverlet: Introduction - TINA FENWICK SMITH and DOROTHY OSLER
- The 1718 Silk Patchwork Coverlet: Provenance and Family History - MARY HEWSON
- A Comparative Study of the 1718 Silk Patchwork Coverlet - BRIDGET LONG
- The Dress Show: A Study of the Fabrics in the 1718 Silk Patchwork Coverlet - DERYN O'CONNOR
- A Brief Historical Survey of the Social and Economic Context in Which It Was Made - CELIA EDDY
Quilt Studies 3 edited by Dorothy Osler published 2001
Quilt Studies Issue 3
- Fabric as Evidence: Unravelling the Meaning of a Late 18th Century Coverlet - JACQ BARBER
- A Study of a Late 19th Century Appliqué Coverlet - BRIDGET LONG
- Evidence for an Unrecorded Way of Setting-up a Quilt in the Frame - PAULINE ADAMS
Quilt Studies 2 edited by Celia Eddy published 2000
Quilt Studies Issue 2
- 18th Century Quilting in London - CLARE ROSE
- Changing Perceptions of the Quilt - SUE MARKS
Quilt Studies 1 Edited by Celia Eddy published 1999
Quilt Studies Issue 1
- The Classic Strippy Quilt - DOROTHY OSLER
- Four Aspects of Turkey Red:
The Process and Early History - DERYN O'CONNOR
Expansion of the Plain Turkey Red Industry in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century - TINA FENWICK SMITH
Turkey Red in Quilts and Clothing - PAULINE ADAMS
The Turkey Red Industry: Export Cloths - DERYN O'CONNOR
