Tate Collective

Tate is a family of four art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Have you visited any of these? They exhibit all sorts of different art which could give you inspiration for your own creativity and sewing. Why not visit one if you …

Prize draw: fancy creating your own personalised bag for school?

We hope you are enjoying being back at school after the summer break. The new school year normally involves a lot of change...a new class, new teachers and possibly new subjects that you are studying. Why not enter this free prize draw to have a chance of winning this cool gift from Vlieseline. The gift contains …

Circle OBSESSED

Hi - Sarah here - I don't know if you remember, but just a few weeks ago I was frantically trying to finish my Festival of Quilts entry.  I gave you a sneak peak of my work at the end of my post where you'll have seen some of the circles I was adding to my quilt. …

Amy Emms bursary – continued

Laura - A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about how and why I applied for the Guild's Amy Emms bursary. Here, I tell a bit about what I am doing with the bursary. The bursary is awarded to a Guild member to 'further their knowledge of, or skills in, the traditional art of …

The Sue Belton Bursary

Hi! It's Rachel here. I thought I would talk a little bit about the Sue Belton award which I received from the Quilters' Guild in 2015. The Sue Belton bursary is awarded every two years to applicants with less than 5 years quilting experience. It's sole aim to help those who would love to develop …

Deadlines!

Sarah here - and I've got two things on my mind; Festival of Quilts...and deadlines.  You see, those two things are very much linked for me at the moment.  I am so close to finishing my quilt for the Modern category at this year's Festival - but I haven't got long left at all!! How …

Little Cat Project

On holiday I went into a wool shop full of lovely yarn, but the thing that caught my eye was a row of little knitted cats.  The shop owner said that every time she finishes a project, she uses the left over wool to knit a cat.  This got me thinking... Here is the little …

Patchwork Clothing

We all know that ‘patchwork’ use up scraps of fabric or clothing to make quilts and other items, this in turn helps us to be sustainable.  Dior, one of the world’s top designer and fashion house, was inspired by patchwork clothing in the 1960’s and 1970’s, as well as using their archive to create their …

My FoQ quilt

Laura - I'm not entering a quilt for the Festival this year as I sadly ran out of time, so I thought I would talk about my entry for last year. I decided to enter a quilt for the Quilters' Guild challenge on the theme of 'Free'. Every year there is a theme and only …

My FOQ Art Quilt

Hi! My name is Rachel and I have attended Festival of Quilts for the past five years. I love everything about festival: the workshops, the lectures, meeting up with friends and of course the shopping! But I think my absolute favourite part of the show is seeing all the wonderful quilts on display. What a …