It's day 3 of Young Quilter's Week, and in the spirit of celebrating our community of Youngish Quilters I thought we should take a look at last year's competition entries! Before we throwback to last year, if any of you Youngish Quilters have entered Festival this year and are going to be there at any … Continue reading FOQ Competition
The In the Spotlight gallery usually appears at Festival of Quilts in alternate years. The gallery is organised by the Quilters' Guild and a quilter from each region is selected to produce a quilt for display. This year the gallery will be showcasing work by Young Quilters which is really exciting. I thought it might … Continue reading FOQ – In the Spotlight
The Festival of Quilts is held every year at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. This year the Festival runs from 11 to the 14 August. You are a Youngish Quilter and so you would love Festival. It is huge and full of quilts and quilt related things. There are thousands of actual quilts; some in … Continue reading Workshops at The Festival of Quilts
Through my school, I’ve started working towards my Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award which is split into 3 sections- one being skill. You can do pretty much anything for your skill section, so I chose quilting as I already do quite a lot outside of school and you need to do an hour a week … Continue reading Meet Youngish Quilter: Mathilda Tate
Did you know the Quilters' Guild makes several bursaries available to its members? This is a great bonus of membership! There is a bursary to help with travel costs, an award especially for novice quilters and another one for Textiles students. They are not difficult to apply for - why not think what you could … Continue reading Guild bursaries
Laura - I was lucky enough to be awarded the Amy Emms bursary at this year's Quilters' Guild AGM. I thought it might be interesting to tell you a little about how I got here (I think ...) and about what I'm doing with the bursary. Any member of the Quilters' Guild can apply for … Continue reading Amy Emms bursary
Well I just checked the date on the back of my proudest project and it says 2003 - so I really ought to do something else!! You will have been a baby if you are a Youngish Quilter when this happened. For two years or so before 2003, there had been excitement building because the … Continue reading FOQ Challenge – Proudest Project
Today we're talking about quilt crushes, and for me I absolutely love English Paper Piecing! I lived in York when we were lucky enough to have the Quilt Museum, and most of the historic quilts on display there involved some form of paper piecing, and they were all so gorgeous! I also love looking through … Continue reading FOQ Challenge – Quilt Crush
My Work in Progress at the moment is my entry for Festival of Quilts, which is kind of appropriate for the #foqwarmupchallenge. Or maybe just unimaginative... For today's post I thought I'd take you through my design process for this quilt. First off, full disclosure: I am not the best at finishing things. This is … Continue reading FOQ Challenge – Work in Progress
Today's instalment of the Festival of Quilts warm up Instagram challenge comes courtesy of Laura. The topic is My fabric stash. Laura - Surely it is a prerequisite for a quilter to love fabric? I'm no exception! I think my love of fabric started when I was a kid. My mum used to make many of … Continue reading FOQ Challenge – My fabric stash
