Dec 9, 2025
In November Carolyn James told us about her surprising journey from working in Safeguarding to becoming a patchwork and quilting teacher in her talk entitled “How did this Happen?” Carolyn showed us many quilts, from her earliest work to quilts that she...
Sep 18, 2025
When Sara Impey visited us in September we learned about her quilting journey from an English Paper Piecing coverlet in the 1970s to the quilts she produces today incorporating free motion stitched text. The quilts themselves were beautiful, the texts thought...
Sep 11, 2025
We got together for a fun evening in August to socialise and also make fabric flower brooches!
Sep 11, 2025
The Woodland Haberdasher, Fay Jones, came in July to tell us all about Dyes of our Doorsteps and how so many different colours could be made from plants and other organic matter. The same plant could produce further colours depending on which compounds were used in...
Jul 1, 2025
The lovely ladies from National Trust Sutton Hoo’s textile group visited us in June. All volunteers, they have been involved in making contemporary dress for displays at the site, and for themselves, which has involved experimentation with dyes and fabrics and...
May 30, 2025
In May we welcomed Jane from Hilary Jane’s Patchwork and Quilting. Jane told us about her quilting journey from being a “finisher” for others to now designing, making, and teaching. She showed us some beautiful examples of her work and talked about...
