A Gift of Quilts

1. Gifts of quilts are not limited to members of quilting and patchwork groups individual's entries are welcome. Groups can include children’s/youth groups, schools, church organisations or just a circle of friends. The aim is to encourage as many people as possible to become involved – not just quilters – any one who can hold a needle.

2. There is no limit to the number of quilts any group or individual can make and send.

3. The quilts can be of any design except the Olympic logo, rings and torch. There are many other restrictions on the use of Games logos, trade marks and designs; words and the bespoke London 2012 font, known as 2012 Headline. Please see the games web-site www.london2012.com for other restrictions on logos and words, please ensure that you view these restrictions before starting any quilts. You will need to go to the home page and in the search bar type in 'using the brand'. This will take you to a page with all the downloads you need to look at. If you have problems please contact us and we can email or post you the pages.

We have a pdf version of the logos, branding and restrictions so please email us if you would like a copy sent to you.

There are Listed Expressions too which are restricted. "Listed expressions are determined as - any two words in list A or any word in list A with one or more of the words in list B"

List A	Games, Two Thousand and Twelve, 2012, Twenty-twelve
List B	London, medals,sponsors,summer,gold,silver,bronze

	For example, if you wanted to put wording on your quilt you COULD NOT USE "Games 2012" or London Summer Games or Gold Medals 2012 etc.
	You can not use ANY of the olympic logos or trade marks or images.

4. All Quilts should be a minimum of 40" x 40" square up to 54" x 78" and comprise of the top, wadding and the backing.

5. Quilts must be quilted either by hand or machine, no tied quilts, and a hanging sleeve, 4” wide must be attached to the back of each.

6. Each quilt must be signed by the quilt maker(s) on the back by means of a label, which needs to have your name, address or place of residence, title of quilt and your registration number. NO REFERENCE TO THE GAMES CAN BE MADE ON THE LABEL. It would be nice to also include separately with the quilt(s) a letter, photograph or even a message for the recipient which can include references to The Games.

7. Your “gift of a quilt” will not be required until November 2011 but please register your gift as soon as possible, see below for registration details. The Team attends many shows in the UK and it may be possible to arrange a handover, this will save postage costs.

If the number of quilts exceeds those that we need for A Gift of Quilts they will be given, with the makers permission, to the "Special Olympics" which take place in 2013.

Please register your gift of a Quilt(s) as soon as possible so that we can keep a record of the number promised. We will need the following information:

Name
Address
Phone number
email address
Individual or group quilt
Date quilt may be completed by

Additional information you feel may be useful for example about making of the quilt, the reason you are making it, name of group.

You can email this information back to us at agiftofquilts@yahoo.com or register by post (with an SAE) to:-

A Gift of Quilts, 6 Barrow Hill, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, Hants SP11 7RG

Q. Can I use the colurs red, white and blue? In the Olympic booklets it says these should not be used.

A. As a this project is non-commercial and you are using fabric and creating a textile to be given as a gift you may use these colours as you would in any patchwork design.

Q. Can I use circles? It says that we can not use the Olympic rings.

A. Yes, you can use circles. It is the official Olympic logo of the rings which is banned. There are many patterns that use circles, half circles etc.

Q. I live in the EU and would like to make a quilt for you. Is that acceptable?

A. If you are a British national living or working abroad (anywhere in the world) we welcome your quilt.

Q. I would like to be able to print off the requirements for the quilts but it comes out the wrong size.

A. Please email shaz.quilts@btinternet.com and an A4 Word version can be sent right back to you.

Q. I have heard about the Quilts of Valour Foundation who are making quilts for service personnel in the USA and UK. Will any of your quilts go there?

A. We have asked this organisation if they would like to have any surplus quilts for this very worthy cause. Their reply was as follows "Thank you for considering Quilts of Valour.At the present time this seems so far away as it would be 2011 before anything would materialise.We are still hopeful that the conflict in Afghanistan will be over by then.Our needs are for quilts made for the soldiers and at this time we are not seeking quilts which have been made for other purposes.In particular we are very concerned about pictures and emblems that would be inappropriate for someone who has recently been injured". If you are interested in working for this cause their web contact is www.QOVF.org

	Jubilee Logs Part of a quilt made by Caroline Hampson at a Salisbury workshop
Jubilee Logs is a log cabin style pattern made using rectangles and strips of fabric made and then cut into rectangles.