‘A Gift of Quilts’ is the project being organised by Jenny Rundle and Sharon Garrick plus a team to encourage stitchers all over the UK to make and donate up to 500 patchwork quilts.  The object is to give a quilt to each country participating in the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012 (The Games) as a unique sign of friendship and peace.

The “Gift of a Quilt” is open to anyone, any age, any skills, it can be an individual, a group of friends, a village project, a school project, a community project involving care homes, day centre’s, all you need to be able to do is hold a needle.

FESTIVAL OF QUILTS NEC BIRMINGHAM 19-22 AUGUST 2010

We are delighted to be able to tell you that a staggering 123 quilts were registered by visitors to our stand at the Festival of Quilts bringing  our total to date to 406!  Thank you to all of you who stopped by our stand, talked to us, spent your money and registered your quilt.  The web site will be up dated during this week with pictures and information about the show and the Project so do please visit us again soon.

This picture shows our stand, D6, at the Festival of Quilts, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham - 19 to 22 August 2010. Twisted Threads update from the show said that there were over 33,600 visitors to the show making it certainly the ONE to go to in our quilting calendar.  The two quilts in our picture were ones brought in over the weekend - the left hand one by Gay Jenkins of Romsey.

                Below:   Detail of a Quilt by Barbara Hewitt

The smiling faces of The Charismatic Quilters from Dewsbury with their quilt.

We can supply you with large format copies of any of the pages on our web site.  Just contact us through our contact page.  If you need assistance with cutting, marking or sewing we will put you in touch with a "Quilting Buddy" to help.