Events

The town of Warrington developed rapidly as an industrial hotbed. Factories produced steel wire and mesh, men’s shirts and chemical plants issued forth soap that kept the people, their homes and clothes scrubbed clean.

In this exhibition, artists’ collective Threadmill use their textile skills to explore these themes to produce lively sometimes humorous and engaging work.

Admission Free. Open Mon to Fri 10am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm. Last admission 15 minutes before closing. Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays. 01925 442399 or museum@culturewarrington.org for more information

This renowned contemporary quiltmaker has produced many commissioned pieces for international museums and collectors. This exhibition will feature newly developed textile landscapes. Open 10am - 5pm daily, closed only 25 & 26 December & 1 January. £10.50 Adults, £9.50 Concessions, £6.00 Students (on production of Student Card) Free entry to holders of the Great British Heritage Pass; National Art Pass (on production of membership card), Friends of The Bowes Museum, Children (under 16) and Accompanying Carers. For general enquiries please contact 01833 690606 or

Textile Expressions are exhibiting at the Barbican Library. We are an Art group using embroidery, patchwork, basketry & mixed media. Open Mon and Wed 9.30am-530pm, Tues and Thu 9.30am-7.30pm, Fri 9.30am-2pm and Sat 9.30am–4pm. Admission Free. Please see http://www.barbican.org.uk/general/visitor-information/library-events.asp for more details.

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Basics of Patchwork Mini Workshop with Barbara from Black Sheep Wools.  9.30am - 12 noon. What's covered on the course - Using a rotary cutter & ruler, Cutting squares & triangles, 1/4in seam allowance and easy triangles. Refreshments and biscuits will be provided. Once purchased you will receive a letter explaining more about the day and you will receive a special 10% discount voucher. More details from www.blacksheepwools.com or  01925 764231

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £2 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Doors open 1pm, Speakers 2pm. Talk - How I Got Here Today. More info from Madeleine 01245 477820.

Open 10am to 4pm, except Sunday afternoon. Admission Free. Contact for further information

The Nineties Collection and after at The Royal International Pavillion. Wednesday 10th to Sunday 21st February, Open Daily 10am – 4 pm. Free Admission and Parking.

Trading Day Sunday 14th February. Admission today only £3 Light Refreshments available. Free Parking

Wrexham Quilting Circle Showcase at Llangollen Museum and Art Gallery. Tuesday 2nd Feb to Tuesday 1st March.

For all latest information, please refer to our website: www.quiltfest.org.uk

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

9.30am - 12pm. £85. What's covered on the course - Understanding patterns & fabrics - pattern layout - adapting patterns - finishings - darts - buttonholes - inserting zips - bias binding - seams - hems - zips and much, much more! Gain the confidence to use your sewing machine and learn all you need to know to start following a pattern and making garments, curtains or whatever takes your fancy with your sewing machine. Dates as follows - Friday 5th February, Friday 12th February, Friday 19th February, Friday 26th February, Friday 4th March. Yvonne is an expert in machine sewing. A talented lady who also enjoys knitting and crocheting too. She has previously worked as a professional seamstress, sewing garments and accessories for high street companies. Refreshments and biscuits will be provided. Once purchased you will receive a letter explaining more about the day and a special 10% discount voucher.More details from www.blacksheepwools.com or  01925 764231

Open 10am-5pm. A chance to come and choose from deals galore, with hugely discounted fabrics from top manufacturers, including Moda, Makower, Hoffman, Stof, Dashwood Studio, Lewis & Irene and many, many more. Bargains on top quality craft fabric collections from just £6 per metre, as well as big discounts on quilt and project kits. Then have a lovely piece of cake and a nice cup of restorative tea or coffee in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. It’s always very popular, and we’ll do our best to serve customers as quickly as possible, but do expect to queue!

In-store only – we’re sorry, but we can’t offer sale fabrics to online customers. 

01327 342212, or www.bramblepatchonline.com for more details.

Severn Valley Quilters exhibition in the Methodist Church Hall, Castle Court, Thornbury BS35 2BQ (off High Street). Open Friday 2 pm to 5 pm; Saturday 10 am to 4 pm. £3 entry fee. Disabled access. Traders, refreshments and sales table. Contact:

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £2 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Open Friday 11am to 5pm and Saturday 10am to 4pm. Admission £2. Home made refreshments, Second Hand Book Stall, Raffle Quilts, Cake Stall, Traders and Craft Tombola. Three charities will benefit from our show, the Genesis Breast Cancer project at Wythenshaw Hospital and local branches of the Stroke Association and Alzeimers. Limited parking at the church, however further details of parking will be available on our web site www.montaguepatchers.org.uk or from 0161 969 3119

Open 10-4, admission £3.50. Disabled access, refreshments, raffle, sales table, demonstrations and traders. wpqexhibition2016.weebly.com

Clifton Quilters are holding an exhibition of their work on Saturday 20 February 2016 from 10.00am to 4.00pm at Westbury Methodist Church Hall, Bristol BS9 3AA. Admission £3.50.  Tombola, sales table, trader, refreshments. Contact: Sue Pears, 0117 9730708, 

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £2 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £2 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Open 10am to 4pm.  Admission is £4 & includes a cup of tea or coffee. All quilts are for sale & there will be a cake stall, tombola & raffle.

The Charities which we are supporting this year will be 

• Yorkshire Air Ambulance who always require funds to help in their wonderful lifesaving work;
• Cherryblossom Dreams which is a new charity started by another quilter for people with ACC -Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma – a rare & unpredictable form of cancer;
• East Riding Domestic Violence Accommodation Project – They are always in need of quilts and bedding for the people needing to escape Domestic Violence; and,
• The Childrens Hospital Charity in Sheffield.

Quilters & suppliers have been donating fabrics, blocks, ufos, orphan blocks, scraps etc and on the 20 & 21st Jan we are holding our Charity Quiltathon. Quilters are donating their time & skills in return for a free lunch & refreshments which we are providing. We also offer a very reduced rate for those who need to stay over – just £40 for DBB.

In 2014 we held a similar event followed by a Charity Quilt Show event from which we raised a wonderful £1,600 and donated over 80 of the remaining quilts to the charities -  over 50 went to Project Linus at Scarborough Hospital. Of course we are hoping to top our previous achievements in 2016. 

More info from 01262 672433,  or www.royalhotelbrid.co.uk

Open 10am to 4pm. Also demonstrations, refreshments and raffle. Admission free. Further details from Penny Briggs -

Doors open: 9:30am Raffle 3:00pm. Speakers: DeAnne Hartwell Jones and Sally Stott Guild Heritage Officer. Traders, Raffle, Sales Table, Competition: Sewing Accessories (hopefully) donated to the Sales Table at Blackthorpe Barns Exhibition, Prize: 4 entrance tickets to Blackthorpe Barn Exhibition. Tickets in Advance: QG Members £10, Non-Members £15. Tickets on the door: QG Members £12, Non-Members £18. Further Details: Jane Rogers 01284 767312 

Doors open 1pm, Speakers 2pm. Talk - Paper Piecing, Not Just Hexagons. More info from Madeleine 01245 477820.

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Running from 10.30 am till 3.30 pm. Entry £2.50. Loads of traders and craft stalls, exhibition of quilts, cushions, wall hangings, machine embroidery and fabric dolls. Raffle and charity cushion tombola. Refreshments and disabled access. All welcome. Further details from or 0161 633 5900.

Open 10.00 - 5.00 daily. Entry: £2 – payable to Macmillan (closed Sunday & Easter Monday). 

Janet Clare: Quilter, textile artist and Moda Fabrics designer, Janet Clare, will be presenting an exhibition of her work: charming quilts, stitcheries and more in her trademark naive style.

Janet is the designer of the hugely popular fabric collections Hearty Good Wishes and More Hearty Good Wishes, A Field Guide, Nocturne and Wordsmith.

Elements 2015: The Contemporary Quilt Group of the Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles present their 2015 members’ challenge exhibition.

More info from 01327 342212, or www.bramblepatchonline.com

The first exhibition of work produced by the group over the last 4 years. Open 10am – 4pm. Entrance Fee: £3 (all entrance fees to be donated to the Culloden Centre). Entrance to Battlefield exhibition is not included. Refreshments and parking available on site. More information from Sue, email

Open daily March 10am - 4pm, April onwards 10am - 5pm. Admission to the Art Gallery is free, admission charge for the Folk Museum. Access is possible throughout the site for those with mobility difficulties. www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk t | 01751 417 367 www.stitchetcetera.com e| .

Etcetera is a new group composed of seven nationally and internationally exhibited quilt and embroidery artists based in the North of England. The group was formed to provide mutual support as they each push the boundaries of their own individual styles and aspirations. Their first exhibition as a group is, appropriately, called ‘Transitions’. Their interpretation of the theme ranges from the socio-political to the more physical explorations of how stitch transforms cloth.

Admission £2. Open every day except Sundays, 10.30 - 4.30. Email Chris chrisshercliff@gmail.com or phone 01686 430780 for further details. 

A contemporary textile art group exhibition. Open 11.00 to 4.30 every day. Admission free. More details from quinary12.wordpress.com

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £2 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Open 10am – 4pm. Entrance £3 (free entry second day), Under 16’s Free. Easy Parking, Disabled Access. No Stilettos! To be officially opened at 11am on Saturday 9th by Linda Seward. Raffle of Log Cabin Quilt and other prizes in aid of three local charities. Attractions: The African Fabric Shop; Mostly Books; Sales Table; Textile Tombola. Excellent Refreshments! Further information from Janet Manning. T: 01235 528974 E:

Open 10am-5pm (4pm Mon). Lots of quilts, traders and demonstrations. Hylands House is a beautiful old house, set in lovely parkland, plenty of parking, courtyard cafe, visitor's centre and gift shop, second hand book shop. A perfect setting for a lovely day out. All enquiries to Madeleine 01245 477820

Edwina Mackinnon and Catherine Nicholls demonstrate the full range of Mettler threads and share tips and techniques to get the best out of them. 

More info from 01327 342212,  or www.bramblepatchonline.com

Including finest Japanese quilts of the prestigious International Quilt Tokyo Festival, and for the first time a selection of the best works of the Modern Quilt Guild of the United States. 120 exhibitors, artists and designers from around the world including YokoSaito, courses and workshops mini-demos on the big screen live. Open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 9:30am to 6pm. On Friday, the fair will be open from 9:30am to 8pm. Free admission on Friday from 4-8pm. Adult ticket: € 10, Youth ticket (12-25 carry a card): € 6,  4 day pass: 21 €, under 12s free. More details from www.pourlamourdufil.com

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Fibre fans, craft lovers and makers keen to learn techniques as varied as mapuche weaving, scrumbling and cobweb felting will be flocking from all over the UK to the 2016 wool and natural fibre extravaganza Wonderwool Wales. Opening hours: Saturday 10am – 5.30pm & Sunday 10am – 4.30pm. Tickets cost £10.00 for adults, children under 16 free. On-line booking is available, postage costs apply. For more details visit www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk; email  or phone 01938 820495 / 07980 913972 / 01873 821205.

Open 10.30am -4.30pm. Admission £2.50. T: 020 8852 1910 (Margaret)
Exhibition of members' work. Raffles, refreshments, sales of patchwork and quilting supplies and handmade gifts. Parking and disabled access. 

Doors open 1pm, Speakers 2pm. Talk - Change and Counter Change. More info from Madeleine 01245 477820.

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Open 10am - 4.30pm (Sunday 12 noon - 4.30pm). Admission £2 including refreshments. Free parking. Come along and see a wonderful display of quilts and stitched items as well as a sale stall of fabrics and gifts. The Exhibition Tombola quilt will be on display and tickets will be on sale. www.manninquilters.org or for more information.

Open 10:00am Last admission 4:15pm. Exhibition of work from groups in the Region, QGBI Miniature Group Handbag collection, Young Quilters', Regions 7 and 9 will also be represented. Approximately 10 Traders, Demonstrations, Sales Table, Raffle, Refreshments. Competitions; Open to all - 25 5inch squares plus 1 metre of fabric. QGBI Members only - A2 or A3 size, Inspired by our Region for a QGBI Region 8 Suitcase Collection. Entrance £5, Children Free. Further Details - Jane Rogers 01284 767312 

Quilt in a day workshop with Rowan tutor, Rona Stean. £95. 10am - 4pm. Quilt in a Day’ is a great introduction to the world of quilting. In the class you will learn how to make a small quilt approx 36” x 36” square using gorgeous Coats fabric, you will be shown how to use a rotary cut and prepare fabric and then how to construct your quilt and edge it. Sewing experience is beneficial but not essential as there will be plenty of help in the making process. Come and be inspired by the world of quilting and ‘craft’ with like-minded people. Refreshments and lunch will be provided on the day. With a slice of scrumptious cake in the afternoon! You will receive a special 10% discount voucher. This can be used once in store off any purchases. More details from www.blacksheepwools.com or  01925 764231

Doors open 1pm, Speakers 2pm. Talk - It's A Small World. More info from Madeleine 01245 477820.

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Open 10am-5pm (Sun 4.30pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £6 Seniors, £3 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Now expanded to a full week, an exhibition of antique and vintage quilts with supplementary displays and demonstrations relating to quilting, sewing and other stitching in history.

More information from 01327 342212, or www.bramblepatchonline.com

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Open 10am-5pm (4pm Sat). Entrance: £1.50 (children free). Exhibition of member's work, cushions to double quilts from traditional to art quilts. Good disabled access. Double Batik Log Cabin Quilt to be raffled for Stroke Ward at Barnstaple Hospital. Homemade refreshments, stalls and demonstrations. More info from or 01288 345334

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sat 4pm). Tickets in Advance £5 Adults, £4 Seniors, £1 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

In 2015 we took a gamble on creating our Mystery Club – a combination of block-of-the-month, mystery quilt and online quilt-along – not knowing whether anyone would sign up. Over 160 members later, we called it a success, and these quilts are the result of some of the members’ efforts. More info from 01327 342212, or www.bramblepatchonline.com

Doors open 1pm, Speakers 2pm. Talk - Sustainable Stitch. More info from Madeleine 01245 477820.

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £2 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Open 10am to 4pm. Entry £2.00, Accompanied children free. Exhibition, Refreshments, Raffle, Tombola and Handcrafted Gifts for sale. Disabled access and large carpark. For Further information contact Lis on 01704 894314

Doors open 1pm, Speakers 2pm. Talk - Whatever Floats Your Boat! More info from Madeleine 01245 477820.

Open 10am - 4pm each day - admission £3.50. Queen Bee Quilters will be exhibiting their last two years work supported by traders from around the UK selling quilting and craft related supplies, kits etc. Everyone can be assured of a warm welcome and there is a cafe and bar on site overlooking the sea. Full disabled access from Whitby Spa Drive. For more information contact 01947603873 or Antonella Jones - 01947 603131

Curated by Leslie Morgan of Committed to Cloth, this exhibition will feature new and unique textile works based on the idea that quilts throughout history have documented peoples’ lives and more often than not the lives of ordinary people who will not make the history books. More info from 01327 342212, or www.bramblepatchonline.com

Open 10am-4.30pm. Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £2 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £2 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £3 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £3 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

Open 10am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm). Tickets in Advance £6 Adults, £5 Seniors, £3 Children.  

Wonderful displays of quilts upstairs, while downstairs we have all your favourite patchwork and quilting suppliers. You can also meet the experts to ‘show you how’.

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, easy and instant access, free parking. More info from www.grosvenorshows.co.uk, 01406 372600 or 

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me 

The classes for 2016 are still so new they are not on the website yet.  If you want details or to book, please call me on 07939 092790 or email me