General News and Goings on from Beartown P&Qs
At the end of March 2026, six Sale members from Montague Patchers reciprocated and visited Beartown with a large variety of their quilts. Also included were two challenges called “quilting whispers.” The first of the six, started off with their first ever quilt and progressed to their most recent… Carolyn Read more
Written by Anne Carter For the second year in a row, the first meeting of the New Year was cancelled due to heavy snow! On 20th January, members made greetings cards recycling off- cuts of silk left over from the last group quilt. Beartown P’s and Q’s and Montague Patchers Read more
This was held in Nantwich Civic Centre on Sunday 18th January 2026. Beartown had been asked to provide the display of quilts along with a stand upstairs for the group. There was a lot of interest in all our quilts and the people manning the stand answered a lot of Read more
Made by Doreen Parsons She used Piece o’ Cake design – “Welcome to the North Pole” to make a quilt for her grandchildren – Ben who has a lot of Lego, and Zoe who likes dolls and cats. Doreen said it was fun to do and she enjoyed adding the Read more
Christine Davidson led this as part of a DYOT day on February 15th 2025. Her finished example had been displayed at the group’s Ruby exhibition last year. She provided detailed instructions and individual help and support, for which the participants were really grateful for. Magic tiles involved 12 squares, numbering Read more