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Welcome
Welcome to our new website. We hope that you enjoy looking through our website to find out more about what we do. We welcome new members and always make sure visitors are looked after and introduced to members and future Read more…
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How much does it cost to make a double quilt? The Beartown Buckeye Beauty costings
The 2019 exhibition committee decided to cost the Buckeye Beauty raffle quilt to demonstrate the real expense in producing a quality quilt, which for many, becomes a treasured heirloom. Fabric: For this colourful quilt we purchased fabric totaling £120.00 and Read more…
Group activities
The mini exhibition at St Peter’s church
Written by Donna Hanmer Beartown Patchwork and Quilters held a mini exhibition at St Peter’s Church in Congleton on Saturday 21st October, to share their amazing and varied creations with the public. The exhibition featured some of the quilts that Read more…
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The Beartown Buckeye Beauty
The Beartown Buckeye Beauty (as seen in the header) was the group quilt made for the exhibition in 2019, as first prize in the raffle. It was a beautiful quilt made up of the Jacob’s Ladder block. Members were given the Read more…
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From shirts to quilts for care leavers!
Written by Sue Smith I only discovered Beartown P and Q last summer following a chance encounter with some of the ladies at their Quilt Exhibition in Congleton Town Hall. My daughter and I were impressed with the quality of Read more…
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Q4CL
Quilts for Care Leavers Project written by Janet Whitewright This project has a simple purpose, that of providing a “quilted hug” to a care leaver aged 16 to 25 who is living independently after their time in local authority care Read more…
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Fran’s Flora BOM quilt
Fran was very excited that her beautiful finished Flora Block of the Month quilt was actually displayed on the Makower UK stand at the CHSI stitches trade show in February. It was on display at the Uttoxeter British Quilt and Read more…
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First Make and Favourite Quilt
The theme for the meeting on the 21st of February is First Make and Favourite Quilt. This is an example for sharing: Christine Davidson. First Make. This is the first quilt I completed. I started one earlier but finished it Read more…
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Members New Venture
One of our members, Frances (Fran), has just launched her website offering quilt patterns to download and a bespoke quilt pattern design service. Frances joined our group in 2018 and is already a member of our committee. In her own Read more…
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Mini Quilts
The Fetal Medicine Unit of St Mary’s hospital, Manchester, constantly looks to enhance the service they provide to women, couples and families who have to face saying a final goodbye to babies who have died during pregnancy, particularly when the women have, for their own safety, had to go through the birth process with the certain knowledge that there will be no live baby at the end of it.
