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 ready cut pieces and each made a block (or two in some cases). These were joined together to make a whole top and a border was added. This double bed quilt was long arm quilted by Alison Read more
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 work on display and the friendly and welcoming atmosphere. I’ve always loved sewing and knitting but only recently learned the basics of patchwork and quilting from TV craft programmes and youtube tutorials and didn’t know Read more
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 has come to an end. We all like to think that we’ll be with family and friends at Christmas. Some of us through no fault of our own are not so lucky. In 2013 poet Read more
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 Stitch Village in April 2023. Find out more about the Flora BOM on the Flow Studio website.
The theme for the meeting on the 21st February 2023 was First Make and Favourite Quilt. Christine Davidson, a very experienced member, shared this – This is the first quilt I completed. I started one earlier but finished it later. The blocks were made at a beginners class held by Judy Flynn at Sandbach library and her house in Mossley in 1992/3. I finished it a couple of years later as Judy persuaded me to Read more
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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 words, she says the following: “Joining Beartown Patchworkers and Quilters has proved to be one of the best things I have done! Everyone is really friendly, and although I was very new to quilting at Read more
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.
