Members Patchwork Q4CL Show & Tell
Show and Tell Autumn 2026
First meeting back and lots of beautiful things to share:)
Group activities Members Patchwork
Off to the Malvern Quilt Show!
Written by Helen and Donna, with extra photos from Gwen We visited the Malvern Quilt Show on Sunday 17 May 2026 along with a coach full of Beartown Patchwork & Quilters and a few others from local sewing groups. It was a great day and lovely to wander around and Read more
Group activities Members Patchwork Quilting
Shape, rattle, roll and Win!
The 2025 autumn meetings of Beartown Patchworkers & Quilters began on 9th September with a new group quilt project. Members used Procion dyes to dye some vintage cotton fabric. They took it home to rinse out, wash and press, before returning it to have a fusible interfacing attached. At the Read more
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Nantwich Quilt and Fabric exhibition
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
Members Quilting Show & Tell
The story behind Donna’s Dunkerque quilt
Written by Donna Hanmer What was the inspiration for my quilt? In June 2024 at Beartown P&Qs we had a guest speaker -Mike Fitchett – whose talk was titled “Travels with my sketchbook”. He recounted how he had started his quilting journey creating railway poster style quilts. They looked really Read more
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Festival of Quilts 2025
A memorable year for Beartown Patchwork and Quilters – the group quilt – “Rust Collective” – won first prize! Thanks must go to Ruth Axon who organised its design and construction. I think it stood out in the winners gallery – best in show! Though obviously I’m biased. Several people Read more
Group activities Members Workshops
Rust Collective Quilt – the Winner!
Over the last 4 months the group has been creating a silk quilt, having used rust and vinegar dying to colour the pieces of silk first.For the first session, at the end of January, Ruth Axson, the member leading this project, asked the group to bring –Ice cream container or Read more