QGBI Region 15E – Amanda Jane Textiles

Quilting and Bannermaking

A banner made by women's groups in Durham

Last Saturday was the Quilters’ Guild Regional Day for my region (15E, the North-East of England). Ours is a particularly active region and the twice-a-year Regional Days are excellent. Region 15 includes Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham, an area which has a long tradition of quilting. ‘Durham’ quilting or more correctly ‘North-country quilting’ContinueContinue reading “Quilting and Bannermaking”

Festival of Quilts 2017 – episode 5

This is the last post from me for this year about the Festival. It seems everyone is talking about quilts, not least because they heard about the Festival on the radio. Chris Evans who has a morning talk show on BBC Radio 2 did an interview with Helen Marriott on the subject on 11 AugustContinueContinue reading “Festival of Quilts 2017 – episode 5”