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FEBRUARY 2010

SOUTH WEST ENGLAND - Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Isles of Scilly, Somerset
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20 – 21 Feb

Material Girls’ Quilt Show

Raffle, sales table, trader and refreshments. Proceeds to Wadebridge District Guides Dream Project.

Admission: £1
Open Sat 10 – 5, Sun 10 – 4


VIth Form Common Room, Wadebridge School, (opposite Sports Centre) PL27 6B

Tel: 01208 75567







SOUTH CENTRAL ENGLAND – Berkshire, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire
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20 Feb

Clifton Quilters’ Tri-Annual Exhibition

Exhibition of quilts, traders, refreshments, Tombola, sales table. Proceeds in aid of British Pain society

Admission: £2.50
Open 10 – 4
Free parking

Methodist Hall, 46A Westbury Hill, Westbury-on-Trym BS9 3AA

Tel: 0117 6442923
Web: cliftonquilters.org.uk
Email: cliftonquilters@cliftonquilters.org.uk


20 Feb

Westbury Park Quilters’ Exhibition

Raffle, sales table, traders and refreshments. Proceeds to Charity – Bristol Music Space

Admission: £3
Open 10 – 4
Disabled access

St. Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze BS9 4LD

Tel: 01454 417559
Email: lorraine.shergold@googlemail.com


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SOUTH EAST ENGLAND – Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Greater London, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex
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EASTERN ENGLAND – Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Rutland, Suffolk
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WEST MIDLANDS – Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
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7 Feb

Workshop with Sue Hazell
Learn How to Use a Sewing Machine


On this one day workshop students will be shown how to get the most from their sewing machine. Using own machine or one or ours, watch demonstrations and hands on experience. You will see samples and other projects and learn how to achieve these results. After this taster day, you may wish to attend further workshops to extend your skills.

Materials list will be provided

Contact Farncombe Estate for further details


Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ

Tel: 01386 854100
Fax: 01386 854350
Email: enquiries@FarncombeEstate.co.uk


12 – 14 Feb

Workshop with Kerry Forkner
Introduction to Machine Embroidery


Learn the full potential of your sewing machine and explore the fascinating technique of machine embroidery. You will need a swing needle machine with the ability to lower or cover your feed dogs. To allow free machining. We will start by exploring the automatic stitches on your machine to create interesting surfaces with applied ribbons and fancy fabrics. Use machine appliqué techniques working through to free machine embroidery on painted backgrounds and soluble fabrics. You will create a range of samples which can be used on bags, cushions or clothing

Materials list will be provided - some items will be available from the Tutor at an additional cost

Contact Farncombe Estate for further details


Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ

Tel: 01386 854100
Fax: 01386 854350
Email: enquiries@FarncombeEstate.co.uk


12 Feb

Quilters Guild
Herefordshire Winter Warmer


A warm welcome to all quilters to meet, stitch and chat! Show and tell, raffle, bring and buy

Lunch of soup and cheese plus tea/coffee included

Admission: £5 Guild members, £7 non members
Open 10.30 – 3.30

Woodside, Little Hill, Orcop, Herefordshire, HR2 8SE

Tel: 01981 540816

13 Feb

Workshop with Sara Withers
Making Beads with Polymer Clay


Enjoy a day spent learning to use Polymer clays (Fimo etc). You will learn to condition and shape the clays so that you can make beads, buttons, and pendants, in a wonderful array of colours and shapes. The day will be suitable for complete beginners or those with a little experience. All tools and materials will be provided by the tutor. This day can be combined with the jewellery making day – you can use the beads that you have made in your jewellery making. A good excuse to join a jewellery making course.

Materials list provided

Contact Farncombe Estate for details



Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ

Tel: 01386 854100
Fax: 01386 854350
Email: enquiries@FarncombeEstate.co.uk


14 Feb

Workshop with Sara Withers
Make your own Jewellery


Make earrings, bracelets and necklaces from beads. Learn about threads, basic knots and how to use different finding in jewellery making. Fee includes basic materials. There will be more beads to buy, if you choose to. All tools provided, but bring tools, beads or even broken bead jewellery you have. Suitable for complete beginners, or those with a little experience. You will need some dexterity and good eyesight, or glasses!

Materials list provided

Contact Farncombe Estate for details


Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ

Tel: 01386 854100
Fax: 01386 854350
Email: enquiries@FarncombeEstate.co.uk


20 Feb

Workshop with Lyn Griffiths
Feltmaking for Beginners


Learn the magic of combining beautiful Merino wool fibres, soap and elbow grease, to produce a fabric which has been used by man for thousands of years. Create a landscape picture using the methods you have been shown and your own inspiration or a picture you have brought with you.

Materials list provided, some materials to be purchased on the day at a small additional cost

Contact Farncombe Estate for further Details


Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ

Tel: 01386 854100
Fax: 01386 854350
Email: enquiries@FarncombeEstate.co.uk


23 Feb

Quilters Guild
Halesowen Winter Warmer


Coffee, cake, Soup and a roll, bring your hand sewing kit, raffle, bring and buy, Fabric from Sadie @ Corner House Crafts

Admission:
£4
Open 10.30 – 4pm


144 Spies Lane, Halesowen, West midlands B62 9SR

Tel: 0121 4227884

EAST MIDLANDS – Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire
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NORTH WEST ENGLAND – Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside
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19 – 20 Feb

Montague Patchers’ Quilting Exhibition

Two Raffle Quilts, Traders, Craft Tombola, homemade refreshments

Admission: £2 (concessions £1)
Open Frid 11 – 5, Sat 10 - 4

United Reform Church, Montague Road, Sale, M33 3BU

Tel: 0161 9693119







NORTH EAST ENGLAND – Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
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WALES – Anglesey, Breconshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Radnorshire
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1 – 26 Feb

Quiltfest 2010

Featuring Effie Galletly with her exhibition ‘A Sense of Place’ at The Museum, Parade Street, LL20 8PW.
Contemporary Quilt will be showing works from their Breakthrough series at Plas Newydd, Hill Street, LL20 8AW.
Lisbeth Williams, C & G Gold Medal winner will have work from her collection.
Quiltfest will be open every day 10 – 4pm, except at The Museum which opens 2pm on Wednesdays.

Quiltfest Trading Sunday 14th Feb at the Town Hall with quilts on show by local well known artists

Sat 20th & Sun 21st will have Borderlands Exhibition, again at the Town Hall with quilts and other items made by local quilters.

Quiltfest will NOT be at The International Pavilion as in previous years due to extensive repair work at the site.

Please check Website for fuller details

Web: www.quiltfest.org.uk








SCOTLAND – Aberdeenshire, Argyll & Bute, Ayrshire, Borders, Clackmannan, Dumfries & Galloway, Dunbartonshire, Hebrides, Highlands, Lanarkshire, Lothian, Orkney Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Shetlands
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26 – 28 Feb

Spring Quilt Festival

Challenge “Butterflies & Blossoms”

Workshops based on a first come first served basis.

See main site for entry forms

MacRobert Pavilion, Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston, Edinburgh

Grosvenor Exhibitions
Tel: 01775 712100/722900
Web: www.grosvenorexhibitions.co.uk








NORTHERN IRELAND – Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone
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