40th Christmas Meeting
25th November – 2023 Pinhoe Community Centre.. This event is sold out
Contacting Quilters Groups
Anyone wishing to contact a specific Quilters Group, must be a members, and logged on to this site. Firstly, click on the header for this post and then on this link to take you to the relevant page in the Members Only area.
New Year Stash Spring Cleaning?
STASH SORTING Are you reorganising your fabrics and quilting accessories? Are there some that just don’t appeal any more? The Sunset Trust wants your unwanted/mismatched/discarded fabrics as well as any other unwanted quilting related items or surplus to requirements. If yes, please contact The Sunset Trust c/o Fairway, Brook Lane, Shaldon TQ14 0HL.
Bursaries Available from SWQ Sunset Trust
Are you a student in need of financial help to complete a project for a textile related qualification? If the answer is yes, South West Quilters Sunset Trust may be able to assist you. Let us know your reason for needing help including details of your project. You do not need to be a member
Project Linus
Project Linus (projectlinusuk.org.uk) A volunteer organisation aiming to provide a sense of security & comfort to sick & traumatised babies, children & teenagers. Our motto is ‘a quilt is a hug you can keep’. I have been a coordinator for several years now & have donated about 1,400 patchwork quilts so far, all having been
CALLING ALL TEACHERS
We are trying to compile a list of teachers that teach beginners patchwork and quilting to be displayed at the shows we support. Please let Jenny Crossland know if you do this with contact details you will be happy that we give out. This might be the venue you teach at and / or an
Refund Policy Change
‘With regret we have to announce that refunds will no longer be given for tickets purchased for Southwest Quilters meetings and events. You are welcome to re-sell any unwanted tickets to fellow quilters but budget constraints mean that we can no longer offer this service. Apologies to those affected.’