13 December 2020

On 9 December we met online for an evening that included a Show and Tell of members' work on a Christmas theme. See here for pictures.

6 December 2020

New page added as a tribute to former EQ Chairman, Maggie Marlow, who died recently. This includes some pictures of Maggie and her work.

21 November 2020

On 18 November about 30 of us "met" online for an evening that included a Show and Tell. See here for pictures of the work members presented.

5 October 2020

A new a ddition to the Lockdown Gallery: a quilt by Gill Eldridge.

21 September 2020

A gallery of things made by EQ members during Lockdown.

A copy of the Risk Assessment 101120 for the Wall Hanging Workshop on 10 November.

20 September 2020

A copy of the Risk Assessment for the Sit and Sew Workshop on Monday 21 September.

22 July 2020

Mystery Blocks: pictures of Pam Marshall's Quilt which was inspired by the Challenge.

20 July 2020

Mystery Blocks: pictures of Jane Syers' Mystery Quilt and the story of how she made it.

6 July 2020

Mystery Blocks: instructions for making a label; a photo of another border; more work in progress pictures.

28 June 2020

21 June 2020

We have a couple of photos of the pieced tops from our mystery quilt challenge so do go and have a look at them.

Also we have new instructions for surface embellishments and the first picture for the sashing and borders part of the challenge.

14 June 2020

Mystery Blocks: new pictures for Block 12; plus instructions for sashing and borders; and the first "work in progress" picture.

9 June 2020

Mystery Blocks: new pictures for Blocks 10 and 11.

7 June 2020

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 12; new pictures for Block 11.

31 May 2020

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 11; new pictures for Blocks 8 and 10.

25 May 2020

Mystery Quilt: more Block 9 pictures.

24 May 2020

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 10; new pictures for Blocks 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9.

17 May 2020

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 9; new pictures for Block 3, and Blocks 6, and 7.

10 May 2020

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 8; new pictures for Block 7.

3 May 2020

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 7; new pictures for Blocks 5 and 6.

1 May 2020

Mystery Quilt: new pictures in the galleries for Block 3 and Block 5.

26 April 2020

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 6; additions to the galleries for Blocks 1, 2 and 4; new gallery for Block 5.

19 April 2020

A big thank you from staff at the RDE hospital to all of you who have made scrub wash bags and glasses cases.

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 5, a gallery for Block 4 and new photos in the galleries for Block 1 and Block 2.

12 April 2020

Mystery Quilt: instructions for Block 4 and a gallery for Block 3.

11 April 2020

Mystery Quilt: another interpretation of Block 1 added to the gallery.

5 April 2020

We've added the instructions for Block 3 of our Mystery Quilt Challenge.

Click here or go to the EQ Mystery Quilt tab on the left of this page to find the instructions and to see some of the blocks that have been made so far.

30 March 2020

We hope you enjoyed Block 1 of the mystery challenge. Click here or go to the EQ Mystery Quilt tab on the left to see some of the blocks that have been made and to find Block 2. Send me photos of block 1 if you haven’t already and we will add them to the gallery. Those of you in the Exeter Quilters Facebook group you will find some more photos and comments there.

23 March 2020

See this page for another challenge, making a "Mystery Quilt", using your fabric stash. Instructions will appear here for one block each week, so check the site regularly.

22 March 2020

Barbara Janssen has come up with an idea for an EQ stitching challenge to help us fill the isolated days, as well as providing a record of the next 12 weeks.

See this page for more information.

18 March 2020

PLEASE NOTE that all our planned events have been cancelled until we have government advice that it is safe to resume.

We are talking over ideas for activities that the group can still do while "socially-distanced", so keep watching this site.

See here for photos of the presentation of our group quilt to retiring chairman Trish Walker at the AGM on 13 March.

For those of you who couldn't be at the AGM, see here for photos of quilts brought along by our new Chairman, Penny Kurowski.

24 February 2020

Helen Howes, founder of the MODERN QUILT Specialist Group of the Quilters Guild, will be giving a talk, "What a Lot of Quilts" at 7.30pm on Wednesday 8 April 2020 at The Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford EX6 7UE. Admission will be £4 on the door.

Helen will show a lot of quilts!

She will also run a workshop on Thursday 9 April from 10am to 4pm and the price will be £45.

For more information or to book your place, please contact Brenda Thomas: brendamarythomas@gmail.com or call07887459672.

1 January 2020

Craft4Crafters return tothe West Point Centre from Thursday 13–Saturday 15 February. Opening times are 10 am–5 pm each day and admission is £10 for adults, £9 for concessions and free to under-16s (£2 off all prices fwhen purchased in advance). For more details, see here.

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