August 2014

  • Walkabout | Beth Studley

    Walkabout by Beth Syudley I wanted to share a great quilt pattern called Walkabout designed by LMQG’s own Beth and using her new fabric collection for Makower called Walkabout.  The inspiration behind this new fabric collection has come from Beth’s love of Aboriginal art, imperfect, simple lines and dots. The colour palette blends earthy tones of the…

  • Jogakbo | Korean patchwork

    image source I wanted to share with you all the wonderful art of jogakbo.  Korean traditional patchwork dates back centuries, jogakbo is made of pieces of salvaged fabrics used to make Hanbok (traditional Korean dress). We at the London Modern Quilt Guild have been given the chance to learn this technique at the Korean Cultural Centre here in London.…

  • Flickr summer stitching

    Here is what some of the guild have been stitching over the summer.

  • Meet Lucie

    Tell us a little about yourself: I live in West London and divide my time between a day job and working on a PhD thesis about the early career of British film director Maurice Elvey. My favourite film is The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and my favourite book is Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall.…

  • “Imagine Quilts” book review from Martingale Books.

    Imagine Quilts is a bright and colourful book that I dived straight into and read from cover to cover, despite wanting get up and sew as soon as I saw the very first pattern. I’m totally in love with Elephant Parade, the first quilt in the book and I am already mentally wandering through my stash to work…

  • London Modern Quilt Guild at the Festival of Quilts

    © Pink Stitches Today the Festival of Quilts opens, we will be exhibiting at stand C29.  The Festival of Quilts is Europe’s leading patchwork and quilting show – a celebration of quilting with over 300 exhibitors offering essential supplies.  Extraordinary galleries from international artists and groups, it’s the ultimate quilting experience. So if your visiting, do come…

  • August inspiration of the month

    Hello everybody. We are resuming our popular ‘Inspiration of the month’ feature after a short break and have some wonderful quilts coming up over the forthcoming months. Our August’ quilt is one of feedsacks, stars, a love arrow, a lot of purple and oakshotts all combined together expertly by Sarah from nohatsinthehouse.  Sarah calls this…