Author: Shevvy London

  • Priory Square launch party

    Annie of the Village Haberdashery is having a launch party at the shop for Katy Jones for her new fabric collection, Priory Square, on Sunday, 14 December at 2pm. Katy’s collection will finally be in stock and because this event takes place during their Anniversary Sale weekend, they will be offering 20% off everything in the shop (in…

  • October Makes

    Post by MetroQuilter This month’s meeting and guild flickr group had a lot of mini quilts on display. Some of the minis are for swaps, some for charity quilts and some to try new styles. Minis are a great way to experiment with new techniques and ideas without having to commit to a large quilt.…

  • Christmas Charity Stocking

    The guild is currently making stockings for the families of babies in St Thomas’ Hospital intensive care unit. The stockings will be filled with goodies for the parents and babies. If you are interested in helping us please get in touch and we can pass on the details of size and where to send them to. Stockings will…

  • Book Review: Urban and Amish

    URBAN and AMISH Classic Quilts and Modern Updates MYRA HARDER Review by Kat Cottington I am an avid reader (and purchaser) of books to feed my passion which is patchwork and quilting. I am experienced and usually like to do my own thing but a few months ago I joined the LMQG as I liked…

  • London Modern Quilt Guild: September Makes

    So what have Guild Members been up to in September? The small selection below shows the range of things members have been making this month. As well as a set of fabulous quilts there has also been lots of dabbling with other traditions this month. Some of our members have taken up an offer from…

  • Knitting and Stitching Show

    You probably are already aware of it so a quick reminder that the Kntting and Stitching show is happening next week at Ally Pally from the 8th – 12th October. I’m sure lots of our members will be going.        

  • Luke Haynes

    The London Modern Quilt Guild is so pleased to announce that the AMAZING Luke Haynes will be in town from the States on October 14th to share some of his work and chat about his process. Luke studied architecture at Cooper Union in New York and considers his fabric art to be an architectural method…

  • Touchdraw challenge

    A few months ago at the Fat Quarterly Retreat a few members took Lynne’s class on using Touchdraw, a graphics application that is available on IOS, Mac and Android. In just a few simple steps, I managed to create this image and squealed with joy at what a perfect quilt it would make. So I…

  • Request for feedback

    At the moment the guild is looking into our communications and I would like to ask our readers for some feedback. I would be very grateful if as a reader of our blog you could answer the following. 1- how did you find our blog? 2- what do you enjoy reading on it? 3- is…

  • Shirley Quilters Exhibition

    One of our members is also active with the Shirley Quilters based in Croydon. They are having an exhibition of their work on Saturday 4th October between 10am – 4pm so please pop along if you can. Full details can be found on their website at www.shirleyquilters.org.uk