Category: meet a member

Tell us a little about your self: I’m a 60-ish mother of one son. I’ve been quilting for roughly 15 years.  Still learning and growing, which is a big part of the attraction to quilting. What inspired you to start quilting: I have always admired quilts and I started buying them long before I started…

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.…

Tell us a little about yourself. I live in London with my husband. As I work full time sewing and quilting is a weekend activity. I can be found on Flickr and Instagram at Metroquilter, tag line ‘Modern quilter. Stash builder’. What inspired you to start quilting? Despite having not sewn since 1 was 13,…

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Originally from New York.  Victoria and I moved back to London after we got married 3 years ago.  She is British and works for an investment bank who relocated us when her position changed.  I went to F.I.T. in NYC for Advertising and Graphic Design, not Fashion as…

Meet a Member: Charlotte Newland As part of our Q & A series to find out a bit more about our LMQG members. Charlotte Newland answers some questions… Tell us a little bit about yourself   My name is Charlotte, I have three kids, aged almost 12, 9 and 6 (two girls and a boy), and…

This is the first in a new Q & A series, where we get to know a bit more about each of our  LMQG members. First in line is Danielle Coolbear Jenkins, who does the most amazing quilts by hand. Tell us a little bit about yourself   I’m a Kiwi married to a Brit and…