MALVERN QUILTERS - PROGRAMME 2024-2025

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If you would like to sign up for a workshop, please email [email protected]
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September 2024
​2nd Septem​ber 2024
Show & Tell
Teresa Cuthbert – Group Quilt 2024/25
Bring basic hand sewing kit. 

​16th September 2024
Jane Corbett – Quilt Detectives (trunk show)
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Saturday 28th - Workshop
Dawn Cameron-Dick - Invisible Machine Appliqué
10am-4pm - Malvern Victoria Bowls Club
Workshop cost £25 for Malvern Quilters members, £45 for non-members.
This workshop will teach you how to use your sewing machine for invisible machine appliqué, with techniques that you can not only apply to appliqué motifs, but also to appliqué blocks such as Drunkard's Path, Dresden and New York Beauty. In addition, you will also learn how to use the technique to make mitred borders for your quilts. 
Supplies list for Invisible Machine Appliqué workshop

October 2024 
​7th October 2024
David Chatterley – Victorian Brass Needlecases​
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Saturday 19th October - Sit & Sew Day, 10am-4pm - Malvern Victoria Bowls Club
Focus on Get to Know your Sewing Machine, basic sewing kit – 10am-12 noon. Non-members £10.
Bring your own project to work on.
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Monday 21st October
Show & Tell
Jacquie Clegg – Scraps into bags - make a Sewing Bee-inspired bag
Bring your sewing machine, sewing kit
​Materials list - ​Instructions
​Gallery
 
November 2024 
Show & Tell - What has inspired your sewing journey?
Monday 4th November
Teresa Cuthbert - Introduction to Quilt Embroidery
Please bring your crazy patchwork block even if not completed! You will also need a small pair of scissors, a thimble if you wear one, and an embroidery hoop if you wish. 

Monday 18th November
Show & Tell
Christmas Project – focus on Y-seams
Requirements: basic sewing kit and (optional) sewing machine.

​December 2024
Monday 2nd December
​Jill Salmon – Textiles & Costumes of South-West China (trunk show)

Monday 16th December
Christmas Party
Show & tell: my second favourite sewing notion
Food: please bring a small plate of finger food to share and a spare plate for your own food. 
Charity contribution: please bring a contribution for the food bank

January 2025
Monday 6th January
Show & Tell
​Teresa Cuthbert – Assemble Group Quilt

Saturday 11th January - Sit & Sew Day Monday 20th January
Yvonne McAtamney – Vintage Japanese Quilts (trunk show)
Village Fabrics pop-up shop with Japanese kits and patterns
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February 2025
Saturday 1st February - Workshop
Yvonne McAtamney - Sashiko
10am-4pm - Malvern Victoria Bowls Club
Workshop cost £35 for members of Malvern Quilters, £50 for external participants.
Workshop requirements (click to download the file)
 
Monday 3rd February
Show & Tell
​Carol Yapp – Introduction to Foundation Paper Piecing
Bring your sewing machine with 1/4" foot and basic sewing kit, iron and pressing mat - all details here, including fabric and thread requirements
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Monday 17th February
Teresa Cuthbert - Tying the group quilt

March 2025
Monday 3rd
Joy Harper – An Obsession with Log Cabin (trunk show)

Saturday 8th - Workshop
Joy Harper – Miniature Log Cabin
10am-4pm - Malvern Victoria Bowls Club
Workshop cost £35 for members of Malvern Quilters, £50 for external participants.
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Monday 17th
Judi Mendelssohn – On being NOT a championship quilter

April 2025
Monday 7th April
Show & Tell
In-house – Binding a Quilt

Saturday 12th April – Workshop
Judi Mendelssohn - New York Beauty
10am-4pm - Malvern Victoria Bowls Club
Workshop cost £35 for members of Malvern Quilters, £50 for external participants.

May 2025
Saturday 3rd May - Sit & Sew Day
  • Shortcuts in Patchwork & Quilting (piece & quilt smarter!)
  • Bring your own project to work on.
Monday 19th May
JoJo Riu - Longarm quilting
Bring your own quilt tops for ideas on how to quilt it yourself or have it longarmed.
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​June 2025
Monday 2nd June
Dawn Cameron-Dick – Needles & Thread, A Love Story

Monday 16th June 
Quilters’ Guild Travelling Suitcase – Textile Treasures
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July 2025
Monday 7th July – Summer Party


To enrol for workshops, please email [email protected]​


Download the 2024-2025 Programme

​​If you would like to join Malvern Quilters, please complete the Membership Form and return it to [email protected].

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