Icknield Quilters

Links



Explore the site:

QGBI:
The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles (we are in Region 7)

Twisted Thread, who run the Festival of Quilts:
Twisted Thread

RECOMMENDED SUPPLIERS:
Studio 39 (in Baldock)
The Contented Cat (mail order)
The Crafty Quilter (mail order)
Rio Designs (mail order)
Sunflower Fabrics (in Bedford)
The Bramble Patch (in Northants)
Quilters Haven (in Suffolk)
East Coast Quilting (mail order)
Quilters Cloth (mail order)
The Home Workshop (mail order)

MAGAZINES' SITES:
Popular Patchwork
British Patchwork & Quilting
Quilt Mania
Grosvenor Exhibitions  (for Fabrications magazine)
Les Editions de Saxe  (for Magic Patch magazine; this website is all in French. But the magazine is available in English - ask the Contented Cat (link above) for details)

OTHER GROUPS NEARBY:
Amwell Quilters in Hoddesdon: 01992 446186
Bedfordshire Quilters in Luton: 01582 833142
Cambridge Quilters  in Cambridge
Community Dump Quilters Group in Linford, Essex: 01375 640200
Kettering Quilters  in Northants.
Log Cabin Quilters  in Langford, Beds.
Mead Quilters  in Wheathampstead
Mimram Quilters   in Old Welwyn
Priory Quilters  in Royston

OTHER USEFUL SITES:
The Settlement  in Letchworth
Quilters Domain  a directory of groups etc.

LOCAL SHOPS THAT STOCK FABRICS AND HABERDASHERY:
Five Star Fabrics  in Hitchin
Summan Fabrics  in Letchworth

AND DON'T FORGET OUR LOCAL BRANCHES OF THESE STORES  (these are links to their storefinder pages):
Dunelm Mill
Hobbycraft


FREE STUFF ON THE WEB FOR QUILTERS:  We've found these useful sites; we don't promise they'll still be there but it's worth having a look.
Henrietta's Handbags & Purse Patterns : a list of links to free bag patterns
Free Online Graph Paper and Grids : all kinds of grids and graph paper (and a few calendars), to download and print out
With Heart and Hands (quilts) : a list of links to free quilt patterns
With Heart and Hands (blocks) : a list of links to free block patterns