Articles tagged quilt

Dulwich Quilters – Celebrating 30 years

By Khurshid Bamboat
Published 22 July 2016
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Around 1984/5, Pat Salt & Dinah Travis were teaching patchwork and quilting classes in the South London/Bromley area – in fact, the classes were held in Pat’s house. At that time, patchwork and quilting wasn’t […]

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Stag & Bow May half term craft workshops‏

By Louise Brooks
Published 13 May 2016
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Stag & Bow is an award winning, specialist haberdashery, textiles, craft and design shop in Forest Hill. As well as beautiful fabrics, wool, haberdashery and locally crafted gifts, they are well renowned for their makers […]

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Looking back at Dulwich Quilters 2014 Exhibition

By Khurshid Bamboat
Published 5 December 2014

The weather on 15th and 16th November was grim, grey, gloomy and wet but inside The Old Library, Dulwich College, it was awash with colour – Dulwich Quilters’ Quilt Exhibition was on view and I think […]

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Dulwich Quilters 2014 exhibition

By Khurshid Bamboat
Published 11 November 2014

Along with the fireworks there has been the whirring of sewing machines around Dulwich these past few weeks – once again it is time for Dulwich Quilters to have their exhibition. This coming Friday, The […]

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Dulwich Quilters Exhibitions - what a show!

By Khurshid Bamboat
Published 7 December 2012
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The Old Library at Dulwich College was transformed over the weekend of 10 and 11 November. On Friday afternoon, Dulwich Quilters members together with husbands (and son) began the now familiar job of clearing the rooms […]

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Dulwich Quilters Exhibition

By Khurshid Bamboat
Published 7 November 2012
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In a few days time, the Old Library at Dulwich College will be transformed as Dulwich Quilters hold their biennial exhibition on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November. Dulwich Quilters began in December 1986 - many of […]

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East Dulwich WI host a Quilting event

By Sarah Pylas
Published 17 July 2012

The East Dulwich WI hosted a Quilting event for members last month. If you have seen the movie How to Make an American Quilt this may conjure up images of a group of friends sitting […]

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Dulwich Quilters Rocked!

By Michael Merifield
Published 14 December 2010

Musings on the 2010 Dulwich Quilters’ Show. Every two years, as the leaves begin to fall, sensible male spouses keep a low profile (and free diary). In 26 households, the deluge of emails signifies the […]

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