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Links
Listed below, in no particular order, are a few websites we've enjoyed or found useful. We've also included a list of some of the shops within an easy drive of where we're based.
But first -
http://www.barbarachainey.com/
Computer Software
Electric Quilt This is the program we've both used for years to create our designs, worksheets and book graphics - we love it!
Rio Designs Lawrence (The Man from Rio) not only sells Electric Quilt but provides help and advice too. He also sells a lot of other useful stuff.
Shops
The Cotton Patch (Birmingham)
The Bramble Patch (nr Northampton)
Castle Court Quilters (Whittington, Shropshire)
Pollyanna Patchwork (Eccleshall, Staffs) - our 'local' shop
Quilters' Trading Post (Whitchurch, Shropshire)
The Staffordshire Needlecraft Centre (Lichfield)
Zigzags (Newport, Shropshire)
White Cottage Country Crafts (Seisdon, nr Wolverhampton)
Patchfinders (Cheadle Hulme, nr Manchester)
Quilt Studio (Sandbach, Cheshire)
Quilt Essential (Cromford, Derbys)
and in Church Street, Uttoxeter, there is the Craft Locker but they don't yet have a website.
We also have Abakhan and Hobbycraft outlets locally and Amerton Farm Craft Centre has a fabric corner.
We know there are others, sorry if we've missed you out. Do let us know if you would like to be included on the list.
And finally
Stensource International (quilting stencils)
Societies and magazines
The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles
Patchwork and Quilting UK magazine
Popular Patchwork UK magazine and online resource
QUILT US magazine
Shows
Festival of Quilts. NEC
Quilts in the Garden. Formerly at Trentham Gardens but now at Uttoxeter Racecourse, near Stoke on Trent
Malvern Quilt Shows (and others)
Quiltfest - North Wales |