Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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I visited the Festival of Quilts (the biggest quilt show in the United Kingdom) for the first time this year. It was held at the NEC in Birmingham England.

As well as attending the festival I also entered two quilts into a new category they had this year called 'Sustainable Quilts'.

This video is mostly quilts and you are welcome to play with the video settings to slow it down or pause to read the quilter's names.

Below are the competition category codes that you will see on the labels.

Quilt Competition Category Codes:
ST - Sustainable Quilts
MD - Modern Quilts
TD - Traditional Quilts
TP - Two Person Quilts
CT- Contemporary Quilts
AT - Art Quilts
PT - Pictorial Quilts
MN - Miniature Quilts
QG - Quilter’s Guild Challenge
GP - Group Quilts
JS - Joy of Sharing (a non judged category)
QC - Quilt Creations
NV - Novice Quilters
YQ - Young Quilters

Any quilts with a white label and no code or number were in special exhibits of which there were many.

Denim & Scraps QAYG Quilt Tutorials:

Denim & Sraps Quilt Blocks - youtu.be/t4lWUiYlgww
Denim & Scraps Quilt Assembly - youtu.be/8-Fyf3kQCVg

My visit to the Scottish Quilting Show:
youtu.be/L2CwGyTy9B4

Quilts For Care Leavers (Q4CL) Links:

Website: q4cl.org.uk
Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/QuiltsforCareLeaversMakers

—Timestamps—
00:00 Festival of Quilts 2023
01:19 Sustainable Quilts
04:50 More Quilts
07:48 Quilts for Care Leavers
09:25 Friends & Shopping
10:05 Day Two
10:13 Sustainable Batting Workshop
10:34 Even More Quilts
12:38 Pinhole Quilting
12:55 And some more quilts
13:41 Angela Walters Lecture
14:01 Final Thoughts