My Visit to The Festival of Quilts 2023 - Inside a UK Quilt Show
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- In this video I show you around the festival of quilts which took place in Birmingham from 3rd-6th August 2023. You will see some of the stalls selling fabric and quilting supplies as well as some of the incredible show quilts.
Thank you for watching.
Things mentioned in the video:
Bluebell block kit: www.vintagesewingbox.co.uk/st...
Ashmead Designs for Hexiform - www.ashmeaddesigns.com
Bramble Patch - www.bramblepatchonline.com
Cotton Patch - tinyurl.com/mu9t2k9u
Oh Sew Sweet - ohsewsweetshop.co.uk
Wonderful Specialty Threads - wonderfil.co.uk
Emily Cross Ceramics - emxceramics/...
Thimbles for You - www.thimblesforyou.com
Festival of Quilts Competition Gallery - You can see all of the quilts entered here: www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk...
Where you can find me:
Website: www.vintagesewingbox.co.uk
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Fabulous video. Thanks for featuring our winning quilt by the Comberton Quilters. I love your work. We are obviously like minded! Love, love love your thimble! I was given mine as a 21st birthday present almost 50 years ago and I still treasure it and can’t sew without it! ❤
Your quilt was amazing, I’m so glad you watched the video and saw I showed it! And yes we are likeminded!
Emma those hand quilted quilts are indeed works of art and incredible! I am so glad you found your perfect thimble. You deserve the best. Imagine the beautiful embroidery you will do with that! Thanks for showing us around.
Aww thank you Wendy! I can’t wait to get stitching with it. Thanks for watching, take care 🌸
Love the show winner
Me too!
Wow, I would go to this in a heartbeat! In the western US there are a few shows around the more populated areas like Seattle. I think quilting is due for a big comeback, there are fewer shops now due to a lot of the owners retiring. Pandemic didn't help either.
The large Wenatchee Washington Quilt Show will be held this month. First time since the pandemic. I think they will start coming back.
@@joanngreen8747I'd love to see this show in person, maybe one year. I watch it on line , very cool! 🩷🇨🇦
I agree 100%! Here in the USA, we have lost so many quilt shops, & quilt shows since. Covid & the pandemic. I feel very sorry for all the shop owners who were unable to bounce back, & had no choice but to close. YOU ARE RIGHT - it is time for a comeback!!
@@Anne5440_ I haven't heard of this one, ty I'll keep my eye pealed.
@jayneterry8701 a web search for north central Washington quilt guild will give the info about it.
I’ve seen several posts about the quilt show, and yours to me is the very very best. I loved your commentary about the stalls and the quilts, and how you showed details of the prize-winning ones, especially the Sunbonnet Sue. Your workshop looked so much fun and the materials so sweetly beautiful. I live in the US so I don’t know if I could ever attend this festival, but your video has inspired me enough to look at my quilting in new ways. A massive thank you, Emma!!
That is so so lovely to hear! I’m
So happy you enjoyed the video, thank you!
I'm wishing I could have been there (but in the US) would have loved to take your class. Great video, congrats on the thimble@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox
Hi Emma I was so lucky to get to do your class on Saturday I absolutely loved it even though I had to leave a bit early as I was feeling very unwell and didn’t want to spoil it for everyone else you are a wonderful teacher and a wonderful person I am so so glad I got to meet you and love your work and videos thank you so much Angela in ireland 🇮🇪
Hope you feel better now!
@@irenedavo3768 hi yes thank you so much I think I have to pace myself better next time but I really enjoyed the whole experience of the classes and the festival and would recommend it to everyone I really appreciate you asking 😊🇮🇪❤️
Hi Angela, it was so lovely to meet you, thank you so much for coming. I’m so sorry you weren’t feeling well, I had no idea. I hope your trip back was ok and that you are feeling much better now, take care 🌸
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox thank you so much Emma still very tired but it’s my normal as I have a few health issues and it will take a few weeks to recover but I had a fantastic time and I really enjoyed the class your videos were fantastic as well and love the thimble you got thanks again for everything Angela 🇮🇪❤️😊
Oh wow that’s looks like a fabulous weekend at the quilt show - one day I’d love to travel to the uk and time it to be able to attend the show - I started EPP through watching you and Kate at The Last Homely House - you are both so very inspiring 🥰 I’ve just posted a video of my makes - I know you are very busy but if you get a spare minute then please stop by and have a look 🥰💕 and thank you again for all of your inspiration xx
I definitely will watch! I’ve just subscribed and I will sit down and watch hopefully this evening, whilst I do a bit of stitching, looking forward to it 🌸😊
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox aww thank you so much 🥰
Wow, the fabrics you brought home! Just beautiful! Oh my gosh.. that thimble ❣️
Thank you so much!
Great video Emma. Thank you for taking us with you. All of the quilts were stunning, they really have moved into the C21. Enjoy the rest of summer with your son 🤗
Thank you! You too!
An excellent video….thanks so much for sharing. The quilts you featured were awe inspiring…..incredibly beautiful and unique. I’m in Los Angeles California, USA and obviously we have quilt shows, but i have to say the quilts displayed at this show were absolutely world class. Thanks also for the link to the entire quilt presentation. I have to look into the thimbles. So fun…. Thanks again Emma.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
Thank you sharing the festival of quilts with us. I didn’t attend but it did look really good. Hope you got on with your teaching programme. What a lot of lovely threads there. The winner of the small quilts I agree was lovely. Some very clever people around. I would love to be able to quilt like that. I wish I lived near you, if you teach in general, I am so inspired by your work, and would really enjoy learning how you do things. Sounds like you had a good spend up. Good for you. You deserve them all. I love the thimble.
Aww thank you Karen! I’ve been trying not to buy too much throughout the year so I could get a few things at the show, I will probably do the same for next year. Thanks so much for watching. I’m hoping to teach more workshops going forward 🌸
I am so happy for you! For finding a treasure to sew with! I visited her booth in the US in Wisconsin. Every time her booth is so crowded! Her thimbles are amazing and every one is beautiful!
Emma, thank you for taking us along with you to the quilt show! So many beautiful quilts and products - you must have wanted to buy and bring so many things home with you - treats, just like a candy shop!
It absolutely was! I could have bought it all!
Emma, thank you so much for taking us along to the quilt show! WOW, those quilts were absolutely stunning, & all those vendors!! I could do a lot of damage there!! It would be on my “Dream Wish List” to be able to go next year!! I love all the things you bought, & you absolutely deserve to have that thimble! 💞 As we say here in the US - use it in good health!💞
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it Grace, take care 🤗
Happy for you that you found your Magic Thimble!
Yes! Thank you!
Another wonderful video, thank you Emma. Congratulations on your classes and so glad you had a good time.
Thank you! 😃
Such a delightful video; thank you 🩵
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
Loved watching the video Emma - I was there on Thursday and Friday and was totally and utterly inspired!
thanks for watching! So glad you had a great time
So excited you found the perfect thimble📍
Thank you so much! I was so excited!
That thimble is amazing and looks like an heirloom. I guess some day it will be!!!😂Never been to England but we have a quilt festival here in Calgary Alberta every year that is amazing! It is in a place called Heritage Park
So glad you have a show near you, it’s so nice to visit and get inspired. Thanks for watching
I love your videos, thank you for sharing. I loved the “sewing box kit you got…. Would love to have one too. If you could point me in the right direction so I can get one that would be wonderful..😊
Thank you. Yes it’s from oh sew sweet and I linked their shop in the description of the video 😊🌸
Aww, you are so lovely and gentle. I would love to go to the quilt festival, maybe next year . Thank you , you encourage me to try quilting.💕
I’m so glad to hear that! Hope you can make it next year 🌸
Thank you So much for this video. Being disabled, attendance is impossible, so this gave a lovely flavour of what was available. You've made my day!
I am so glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you for your nice talk. Much appreciated.
Thank you for taking us along loved your new thimble
Glad you enjoyed it
I wish I lived close to this quilt show I would have been there from open to close love this thanks for sharing
Thank you Emma, I’ve not been to the show for a few years. Back in the day it was heaving on all three days, nowhere to sit and you could hardly get a look in at the stalls. You picked the right day as everyone had space to browse. The Quilt exhibition is always fantastic. Wow the talent that is out there. Love your purchases and it is nice to showcase small businesses. Twenty years ago I saw a silver thimble for £6 and that was a lot at the time. I got my purse out and the stall holder said it was a bargain at £60 but I embarrassingly put my purse away. That’s my thimble story. I love yours, it is beautiful, no wonder you love it. I do too. Tfs
I remember it being so busy like that in the past, they’ve spread it out over three halls now and provided a lot more seating so it feels much better. £60 for a thimble is definitely a lot when you thought it would be £6, I hope you find the perfect one one day. Thank you for watching 🌸
@@emmajonesvintagesewingbox I'm glad to hear it's not too crowded now. I'm disabled and need to rest on seats, and I need to get my walker up to the stalls.
Thank you for sharing your quilting show adventures and sharing the beautiful and unique quilt designs. I loved seeing your sewing kits and set up for your own EPP class, really well thought out. The best surprise was your discovery of a thimble that fits you perfectly for the first time! A special piece like that can refresh the spirit, inspire, renew purpose. I enjoyed seeing all the treasures you brought home. I live in the US, too expensive for me to attend.❤
Yes it is a bit of a distance to travel all the way here. I hope you have some shows near where you live. Take care and thanks for watching
I loved hearing about your thimble selection experience. It sounded like a trip to Ollivanders.
It was! Thanks so much for watching
A good quilt show is the best! They are not only inspiring, but also humbling! I think I’m a quilter, but then I see some award-winning quilts and think that if I live to be 300 years old I’ll NEVER be able to do something like that! The biggie show here in the US is the one in Houston, Texas. It is on my bucket list! Thank you for sharing!
Oh absolutely! That’s exactly how I felt! Thanks so much for watching 🌸
Thanks you for everything, you have done, so beautiful, and your voice soooo delicate, I love hearing.
Thank you so much! That’s so kind
Thank you so much for the video. The winning quilt was amazing 🤣hahaha trophy envy very funny and looked like fabulous work, as they all did. Love the fabric in a box and of course your thimble, that thimble is outstanding silver work and it fits you, wow, what a stunning birthday gift. Thanks again for sharing, inspiring and caring about our EPPing 💖
Thank you so much Alison Mary, I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I definitely got lucky with the thimble 🌸
Thanks so much for sharing . Enjoy all your treasures !!! 🧵🪡♥️
thank you!
Thank you for making and sharing this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for showing us round the show Emma😊 So glad you found your forever thimble, it looks beautiful.
😊 thank you Elaine
So much respect is due to the creators of those wonderful award winning quilts. I have made hand stitched quilts for my grandchildren and know how much work goes in, from choosing a design , choosing fabric, cutting out etc etc etc. These quilts deserve to be in a high end art gallery. When you consider the huge amounts of money some so called art attracts quilters are a hidden section of the art world. ( A lot of art is not actually done by the artist but by minions in a studio - not through hard work and bloodied finger ends!)
Love the thimble - I struggle to find one that does not go flying off. I wear mine on my ring finger and as I have small hands anyway it’s a problem - but I have partly resolved that by lining the thimble with micropore tape, easily replaced when needed. Thanks for this.
GORGEOUS thimble!!! TFS
Thank you very much for sharing ❤
I watched your video from Festival of Quilts. It was wonderful. I am unable to attend these kind of shows anymore. However. I still manage to stitch as much as possible. Thank you for sharing those wonderful quilts. 😊
thank you for watching
Thanks for taking us along, Emma! Smiles from Washington State!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have just discovered your channel. I enjoyed the festival of quilts you showed. I am new the EPP. I have a kit to make up. After opening it I realised one had to know how to EPP. So I went on to UA-cam and found your channel. I now feel I can go ahead. It’s a small project. A pin cushion.
I’m from a small country town Delegate in NSW Australia 🇦🇺
Happy stitching bye 👋
thank you for watching! How exciting that you are tackling your first EPP Project! have fun!
Thanks a lot for a lovely tour of the show .
Glad you enjoyed it
Hello Emma
Those quilts were gorgeous. That’s a beautiful thimble. You remind me so much of my granddaughter. I enjoy your videos and your projects. ❤❤
Thank you so much!
An excellent vidio. Thanks .❤️👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Love the sweet treats I see cute teapots
That thimble is a beautiful work of art, what a wonderful special find and memory you will have of finding it and enjoyment using it :)
Yes, it will always have a lovely memory attached to it. Thanks so much for watching
Thanks for sharing! Angela from Brazil.🌷
What incredible quilts! My seem so simple and beginner after those works of art. And thats okay because I came to quilting late and it's only one of my needlework hobbies. Thank you for sharing.😊
Sun a great video to watch. I love all your videos. You are such a sweet person. Blessings❤
Thank you so much!
Great video loved the quilts thanks for sharing Ema 🇨🇦
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching
Emma, I loved your presentation of The Festival of Quilts. My husband and I plan to visit UK next year and I would love to visit the quilt show. By the way, you have beautiful hair! Keep up the good work. Connie Pryor Kentucky USA
Aww thank you! So kind. I hope you can make it next year 🌸
Thank you for a lovely video and sharing your talent!
Thank you so much!
I’m in the US and this was lovely to see. I live near Lancaster PA which is Amish country and there are lots of good fabric stores and places to buy quilts and supplies.
Thank you Emma for sharing your trip to the show...such beautiful work....am so happy that you were able to purchase that thimble for yourself and hope you have a happy birthday ...God bless ❤
Thank you so much!
Lovely video & amazing quilt show! Thank you for sharing :) If I could magic myself to the UK for next year's show, I would, and I'd be a student in your class! 😊🧵🪡 Thanks again!
Thank you for showing us. That thimble is a heirloom piece! I have my grandmothers silver thimble, much too big for me. I padded it inside with moleskin and I can use it. Ah, but to have a bespoke one!!! That would bring a smile from ear to ear!
Thank you so much Sharon, padding it is a great idea 😊🌸
Thanks for video must go next time
Stunning. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Hello there Emma Thank you again for a wonderful video and a very big Thank you for the awsom footage of those beautiful quilts i only hope that i will become a awsom quilter one day they were oh so inspiring and a very Happy Birthday for when it comes and a very lovely thimble and thank you for listing all those wonderful vendors
Aww thank you so much!
That thimble is 🔥 ❤
Thanks for the thimble information. I live in Flordia,USA and have been looking for a thimble a long time too. Enjoy your blog a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you :)
Thank you for the lovely tour!❤
My pleasure 😊
Thankyou for sharing such a lovely quilt show.... your thimble is absolutely beautiful and I love your pick and mix fat 8th boxed set of fabrics, wished I lived in the UK......
Cheers Sue
thank you Sue
so many beautiful things xx
The quilt show in my town is every other year so I really enjoyed watching this as I won't get to see one until next year. Thanks for doing this 😊
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching
I just had to tell you how much I enjoyed your video. I am new to quilting and have learned so much. I'm grateful that I have learned so much from you! I so enjoyed seeing the quilt show with you. I would love to go and would certainly say hello was I so blessed. Unfortunately, I live in Japan and going of the England is just not in the cards right now. But know that you have a devoted fan over here! Thanks again!
oh that is so lovely! thank you ever so much for such kind words
Love the thread colors!
Thank you for the wonderful quilt show! I only wish I could have been there too. I would have. I would have taken your class and we would have had a lovely chat. Great video!
oh that would have been lovely, maybe next time.
Thanks for sharing 😊🦘
Thanks for watching!
the magnetic pin dish is adorable….dang I wish I lived in the UK!
First time to your channel. Britain's Festival of Quilts is on my bucket list. Your video was inspiring. My favorite was the Sunbonnet Sue one.
Love the thimble you chose. I haven't been to a large US quilt show since before the pandemic and miss seeing tnise vendors. Ordering online is not as inspiriing. Am now subscribed. Thank you for the trip to the quilt show and about your purchases.
Thanks so much for watching and subscribing, really means a lot to me. Hope you can visit one day 🌸
Amazing tour, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Largely thanks to you, I just made my first EPP hexie flower this week using scrap fabric! I've been quilting for half my life already but never tried EPP before now. I plan to make a baby quilt for my niece. I love your videos.
oh that is so lovely! thanks for watching, have fun making the quilt
I am booked to go to this show next year from Australia. Thanks for the great look at the Festival of quilts.
That is super exciting!
Thank you Emma for showing around the uk quilt show. I follow you from Brisbane Australia. As an expat I enjoy your channel and have bought and used your patterns over and over again. Shame I can’t do one of your classes in person
oh that is so lovely to hear, thank you so much for buying my patterns Yolanda
Emma, thank you for letting us tag along with you at the Quilt Show!! I so enjoyed all of it! So happy you found a thimble that will be with you forever!!
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching 😊
Fabulous video of something I knew nothing about before- definitely inspired me to give quilting and embroidery a ho, thank you. I will be catching up on other videos -Louise and Emily ❤
Oh that’s lovely; I’m so happy you liked the video 🌸
Thank you so so much for the you tube I couldn’t make this year due to health 😢so it was so lovely to go round it with you it looked fantastic and your workshop looked busy too..and I am already going to get a plan for next year. Loved your thimble very special. Used Oh So Sweet for a long time lovely company. Thanks again Jan
I hope you are feeling better now Jan, take care, sending well wishes to you 🌸
Merci beaucoup Emma. Great video on The Festival of Quilts this year. I love Cotonpatch fabrics they have such a large choice of the type of fabrics that I prefer & the Wonderfil stand was gorgeous ! It must be VERY hard controlling spending whilst at the festival. Hope you're having a lovely summer ma belle.
I’m so happy you liked the video! I hope you are having a lovely summer too 🌸
It was my first quilt show, I traveled from Essex with my partner who took me as a gift, he knows I love, The last homely house, with Kate on UA-cam. He didn’t say but I knew, he thought he wouldn’t be interested and he was doing it for me…but surprise, surprise, he loved it, loved it so much, he was showing me sewing machines this morning and he thinks we should get one…..so the whole show was a wonderful, eye opening day for both of us. I am a crafter, cards, journaling, mixed media …. but I do think I will be adding needle craft to my list of things I love to do. I did an English paper piecing class and enjoyed it ,seeing a snippet of your class made me wish I had done that too, oh well, there’s always next year. Thanks for sharing your vid of the show, it’s much appreciated. Oh and I’m a new sub, so see you again soon 👍🏽🙋🏽♀️
I am so glad you had a great time! There is something for everyone there isn't there. Thanks so much for watching and subscribing, means a lot
Thanks!
Oh thank you so so much! That is incredibly kind of you and very much appreciated 🤗
I would LOVE to go!!! Such inspiration!!!! Thank you for sharing!!
You are so welcome!
Beautiful quilts
Thank you! 😊
Loved to watch you explain all about the show you did a wonderful job, I will try next year to attend Show and perhaps run into you there!
You are so sweet, keep videos coming 🙏
Oh that would be lovely!
Wow, it looked like you had a brilliant weekend,your workshop looked so inviting, we were away in Derby so I couldn't make it this yr, hopefully I will next yr and if your there I,ll join your workshop. I loved your video and to see all the beautiful quilts was so lovely, also what a fabulous Thimble you have purchased, it's so good to have a really fab purchase, we all deserve it now and then. Also the video has given me more inspiration to do more stitching especially EPPs, I will watch that again one evening soon, Thankyou once again, take care enjoy all your stitching as I will enjoy mine . Elizabeth T
Thank you so much Elizabeth, I hope you can make it next year 🌸
Great video, and so glad you got your bespoke thimble!
thank you!
Girrrl....i know what you spent on that thimble 😂 now i want 1 too!! It's beautiful!!!
I figured it would be a good investment as I will use it every day, I think a thimble is as important to a hand sewer as a machine is to a machine sewer. Hope you can get one too 🌸
Lovely video and enjoyed your take on things
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for the wonderful trip. You film so well that I feel as though I had time to actually look at the quilts before you moved to the next one. I don’t get to get out in crowds much anymore so I haven’t been to a quilt festival in a really long time. That packet of fabric you purchased was huge even it they were just fat eighths. For epp that will give a nice variety.
Take care until next time.
thanks so so much Karen
Thankyou so much for the show tour, it looked fabulous, I am glad your classes went well. Like you there are no quilt shops or shows near me so I rely on the internet. I look forward to seeing what you make next.
Thank you so much!
I went to the show for the first time and thought it was fabulous. There were so many beautiful quilts. Loved it.
So many beautiful quilts! I always have to go to quilting events alone because I don’t have a quilting buddy or family member. It doesn’t stop me from going though, as I’m an introvert! 😉
thank you for watching, glad you can enjoy shows too
You've met your thimble soulmate ☺ Thank you for the video, I was in two minds about whether to go or not but seeing your video helped me assuage the FOMO a bit. Maybe next year...
Soulmate is a great way of putting it! I hope you can make it next year 🌸
Happy birthday!
The new thimble is super nice!
Thank you ever so much!
I go places alone I dont have a family it's just me and to go to any place I always chat with someone. I am not lonely it's how life is with me I can do nothing about it. What is a shame that I can not come home to tell my family or my husband how my day went it's just me and my pets who I chat with a lot. Great video bless you love sewing I want to start quilting it's a beautiful thing to do.
Thank you Pamela, pets are such an important part of our lives aren’t they, I chat to my cat too. Take care
Thankyou for sharing your wonderful experience, we have very few shows like this in Australia. The work I saw was just wonderful and mind blowing. I’m in awe. Thanks somuch. I’ve now subscribed to your channel. ❤️🇦🇺
Thanks so much for subscribing, I really appreciate it 🌸
I'm only 20 minutes away from the NEC but unfortunately I couldn't go, so thank you. Next one hopefully
Fingers crossed for next year 🌸
TFS….Love your purchases ❤ I attended a Festival of Quilts in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 a few years back. Can’t wait to see what you make 😊
Thanks for watching!
Nice