"Free YQ renewal for Region 11" Join the quilters guild for free and now region 11 Young Quilters can renew for free too. Contact Sarah or Annie if you would like to join details below or in about region 11.
Our new Region 11 Representative is Annie Garner (a.garner@blueynder.co.uk) and she will be coving Staffordshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire while Sarah Gravestock (sarahgravestock@btinternet.com) will continue to cover Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcester with Susan Lees (susanlees2073@icloud.com) who is our YQ leader.
Do check out the Young Quilter’s website on The Guild webpage. Here is the link www.youngquilters.org.uk. Sarah runs an After-School Group at Harry & Floss (or Flossie Quilters as they are known) and Annie is running a YQ day at Focuscraft in Shrewsbury.
Children aged 5 to 18 are eligible to participate in any
Young Quilter workshop throughout the UK. If you enjoy sewing, dyeing, fabric painting or any
kind of stitch activity then Young Quilters is for you. It is all about having fun, being
creative and making new friends.
Normal membership is
£5.00 per annum but Region 11 will pay your first year so try before you buy! This membership
offers you the following
-Two issues of the Young Quilter newsletter which is
published in the spring and autumn
-Opportunity to attend workshops in the region where you
live or are visiting
-The chance to enter challenges set by the Quilters’ Guild
of the British Isles at their AGM
or the Festival of Quilts
-The opportunity to attend special workshops for YQ’s at
Quilters ‘Guild events such as
the AGM and conference and the Festival of Quilts.
DORIS DEBNEY MEMORIAL PRIZE
In 2014 the Quilters’ Guild announced the inauguration of a
new prize of £100.00 to be
given to the overall winner of the YQ exhibition at the AGM
for five years. The prize is to
enable the winner of the YQ AGM challenge to further his/her
textile exploration.
Doris Debney worked as a nursery nurse and a member of The
Quilters’ Guild. Children were
important to her and in honour of Doris who died in June
2013, the prize has been
established by her family to leave a legacy to Young
Quilters in her name. This prize will be
awarded annually at the AGM to the winner of the YQ AGM
challenge.
Region 11 is a large group so please check our website
regularly to check on events and
activities which may be organised on your behalf. Remember
if you are visiting other
regions, they may have something you may wish to attend as
well...keep checking!
Sarah Gravestock and Annie Garner are the Young Quilter Representatives for
Region 11 and are keen to hear
from you with any suggestions as to how we can get more
workshops throughout the
region organised for you. Please e-mail them at ….. sarahgravestock@btinternet.com or a.garner@blueyonder.co.uk
