The Canterbury Quilters
The Canterbury Quilters now meet from 10 am to 3 pm on alternate Thursdays at the Community Centre in Tenterden Drive.
We have fourteen ladies in the group. We make quilts for disadvantaged children or those who may be spending time in hospital, or anyone in need of a hug! Incubator quilts, covers and laundry bags for premature babies were requested by local hospitals and we have made quite a few! Our other project has been making 'fiddle' quilts for people with dementia. These are made from squares of different fabric textures and adorned with various beads, zips, pockets, ribbons and buttons. They have been well received at Bridge Haven Care Home, Meadow View Care Home in Hersden, Fisher Ward at K &C Hospital, Conner’s House in Canterbury and there is a pile of 12 waiting to go to the Mirimar Care Home in Beltinge.
Although members are very generous in donating fabric, we always welcome any zips, buttons, lace, fabric, ribbons and thread, so if anyone is having a bit of a spring clean and comes across anything that we might find useful, we would be very grateful.
We had a busy year in 2019. The group made: 118 incubator quilts, 42 quilts of various sizes, 103 laundry bags, 59 cannula mitts and 40 'fiddle quilts'. These have been distributed, via the charity Project Linus, to local hospitals, women's refuges, children's hospices, and local care homes.
We have learnt various techniques, which we have used in the quilts and have also made teddies, cushions, fabric bowls, tissue box covers and Christmas mats for ourselves. The group has grown to 17 members and although the ladies are very generous with their fabric we always welcome any donations, along with zips, buttons, threads and trimmings.
For more information, please contact Marion Fox by telephone 01227 455697 or email via this link.
Below, you can see some of the quilts, which have been recently donated to a care home for people with dementia.
The Canterbury Quilters now meet from 10 am to 3 pm on alternate Thursdays at the Community Centre in Tenterden Drive.
We have fourteen ladies in the group. We make quilts for disadvantaged children or those who may be spending time in hospital, or anyone in need of a hug! Incubator quilts, covers and laundry bags for premature babies were requested by local hospitals and we have made quite a few! Our other project has been making 'fiddle' quilts for people with dementia. These are made from squares of different fabric textures and adorned with various beads, zips, pockets, ribbons and buttons. They have been well received at Bridge Haven Care Home, Meadow View Care Home in Hersden, Fisher Ward at K &C Hospital, Conner’s House in Canterbury and there is a pile of 12 waiting to go to the Mirimar Care Home in Beltinge.Although members are very generous in donating fabric, we always welcome any zips, buttons, lace, fabric, ribbons and thread, so if anyone is having a bit of a spring clean and comes across anything that we might find useful, we would be very grateful.
We had a busy year in 2019. The group made: 118 incubator quilts, 42 quilts of various sizes, 103 laundry bags, 59 cannula mitts and 40 'fiddle quilts'. These have been distributed, via the charity Project Linus, to local hospitals, women's refuges, children's hospices, and local care homes.
We have learnt various techniques, which we have used in the quilts and have also made teddies, cushions, fabric bowls, tissue box covers and Christmas mats for ourselves. The group has grown to 17 members and although the ladies are very generous with their fabric we always welcome any donations, along with zips, buttons, threads and trimmings.
For more information, please contact Marion Fox by telephone 01227 455697 or email via this link.
Below, you can see some of the quilts, which have been recently donated to a care home for people with dementia.
