2020 Show Postponed to 29th July - 1st August 2021

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What's On in 2020?

Given that our normal quilt competition can’t go ahead this year, we didn’t want you to miss out, so we will be launching an online Quilt Competition 2020! Read on for more info on how to enter, and get quilting!

Virtual Competitions

Meet The Maker: Ann Goddard
Meet The Maker: Ann Goddard
Meet the maker of last year’s Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award winner Ann Goddard and find out what inspired her beautiful piece ‘On The Brink’.
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Featured Category of the week
Featured Category of the week
This week’s featured category is Young Quilter/Embroider sponsored by Brother. Find out more about this category and see winners from previous year’s.
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Virtual Quilt Competition 2020
Virtual Quilt Competition 2020
Enter The Virtual Quilt Competition 2020 for a chance to win one of our hefty prizes! There are 12 categories to choose from, suitable to all levels and styles, so get quilting!
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The Fine Art Textiles Award
The Fine Art Textiles Award
The Fine Art Textiles Award is going ahead virtually this year! The award is open to all textile artists both amateur and professional to enter. All the entries will be showcased in a gallery at the Knitting and Stitching show…
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The artistry was amazing; there are some very talented quilters out there. It has given me the urge to become more creative with my time behind my sewing machine. Congratulations on what I'm sure will be a sell out of a show.
It was so good we visited the festival twice! For anyone that enjoys crafts, sewing, quilting or interested in having a go, I would strongly suggest going along and having a great day out. 10/10
Absolutely incredible works of art! Feel honoured to have seen these quilts close up - Superb!
I spent two very happy days at The Festival of Quilts, the ambiance was incredible, and there was enough room between the stalls to move easily, the quilts were fantastic, and everyone I spoke to were saying it was the best one ever, a wonderful day!
My daughter and I paid our first visit on Friday... We were totally blown away by the quilts on display and had a fantastic time shopping too. Will definitely return next year. Thank you so much for all the hard work in putting on such a magnificent show! 
Fantastic show with lots to see, do and buy! Made all the more special with my daughter winning the Young Quilter of the year (5-8 years). Will be back next year!
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The Festival of Quilts Postponed to 2021

It is with great regret that Upper Street Events has taken the decision that, as a result of the ongoing situation with Covid-19, it is not going to be possible to host this year’s Festival of Quilts (30 July – 2 Aug, NEC Birmingham).

We have been working hard over the last two weeks to see if the show could be delivered at a later date this year. Unfortunately, having liaised with the venue, exhibitors, artists, teachers and yourselves, our visitors, we have also now established that this is not going to be viable.

It is therefore with great sadness that we have taken the very difficult decision to postpone The Festival of Quilts 2020 to 29 July – 1 August 2021.

We are sincerely sorry that we have had to take this incredibly difficult course of action and thank you for your ongoing support.

If you have already booked an early bird ticket for 2020, See Tickets will be in touch shortly to offer you either a transfer to 2021 or a refund.

On a more positive note, we will soon be sharing news around our Festival of Quilts competition, which we are very hopeful we can still deliver in a new ‘online’ format for 2020. Keep your eyes peeled, we will email details as soon as we can. We are also exploring thoughts around some smaller events later in the year and some ideas for online demos and workshops which we will keep you posted on.

Thank you for bearing with us during this challenging time. We hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and well and we will be in touch soon.
More than anything though, we are looking forward to coming back together as soon as we can to celebrate our amazing community.

The Festival of Quilts team