The SHQA directories help UK quilters find trusted suppliers, skilled tutors, and welcoming groups for fabrics, classes, longarm services, and social quilting, enhancing skills and community connection.
-
-
The Quilter’s Guide to Batting (Wadding): Choose the Perfect Cosy Layer for Your Next Quilt
This guide explains UK quilt batting types—cotton, wool, bamboo, polyester, blends—and factors like loft, drape, and stitch distance to choose the ideal quilt wadding for warmth, softness, and durability.
-
A Practical Guide to Finding Quilting Tutors, Suppliers and Groups with SHQA’s Directories
SHQA’s free UK directory helps quilters find trusted tutors, suppliers, and groups, access workshops, join sewing clubs, and expand skills through events, fostering a vibrant quilting community.
-
Quilting Retreats: What to Expect and How to Tell if It’s Your Cup of Tea
UK quilting retreats offer workshops, free stitching, and communal time to boost creativity and community. Ideal for those who enjoy group learning and socializing; beginners welcomed.
-
How Free Quilting Membership Fuels Creativity, Connection and Wellbeing at SHQA
SHQA’s free quilting membership offers UK-wide community access, events, tutorials, tutor/supplier directories, and promotes creativity, modern patchwork, connection, and mental wellbeing.