The Quilters' Guild has various specialist groups within it and I belong to the Contemporary Quilt Group.  Each year there is a stand at the Festival of Quilts  in Birmingham and the specialist groups take turns to organise and run it.  This year the CQ group is manning the stand and the theme is Bookwraps.  Many quilters, both members and non-members, have made hundreds of bookwraps to raise funds for the Guild and the variety is wonderful.  It is a great way of putting to good use unfinished bits, samples and pieces you don't know why you made but a use is now to hand!

Among the fabrics I used are commercial florals over-printed with Indian blocks and fabric paint, upholstery samples and small remnants of nice fabric which don't need much doing to them.

Here is a selection of my fund-raising pieces:

The Spring show at Artisan Gallery will have for sale ceramics, prints and jewellery, as well as my fabric covered notebooks and quirky quilts.  It will be a cheerful and colourful event so do come and see for yourself!

Artisan Gallery
80 Harlesden Road
London NW10 2BE
020 8451 6315
www.artisan80.com

I went to the revamped Olympia show today, not knowing what to expect and was pleasantly surprised.  A good selection of well stocked traders, wide aisles and
natural light made for a pleasant few hours.

My favourite display was the Woodland Boudoir and I quote from the show guide:-

Artisan is having a brilliant pop-up Christmas shop and my fabric covered notebooks are selling well.  If you find yourself in the Willesden/Harlesden area of London you might find just the right thing for a present and they will certainly not be on the Hight Street!  Follow this link for more details of the artists and their work:   www.artisan80.com