
Patchwork Workshops, Craft & Quilt Retreats and Longarm Quilting Service
COVID19
We are open and shipping fabric daily. If you want to visit, Normal shop hours are now changed. If you are symptom free you can call/email for individual appointment any day.
We shall be taking a break....Orders placed after 13th May will not be dispatched until 30th May 2022
The Largest range of Extra Wide Backing Fabrics in the UK!
SHOP OPEN By appointment any day. unless away at festivals.
NEW Exclusive Extra Wide Traditional Indonesian Batik Fabric Range now in stock
Quilt Sandwich will be at the following shows in 2022
Newark 14-26th Jan, Ardingly 27-29th Jan, Harrogate 18th to 20th Feb, Duxford 4th - 6th March,
Quilt & Stitch Village, Uttoxeter 22-24th April, Sandown 28-30th April, Festival of Quilts @ NEC Birmingham Aug 18th - 21st, Harrogate Sept 16th to 18th. Malvern 21st - 23rd October. Haydock - Nov 11th -13th.
What can you expect on one of our quilt retreats?
We have been running workshops and retreats for several years. It all began with a new sewing machine. I have sewn since I can remember and I had my own machine from being around 9 years old. As a teenager I regularly came home from school to face 4 metres of fabric and my Mum demanding a new dress for the next day!
My new machine came with a quilting kit and as I had never done patchwork, I decided that I had better have a go. I ordered fabric from the internet and a book by Alex Anderson called Start Quilting. I soon had my first patchwork top made and quilted and although my colour scheme left a lot to be desired, I was hooked. This quilt now hangs on our second floor as a reminder of where it all began.

My husband Tim grew up with Susan Briscoe and Susan had mentioned before to us about holding quilting retreats here. As my interest grew she encouraged me to get a group together and she would come and stay. Everyone enjoyed the three days so much that they asked for more and who else could we get.
Since then word of our fantastic retreats has spread far and wide. We have students from all over the UK plus Europe.
So what can you expect on one of our quilting retreats .......Great food is probably one of the first thing our regulars will tell you, followed by homemade cakes & biscuits, sparkling clean, comfy hotel accommodation, great company, light airy & comfy sewing space, fabulous tuition, lots of fun, a great location, great value, lovely walks on the beach, reasonable price shops, great fabric shops locally....the list is endless. Why not come along and find out for yourself?




