Last Thursday, I made my, nearly annual, pilgrimage to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC Birmingham. You might be thinking, “Alison, you sell ribbons and trims — not quilts!”. And you’d be right. But it's the biggest Quilt show in Europe so there's plenty to see OTHER than quilts.

UPDATE : The Great British Sewing Bee 2025 starts on Tuesday 15 July at 9pm on BBC1 🎉. It can't be long now though!

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