! Before booking a Norfolk Quilters workshop please read the ‘General Instructions for Workshops’ at the bottom of this page.

2024

Planned Events

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7th December 2024

Saturday

Get Together Day

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road. Costessey NR5 0RW

Time: 10.30 am – 3.00 pm

Admission: £6.00

 

Get Together Day

 2025

Planned Events

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8th February

2025

Saturday

‘Spring Themed Four Corners Day’

Tutors: NQ Members

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Cost: £25 members. £32.50 non-members.

 

At our Four Corners Day you will have the opportunity to complete four spring themed projects under the guidance of former and current NQ Committee members.

All material will be provided on the day. All you need to bring are your sewing machines and sewing kit.

This workshop is suitable for all abilities.

 

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22nd March

2025

Saturday

 

Get Together Day

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10-30 am to 3.00 pm

Admission: £6.00

Get Together Day

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26th April

2025

Saturday

Free Motion Quilting with Debra Jarrad

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10-00 am to 4.00 pm

Cost: £40 members. £47.50 non-members

Debra will work with you to create a sample piece of free motion quilting using a variety of different patterns. She will cover how to set up your machine including lowering the feed dogs, using a darning/ free motion foot, tension and stitch length techniques and starting/ finishing.

Please remember to bring your sewing machine manual.

 

 

11th May

2025

Sunday

Sashiko for Summer with Susan Brisco

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10-00 am to 4.00 pm

Cost: £45 members. £52.50 non-members

Susan will cover the same techniques for drawing and transferring the patterns. How to draw a corner fan. Mark and stitch a curve line pattern using a grid and circle template. How to transfer Kamon Crest design or other pictorial designs using Chaco paper(Japanese embroidery transfer paper)

This workshop is suitable for all abilities.

 

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24th May

2025

Saturday

Get Together Day

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10-30 am to 3.00 pm

Admission: £6.00

Get Together Day

 

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14th June

2025

       Saturday

Hobby Holdall Bag with Linda Jones

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10-00 am to 4.00 pm

Costs: £35 members – £42.50 non-members

 

Linda will demonstrate the techniques used to create this bag. It has pockets on all four sides. The panels and pockets are quilted and bound.

Prior to the workshop members will need to cut out all the pieces so as to make good progress on the day.

This workshop is suitable for all abilities.

 

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12th July

2025

Saturday

Get Together Day

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10-30 am to 3.00 pm

Admission: £6.00

Get Together Day

 

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6th September 2025

Saturday

 

Get Together Day

De-Stash that Fabric and Craft Sales Day. Book a table £5

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10-30 am to 3.00 pm

Admission: £6.00

Get Together Day

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4th October

2025

Saturday

Norfolk Quilter’s Annual General Meeting

Speaker: Melanie Missin-Keating

Venue: Stafford Hall. Costessey Centre, Longwater Lane, Old Costessey. NR8 5AH

Time: (Doors open 9.45 am) 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

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      5th October      2025

Sunday

AGM Workshop  Floral Bento Box with

Melanie Missin-Keating

Venue: Breckland Hall, Breckland Road, Costessey,NR5 0RW

Time: 10-00 am to 4.00 pm

Costs: £45 members – £52.50 non-members

Join Melanie to create this small textile box using a variety of techniques including painting and varnishing, free motion stitching, soldering, and using tea bags and vilene.

Melanie will provide a kit payable on the day for £5.

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Get Together Day

Venue: Owen Barns Room, Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW

Time: 10-30 am to 3.00 pm

Admission: £6.00

 

Get Together Day

 

 

 

General Instructions for Norfolk Quilters Workshops

Booking workshops:

  1. Book early to avoid disappointment.
  2. Check availability for workshops by contacting Sandra Balaam (nq.workshops@gmail.com).
  3. Apply for a workshop in writing to Sandra (letter or email) giving your name, address, phone number and email address. There is a booking form on the Norfolk Quilters website which you can print out and complete if you prefer.
  4. Pay promptly in full, preferably with your application. Cheques payable to Norfolk Quilters. Your booking is not secured until payment is received.
  5. We prefer to email you the workshop requirement list as soon as we receive it from the tutor, however if you would like it in the post you must enclose a SAE for each workshop you are booking, with your application.
  6. Non-members are welcome to attend one workshop, after which they will have to belong to Norfolk Quilters to attend.

In recognition of all the hard work that committee members do, they are given priority for two workshops a year of their choice (they do pay for them of course!).  After that they apply for workshops like any other member.

On the day:

  • Workshops take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and start promptly at 10 a.m.
  • It is important to arrive earlier, but not before 9.30 a.m.
  • Tea, coffee and biscuits are available all day but please bring your own packed lunch and your own mug.
  • We have decided it is no longer practical for Norfolk Quilters to provide irons, ironing boards and extension leads for workshops. Workshops are held in different halls around the county and committee members do not have the storage facilities or time to transport these items.

You will be asked to bring your own iron, ironing mat / small board and extension lead if needed for a workshop and they will be included on the requirement list.  Please make sure all electrical items are PAT tested.

Cancellation Policy:  If Norfolk Quilters has to cancel the workshop for any reason your payment will be refunded in full.  If you cancel four weeks, or more, before the workshop date you will receive a full refund, minus 10% administration fee, although this can only be guaranteed if the place is filled.  If you cancel less than four weeks beforehand you will NOT receive a refund.  This will apply other than in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Committee.

To Book:

FIRST: Check workshop availability with the workshop secretary:

nq.workshops@gmail.com

then book using this download form:
Norfolk Quilters Workshop Booking Request Form