Thank you for wanting to know more about our wonderful community project! We are so proud of it. This page will tell you more about the quilt, where you can see it exhibited and what to do if you would like to exhibit it in your town. It will also tell you about the square you cannot see…
WHERE TO SEE IT:
PAST: Lincoln Cathedral, North Transcept - 5 May to 5 June. Admission applies but not at all times. Please see Cathedral’s website for details.
PAST: St Mary Magdalene Church, Bailgate, Lincoln - 6 June to 4 July. Open every weekday 11am to 12 noon. Admission free but donation appreciated. Groups may visit at other times by appointment, please contact The Revd Julia Hepburn Julia.hepburn@lincoln.Anglican.org (Please note that you need to contact Rev Julia before 11/06 or after 24/6, or be aware that there will be a delay in replying during this period.)
PAST: Festival of Quilts, NEC, 3 to 6 August
The quilt was exhibited at the renowned Festival of Quilts event during its 20th year! It was displayed in the Groups Category. The judge’s’ comments included: “This certainly embraces your theme and the beautiful blocks are well worked and very varied….An impressive effort.” “Wow! How many ways you found to represent the late Queen’s life. The range of techniques and embellishments is good.”
During September & October, the quilt will be travelling the Cleethorpes & Grimsby area thanks to the generous efforts of Dianne Roberts:
PAST: Cleethorpes Town Hall - 8 & 9 September (Heritage Weekend)
PAST Cleethorpes Library - Monday 11th to Monday 18th September
PAST: Grimsby Minster - Monday 21st to Monday 25th September
Grimsby Town Hall - Monday 25th to October 9th September
Immingham Civic Centre - tbc
The Fishing Heritage Museum - tbc
Then back to Lincoln for:
The Big Craft Event Sunday 12 November 10am to 4pm. More info here.
ABOUT:
The ‘From Queen to King’ Quilt came from our wish to commemorate the end of one reign and the beginning of another; we felt we would like to create a unique and beautiful quilt reflecting our special community and celebrating the joy of stitching.
The ‘From Queen to King Quilt’ is a reflective piece of art symbolising not only the beauty of collaborative quilting and stitching but preserving in time a glimpse of the very special community surrounding the Fabric Quarter. Something to last for many, many years. We asked our participants to decorate a square of fabric with appliqué and embroidery. The only brief was that it had to tell a story of what the period between the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III meant to the stitcher. It could be a broad ‘feeling’ or a detail which struck a chord; the interpretation was down to the stitcher. We wanted to create a joyful project which celebrated an extraordinary life and service of one monarch and giving thanks for the next. (Please note that when we started the project, we thought The Duchess of Cornwall would be Queen Consort so it was too late to include Queen Camilla in the brief.)
TECHNICAL:
The quilt is made using Liberty Lasenby cottons (Emily Belle on the front and London Parks on the back). Binding is a silver metallic Wiltshire. It has two layers of 80/20 polycotton batting. It is quilted with an ultra light speciality quilting thread, to avoid detracting from the squares. The sashing is quilted with a repeating crown motif, interspersed with a freeform geometric design. The borders represent King Charles III’s passion for horticulture, with each of the four sides having a different floral motif quilted along its length. Each design was chosen to reflect the flowers embroidered on the squares in an adjacent row. For example the top is quilted with a repeating thistles design. (Top, thistles; bottom, Tudor rose; left, daffodils; right, clover.) Due to the heavily patterned design of the front fabrics and the fine quilting thread, these designs may be more easily seen on the reverse. Each embroidered square has been individually quilted around in an almost invisible ‘stitch in the ditch’ style. Because of the double layer of wadding, this helps the squares have a loftier appearance, making each stand out from the quilt.
THE HIDDEN SQUARE:
The quilt has one square which you cannot see; it is sewn into the wadding. We mentioned we left the content of the individual squares to the contibutors. All made the final layout except one, It was sent from a contributor in Sweden and called for the monarchy to be abolished. Of course, it would be a shame to display this square on a project bursting with pride so we had a dilemma but its inclusion of a very strong swear word made the decision easy. You can decide for yourself whether you think they should have contributed a square or not!
THANK YOU:
Thank you to all our wonderful stitchers who enthusiastically embraced this project! Thank you to Lisa Leverton of Warm Hugs Quilting for her expert long-arm quilting. Thank you also to EQS, our supplier, who wanted to donate the backing fabric. The Fabric Quarter has a small team and everyone was involved, but special mention to Kayleigh Jackson for her incredibly neat stitching and quilting expertise.
PARTICIPANTS:
Top Left: Kate Mills-Davidson (Cheshire)
Top right: Josie Rossington (Lincoln)
Bottom left: Amy Claridge (Doddington, Lincoln)
Bottom right: Applique Annette Faisey, text Amy Claridge
A to H are horizontal; 1 to 8 are vertical starting from the left.
A1. Sally Anne McWilliam (Gainsborough, Lincolnshire). Royal logo next to their favourite flowers – Lily of the Valley for The Queen, and Delphinium for The King
A2. Madeleine Ayme-McLean (Johnstone, Scotland)
A3.Sandra Marshall (North Hykeham, Lincs)
A4.Heather Arnett (Lincoln). The Queen was known not to have wet nurses, and breast fed her children – breaking Royal tradition
A5. Jackie Towers (Barnsley, Yorkshire)
A6. Anon.
A7. Emily Brown (Lincoln)
A8. June Fogg (Bracebridge Heath, Lincs)
B1. Anon.
B2. Jill Pearce
B3. Flora Fleming (Spalding, Lincs)
B4. Sarah Booker
B5. Angie Hind (Ruskington, Lincs). Designed by James Jassie (11) and George Jassie (9) & stitched by grandmother Angie.
B6.Katrina Stephens (Hucknall,Notts)
B7. Sandra Marshal (North Hykeham, Lincs)
B8. Ema (Lincoln)
C1. Linda Leach (Whaplode, Spalding)
C2. Anon
C3. M. Gunga-Phul
C4. Anon
C5. Shirley Beezley (Lincoln)
C6. Mandy Sutton (Stoke on Trent)
C7. Penny Cooper (Lincoln)
C8. Tesco Embroidery Group (Cleethorpes)
D1. Robyn Nichol (Gladstone, Queensland, Australia)
D2. Pauline Rouse (East Riding of Yorkshire) ft. names of granddaughters Lydia-Rose and Frida.
D3. Dereth Heighway (Burslem, Stoke on Trent)
D4. Fiona Baker, Australia
D5. Annette Faisey (Welton, Lincs). Working closely with The King, the Terra Carta symbol was designed based upon the sacred forms that establish the underlying organisation of design. The Terra Carta seal recognises the global corporations that are demonstrating their commitment to the creation of genuinely sustainable markets.
D6. M Gunga-Phul
E1. Celia Buttery (Lincoln)
E2. Mrs Wilks (Lincoln)
E3. M Gunga-Phul
E4. Ruth Ambler (Billinghay, Lincs)
E5.Kay Veitch
E6. Jo-Anne te Raa (Holland)
E7. Anne Lawson
E8. Clare Krippner (Hougham, Notts)
F1. Holly Dunlop (Lincoln)
F2. Amanda Coleman
F3. Pauline Forrest
F4. Helen Danson & Elaine Shepherd (Barton Upon Humber). HM Queen Elizabeth II visited Barton in 1981 to officially open the Humber Bridge.
F5. Sarah Maskell (North Wheatley, Retford). Sarah’s design is based on her service headdress from her 19 years in the RAF. She was always proud to wear it and her children see it as her legacy which means it always prompts stories.
F6. Anita Lockyer (Skipton, North Yorks)
F7. Ellen Essence
F8. Anon
G1.Anon
G2. Kayleigh Jackson (Lincoln)
G3. Bassingham & District WI
G4. Carol Dunlop on behalf of Impish Quilters (Lincoln)
G5. Anon
G6. Anon
G7. Kim Lyon
G8. Anon
H1. Shirley Beezley (Lincoln)
H2. Mary Penford (Leeds)
H3.Deborah Koston (Lincoln). Deborah’s dad passed away in 2023; he was born in the year of Queen Elizabeth’s Cornonation. He loved bluebells. Deborah found this a healing piece to stitch.
H4. Squires
H5.RW
H6. Susan Lee (Redbourne, Lincs). Lily of the Valley for The Queen; Delphinium for The King H7. JW
H8. Rebecca Tamisari. The red and blue becomes blended to show the gradual handing over of the Royal duties. Metallic thread represents the jubilees and a black line represents the death of The Queen. Rebecca chose repeated straight stitches to represent the hundreds of small consistent acts carried out.
EXHIBITING THE QUILT:
If you have the space and facilities to exhibit the quilt, we would love to hear from you. The quilt has its own pole and cord, you just need a wall or space to hang it in. Your location needs to be secure, the public must be able to view it easily. It also needs to be hung out of direct sunlight. The quilt will suit community spaces, exhibition spaces, creative hubs, tourist attractions. Please contact Amy Claridge using the button below. Thank you.
