Quilt Festivals & Shows
Festival of Quilts 2025, Birmingham, UK
Thu, 31 Jul
|The NEC Birmingham
Time & Location
31 Jul 2025, 9:30 am GMT+1 – 03 Aug 2025, 5:30 pm GMT+1
The NEC Birmingham, The NEC Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PP, UK
About the Event
Image: Spring Thing by Claudia Scheja,
Europe's largest quilting event consists of
- Textile Galleries
- Quilt Competition
- Shopping opportunities
- Workshops & Talks
- Special events with renowned Textile artists
Entry fee for the event ranges between GBP 16- 20. The event mostly consists of
Exhibition
- Quilt Show competition
Over 700 quilts are entered annually into the competition which covers a variety of categories including traditional, modern, contemporary, art,novice etc.
The entry deadline normally is mid of June.
- Famous Artists and Special Exhibits
The festival also has special exhibits from renowned artists and quilters. There are also special exhibits based on products or quilt collections.
Workshops, Lectures
More and 400 classes are held during the 4 day event. Some in short formats of 1 hour, Quick and easy classes and some in long format of 2- 3 days, the Academy workshops. In addition to this there are also talks and demos.
Some of the demos happen in the merchant stall and are offered free of charge.
Shopping
More than 300 stalls will be available for shopping covering a range of products- fabric, fat-quarters and threads to haberdashery, kits and machines.
While we wait for updates, do check out the details from Festival of Quilts 2024.
Website
https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/
Social Media
https://www.instagram.com/thefestivalofquilts/
https://www.facebook.com/thefestivalofquilts/
Email Ids
quiltentry@upperstreetevents.co.uk (for quilt entry)
About the Festival
The Festival of Quilts is organised by Immediate Live, an event management and media company. It was launched in 2003 in partnership with The Quilters’ Guild. The event is now the biggest quilting show in Europe attracting over 22,000 afficionadoes each year. It is the largest open quilt competition in the world. The show also promises to have the largest programme of workshops and talks offered anywhere in Europe.
Organisers
Immediate Live
Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green,
London, W6 7BT