Quilt Festivals & Shows
Festival of Quilts 2022, Birmingham
Thu, 18 Aug
|The NEC Birmingham
Europe's largest quilting destination returns to NEC Birmingham as an on-ground event this year August.
Time & Location
18 Aug 2022, 10:00 am GMT+1 – 21 Aug 2022, 4:00 pm GMT+1
The NEC Birmingham, The NEC Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PP, UK
About the Event
The Festival of Quilts organised by Upper Street Events in partnership with The Quilters’ Guild was launched in 2003. Currrently, it is the biggest quilting show in Europe attracting over 26,000 quilting enthusiasts each year. It is also home to the largest open quilt competition in the world. Over 800 quilts are entered annually into the competition which covers a variety of categories including; traditional, modern, contemporary, art and novice quilts to name a few.
Entry fee to the event is at GBP 17.5 per day. This years event has staggered entry timings to manage the crowd better.
Ticketing is open and you can buy your tickets here.
The events this year include
Textile Galleries
Quilt Competition