... more goodies ...

We are slowly stitching the Textile Jigsaw of Words together - a long and delicate job, leaving not much time for blogs - and in the meantime, here are a few more examples  of the beautiful contributions:

 Geraldine Field

Sue Hill

Danielle Hanson

Christine Green

Ali Dawson

Rachel Ross

Thank you ladies.

...beautiful submissions....

We know you would like to see some of the other entries to our Textile Jigsaw of Words competition.  Sadly, it's not possible for us to offer you all a free place on one of our workshop, but if you've submitted a patchwork piece and are able to join us for a workshop this year (where there are still places available) we're offering as an incentive a 10% discount - see our website; and 5% off any of next year's (dates will be available at the end of September).  Use the code TJW14.

Jane Whigham

Denyce Aresti

Denyce Aresti

Jone Hallmark

Isabella Simpson

We'll be posting more pieces over the following week as well as images of the progress we are making on the final quilt.  All and any feedback most welcome.

.... and the winner is.....

At last!  All the workshop leaders have chosen their favourite jigsaw submissions and the majority verdict is that Claire Sounes' three beautifully executed and creative pieces made her a worthy winner. We are extremely grateful for the seventy plus entries from all over the world - we know how much thought and hard work was involved in thinking through and then creating each piece.  Everyone entered the spirit of the competition and we anticipate a beautiful final quilt (though it might be some months before it is completed);  our plan then is to auction it to raise funds for the Cambodian Childrens Fund

AS you can imagine, it was a tremendously difficult task for the workshop leaders to choose their favourite piece as there were so many brilliant submissions, but the three that Claire submitted  reached the finishing post with a majority of one vote! and she will be joining us for one of our workshops later this year.  Over the next few weeks, however, we will be posting photographs of many of the other submissions and cataloguing our progress with the quilt.  We very much hope that you have had as much fun as we have collaborating with this project.