Quilt Sandwich has the largest collection of extra wide fabrics in the UK. Most extra wide fabrics are 108 inches wide and this makes them superb to use as quilt backings as there is no need to join fabric. This also means that they are much better value. All our fabrics are 100% cotton and can also be used for standard patchwork, dressmaking, bags and indeed many other projects.
We also have a range of extra wide traditional Indonesian Batiks which we have had specially made for us.
Standard width batik is usually made on tight woven fabric called 50s. This is a little too tight for quilt backs and not recommenced. All our batiks are made on 40s fabric which is perfect.
So how much extra wide fabric do I need?
If you are having your quilt top longarmed, normally at least 4 extra inches are needed around the quilt top, so measure your top in both directions and add on 8 inches. If not then you still need some extra wiggle room.
As a quick guide a king size quilt would normally require 3m, a double 2.5m and a single 2m. There are 39 inches in a metre for those who are calculating.
Quilt Sandwich also offers a longarm quilting service and a discounted rate is also available when backing fabric and wadding is purchased. For full details click here to visit our website -
www.quiltsandwich.co.uk.
This year we have been invited to take our fabrics to a couple of local shows.
On 9th June 2018 we will be at Clifford Village Hall, LS23 6HY and 13-15th July 2018 at Whitby Quilt Show.
We will also be at Festival of Quilts at the NEC 9-12th August 2018.
So don't forget your fabric swatches to match up for a beautiful quilt back.
Festival of Quilts at the NEC - here is a link to their website https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/
If you want tickets - use the code EX18 which will give you a discount.
Showing posts with label extra wide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extra wide. Show all posts
Friday, 4 May 2018
Sunday, 1 April 2018
Save the Planet from Plastic Bottles with Extra Wide Fabric
Saving the Planet from Plastic Bottles

At Quilt Sandwich we are proud to announce that we have teamed up with a wonderful group of fabric scientists in Java, Indonesia to manufacture the worlds first Extra Wide Fabric for Quilt Backs made entirely from Recycled Plastic Bottles.
Our Fabric Scientists in Java (Fabricists as they prefer to be known) have sourced millions of Plastic Bottles from mountains in Maldives. Although the Maldives is one of the lowest lying countries in the world they had a mountain the size of Snowdon made entirely of discarded Plastic Bottles.
Indeed when it rained it was so large that people were even able to surf on it!

The wonderful thing with this product is that it is 100% made from recycled material, it is ideal for your quilt backs. Following the developments by our Fabricists it is now as soft as 100% cotton and is wonderful for either Longarm Machining, Hand Sewing or domestic machining.
An additional benefit to this product is that it is 100% waterproof and so your quilt will never get wet and any quilt shows in the UK can be safely ran in even the worst British Summer conditions. This has been extensively tested in back gardens throughout the land already with massive success.

We are pleased to announce that following the extensive manufacturing we now have a sample shipment of 50,000m of product in a container UK bound.
As this product is 100% recycled we have priced it extremely competitively. At QuiltSandwich we want to save the Planet one Bolt of Extra Wide Fabric at a time and so we are offering this product at cost.

Although the development of the product has taken six years and 4,000,000,000 Indonesian Rupiah to come to this point we are happy to pass this development on at only £8.00 per metre for the Extra wide Fabric at 108" wide!
Should you wish to place an advance order please contact us by email at Quilt@royalhotelbrid.co.uk
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Officially now part of the White Van Brigade
Here at Quilt Sandwich, we have now taken the plunge and purchased a super van to use for the Quilt Shows such as Festival of Quilts, Great Northern Quilt Show and others.
Up until now we have been hiring one each time however, our product range of Extra Wide Fabric has proved so popular amongst Quilters that we have booked for many more Quilt Shows.
The last occasion we hired, was rather stressful.
We made the journey down to Hull to collect it and when we got there, Hertz said they didn't have our booking! We only made it three weeks early with them direct when we took the van back after Festival of Quilts.
Of course they didn't have a van available and to be honest, they could not be bothered to help locate one. We had to return back to Bridlington without a van and hit the internet to find one for the next morning. Luckily we managed to find one for the next day and we managed to catch up and get our fabric to the show.
So yesterday, we collected our brand new van, a wonderful Peugeot Boxer, and took it to our signwriters for signing. Here are a few pics
Up until now we have been hiring one each time however, our product range of Extra Wide Fabric has proved so popular amongst Quilters that we have booked for many more Quilt Shows.
The last occasion we hired, was rather stressful.
We made the journey down to Hull to collect it and when we got there, Hertz said they didn't have our booking! We only made it three weeks early with them direct when we took the van back after Festival of Quilts.
Of course they didn't have a van available and to be honest, they could not be bothered to help locate one. We had to return back to Bridlington without a van and hit the internet to find one for the next morning. Luckily we managed to find one for the next day and we managed to catch up and get our fabric to the show.

So yesterday, we collected our brand new van, a wonderful Peugeot Boxer, and took it to our signwriters for signing. Here are a few pics
Quilt Sandwich will be at the following shows in 2018 -
Newark - 19-21st Jan
Edinburgh - 16-18th Feb
Harrogate 23-25th Feb
Duxford 2-4th March
Glasgow 8-11 March
Festival of Quilts @ NEC Birmingham 9-12th Aug
Harrogate 31st Aug - 2nd Sept
Malvern 19-21st Oct
Springfields 7-8th Dec
Of course all our extra wide fabric is available in our online shop too here -
A Super New Website
A super new website for quilters has been launched.
www.ukqu.co.uk is going to be a fantastic resource for all quilters. It started with a facebook group of the same name around four years ago and this group today has over 13000 members.
I am lucky to be one of the guest bloggers for this new website and below is a copy of my first blog for the site.
xxx
From this one course we now run
well over a couple of dozen retreats / workshops per year both out of season,
winter through to spring and also in the summer months.
www.ukqu.co.uk is going to be a fantastic resource for all quilters. It started with a facebook group of the same name around four years ago and this group today has over 13000 members.
I am lucky to be one of the guest bloggers for this new website and below is a copy of my first blog for the site.
xxx
Welcome one and all to my first Blog Post for the UK Quilters
United. This is a really exciting time
for me and of course for the group as a whole as they embark on their new
website. First of all I want to wish
them all the very best with this move – I am certain that it will move the
Quilting Fraternity forward leaps and bounds into the 21st century.
So as this is my fist blog post
I would like to introduce myself.
I am Fiona Garth and together
with my husband Tim we own and run The Royal Bridlington hotel where for many a
year now we have run Patchwork and Quilting Retreats, offer a Longarm Quilting
Service and through our website and at Quilt Shows throughout
the UK we are the
purveyors of the largest range of Extra Wide Backing Fabrics in the UK.
My interest in sewing has
extended right back to a very early age when I used to sew alongside my aunt. I
got a brand new sewing machine for my 10th Birthday. It was a Singer with lots of fancy stitches
on discs. I soon started making clothes
for my Mum and I would often come home from school to find fabric and a request
for a dress for the next day!
Approximately 10 years ago my
Mum once again surprised me with a new sewing machine. This time it was a Janome 11000 which came
with a quilting kit. I had never made a
quilt, so I ordered a book from the internet then later the fabrics and I made
a quilt. This got me hooked. Tim’s
‘cousin’ offered to come down to Bridlington to provide some advice and so the
Patchwork courses began. We got a group
of ladies together and Susan Briscoe provided a three day retreat for us all
and then the acorn was planted and the Oak tree started to grow.
Like most quilters, I thought I
would just quilt my own tops, but my pile of UFO’s soon grew with the workshops
and the other students likewise. I would rather make a new top than battle with
a large quilt under my machine – its hard on the eyes and shoulders. We decided to invest in a Longarm Quilting Machine and after much
research we chose an ABM Innova 26 inch with Lightening Stitch & computer
(affectionately known as Rodney &
DelBoy!) We flew out to Utah for
extensive training – but I will tell you much more about this later. Of course with the growth of the Longarm side
of our business we then identified the need for Extra Wide Fabric and we now
also import specially made extra wide
traditional batik direct from Java.
All in all over the last 10
years we have had a massive learning curve but at the same time we have had
some wonderful experiences and met some amazing and talented people from all
around the world – although none of this was in the original business plan!
Over the next series of Blogs I
will be telling you all lots more about our journey from the early days to the
current day. Indeed I would also love to
tell you about my latest venture into the world of teaching for a local
Charity, The Hinge Centre, as their Arts and Crafts Coordinator providing Arts
and Crafts for therapy and development to all sectors of the community.
Saturday, 26 August 2017
Festival of Quilts 2017
Festival of Quilt 2017
This year we have decided to take the plunge and have a stand at Festival of Quilts. This was a massive gamble as not only is the stand extortionately expensive, but we also needed accommodation for six nights and van hire.
FOQ uses the shell system for the stands - which I must say is superb. Its much better than having a stand immediately behind you and just the invisible demarkation line between. Indeed at Malvern, the stand behind kept collapsing on top of ours due to the ground being on a slope in the marquee!
We collected and loaded the van on Tue then traveled down to our accommodation on Wed. We like to go self catering when doing a show as there is just a bit more room to spread out and relax. We stayed on an equestrian farm situated in lovely countryside.
Our cottage overlooked the menage where lessons were held each day. Behind our cottage there was a large car parking area bordered by the chickens and opposite the horses stables and barns.
Towards the bottom of the farm, there were large fishing lakes where people could pay for a rod and fish and then beyond this was the space they used for wedding marquees for their wedding business.
It was lovely and relaxing to visit the horses on an evening and we stocked up on carrots and polos for them. After a couple of days, they got to expect us visiting them - lol.
Wednesday was a long hard day spent setting up our Quilt Sandwich Stall at the NEC.
Quilt Sandwich - The biggest range of extra wide fabric in the UK
We really enjoyed working the show and meeting quilters from far and wide and all over the world.
The downside was that we didn't really get chance to have a good look round and the stall where I wanted to make purchases were not there early enough in the mornings!
Here are just a few quilts which I managed to snap -
Brigit Schuller - The Sprinter
Annalise Littlefair - The Trouble with Magenta - hot or not
Mary Palmer & Ann Kiely - Tidings
Jacqueline Harvey - Silvery Threads
Philippa Naylor - Measure for Measure
Friday Frolics - The Four Seasons
This one was started on retreat here at Quilt Sandwich on a retreat with Claudia Pfeil
Paradox by Claudia Pfeil
Sunday came all too soon and then after the show we had to pack it all back into the van, although there was a great deal less fabric than when we set off!
We arrived back at our farm exhausted and sat down to dinner at 10.30pm!
The next day, after a farewell visit to the horses we headed off home.
This year we have decided to take the plunge and have a stand at Festival of Quilts. This was a massive gamble as not only is the stand extortionately expensive, but we also needed accommodation for six nights and van hire.
FOQ uses the shell system for the stands - which I must say is superb. Its much better than having a stand immediately behind you and just the invisible demarkation line between. Indeed at Malvern, the stand behind kept collapsing on top of ours due to the ground being on a slope in the marquee!
We collected and loaded the van on Tue then traveled down to our accommodation on Wed. We like to go self catering when doing a show as there is just a bit more room to spread out and relax. We stayed on an equestrian farm situated in lovely countryside.
Our cottage overlooked the menage where lessons were held each day. Behind our cottage there was a large car parking area bordered by the chickens and opposite the horses stables and barns.
Towards the bottom of the farm, there were large fishing lakes where people could pay for a rod and fish and then beyond this was the space they used for wedding marquees for their wedding business.
It was lovely and relaxing to visit the horses on an evening and we stocked up on carrots and polos for them. After a couple of days, they got to expect us visiting them - lol.
Wednesday was a long hard day spent setting up our Quilt Sandwich Stall at the NEC.
Quilt Sandwich - The biggest range of extra wide fabric in the UK
We really enjoyed working the show and meeting quilters from far and wide and all over the world.
The downside was that we didn't really get chance to have a good look round and the stall where I wanted to make purchases were not there early enough in the mornings!
Here are just a few quilts which I managed to snap -
Brigit Schuller - The Sprinter
Mary Palmer & Ann Kiely - Tidings
Philippa Naylor - Measure for Measure
Sunday came all too soon and then after the show we had to pack it all back into the van, although there was a great deal less fabric than when we set off!
We arrived back at our farm exhausted and sat down to dinner at 10.30pm!
The next day, after a farewell visit to the horses we headed off home.
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