Within The Frame works with a diverse community to amplify the many components of quilt research, revival, and practice.

We learn from quilters, heritage practitioners, curators, farmers, museum professionals, carpenters, researchers, sustainability advocates, academics, writers, and artists to facilitate our work. Currently we are working with a group of people who are supporting our application to the Heritage Craft Red List. You can find more about them and their work on this page.

{Northern Industries Workroom Quilters, Barnard Castle around 1930, Collection of The Beamish Museum.}

Friends of Within The Frame

  • Dorothy Osler

    Independent Scholar and Author

  • Heather Audin

    Curator, The Quilt Collection, York.

  • Abigail Booth

    Artist, Forest & Found.

  • Jen Jones

    Collector and Dealer of Welsh Quilts since 1970, by appointment to King Charles III.

    Founder, Exhibitor and Author at The Welsh Quilt Centre, Lampeter, Wales.

  • The Family of Mary Lough (1886-1968)

    The family of Mary Lough. Prizewinning North Country Quilter, and Pioneering Teacher in Co. Durham.

  • Rachel Whitworth

    Curator of Fashion and Textiles, The Bowes Museum, County Durham.

  • Chris Shercliff

    Lead Trustee, The Quilt Association, Llanidloes, Wales.

  • Mary Jenkins and Clare Claridge

    Authors, historians, collectors and Welsh quilt makers.

  • Lilian Hedley

    Prize Winning Frame Quilter and Teacher after 1975, trained by legendary North Country Quilter Amy Emms MBE.

  • Barbara Chainey.

    Author, Hand Quilting Teacher (retired), Award Winning Quilter.

  • Aidan Nichol

    Textile Artist. Frame Quilter, Heritage re enactor at museums in NE England.

  • The Family of Sarah Marion Davies

    The family of Sarah Marion Davies, Welsh 1930s Rural Industries Bureau quilt maker.

  • Madeline Hibbins-Cline

    Textile Conservator and Quilter. 

  • Leila Anderson

    Contemporary North Country Quilt Artist.

  • Deanne Hartwell - Jones

    Contemporary Welsh Quilt Artist.