2025 Oast ‘Fabric’ Challenge Results:

Category A: ‘Best use of the Challenge Fabric’:

The winner: ‘Fiesta’ – Jean Price

2nd place – ‘Granny Squares’ – Maggie Breakspear

3rd place – ‘Flower Garden’ – Pam Duffield

Category B: ‘The Quilt I want to Take Home’:

The winner: ‘Fiesta’ – Jean Price

2nd place – ‘Granny Squares’ – Maggie Breakspear

3rd place –’Flower Garden’ – Pam Duffield

(having the same result in both categories is  most unusual and unheard of !)

See image Gallery for other Challenge images.

Winning Quilt (both categories): ‘Fiesta’ by Jean Price

Second place (both Categories): ‘Granny Squares’ by Maggie Breakspear

Third place (both categories): ‘Flower Garden’ by Pam Duffield

(see image Gallery for other Challenge entries)

2024 Oast Challenge ‘Song Title’ Results:

Category A: ‘Best interpretation of the Song Title’:

The winner: ‘Summer Holiday’ – Swallows Group Quilt

2nd place – Wendy Finnis – Windmill in Old Amsterdam

joint 3rd place – Liz Coleman – On Ilkley Moor

                                 & Sue Jennings – Eye of the Tiger

Category B: ‘The Quilt I want to Take Home’:

The winner: ‘Eye of the Tiger’ – Sue Jennings

2nd place – Liz Coleman – I saw three Ships

3rd place –Wendy Finnis – Windmill in Old Amsterdam

See image Gallery for other Challenge images.

Oast Festival  Showcase Winners

Best in Show and The Quilt I’d most like to Take Home – Jan Bevan – Twist

Second place in Best in Show – Sue Jennings Cabin in the Woods

Third place in Best in Show – Pogles Wood Tribute to Smallfilms

Joint Second place in Take Home category – Sue Jennings Cabin in the Woods and Heidi Goodwin The Bookcase

Third place in Take Home category – Sue Jennings You’re having a Giraffe

Oast Showcase 2022 Charity Raffle – Donation to Kent MS Therapy Centre, Canterbury:

On Friday 27 January, Tansy, Richard, Liz and Lynne went to The Kent MS Therapy Centre to present the cheque for £1000. We were shown around the facility, it has a hydro pool, several rooms for different activities such as a choir and two large oxygen therapy chambers. There is also a café and a charity shop. The lady on the right is one of their long standing volunteers and was delighted to receive our Showcase Raffle money on behalf of the Centre.

2022 Challenge Results and Entries:

The winner: Marcia Longley

2nd place – Liz Coleman with her Sunset at the Beach Shack

3rd place – Jill Moorcroft – Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside!

See image gallery for other showcase images.

2021 Challenge Results and Entries:

1st place – Linda Wilkin: Birds & Flowers

2nd place – a group quilt by Pogles Wood: Esmerelda’s Garden

3rd place – Lynne Newell: Floral Dance

Other entries:

• Sylvie Plested: Gnomes
• Gill Cannon: Kaffe’s Wrench
• Jayne Whiting: Cathedral Windows
• Lynne Newell: Let the Sunshine In

Raising money to support local charities

Oast Quilters were very proud to have raised a significant sum at the 2016 Oast Showcase which allowed us to present cheques to three local Charities.  

Headway, a charity that supports those with an aquired head injury, CLAPA (Hair Lip and Cleft Palate Assocation) and EKUBS, a breast screening support charity. Presentations were made at Oast Open Meeting on 24th September, 2016.

Images:

• Liz Coleman presenting the Charity cheque for £2000 to CLAPA representatives
• Liz Coleman presenting the Charity Cheque for £2000 to the EKUBS representative
• Liz Coleman presenting the Charity Cheque for £2000 to the Headway Representative

Project Linus

Thank you for making beautiful quilts for Project Linus. They are always much appreciated. Quilts can be dropped of at the Oast meetings where we have a table or alternatively you can contact the Project Linus Coordinators:

Lou Matthews, Kent, and Medway, 07938537375 or louisematthews5@icloud.com 

Michelle Hogben, Ashford and surrounding area, 07706 582662 or shellhogben2004@hotmail.com 

Christine Gainsford, North Kent area, 07931 294836 or Christine.carey61@gmail.com

If you have the time to make us a quilt, we would be pleased to hear from you.  We welcome quilts in the following sizes. 

• Baby quilts: up to 36” square.
• Child size (under 5 years): 36” square up to 40” x 50”
• Child size (6 to 10 years): from 40” x 50” to 40” x 60”
• Teenager quilts: approximately 50” x 70”

Larger quilts and those that are gender neutral or suitable for boys are always in high demand. Since the Covid-19 we are no longer able accept crocheted or knitted blankets, it’s has been hard to find homes for them due to infection prevention control requirements.

Please do not add embellishments such as ribbons and buttons which could come off and be swallowed. All quilts must be machine washable.