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Roberta Cummings

@roberta.cummings

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Quiltmaking, Sewing, Repairing.
Commissions & Workshops. Norfolk, UK
Supporting @destash4palestine

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EDIT: Raffle has now closed, and the winner has been emailed 🌟

Quilt raffle for Palestine! Win this quilt!

Moon of Bethlehem Community Quilt For Gaza is the work of 59 makers from around the world, stitched in solidarity with Palestinians, raising funds for Giving4Gaza, The Sameer Project and PCRF

How to enter🌟
Make a direct donation of £10 or more to @giving4gaza , OR one of the four fundraisers @thesameerproject OR @thepcrf , screenshot the donation receipt you receive and email it to moonofbethlehemquilt@gmail.com

£10 is one entry to the raffle, £20 is two entries, and so on

About the organisations 🌟
Giving4Gaza is a mutual aid organisation, founded by Gazans in Gaza, raising funds and distributing them in the community as they see fit.

The Sameer Project is a donations based initiative, led by Palestinians in the diaspora, working to supply aid to displaced families in Gaza.

The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund is on the ground, providing urgent medical aid, food, and life-saving treatment to those in desperate need, including orphans and amputees. They are also deploying international medical teams, evacuating injured children for specialized care, and rebuilding healthcare facilities to restore critical services.

About the quilt🌟
The quilt measures 201 x 217cm or 79”x85” (roughly double bed sized) It is made from cotton primarily, and has been machine pieced and hand quilted. It is machine washable and suitable for everyday use on a bed, although it comes with a hanging sleeve attached for vertical hanging display.

About the raffle🌟
The raffle is open worldwide, but if the winner lives outside the UK we may ask for a contribution towards shipping costs.

All correspondence regarding the raffle will only come from @roberta.cummings or the email above.

Deadline to enter: Friday 3rd of October 2025 at midnight (UK time) ⏰ 🚨

With thanks to
@denisailie for the beautiful photographs and for generously donating her fee
@rainbowfabricskilburn for supplying the watermelon print cotton for the backing

Please share widely, thank you ❤️ by @roberta.cummings

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Improv patchwork stocking workshop! 🧦 🎄

Very happy to be returning to @wells_maltings for my next workshop on Wednesday 25th November

In this three hour workshop, we will be making a lined stocking, using improv patchwork techniques, taking away all materials and resources required to complete it at home. Antique hand crank sewing machines will be provided for participants to use.
All materials will be provided, including a stocking pattern and instructions. Plus everyone gets a free hot drink from the cafe! ☕️
Suitable for beginners and improvers.
Link in bio :) by @roberta.cummings

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6 days ago

Sharing some of my favourite details from my afternoon invigilating @cromerartspace Cliff Edge: Textile art on the brink. I’ve included some videos which capture the work interacting with the space. It was wet and windy on Wednesday and the sea was so loud! Hope this gives folks who can’t attend in person a taste. Exhibition open until the 14th October. Sharing more in my stories now!

1. @worthmending Darning with the Swift Darner
2. Speedweve x @roberta.cummings
3. Video of @roberta.cummings work on both sides
4. Lisa Smirnova @lisa_smirnova
5. Joy Pitts @joynextthesea
6. Sammi Eady @scr4mmi
7. Ioanna Maria Giakoumaki
8-9. Jess Wheelahan @birdie_beetle
10. Self portrait with Anna Olsson
11. Anna Olsson @vassberg13
12. Clare Thornthwaite @clarethornthwaite
13. Hannah Lamb @hannahlambtextileartist
14. Annette Ratti @new_model_embroidery
15. Vicky Ellis @welshwovencolour
16-19. Dr Jane Hattrick @janehattrick by @roberta.cummings

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8 days ago

Darnable Quilt # 1

This piece sits at the intersection of my work as a mender and quiltmaker. A tactile, interactive sample that can be undone and redone meditatively.

Antique and aging quilts often need repair through degradation of materials or accidental damage. I thought the idea of intentionally adding a hole to a new textile references the planned obsolescence and disposability we have been conditioned to accept in modern textiles.

On display at Cliff Edge, Textile Art on the brink
2-14 October 2026 @cromerartspace

From the glimpses I have seen so far, this exhibition looks absolutely fantastic! I’m so honoured to be included and I can’t wait to visit! by @roberta.cummings

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**EDIT: Fundraiser now closed - a huge thanks for raising £840 and congrats to the lucky winner, @annemade.fr!**

✨️International Fundraiser✨️

We gasped put loud when we saw this technicolour dream quilt, generously gifted to us by @quiltsandbrownies 🌈🧵🎁

Mariyam expertly stitched this colourful piece of art, following the Shimmer quilt pattern by @cluckclucksew ✨️

Measuring 145cm x 180cm, this would look stunning on a bed or sofa, for you or a loved one 🫂💖

📫 🌍 Posting for free internationally 🌍📫

🎟 HOW TO ENTER 🎟

♡ Enter before midnight (UK time) on Sunday 11th October.

♡ Donate £5 or more to our P4yP4l (first 🔗 in bio), choosing the 'family and friends' option.

♡ Multibuy options: 3 tickets for £10, 8 tickets for £25.

♡ Put your Instagram handle and the word 'shimmer' in the P4yP4l payment notes ONLY.

♡ Leave a comment below to let us know you've donated, to make double sure we enter you into the draw.

♡ We'll announce the winner on Monday 12th October, who will be chosen at random using wheelofnames.com

100% of funds raised will be distributed among 12 precious families in G 🙏🕊🇵🇸 by @roberta.cummings

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16 days ago

Delighted to be returning to @gressenhall_fw this Sunday 4th October for Apple Day! 🍎 🍏

I’m bring some of my hand crank sewing machines and craft supplies where you can stop and sew with me. I’ll be hand quilting the quilt started here in 2024 on the Textile Takeover day, and continued at Apple Day 2025. Quilting helpers are most welcome to stop by!

I’ll also be selling patchwork bags, zip pouches, mini quilts, potholders, prints and zines, all made by me. And I just finished making a batch of topical plush apple brooches that I feel very maternal towards.

Hope to see you there! Are you planning to attend? RSVP in the comments ;)

Photo credit: (slides 1 & 2) Norfolk Museums Service (Malachy Luckie) 2024

[Image descriptions:
1. Photo of hand crank sewing machines and
2. Photo of parent and child sat sewing on that machine
Both images have border design saying “join us on 4 October 2026” “Apple Day est. 1991 Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse”
3. Flatlay photo of 14 plush patchwork apple shaped brooches with green felt stalk
4. Homemade canva flyer made by me with photo of my stall set up with quilts hanging behind, the apple brooches laid on top, the excited skeleton gun meme overlaid and a cut out of me in the corner] by @roberta.cummings

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Photos from some previous mending workshops to give a taste of what to expect at my two hour darning workshop coming up at @cromerartspace on Saturday 3rd October! This (now sold out) event is in conjunction with the forthcoming exhibition, Cliff edge: Textile Art on the Brink, which opens on Friday 2nd October.

We will be working on plain weave darning and loom darning and more, if time allows. Participants are encouraged to bring their own holey garments to work on, but if not I will provide a sacrificial jumper!

Cromer Artspace is a fantastic gallery in a stunning location and I’m very excited to be involved in their programme! 🌊 🪡 🧦 by @roberta.cummings

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19 days ago

Every time I finish a bag or quilt project, I make a mini quilt with the leftover fabric. It is very freeing, helps manage scraps as I don’t have an acceptable storage system for them and avoids decision fatigue, they almost make themselves! Highly recommend if you’re in a creative rut atm

Just to finish them with binding and then they’re all coming with me to Apple Day on Sunday 4th October at @gressenhall_fw more on that to follow next week 😚🍏

[image description: overhead photo taken standing on a bed looking down at a series of 12 scrappy improv mini quilts laid out in a grid] by @roberta.cummings

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22 days ago

Behind the scenes of making a large linen quilt in a tiny room! King size quilt commission made from leftover bridesmaid dress linen to celebrate a first wedding anniversary. Finished quilt at the end. Sewn on my favourite machine for piecing, the Singer 201k 💪🏻
Get in touch if you’d like to commission a quilt from me 🤗 by @roberta.cummings

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24 days ago

Throwback to Summer 2025 and this quilt commission. The customer wanted a king size quilt made to celebrate her sister and brother in law’s first wedding anniversary, made using the leftover green linen from the bridesmaid’s dresses. This was mid June (the week after I was made redundant) and the deadline was early to mid August 😳😅coolcoolcool

By the time we had settled on a design (I’ll share the alternative designs to my stories) a few weeks had passed.

Thinking back I didn’t know how much of the green linen was even available, it was sent as a bolt and I didn’t actually measure it before I started. So when I say I did not plan out the meterage requirements and literally hoped for the best! I sourced a complimentary milk linen from M&M, ordering 4m thinking that would be ample with enough to make a shirt with the leftovers WRONG I had to order an additional six metres 😂 I used the very last square of the green on the back

The quilt top assembled quite quickly I think it took a week. One thing i will note is that for piecing shifty linen cloth like this, I will always use a seam allowance of 3/8”. It being slightly bigger than the typical quarter inch just makes it easier to handle and to get sharp points.

The quilt then had to be hand quilted due to its size but fresh off the back of completing the Moon Of Bethlehem Community Quilt For Gaza, I felt it was an achievable task. We agreed upon a quilted star shape in each white square, that echoed the shape of the green star. Mind you I was just about to go on holiday to Antrim and had to take it with me!

The quilt was delivered the third week of August and the recipients loved it

Thanks to my client for trusting me with such a special project. The timeline was little hairy at times but honestly the project helped me profoundly with the transition to self-employment. I still cannot get over the fortuitous timing of it.

If you’re reading this and think, hang on I would like a custom heirloom quilt made to my specifications, please get in touch!

Lastly, my gratitude to @tuckitin_quilts for the recommendation and for making for this commission possible

[Image descriptions in comments] by @roberta.cummings

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25 days ago

Sock Girl Summer is OVER 🍂
I kept a bag of holey ankle socks in the car and this is what I managed to get patched over the last few months

Repair details: cut patch from another donor sock or similar jersey fabric, leaving edges raw. Apply the patch using a whip stitch and regular sewing thread, worked in a spiral from outer edge to centre. Stitch to either inside or outside as your heart desires

#CarCraftWithRoberta

[image: flat lay photo of a pile of various ankle socks, each with a hand stitched circular contrasting patch sewn to the heel] by @roberta.cummings

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EDIT: Raffle has now closed and the winner has been informed via my email address listed below. Thank you to everyone for entering the raffle and for helping to promote it with shares and engagement ❤️🫵🏻

Together we raised £800 for folks with ME/CFS and ME charities, thank you for making that possible 💙

ME/CFS, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, is a debilitating, multi-system neuro immune disease that affects every system in the body. It is a deeply misunderstood, stigmatised and underfunded condition and there is currently no cure.

People with Long Covid symptoms often meet the diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS, so the numbers of people with this disease have skyrocketed in the last six years

How to enter💙
Make a direct donation of £5 of more to one of the mutual aid funds for individuals with ME listed in my story highlight “ME/CFS quilt raffle donation links” OR make a donation to one of the three charities listed below, also linked in my story highlight. Screenshot the donation receipt and email it to my dedicated quilt raffle email: moonofbethlehemquilt@gmail.com
£5 is one entry to the raffle, £10 is two entries etc

If you have a different fund you’d like to support, please dm me and I will add it to the highlight.

If you would prefer to donate to a larger organisation, these three are highly recommended 💙

@openmedf
@meresearchuk
25% M.E. Group

About the quilt💙
The lap quilt measures 127x152cm (50x60”)

It is mostly made from secondhand cottons and linens with a few pieces of satin and poly cotton sprinkled throughout. The backing is a soft cotton bedsheet with a middle layer of cotton wadding. It has been machine pieced, quilted and bound. The quilt is machine washable and can be tumble dried.

About the raffle💙
Raffle will close at 6pm BST on Sunday 9th August.
Open worldwide, but if the winner is outside the UK I may ask for a contribution towards shipping costs. All raffle correspondence will only come from @roberta.cummings or the email above

Thank you 💙 by @roberta.cummings

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