Happy Birthday Festival of Quilts! 16-19 August * NEC Birmingham UK

2012 is the 10th Birthday of Festival of Quilts and this year's event promises to outdo all the other years with 4 shop till you drop and workshop packed days of quilting bliss. It is the largest quilting event this side of the Atlantic, showcasing over 1,000 quilts and presenting a retrospective of the quilt designer Pauline Burbridge - pictured above. For more details, course schedules and to buy discounted advance tickets, click here.