English Paper Piecing workshop with E L West

Join artist E L West for an English Paper Piecing quilting workshop at the Museum of Oxford!

This will be an opportunity to try your hand at traditional and non-traditional English Paper Piecing, learning how to draft and hand sew a quilt topper. If you have any scrap fabric, please bring it along to use in your designs! Recycled and reclaimed fabric from the artist’s stash will also be provided.

During the workshop, you will be able to make a piece to take home, and also contribute to the community quilt E West is working on as part of our exhibition “Our Oxford: 50 Years, 50 Stories”. All are welcome to take part in this creative project!

This is a free event, but please secure your place by booking a ticket. There are 20 places available.

About our 50th anniversary project and the community quilt

To celebrate the Museum of Oxford’s 50th anniversary in 2025, we are collaborating with groups and individuals across the city to bring together 50 new community stories. We are celebrating and holding space for diverse memories and experiences to create a vibrant community-woven archive that represents Oxford in 2025.

As part of this community project and temporary exhibition, artist E West has been commissioned by the Museum to create a quilt that represents each of the 50 stories. The unfinished evolving quilt is currently on display at the Museum of Oxford between 26 April 2025 – 3 January 2026 as part of the “Our Oxford: 50 Years, 50 Stories” temporary exhibition. The quilt that E West creates will then be a part of the Museum’s collection and permanently on display from 2026 onwards.

Artist bio

E L West (they/them) is a Disabled & non-binary visual artist who explores identity through an interdisciplinary practice. They graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2019 and now live and work in Oxfordshire. E West often uses textiles in their practice, and in 2021 they were commissioned by the Rebel Dykes to create a quilt responding to the Greenham Common archive.

Website: ewestartist.co.uk

Instagram: @tepidpaper

Access at the Museum

There is step-free, level entry access to the Town Hall via the entrance closest to Carfax (to the left of the main steps as you face the Town Hall). Inside the Museum, Museum Makers is accessible via a platform lift to the Galleries and then a second lift to the basement level.

Accessible toilets are available in the Museum basement level and in the Town Hall on the ground floor, before entering the Museum. Please contact the Museum team if you’d like to talk to a member of staff about your access requirements. Further access information can be found on our website: https://museumofoxford.org/plan-your-visit/access

Photo consent

Please be aware that photographs will be taken at this event for use in marketing. If you (or a member of your group) would prefer not to be photographed, please let a member of staff know during the event.

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