The Jessie Chorley Friendship Quilt Project, Version Two

Welcome to my second Friendship Quilt Project. This design follows on from my original Friendship Quilt Project, which I launched in 2017. Once again this project celebrates two of my favourite techniques, hand stitching and fine needle-turned appliqué. I hope that you too can find joy in the process of slow stitching and making marks with your needles, threads and fabrics to create your own unique stitched story. Your work could become a precious family heirloom or serve as a gift for a loved one, perhaps to mark a memorable date or event.

My Friendship Quilt projects are a key part of the work that I do as a social embroidery artist. They are designed from the heart to celebrate the lasting friendships that can be created from a mutual love of embroidery and crafting things with others, taking inspiration from traditional sewing bees and crafting circles that have always thrived within communities worldwide. You may enjoy working solo on this project, or you could work with a beloved family member or friend, or perhaps form your own small group of like-minded stitchers.

My goal with this project is to encourage the freestyle approach to embroidery and simple patchwork techniques that I employ in creating my own work. So I suggest you approach it as a peaceful, explorative experience, while embracing new techniques inspired by the illustrations of my original version.

The Design
My overall design and inspiration for this slow-stitch project is based on a traditional coverlet. A coverlet is a thin quilt or a two-layered covering without a thick middle layer. Many different techniques are used when constructing coverlets, quilts and patchwork panels, all of them deeply embedded in history. Please note, however, that although this project celebrates and takes inspiration from traditional quilting and patchwork techniques, it is very much based around my unique and very freestyle approach to patching, celebrating the joy of piecing fabrics together by hand to create a one-off decorative panel. Note also that my version of this project measures approximately 35 cm x 60 cm. But feel free to let your story and your imagination wander and make something much larger – or maybe something much smaller.

Keeping in Touch
Living at a great distance may make it difficult for you to attend a masterclass with me in person, but with this project I hope you will feel a part of my life as a maker and that you will also become part of the growing stitching and patching circle that this project continues to push forward.

There will also be opportunities to exhibit your version of this project with me, during bespoke events and competitions. Therefore please keep in touch with me via my Instagram
(@jessiechorley); you can keep me updated on your progress by tagging me in your posts. You can also email me images and technical questions via my website.

Each kit will contain:

*Five hand-printed templates/patches

*Stranded embroidery floss in a selection of x 5 shades

*Assssorted fabric scraps

*A cotton base fabric

*A full colour printed booklet of instructions 

*A printed instruction card of my favourite stitch types

*A printed cotton project bag

The above items, will come tucked inside a printed 100% cotton project bag, so you can carry your ongoing stitching, and patching project around with you.


This slow stitch kit can be viewed and purchased directly
from my online shop, via the link below.

The Jessie Chorley Friendship Quilt Project

This new Friendship Quilt kit will launch on 1st-November-2022.

You can pre-order this new kit today via the link below:

Welcome to my second Friendship Quilt Project. This design follows on from my original Friendship Quilt Project, which I launched in 2017. Once again this project celebrates two of my favourite techniques, hand stitching and fine needle-turned appliqué. I hope that you too can find joy in the process of slow stitching and making marks with your needles, threads and fabrics to create your own unique stitched story. Your work could become a precious family heirloom or serve as a gift for a loved one, perhaps to mark a memorable date or event.

My Friendship Quilt projects are a key part of the work that I do as a social embroidery artist. They are designed from the heart to celebrate the lasting friendships that can be created from a mutual love of embroidery and crafting things with others, taking inspiration from traditional sewing bees and crafting circles that have always thrived within communities worldwide. You may enjoy working solo on this project, or you could work with a beloved family member or friend, or perhaps form your own small group of like-minded stitchers.

My goal with this project is to encourage the freestyle approach to embroidery and simple patchwork techniques that I employ in creating my own work. So I suggest you approach it as a peaceful, explorative experience, while embracing new techniques inspired by the illustrations of my original version.

Living at a great distance may make it difficult for you to attend a masterclass with me in person, but with this project I hope you will feel a part of my life as a maker and that you will also become part of the growing stitching and patching circle that this project continues to push forward.

Thank you for joining my ongoing Friendship Quilt Project. I hope that you enjoy your personal journey, knowing others are doing the same in many different corners of this world, either solo or in small friendship groups. There will also be opportunities to exhibit your version of this project with me, during bespoke events and competitions. Therefore please keep in touch with me via my Instagram

(@jessiechorley); you can keep me updated on your progress by tagging me in your posts. You can also email me images and technical questions via my website.