​The Mere Kats
Quiltfest 2022
The Mere Kats are a group of quilting friends who get together at the NEC each year for the Festival of Quilts.
In 2009, following their first visit to that year's show they got together and talked about what they'd seen at the show. It was agreed that there was a surfeit of jelly rolls, both used in quilts and for sale and this sparked them off on an adventure which became an annual event.  The group has a different group name for each quilt allowing for anonymity when submitting quilts for exhibition. 
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2010 Beyond the Jelly Roll
​by The Roll-Ons                                                                                                                                    64" x 40"
Forward Roll by Dilys Fronks
Spring Roll by Jenny Mann
Electoral Roll
​by Marion Barlow
Fig Roll 
​by Jennifer Ellis
Bog Roll 
by Sue Horder
Swiss Roll
by Liz Pedley
Sausage Roll
by Jackie Wigelsworth 
Jewellery Roll
​by Barbara Harrison
2011 comparethequiltdotcom
​by The Mere Kats                                                                                                                                                           64" x 40"
Jenny
​Mann
Sue
​Horder
Barbara Harrison
Dilys Fronks
Liz
​Pedley
Jackie Wigelsworth
Marion Barlow
Jennifer
​Ellis
2012 The Quilters' Games
by The Dumb Belles                                                                                                                                                      74" x 44"
Tossing the Iron
by Dilys Fronks
Synchronised Sewing
by Jenny Mann 
Quilters' Team Pursuit
by Marion Barlow
Rotary Relay 
by Liz Pedley
Quilters Bolt
by Jackie Wigelsworth
Parallel Bras
by Barbara Harrison
Quilt Show Jumping 
by Sue Horder
Tacking Around the Needles
by Jennifer Ellis 
2013 Petal Mania
by The Elderflowers                                                                                                                              61" x 47"
Sue Horder
Dilys Fronks
​Jenny Mann
Barbara Harrison
Janice Bebb
​Liz Pedley
Marion Barlow
Jennifer Ellis
Jackie Wigelsworth
2014 Q For Quilters
​by Les Q-ers                                                                                                              two panels each 93" x 39.5"
Jenny Mann
Sue Horder
Janice Bebb
Liz
​Pedley
Jackie Wigelsworth
Barbara Harrison
Dilys Fronks
Jennifer Ellis
Marion Barlow
2015 Show Stoppers
​by The Exhibitionists                                                                                                70" x 70"
   Janice Bebb
Liz Pedley
   Marion Barlow
   Sue Horder
Jackie Wigelsworth
​    Jennifer Ellis
   Dilys Fronks
Barbara Harrison
    Jenny Mann
2016 A Quilters' Tail
​by Shakesmeer                                                                                                                             50" x 61.5"
​Dilys Fronks
Sue Horder
Jackie Wigelsworth
    Marion Barlow
Dilys Fronks
Jennifer Ellis
Janice Bebb
Liz Pedley
Barbara Harrison
2017 Arabesque
​by The Line Dancers                                                                                                                        54" x 59"
Marion Barlow, Janice Bebb, Jennifer Ellis, Dilys Fronks, Barbara Harrison,
Jenny Mann, Liz Pedley and Jackie Wigelsworth
2018 Mere Men
by Ladies in Stitches                                                                                                           49" x 90"
Cave Man
by Jennifer Ellis
Egyptian Man 
by Jackie Wigelsworth 
Greek  Man 
​by Liz Pedley 
Roman Man
​by Barbara Harrison
Viking Man
by Janice Bebb
Norman Man
​by Dilys Fronks
Tudor Man
​by Jenny Mann
Industrial Man
by Sue Horder
Modern Man
​by Marion Barlow
2019 Hot Stuff
​by The Mood Swingers                                                                                                                  59" x 59"
clockwise from top right
Jackie Wigelsworth, Liz Pedley, Sue Horder, Marion Barlow, Janice Bebb, Barbara Harrison, Dilys Fronks and Jenny Mann