Glasgow gathering quilters create River Clyde exhibition at The Tall Ship When they're not perfecting their art or stitching quilts for the sick children of Yorkhill, the quilters put on events to exhibit their collective work. Their latest project, a suitcase collection at The Tall Ship, depicts the quilter's interpretations of Glasgow's famous River Clyde. "Our theme was the Clyde, and it's incredible the imagination people used to interpret that theme," said quilter Maisie McCrae, 67. The stuff is wonderful. The Clyde has something to offer everyone - we had someone stitch a film strip into the quilt, showing that you can swim, sail, fly a kite and canoe on the Clyde if you want to. There are big pieces of wood left down at Bowling, wood that must have at one time been a pier, and people call them the Timberponds. One of the women portrayed the Timberponds in her quilt. There are over 60 members in the Glasgow Gathering of Quilters, a club which brings generations of people together to enjoy their art form. The group were part of 2013's Hampden Park Quilt Project, which saw 5,000 quilts of 40" square made to cover Hampden Park to raise awareness of dementia, before being auctioned off for related charities. Quilting for Yorkhill They also create quilts for children in Yorkhill and for babies staying in the intensive care unit. We create quilts for the baby unit, a quilt the family get to keeps regardless of whether the child survives or not. They put the quilts over the incubators to emulate darkness, as the lights are always on in the hospital at night. When the child gets bigger, they get a bigger quilt. After 10 years of quilting, the Gatherers are still stitching strong - holding workshops, their regular show-and-tell meetings and their charity events and exhibitions. But what attracts these women, from their early twenties upwards, to the art? "Quilting involves working with fabric and bright colours, which is great when it's dull outside in Glasgow," said Maisie. It's really therapeutic and helps your mental well being too.