Sewing enthusiasts gathered to make quilts for the victims and first responders involved in the Grenfell Tower fire.

More than a dozen people visited the quilting bee at Quilting for You in the Studley Grange Craft Village on Saturday to donate piles of material and spend a few hours sewing quilts to give to those affected by the terrible blaze.

Organiser Dawn Bradfield from Haydon Wick hailed the day as a success.

She said: "It's been excellent, we've had a marvellous response and it's been quite busy all through the day.

"It's well-exceeded my expectations and it's been a hell of a lot of fun.

"We have 10 quilts ready to go, we've had 15 people come in for a couple of hours each and some of them have taken one quilt home to finish, so hopefully we will send 20 altogether."

Terry Barrow from Faringdon explained how the quilting bee had been therapeutic for her.

She said: "I've been here all day, there's a lot of things we can do to help so we do what we can.

"It's the first time I've sewed since my father died so it also helps from that point of view.

"The people who receive the quilts and the people who make them all get something out of it."

Rosie Epton-Peter came up from Salisbury to take part in the event.

She said: "We might as well use our sewing to give somebody some comfort and there's a real sense of camaraderie with all of us working together to help those in need."

The quilts are being sent to London as part of a nationwide effort to help those affected by the disaster.

Around 80 people were killed in the inferno, with 255 escaping the tower block in which 350 people lived, and 14 residents were not in the high-rise at the time of the fire.