Located in County Cork
Happy New Year, everyone!
We will have our next meeting this Saturday, 11 January, at the Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork, from 10 am.
Shop: Appletree Crafts
Speaker: Helen O’Shea – “Pathways in Textiles”
Show & Tell: Show us what you’ve been making recently
We will also have John O’Donnell from the Waterford Sewing Centre to service machines during the meeting. PLEASE let us know as soon as possible if you want your machine serviced, so John will know what to expect.
Last week a great number of members turned up for our festive Christmas meeting.
First of all we have to say thanks to Ann Prendergast for all her hard work in making the quiz!! It was great fun, and you had many of us stumped at some point! Most of us joined in, and no-one got ALL the questions right… The winners got to share a bundle of fabrics.
The festive raffle kept on giving with a record number of prizes, so we had many winners there, too.
The challenge had about eight entries of wonderful Christmas table items, and the (random) winner received a sewing machine service.
And then a large number of quilts were shown off at our Show & Tell. Many quilts were Christmas themed, as we would expect at this time of year, but many others were shown off, too. And of course, all lovingly made! Some have been sprinkled throughout this post, all can be found below:
Thanks go to Moya for bringing Patchwork Plus to the meeting.
Lastly, thanks to all those that had been baking or buying festive snacks for us to enjoy, to Mai for manning the coffee/tea, to Cora for manning the library, and to the committee for organising the meeting, adding the picture round to the quiz and bringing in the (non-alcoholic) spiced wine to add to the Christmas atmosphere.
Wishing you all a very happy time at Christmas whichever way you will be celebrating this time of year, and we hope to see you all again in the New Year. Our January meeting will be on the 11th.
This Saturday, December 14, we are having our most festive meeting to round off the year. Coming up:
Christmas challenge: Don’t forget to bring your entries for the challenge to the meeting. Anything for your Christmas table qualifies.
And of course, we have a Christmas quiz for us all to enjoy, our talented quiz master Anne Prendergast has been busy these last weeks!
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Our November meeting was very well attended. We welcomed Áine with her lovely selection from The Lismore Quilt Co., below at a quiet moment during our speaker:
After a short introduction from our Chair, we had a great time listening to the stories of Loretta O’Brien from Limerick, and watched as she showed us one amazing quilt after another. Loretta is a long-time quilter who loves to take part in challenges and exhibitions. She often uses appliqué, and is very fond of triangles…
Our Show and Tell had lovely quilts from many of our members:
After the meeting Tracy Wardle hosted a brilliant workshop for about ten of us. She had us all making Christmas decorations using foundation paper piecing. I don’t think anyone finished the six patterns on the day, but several of us made at least three, and we were well instructed how to finish them at home. Tracy even showed us how to make a little pocket on the back for a sweet or chocolate!
Our next meeting will be on 14 December.
This month our meeting will be on 16th November (THIRD Saturday!) at the Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork, from 10 am.
Shop: Lismore Quilt Co. (Áine Foley)
Speaker: Loretta O’Brien – Loretta will be showing her beautiful work
Demo: Frances McCarthy has something to show
Show & Tell: Show us your work
Coffee and tea available, contributions of cake/biscuits or other snacks much appreciated as always!
WORKSHOP
In the afternoon there will be a Christmas workshop with Tracy Wardle. We will be making patchwork ornaments, using FPP techniques. There are still a couple of places, so do contact us as soon as possible if you want a place. We will be sending out a list of requirements to confirm. Cost €20 for members.
If you are doing the workshop, don’t forget to bring some lunch!
MEMBERSHIP
If you haven’t renewed your membership, we will no longer contact you. Also, IPS Newsletters will no longer be sent unless you have paid your membership. So if you want to renew, please do so as soon as possible.
If you have paid your membership by another method than at the Southern Branch, please let us know if you like to keep receiving our email announcements. We will otherwise not know that we can use your details.
IN THE COMING MONTHS:
* December Challenge: Make a table decoration. Any size, any technique. As long as you would put it on your table, it can be entered. A prize will be awarded by random draw, so no reason not to enter!
* December Quiz: We hope to be having our usual quiz master test our quilt-related knowledge at the December meeting.
* Sewing Machine Servicing: We often have John O’Donnell from Waterford Sewing Centre visit our branch in autumn. This year John will be at the branch meeting in January 2020. We will have a sign-up list at our meeting in December, so John knows what machines to expect.
We had a well-attended meeting on the 12th of October, which was our open meeting. As well as many familiar faces, there were a good few visitors, some of whom decided to join the IPS on the day.
Several demos, and a well-stocked shop (thank you, Moya) had us inspired.
Jane Horner amused us with her tales of travelling around the world in a catamaran. Her sewing set-up on board was well organised, and she had many textile-related encounters on the way as well as interesting cultural experiences. She also brought some beautiful Mola work from the San Blas Islands, where they originate.
The Christmas Challenge was announced: Make a Christmas table decoration. Any size, any method. As long as you would have on your Christmas table, it is eligible for the challenge.
Our Show and Tell was fantastic as ever! We finished with the presentation of a bouquet to Mary Palmer to congratulate her on winning three(!!) prizes together with Anne Kiely at the recent Festival of Quilts.
Please note: Our next meeting date has been changed. The November meeting will take place on the 16th.
Our 2019 Christmas challenge is: Make a Christmas table decoration.
any size, any colour, any technique – if you’d have it on your table at Christmas, then that’s what we want to see!
(it could be a place mat, a table runner, a 3-D ornament, a centrepiece, a Christmas cracker…)
Please bring to the 14 December Christmas meeting.
For ideas…
