Be sure to pop into the patchwork exhibition in the Courtyard Gallery, Midleton before the 9th June to see a great display of quilts by local quilters.
The official opening is Saturday 30th May 2.30pm. See you there!
Month: May 2015
DEADLINE EXTENDED for Showing at River of Dreams Exhibition
The 10th Annual River of Dreams exhibition will run from the 19th of June through the 26th of June and will be held in the Limerick School of Art & Design Gallery. The deadline for quilts has been moved from Friday May 29th to the 2nd of June to allow for the Bank Holiday. If you have a quilt you wish to enter in the exhibition, please download the River of Dreams entry form.
Thread Song Textile exhibition at Knitting and Stitching Show in November
Are you interested in submitting for this show?
Find the application form here:
Thread-Song-Application-Form2-1
Submissions are due by September 22, 2015.
More Exhibition Information
Another one of the exhibitions we’ve gotten some information on to you is for the Modern Quilters Ireland “Happiness” Exhibition.
It will be held in Dublin the May 25 – June 26 at St Patrick’s Hospital on St James’s Street. It is just a 5 minute walk from Heuston Station with parking available. Be sure to attend the launch event on June 4th at 4pm!
Exhibition Information
We’ve gotten some information about some upcoming exhibitions we’d love to share with you. First is the exhibition on Movement in Limerick from June 2nd to 13th. Below is the poster:
Please share on your blogs and other social media sites so we can let everyone know about it!
April Block of the Month
Our April AGM ran over, and the run through of the April block of the month was postponed until our May meeting.
Here’s the debut on the blog, the Snail Trail block!
It looks great in two colors:
Or four colors:
Tracy is working on her block of the month in Christmas fabrics:
Don’t they all look fun together? Don’t forget to check out the inspiration on our Pinterest site!
May 9th Social Meeting
Well, it was our second to last meeting before the summer break, and we chose to use this meeting more as a social meeting, with an extended show and tell! And what a show and Tell it was!
Some links for projects/tools/techniques discussed during Show and Tell:
One Hour Basket
Falling Charms
Missouri Star Quilt Company
Jaybird Quilts
Sidekick Ruler
Please comment below if there’s a link that was missed!
Anne Marie Hobbs from the Kilbora Quilt Shop was our shop and speaker. She showed some amazing examples of her work! Find her on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
What an amazing meeting! I hope you enjoyed it as much as everyone else did!
Our next meeting is June 13, 2015– the last meeting before the summer break. We’ll be announcing our summer challenge, and it will be our Irene MacWilliam weekend!
May 9th Meeting
Letter from the chair of the Southern branch of the Irish Patchwork Society
Dear members,
I hope you have all had a productive month and made the most of the very mixed weather. I feel guilty being out on Sunny days but it is soon made up for on the wet ones.
Following the AGM, the new committee is as follows;
Jane Horner -chair.
Tracy Wardle- secretary
Ann Prendagast- treasurer
Erin Case- PRO, Ed rep
Collette Carey- Membership Sec
Olivia O’Sullivan- exec rep
Thank you again to Eilish who gave a brilliant handover. If anyone is willing to serve on the committee, please contact a committee member.
Please note the following;
~The door payment for each meeting will increase to €4 for paid up members and €8 for guests.
~Any stalls, works for charity or items for display must be discussed at a meeting of the committee.
May’s meeting will be on SATURDAY 9th MAY at 10am We have called it a SOCIAL MEETING, we aim to give folks more time to chat and welcome the many new members we have. This will be a day for some ‘Social quilting’ so bring along whatever handwork project you’re working on. We also intend to have a bit more time for SHOW AND TELL this month and give your brilliant quilts their proper accolade. So bring them on!!!!
BOM – as we ran out of time for this last month , Erin will give us a catch up, can you believe it’s MONTH 4 already?
Killbora Quilt Shoppe and Ann Marie Hobbs will give a TALK on her quilting journey.
There will be the usual RAFFLE,
TEA & COFFEE will be provided but the cakes and biscuits are dependent on your generosity, and you have never let us down yet!
I do hope you are all watching Facebook, Erin does a great job in keeping us abreast of all the forthcoming events
PHEW! After all that…….. See you SATURDAY
Jane Horner
Chair
Southern Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society 