IPS Southern Branch met on 13 May, with main speaker Moya Geraghty on “Big Prints and how to use them,” the Sewing Shed shop in attendance and a great show and tell from our members. Erin, our outgoing chair, presented the latest block of the month and was in turn presented with a quilt made by members of Southern Branch in gratitude for her work for the branch during her time in Cork. 40 shades of green to take back to the USA!
Hazel Armstrong brought a display of the items she makes for “Days for Girls” – a day in June is being organised, come to sew, or donate the makings. Contact Mary O Regan for more information (see separate post about this).
Announcements:
2 June, 2017: Deadline for River of Dreams show. Any baby quilts shown can then be donated for Henry Bear Quilts. Further details and entry form here.
17 & 18 June, 2017: Lismore Quilts – Quilts in the Cathedral (more information here)
Month of June, 2017: Exhibition of Current “and Older” Patchwork Quilts by Christine M. Sawyer in Fermoy Library
On Big Prints:
- Let the big print tell you what colours to use – and use the print for the centre or the border
- Slash and lattice the big print
- Combine with small prints in a disappearing nine-patch
Gallery of Big Print Quilts:
Show and Tell: 7 members brought work to show
Reminder: June meeting is 10 June, 10:00 – 13:00 at Sacred Heart,
Southern Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society 