We forgot to let you know that we’ll also be including our awesome Show and Tell in the January meeting.
If you’re feeling so inclined, bring your first quilt to show off! I bet the newer quilters in the group would love to see where everyone started!
Happy New Year!
I do hope the floods have not affected too many of you, although I know from experience how worrying it all is .
To brighten and cheer, our next meeting will be on
At Sacred Heart Church Hall Western Rd CORK
10am start.
We thankfully have an increasing number of new members, and to this end we will be having a table of BACK TO BASICS, to include list of term, samples of sizes of fabric, (fat quarters, long quarters etc) cutters & notions to try out. We realise that some of our members have forgotten more than we will ever know about quilting, but we have to keep this wonderful, addictive, ever changing, skilful hobby alive for the future!
Shop. – Apple Tree Quilts
Talk. – Sinead from Apple Tree Crafts
Raffle
BOM –Erin will again professionally demonstrate this months block. I can only tell you it involves foundation paper piecing.
SWAP YOUR STASH – This is a new idea to kick start the New Year. Simply fill a 3 litre bag( medium sized plastic bag) with the minimum of 1 yard of scraps, no smaller that a 5 inch charm square please.
Put a bag in …. Take a bag home
Tea & coffee provided but the cakes & goodies depend on your generosity, you have never let us down yet!
Definitely a meeting not to be missed.
Please be prompt. The hall is hired from 0930 to 1330 and it makes it very difficult for the committee if we run late.If you have and comments or suggestions, please feel free to speak to a member of the committee.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Best wishes
Jane
First, the Southern Branch of the IPS would love to wish you and your family a Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Now, to the recap!
Jane started with a few announcements. These included:
Erin then did a recap of the past and current block of the month.
This month’s block is the Flying Dutchman!
The Christmas sale that happened on December 3 went very well! It was announced that nearly €1,500 was raised for ACT! Congratulations ladies.
Next, we had our Show and Tell. Here are some of the projects shared by our members:
Then, Moya showed us an easy little-sew project – a Christmas Wreath!
Thank you Moya for your fantastic demonstration!
Next, the Christmas Challenge winner was announced: Sandra Jansen! Our members were given a few circles of fabric, and were challenged to make anything they wanted, as long as they used at least two of the circles of fabric.
Sandra told us she was inspired at our last meeting where Aine Foley from Lismore Quilts demonstrated a table centre.
Here’s a slideshow of all of the entries. Great job everyone!!
Everyone had a fantastic time with the Table Quiz! Thank you Ann for your hard work in creating it!
On a personal note, I’d like to thank everyone at the meeting for being patient with my boys (and the little bit of noise they created). We had a last minute issue with lack of childcare, and I had to bring my toddler twin boys to the meeting. I did my best to keep them occupied and quiet!
See you at our January meeting on January 9, 2016!
Are we really sure Christmas only comes once a year? Or is it just a vicious rumour started by retailers !?
Anyway, it’s Christmas once again! HoHoHo!
We hope to see lots of you on SATURDAY 12 th DECEMBER 10am Church of Sacred Heart, Western Road, Cork.
As always, we have a busy fun filled programme!
Our shop will be Patchwork Plus and Moya will be giving us a demo of a fabric wreath, no needle or thread required!
The judging of the Christmas Challenge will take place. ANYTHING made from at least 2 of the circles issued last month. All is on the website! Moya will be our judge.
We will be having our usual, Santa Surprise or Bran Tub, as some of us blow ins like to call them. Please spend a maximum of €10. You will be given a raffle ticket on receipt of your gift and gifts will be selected later.
The Show and Tell for this meeting should be full of inspiration from all of your handmade Christmas gifts!
We will be having the fun, difficult & thoughtful QUIZ again the year, written by Ann!
Erin will demonstrate the latest Block of the Month.
We will have our usual RAFFLE.
We are very sad to hear of the passing of Bernadette Falvey.
There are still members who have not paid up their fees from September‐ €40. If you have, please remember to collect your card at the desk.
Cakes and goodies are still required to drink with the free cup of tea or coffee, bring your signature piece to celebrate Christmas! Thank you for your generosity.
We hope to hear of the grand total made at the sale of goods work on 3rd December, well done all!
This all sounds so much, but whatever else you don’t bring…………come yourself!!! WE NEED YOU!
Best wishes, Jane 0879853046
Time to post another set of instructions from our Block of the Month! This month is June’s block, the X-Plus block!
This block has been one of my favourites to construct! Perfect for using scraps!
Take a look at our Pinterest board to see quilts made from this block:
At our November meeting, Jane issued our 2015 Christmas Challenge!
Some fabrics were provided, but don’t worry if you weren’t able to attend the meeting! It will be easy to participate!
Three circles were provided to members cut out of assorted Christmas themed fabrics. Their diameters were 5 inches, 3 inches and 2 inches. Didn’t get any fabric from the meeting? No problem! Just measure some of the objects around your home to use for a template.
Your challenge is to use at least two different sizes of the circles to create any sort of Christmas themed project.
Some ideas include a tree skirt, stocking, mug rug, mini quilt, large quilt, ornament and a table centrepiece.
How about a Santa ornament?
I’ve been scouring Pinterest for our branch to create a board to inspire you!
Find our challenge board here.
Good Luck!
We are very sad to hear of the passing of Rita Kelly.
Rita lived in Kerry and with her small group and was a regular visitor to our branch.
She was bright and gregarious, and everyone who met her enjoyed her strong sense of humour.
She will be sadly missed in the Quilting community of Ireland.
Though our meeting was smaller than usual, my was it mighty!!
Our shop was Lismore Quilt Company. It was their first visit to our meeting!
Jane started the meeting with some announcements. She attended the national AGM in Galway where a new committee was elected, and the motion to start a young people’s IPS was unanimously passed. We’re excited to see what happens!
Our tenth block for the Block of the Month was debuted, the Inverted Star:
Our Christmas Challenge was announced. Jane passed out three different sized circles of fabric to members. Their Christmas Challenge is to include at least two of those circles in your Christmas decoration. More details will be given in a blog post that will come out later in the week.
Next was our Show and Tell.
Sara Wilson showed us her Jane Austin Block of the Month that she participated in:
Sheila Keane showed us her Christmas Decoration using the log cabin block and some ribbon:
Cathy Davies showed us her Owls Quilt:
Kitty Whelan showed us some embroidered cards she made:
After our Show and Tell, we heard from Aine Foley from Lismore Quilts. She inspired us with some Christmas Projects, including Potholders, a Table Centre:
Door hangings:
Lismore Quilts will be having an open day at their shop on the 28th and 29th on November. See their site for more details!
Here’s some more photos from our meeting. Enjoy!
Dear Members,
November is upon us. I love this time of year; I think it’s ages until Christmas and I have loads of time to finish all of last years projects, make all the promised gifts, and make my own Christmas cards. If the last 20 years are anything to go by, very little of this will get done. But I live in hope!
We are still reeling after the wonderful Open Meeting in October. We had 72 visitors and members. Thank you again to everyone who made this possible.
Our next meeting is on SATURDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2015 at 10am.
Aine Foley is bringing her shop from Lismore , and will give us a talk and demonstration.
We will have our usual Raffle, Show & Tell and Block of the Month.
The Christmas Challenge this year gives us plenty of chances to use our imagination.
As our meeting clashes with the Knit & Stitch show in Dublin, we have a very small but enthusiastic committee. We would appreciate any help you can offer to help with tea and setting up etc.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday to enjoy our usual chat ,inspiration and ideas.
With Best Wishes
Jane
It’s time for another block for our Block of the Month to be posted! Here’s May’s Block, the Rolling Stone:
Constructed with strip piecing, and square in a square units, it’s very beginner friendly.
Southern Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society 