Are you interested in submitting for this show?
Find the application form here:
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Submissions are due by September 22, 2015.
Author: corkips
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
Don’t Forget about our Pinterest Website!
Stuck in a rut with your quilting? Did you enjoy making the block from the block of the month?
Don’t forget to check out our Pinterest website! We’ve got boards over there for each of our Blocks of the Month, and of our recent demonstrations/speakers!
I’ve spent some time this morning finding some tutorials about improvisational piecing if you were inspired by Sandra Jensen’s talk at the last meeting! 
And look at all these interesting quilts using April’s Block!
Let us know if you’d like to see anything else on the Pinterest website!
April Meeting Recap
Today was our April meeting, as well as our AGM. What a meeting!
Our AGM started with our Chair’s report, where Jane recapped the past year, and thanked the members that gave her assistance through the year.
Next, Tracy read the minutes of the previous AGM, and then Eilis gave her treasurer’s report.
At this meeting, it was announced that Eilis would step down as treasurer and Olivia would step down as Branch representative. Volunteers were requested to join the committee this year, as next year 4 members of the committee would be stepping down. See Jane or any other members of the committee if you’re interested in volunteering!
Motions that passed included increasing the fee at the door in order for us to cover room rental fees and a motion to present to the Executive AGM focusing on education for branches.
Once all the business was completed, we had our Show and Tell! How about these quilts!
Next, Sandra Jansen gave a talk on her quilting history and improvisational piecing. Below is a slideshow of her work she showed the group!
Due to the length of the meeting, the Block of the Month instruction was delayed until next month, where we’ll be having a social meeting. Be sure to work on your nearly finished quilts to bring to the Show and Tell. We’re hoping it will be the biggest Show and Tell of the year!
Next Meeting, April 11th!
From our chair:
Dear members
Happy Easter!
We are gearing up for next meeting on SATURDAY 11th APRIL at 10 am. Please do not let the fact that this is also our AGM fool you into thinking that this meeting will be less than fun! It still has lots to offer with a Speaker, Block of the month, Raffle and more! – see below. And don’t forget to sign up for the Irene MacWilliams workshop(s) in June; spaces are limited and filling up fast.
Two of our committee members have served their term and we would love to welcome new members onto the committee – no pressure! – we’re a lovely bunch and the more the merrier.
We have been so fortunate this month with many courses, workshops and weekends away in the Cork ‘Quiltiverse’, that I hope we have lots to Show and Tell! If, God forbid, any of these masterpieces are not quite finished, panic not….we are having a ‘Social Meeting’ in May with extended Show and Tell.
Meeting
Our SHOP will be Moya Geraghty of Patchwork Plus
This month is our AGM. This will only be part of the meeting, so please do come along. Anyone wishing to stand for the committee, or nominate someone to stand will be most welcome.
Our SPEAKER will be Sandra Jansen, who will give a talk on Improvisational Piecing
Erin will demonstrate the third instalment of the BLOCK OF THE MONTH
There will be our usual SHOW AND TELL – please log your quilts with Eilish.
We will have our RAFFLE
As usual we can all help ourselves to tea and coffee – please put away your own mugs……oh yes, and bring cake!
Notices and Upcoming Events
- European Quilt Association Exhibition at Festival of Quilts 2015, “MUSIC… with a touch of red”. Details and application form in the Autumn Newsletter.
- May 9th Meeting : Social Meeting
- June 13th Meeting : Irene MacWilliam comes to the Southern Branch! Irene will be our speaker in June and will also be giving not ONE but TWO workshops that weekend. Information and signup sheets available at the meeting.
- Summer Challenge will be unveiled at the May meeting…watch this space!
I say this every month, but without you the meeting would not happen, so do come along. See you on Saturday! Jane Horner
March Block of the Month
At our March meeting, we debuted the second block for the Block of the Month project, the Churn Dash!
In this photo you can see examples of two of the blocks we’ve debuted, the Rail Fence and the Churn Dash.
In six months, we’ll be posting the directions for making the blocks, so be on the lookout in September!
Southern Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society 