Please note that this meeting is on the third Saturday of the Month.
We meet on Saturday 17 October at Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork. If you signed up for the Quilt Ireland Southern Branch “walk and talk” that will be held on 23 October, and you are not intending to attend in person, please bring your quilt and blurb for Frances.
We will be hosting a Sit & Sew in the afternoon, all welcome and ideal if your machine is in for servicing.
Date: Saturday 17 October 2026
Venue: Sacred Heart Church Hall, Western Road, Cork
Door Opens: 10am
Door fee (usually for members: €4, Door fee for non-members: €8) – waived for the Open Meeting
Speaker: 5 demonstrators showing various skills and techniques throughout the meeting
Our October meeting is coming up this Saturday 8th October and it’s a packed schedule!
Venue: Sacred Heart Church Hall
Door opens: 10am
Door fee: members €4, non-members: €8 (you are welcome to attend two meetings as a non-member)
Shop: Patchwork Plus
Speaker: Moya Geraghty. “Sure, I haven’t a Notion!” a talk on what’s trending in quilting at the moment, tips and tricks and gadgets, oh my!
Machine Maintenance Q&A: Bring your questions about how best to look after your sewing machine for the lads from the Singer Sewing Centre to answer
Show and Tell: Please bring your creations to inspire us
Coffee and Tea: Provided. Bring along some sweet treats to share
Library: A small selection from the library will be available for your perusal. Don’t forget to return previous borrowings!
Sewing Machine Services by the Singer Sewing Centre Waterford: We are very fortunate to welcome the lads from the Singer Sewing Centre, Waterford to service members’ machines this Saturday. It’s not too late to add your machine to the list!
* Please note, you must be a fully paid up member to avail of this opportunity. Contact us for details.
Sew While You Wait: While we are waiting for our machines to be serviced, we thought it would be a good idea to do a bit of hand sewing together, so do bring along a project to work on.
Please bring along your printed and completed forms to the meeting. Subscription fee is €50 (cash or cheque, if paying at the meeting) Forms will be available at the meeting.
After our sultry summer break it is time to break out the needles and pins again! Our first Branch Meeting of the year is this coming Saturday 10th September.
Venue: Sacred Heart Church Hall
Door open: 10am
Shop: Lismore Quilt Company
Speaker: Lena Pugachova
Show and Tell: Bring along your most recent work for us to coo over
Coffee and Tea: Provided. Bring along some sweet treats to share
Library: A small selection from the library will be available for your perusal
Please note that if you haven’t already renewed or joined online via the website, that you can renew your membership at the meeting. Please bring along your printed and completed forms with the subscription fee of €50 (cash only if paying at the meeting). Forms will also be available at the meeting.
We welcome Lena Pugachova to our first meeting of the year. Lena will be our speaker and is also giving a workshop on Improv Curved Piecing in the afternoon. Workshop was full as of June 2022 but enquiries can be made via our email corkips@gmail.com.
This Saturday, 11 June, we will hold our last meeting before the summer break:
Door open: 10 AM (Sacred Heart Church) Shop: Patchwork Plus Speaker: Heidi Krug-Wischniewski Show & Tell: Bring your creative works to share!!! Coffee & Tea: Provided, bring any biscuits/ cakes to share Library: We hope to have the library back in action
Also, sign up for a workshop with Lena Pugachova in September (see your email for details) or sign up your machine for a spa day (=service) in October with John O’Donnell.
Don’t miss our AGM this month, it has been too long…! We will meet this Saturday, May 14, from 10 AM, in the hall of the Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork.
Members, see your email inbox for details, agenda and plans for this meeting.
And don’t forget to bring your wonderful Show & Tell items!! Tea and coffee will be available, we’ll have something to go with it of course as well.
Tomorrow, Saturday March 12, we hope to welcome you all at our usual venue, the hall behind the Sacred Heart church, from 10 AM.
Our speaker will be MaryAnn Brown. If you are not familiar with her work, have a look at the Winter 2021 Newsletter (issue 157) where the cover shows work from the pyramid workshop she recently gave at An Grianan. She will be speaking on “My Life in Stitch, a Sewer’s Journey”.
Our shop will be Lismore Quilt Co., who will be bringing the usual lovely selection of fabrics and notions, as well as some new stock.
Since there were only a couple of branch members present online last month, we have decided to not offer a zoom option this month.
Also, we are a bit short on committee (wo)man power this month, so bear with us… and lend a hand if you see that we could use it.
Hope to see you all there, don’t forget to bring loads of projects for our Show & Tell!
This Saturday February 12th, we will have our IPS Southern branch meeting. This will be a “hybrid” meeting, so you are welcome to come to the hall at the Sacred Heart Church (our usual venue), or join us online – see your emails for the link.
It looks like we will be able to use the kitchen this time (as well as the toilets!), but please bring your own mug. Alternatively, the coffee shack is at the entrance to the car park.
From 11:00 we will have our speaker, Annie Hogg. She is an enthusiastic speaker with a wide knowledge of inks made from plants and other natural materials. She is sure to inspire any lover of colour (aren’t we all)!
Aine Foley will be bringing her shop, the Lismore Quilt Co.
Bring your items for Show & Tell, too. To make it easier for the committee to remember who showed what, please sign in your show & tell items at the door.
For anyone joining us online, please email your show and tell photos to us in advance of the meeting.
With the new rules in place we will not be checking covid certs, but we recommend you bring a face covering.
We start this Saturday, 8 January, with our first meeting of the year. We have decided to hold the meeting online-only this time.The meeting will start at 9:30, the link has been emailed to our members.
Mary Palmer will be our speaker:
Last spring and early summer quilters throughout Ireland contributed their time and energy toward making the ‘Home’ project a success. Mary will be sharing the story, patterns, and quilts with you this coming Saturday morning. Come join us!
As usual any Show & Tell photos can be sent to us in advance of the meeting. Remember, if you’re not sending any photos, we’ll have nothing to show…
