Hi all, sorry about September recap failure! Technology is wonderful when we all know how to use it. It was a great meeting for those that missed it! Thanks again to everyone who who helped out with membership, Door and Raffle.
October 13th, Open Meeting.
We had a great turnout for our Open meeting and we had Patchwork Plus as our shop and Moya had a marvelous selection of Christmas fabrics, YES, I said it! Christmas!, have to start now for presents to be finished.!
We had Tina Sullivan Hawkes doing a Demonstration on Christmas paper pieced Brooch, Panels and a three layers stand alone Christmas tree when stuffed!
We also had Rebecca Farr and Rob Hyde showing us CPR. It was a refresher for some or if you were like me, a great Lesson in what to do in an emergency.
CPR Demo with Rebecca and RobRebecca showing us how to do the compressions
We then had the Pin Pals give a Show and Tell of our Secret Round Robin which we started last September (2017) and just had finished in late August 2018!
After that our Branch Show and Tell, Fantastic as always Ladies.
Siobhan’s Round RobinMary O’Regans Round RobinMary Hynes Round Robin
Siobhan’s piece from Heidi’s workshopFinnoulas Minnie Mouse QuiltMaryHeidi’s pieceHeidi’s split 9 patchCoraCora’s beautiful log cabinMairead’s donated hexi quilt which she finishedJoan’s first QuiltJoan’s 2nd Quilt!Moya’s fab Quilt
Well, what a wonderful win and Congratulations to Mary Palmer in Birmingham in the Modern Quilt Category.
There was a strong contingent of Southern Branch Members on the plane to Birmingham Saturday morning and all delighted to see this fantastic Quilt in the winners circle!
Our meeting this month was smaller than usual as who could blame anyone for not wanting to be indoors with the fantastic weather.
Firstly, Congratulations to Sheila Devereux as her Quilt has been picked to represent Ireland at the Festival of Quilts in Bermingham! Well done!
Our shop was Moya with Patchwork Plus and our guest speaker was Artist Mary Murphy from Carrigaline, a lady who can turn her hand to anything! She gave a fantastic presentation about her beginnings and her work to date. We are hoping to have her do a workshop in the future as so many were interested. Watch this space!
We also had Ruth Burke our Executive chair giving a Demonstration on navigating the website and utilizing the information it provides for us as members.
We presented our outgoing representative, Joanna Harrington with a standard Rose. She has been a fantastic representative and Committee member, always ready to help out with anything that should arise with a cool, calm and collected head! And ❤.
Heidi Wischniewski’s workshop for September was filled on the day with a waiting list. I’m pretty sure we might be able to organize another one if Heidi can accommodate us!
Our Summer Challenge is “Wild Atlantic Way” . No restrictions, any size, color,shape!
Our next meeting will be Saturday 15th.
The Limerick Quilt Centre will be our shop and Mary Palmer will be our guest speaker.
Also, those doing the workshop, don’t forget to be gathering your bits and pieces and trimmings for the workshop!
Enjoy your Summer,
Hope to see you in September, Assumpta
Mary MurphyMary MurphyRuth Burke explaining the websiteFinnoulas tea wall hangingFinnoulas earlyVery early!Susan GardeSusan’s been busy!Jane and her “easy Bargello!”Sheila with her cross stitch quilt!Cathy with her fabulous vehicle QuiltSandra’s Fantastic self portrait!Tracy’s beautiful wedding ring quiltTina’s lovely quiltMary’s hoping for a girl!Mary’s BOMMoya’s 3 size blockSheila’s BOM QuiltMary, Assumpta (with Siobhan’s doll too) and Tracy . Nicki Foley’s workshop in May
We were delighted to have about 18 members of the South Midlands Branch come visit us this month. It was Fantastic to see so many come and a few of the Ladies stayed for Nicki Foley’s workshop after the meeting while the rest went into town shopping. I hope that they enjoyed their day out!
The Sewing Shed with Nicki Foley was our Shop on the day with a fabulous selection as usual.
Our Speaker was Ann O’Rafferty and she was fantastic! Her Appliqué work is second to none and we were all inspired by her work and amount of Quilts she produced on the day.
They treated us with a Fantastic Show and Tell, introduced by Eileen Shortis their Chair. We then had our own and all fantastic as usual.
When: May 12, 2018 10am to 1pm
Where: Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork
Who: Main Speaker Ann O Rafferty with an overview of her work and how she got started. Ann has exhibited her quilts, many featuring marvellous appliqué, within Ireland at national exhibitions and as part of Hands Across the Border.
Shop: The Sewing Shed
Light lunch will be served since there is an afternoon workshop with Nikki Foley, ‘Rag Dolls‘ requirement detailed below:
1/2 yard calico for doll’s body
2 fat quarters for clothing
Scrap fabric for the apron
A ball of wool in a colour that you would like to use for your doll’s hair
Acrylic paint for doll’s shoes and a small soft paintbrush, I will have some with me if you can’t get it.
Ribbon, lace and trims to embellish your rag doll
Normal sewing kit, machine andthreads.
Stuffing
The April meeting was our AGM. Before this there were lovely treats and coffee and we helped Frances to lay out her sparkling quilt blocks that she demoed last month.
There were announcements and the minutes from last year were read and approved. The Treasurer’s report was approved. New members were proposed and approved. There was applause for all the hard work of the committee and the fun time had at our Christmas meeting in December.
Once the AGM finished, we had a wonderful show and tell:
Finnoula’s Peter Rabbit quiltSheila’s Tumbling Blocks with stars
Tracy took the image from her larger quilt and made a miniature of it.
Stephanie’s bag
Mai and Anne showed quilts made with the same block and very different results!
Half of the committee will be continuing for 2018-9, and some new members have already volunteered. We encourage all our members to come to this meeting and if you feel able and ready to consider a 1 or 2 year term on the committee then we would love to nominate you! Please note that you cannot serve more than 2 years at a time unless you are co-opted as Chair for a 3rd year.
We had a wonderful day between our Visitors from the Eastern Branch, Limerick Quilt shop and Frances doing a wonderful Demonstration of Mary’s Triangle technique!
As you can see from the photos the Ladies brought an amazing selection for to show us. There was ooh an ahh all round and amazingly passed around for further inspection!
We all wanted to inherit Eilís’s Quilt!Miriam and some of her fantastic work.
Bernadette and some of her fantastic work!Carols amazing Quilt
The Ladies also left us with some samples for us to copy and use in our Library.
A big Thank You to all who bought so much food and made the day so enjoyable. Also apologies for my green hat turning up in so many photos! It was the closest meeting to St. Patrick’s Day so I decided to do my bit😂.
We did change the Agenda of our meeting a bit today and had a break after our visitors Show and Tell for Lunch. I think most still made it back in time for the Rugby Match!
We then had our own Show and Tell and a Fantastic display of work displayed as usual.
The tea Ladies, Siobhan and HilaryTrish and her piece from Joke’s workshopAssumpta and Emma’s Dancing Ribbons!Loved it so much I did a second one!Jane’s rag QuiltFinnoula’s baby QuiltCatherine and her many of her stash QuiltTracy and her beautiful silk projectBer is hiding behind her cushion!Ann’s fabulous colorful quiltAnn showing her Heart ❤Ann and her split 9 patch, cut on the diagonalTina’s baby QuiltTina’s pineapple blocksSheila’s beautiful miniature paper pieced PictureMary’s first Quilt!Carol with her Joke workshop pieceCarol’s piece for Making Waves
As most of you know, myself and five other Ladies are heading to Missouri on the 19th and are just bursting with excitement! We will have loads of news and photos hopefully for our next meeting which will be April 14th which is also our AGM. See you there!
Spring has arrived and I cleaned as I painted!! Of course one room done and showed up the next 😀.
We had the pleasure of having Joke Buurmsa as our Speaker on the day and once we sorted our technical difficulties we were in awe and inspired by Joke and her collection of beautiful work. The detail and precision that went into her Quilts was fantastic to see up close.
She also did a fantastic workshop on Sunday which everyone who attended was delighted with. It was her tree canopy appliqué done in free Quilting or more of a pieced Block.
We then had updates from the Executive and the Fantastic Outreach meeting from Joanna.
Our Show and Tell was next and as always, we were delighted with the turnout of work. Our usual raffle and a big thank you to Moya for the shop and all who helped out on the day.
See you at our next meeting which will be Saturday 10th of March at the Sacred Heart Church Hall from 10am until 1pm.
Limerick Quilt Centre will be the shop and we hope to have a visiting Branch also, ( to be confirmed).
Joke BuurmsaJoke giving her talk on her work
Cathy’s beautiful frog quiltI’m still on Christmas!Samples of the Drunkards pathCatherine’s Drunkards path
Southern Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society 