We’re still trying to catch up on our featured Block of the Month project. Debuted at our May meeting was the Rolling Stone Block!
Utilizing our previously learned skill of strip piecing, we learned the square in a square unit.
Be on the look out in November for the instructions to be posted on our site.
Be sure to check out our Pinterest site for inspiration!
Well, we’ve had our last meeting for the summer! I hope everyone had an amazing time at the meeting. Wasn’t Irene MacWilliam’s talk such an inspiration?
We started the meeting announcing the Summer Challenge: Nametags! We’d love to be welcoming to new members and to be able to know everyone’s names!
Be sure to check out our Pinterest page for inspiration for your nametag. Click on the photo to take you to the board.
We also passed out a special “Southern Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society” tag to include on your nametag. If you weren’t able to get to the meeting and would like to participate, please send an email to corkips AT gmail DOT com. From there, Erin will give you an address to send a self addressed stamped envelope so you can be sent a tag.
The Block of the Month was announced as well, the X-Plus Block!
We’ll be continuing this project over the summer, posting the instructions here on the blog. Be on the lookout in the beginning of July and August.
Irene MacWilliam also gave a retrospective on her work, and brought along samples to share. Here’s a slideshow of some of the works she brought along to show:
Our Show and Tell was also inspiring! Just look at all these projects!
Our next meeting will be September 12th, but keep watching the blog. We’ve got a lot of content planned to give you your patchwork fix! Have a great Summer!
Dear members,
June has finally arrived, and we are coming up to the last meeting before the summer break. Not that we intend to let you rest! We have an exciting summer challenge for you, with a twist!
The B O M will continue o
ver the summer and all instructions will be on Facebook and the blog.
This is THE Irene MacWilliams weekend we have all been so looking forward to all year.
She will be speaking at our meeting on Saturday morning . There is a workshop in the afternoon, and a whole day workshop on Sunday. All places are filled , but everyone will get a chance to meet her on Saturday.
Our shop will be Moya , with Patchwork Plus,
There will be the usual raffle
Erin will be demonstrating Block of the Month number 5.
The summer challenge will be launched
Tea & coffee will be provided, but once again, cakes and biscuits depend on your generosity.
We couldn’t have a meeting without ” show & tell” please bring your gems and leave them at the door with the committee.
As you can see – a fun filled meeting really not to be missed, so please be prompt,
10 AM ON SATURDAY 13th JUNE 2015
Look forward to seeing you there
Best wishes,
Jane
Be sure to pop into the patchwork exhibition in the Courtyard Gallery, Midleton before the 9th June to see a great display of quilts by local quilters.
The official opening is Saturday 30th May 2.30pm. See you there!
The 10th Annual River of Dreams exhibition will run from the 19th of June through the 26th of June and will be held in the Limerick School of Art & Design Gallery. The deadline for quilts has been moved from Friday May 29th to the 2nd of June to allow for the Bank Holiday. If you have a quilt you wish to enter in the exhibition, please download the River of Dreams entry form.
Are you interested in submitting for this show?
Find the application form here:
Thread-Song-Application-Form2-1
Submissions are due by September 22, 2015.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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