February Meeting Recap

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To begin, Happy Valentines Day!

We had a great meeting today! Moya from Patchwork Plus was our shop for the meeting. Jane started off with a few announcements which included a request for members to join the committee in April, as only two members are continuing on.

Mary O’Conner briefly spoke about Quilts for Crumlin, hoping to reintroduce it as a charity our branch can focus on. Quilts for Crumlin gives quilts to seriously ill children aged 0-17in hopes to provide comfort to them during a challenging time. Ms. O’Conner challenges our members to create any sized quilt and show and donate it at our June meeting.

Erin then debuted the Block of the Month Quilt:

It features sashing, diamond cornerstones, and two borders! Watch our blog in the next week for the directions to complete your Block of the Month quilt!

Arlene Shawcross then did her presentation, “Stitch to Enrich” which featured these beautiful works from various artists:

Thank you Arlene for your amazing presentation!

We then had an inspiring show and tell!

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Enjoy some snapshots from the meeting:

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Our next meeting is March 12, 2016! We hope to see you there!

Arlene Shawcross Workshop CANCELLED

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Unfortunately, we need to cancel our workshop scheduled for tomorrow, March 14th. Ms. Shawcross is ill, and will be unable to teach. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Meeting this Saturday, March 14th!

On March 9, 2015August 21, 2015 By corkipsIn Letter from the ChairLeave a comment

From our chair, Jane Horner:

Dear members

Can it be meeting time already? How time flies when you’re enjoying yourself. There is a plethora of really interesting workshops and classes for all of us at the moment. We hope we can compete with a tempting meeting next Saturday 14th March at 10 am in the Sacred Heart Hall. But there is no meeting without you! So see you on…….

SATURDAY 14th MARCH at 10 am.

Meeting

Our SHOP will be Maeve Meany of the Limerick Quilt Centre

Our SPEAKER will be Arlene Shawcross, who will give a talk about her own work and hand stitching and embellishment – leading into her afternoon workshop “Stitch to Enrich”

There will be our usual SHOW AND TELL – please log your quilts with Eilish.

We will have our RAFFLE

Erin will demonstrate the second instalment of the 2015 BLOCK OF THE MONTH

Please Note : at the time of sending this email there is only one place left on our afternoon workshop with Arlene Shawcross. Congrats to those who are signed up. We will be sending out copies of the bring list this week – apologies if you already have one.

Notices and Upcoming Events

Executive : Applications are requested for the posts of International Representative and Crafts Council of Ireland Representative by 31st March to IPS Secretary, PO Box 45, Blackrock, Dublin. Details in the Newsletter.

Hands Across the Border Exhibition, ‘Reflections’. Details and application form in Autumn Newsletter. Note : These need to go up to Dublin by the 21st March so if you have an entry for this bring it along on to the meeting on 14th March.

European Quilt Association Exhibition at Festival of Quilts 2015, “MUSIC… with a touch of red”. Details and application form in the Autumn Newsletter.

April 11th Meeting : Southern Branch AGM. Speaker Sandra Jansen on “Improvisational Piecing”
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 will be available at the March meeting.

Arlene Shawcross Workshop, March 14

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After our March 14th meeting, a workshop is being taught by Arlene Shawcross entitled “Stitch to Enrich”

Background of Ms. Shawcross

Ms. Shawcross has exhibited widely in Ireland and in the U.K. She was awarded the Mairin O’Brien Flegg Memorial Award for contemporary embroidery from the RDS in 2011. She is a member of the Cork Textile network, Society of Designer Craftsmen in the U.K., the Textile Society and the Irish Patchwork Society.

She states “I work mostly using the technique of free-machine embroidery often stitching onto a soluble background which is later dissolved away to create a lace-like effect, or I combine my stitching with my own hand-dyed silks and velvets. I create individual wall pieces, garments and accessories. I teach workshops in free-machine embroidery and related textile techniques and enjoy working to commission.”

Workshop Information

Cost is €15 – A bargain!

You’ll be using hand sewing to work on some practice pieces to learn new techniques to combine color and textures. The workshop will happen after the general meeting. The pictures included in the post are examples of what you’ll learn! Come join us on March 14th!

What a Meeting!

On February 14, 2015August 21, 2015 By corkipsIn Meeting Recap, Workshop1 Comment

Wasn’t that a great meeting we had today?

Our block of the month project was debuted, stay tuned to the blog for another post about it.

Here’s some of the photos from our amazing Show and Tell. Aren’t these projects inspirational?!

Don’t be shy about bringing your projects to share with the group, we love seeing everything!

Are you interested in learning more about hand sewing? Arlene Shawcross will be presenting a workshop after our next meeting. Stay tuned for another blog post with more details! Cost is €15, first come first served. There’s only about 7 spots left!