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June Meeting Recap

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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.

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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.

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The Block of the Month was announced as well, the X-Plus Block!

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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:

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Our Show and Tell was also inspiring!  Just look at all these projects!

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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!

May 9th Social Meeting

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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!

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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.

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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!

April Meeting Recap

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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!

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Next, Sandra Jansen gave a talk on her quilting history and improvisational piecing.  Below is a slideshow of her work she showed the group!

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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!

What a turnout at today’s meeting!

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What a fantastic turnout we had at today’s meeting.

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We started out with announcements and then moved on to Show and Tell.  And the show and tell?  How inspiring are these quilts?

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Well done ladies!  Fantastic work!

We then moved on to the Block of the Month project, debuting our Churn Dash block.

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Due to the fact that our speaker had the flu, several of our members stepped up and provided demonstrations.

There was a tissue packet demo:

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And a Japanese Rice Bag demonstration.

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You can find the handout for the rice bag demo here.

Our next meeting is April 11th.  It will be our AGM and we’ll have Sandra Jansen speaking about Improvisational Piecing.  Start working on your show and tell now!