September Letter from the Chair

On September 5, 2016 By corkipsIn Letter from the ChairLeave a comment

Greetings members!

I hope you’ve had a wonderful summer! I’ve participated in many activities from taking the boys to the seaside, viewing a few exhibitions, and sewing, sewing sewing!

On September 10th, we’ll be returning to the Sacred Heart Church on Western Road for our first meeting of the year! We’ll begin at 10 am with some social time, and begin our programming at 10:30.

Limerick Quilt Centre will be our shop for the meeting. They’re asking our members that if they have any suggestions for items to bring. Please message them if you’d like to request something specific.

Our programming includes:

Announcements

Maeve Meany of Limerick Quilt Centre will giving a presentation.

Summer Challenge, “Revolutionary” results

September Block of the Month

Show and Tell – Be sure to bing the projects you’ve been working on over the summer!

Photography for submitting to the Knitting and Stitching show gallery

Raffle

As September is the beginning of our ‘year,’ be sure to bring a completed membership form and dues of €40 to this meeting. Downloading the form and filling it out beforehand will streamline the process. DOWNLOAD THE MEMBERSHIP FORM HERE.

Tea and coffee will be supplied, we look forward to seeing what cakes and other refreshments you can provide.

The committee has been working hard over the summer planning for the upcoming year. We’re looking forward to announcing it all at the meeting!

—Erin

corkips@gmail.com

Summer Challenge 2016

On August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 By corkipsIn Summer Challenge, UncategorizedLeave a comment

As we’re about a month to go before our September meeting, I thought we’d do a bit of a check in on the Summer Challenge.

You’ll remember that this year’s theme is:

Revolutionary

We’ve left this open to interpretation for our members. This means you can create a quilt using circles, drawing inspiration from the 1916 Rising, or even using a patchwork technique you’ve never done before. We’re looking forward to seeing what you create!

Feel free to make anything you’d like–a bag, a quilt or a mug rug. There’s no limit but your imagination.

Like last year, we’ve decided that this year’s prize for the challenge is a sewing machine service to be performed during our October meeting by John O’Donnell.

I’ve set up a Pinterest board with some images to spark your inspiration. Find it here.

June Letter from the Chair

On June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 By corkipsIn Letter from the ChairLeave a comment

Greetings everyone! I hope you’ve enjoyed the beautiful weather we’ve been having! The boys and I have made multiple trips to the park, played in the backyard pool and while they nap to recover from the day, I’ve been busy working on sewing projects! I should have a completed quilt to show at our Show and Tell this meeting.

I hope you’re ready for a jam packed meeting! We’ve got a lot planned for the last meeting before the summer break.

On June 11, 2016 we’ll be meeting at the Sacred Heart Church on Western Road, starting at 10 am.

Patchwork Plus is the shop for the meeting.

— At the meeting, we’ll be announcing the Summer Challenge! We’ve decided on a prize and hope you find it as valuable as we do!

— We’ll also be holding a brainstorming session. The committee is hoping you’ll be coming armed with ideas for the programming you’d like to see in the upcoming year. We’ll be taking these ideas and incorporating them in our planning for the year over the summer.

— The first block of the Block of the Month will debut. Photocopies of the instructions will be made available at the meeting, with the directions posted to the website 3 months later.

— Ruth Bourke will be our speaker for the meeting. She’s planning on talking about the Modern Quilting movement.

— We will have our usual raffle.

— Don’t forget to bring something to Show and Tell! We love seeing your work!

— There will also be Tea and Coffee, and any refreshments you are kind enough to bring.

— For the members who’ve signed up, don’t forget about our workshop, “Traditional Blocks Made Modern” after the meeting. You should have received a supply list on what you need to bring and some cutting instructions if you wish to pre cut your fabrics.

— For any members who have outstanding library books, please be sure to bring them in! We’re planning on going through the library this summer!

Hope to see you on Saturday! Please email us if you have any comments or concerns!

Erin Case
corkips@gmail.com

Summer Challenge Update

On July 7, 2015August 21, 2015 By corkipsIn Summer ChallengeLeave a comment

How are you doing with your summer challenge? I’m brainstorming my layout and trying to figure out how to paper piece my name so it’s about 4 inches across.

Have you seen the latest issue of Love Patchwork and Quilting?

They’ve got a pass holder project that you could easily use as a holder for a name tag!

Let us know how you’re doing in the comments. Be sure to check out our Pinterest page for more inspiration!

June Meeting Recap

On June 13, 2015August 21, 2015 By corkipsIn Block of the Month, Meeting Recap, Summer Challenge1 Comment

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:

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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

On May 9, 2015August 21, 2015 By corkipsIn Meeting Recap, Summer ChallengeLeave a comment

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!