Programme 2023

Month
Activity
Description
New Year Challenges

S & T





Pick a Card - Any Card.  The Challenge for 2023, maximum size 24"

Block for Linus -  Postage Stamp quilts, each member will be given enough squares to make four blocks

Block of the Month - this will be using several different techniques and will be completed to be shown at the Mini Exhibition in November

A Talk/Discussion about the use of colour

Jelly Roll Workshop 
 Bag or Rug making workshop led by Claire, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

An evening showing various styles of English Paper Piecing



Led by members, Jill, Chrissie, Anne L and Jenny T

In a Nutshell


S & T

Learn or revise some of the basic skills of patchwork with members ---
Binding and Mitred corners - Jill, Quick Flying Geese - Jo, Bias Binding - Deirdre, Y Seams, Kate and Foundation Piecing - Eileen
Workshop with Kate Findlay

Workshop choice of Bluebells or Beechwoods
Maximum number 16
  Crafty UK
An Open Meeting when friends and family are welcome
£5.00 entrance to include refreshments
a raffle will be held at this meeting
 We welcome back Andy from Crafty UK who will be coming to give us an amusing talk and give the opportunity of purchasing templates and patterns from his range
  Charity Quilt Sewing Evening

S & T
    An evening when Members will put together the Challenge Postage Stamp blocks into quilts for Project Linus
   A.G.M.
to be followed by
"In Conversation With"
  Following the "Business of the Evening", Deirdre will be  chatting to members about their quilting life
Lee Brown
An Open Meeting when friends and family are welcome
£5.00 entrance to include refreshments
a raffle will be held at this meeting
 Lee will be giving a talk entitled
"Life in the Quilt Lanes
   Sit and Sew

S & T
An evening when members can bring their own projects to sew
 Creative Quilting
An Open Meeting when friends and family are welcome
£5.00 entrance to include refreshments
a raffle will be held at this meeting
  Emma will be coming, giving a talk, some tips and bringing some exciting fabrics and notions from the shop

Christmas Make

   Our annual Christmas make evening

Handing in of items for the Mini Exhibition

             21st November

  Mini Exhibition


An Open Meeting when friends and family are welcome

£5.00 entrance to include refreshments

a raffle will be held at this meeting

7.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m.

  The Challenges of the year together with Workshop makes and Charity Quilts will be on display

           19th December

Christmas Social


S & T

 Game and more to be announced

Dates shaded are Saturdays or Special Events.  S&T - Show and Tell