Branching Out” Exhibition quilts heading to the Festival of Quilts

Here is the link to see which quilts have been chosen for the shortlists to hang at the IPS stand at the Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK.


http://irishpatchwork.blogspot.com/p/branching-out-quilts-selected-for.html

It is hoped to hang all the quilts on the first list, and perhaps, most of the ones on the second. However, there is no guarantee that any particular quilt will hang.

But congratulations to the following Mid-Western Branch members who got shortlisted: Rachel Banting, Meg Kenny, Claire Lynch, the Genesis Group (Claire Lynch, Paula Rafferty, Meg Kenny, Tracy Watson and Ann Bradshaw).

Nora O’Connor is on the 2nd list so hopefully her quilt gets shown as well..

And remember as well as being at the Festival of Quilts, the "Branching Out" quilts will also be on display at the Knitting & Stitching Show, Dublin in November.

Branching Out Official Opening 5th July

The Official opening of the IPS National Exhibition "Branching Out" was held on 5th July in the Botanic Gardens.
5 quilts were selected from the Mid-West Branch to hang in the exhibit.

Here's Gillian Sheehan at the opening with her piece "Fossil with Branching Ornament"

"Swimming Free" by Rachel Banting:

Meg Kenny with her quilt "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Interior, Exterior Spaces"

Genesis group quilt "First Growth". The Genesis group has 5 mid-west members - Claire Lynch, Meg Kenny, Paula Rafferty, Tracy Watson and Ann Rafferty:

"Spring Growth" by Claire Lynch

Branching Out National Exhibition

Branching Out Opening Night Monday 18th April

The opening night of the Mid-West Branch "Branching Out" Exhibition was on Monday 18th April. Local councillor Thomas Shortt opened the exhibition for the branch.

Here are some of the quilts on display in the exhibit;
"Breathe In, Breathe Out Interior, Exterior Spaces" by Meg Kenny

Thanks for the Lime Leaves by Jane Lloyd

Mid-West Branch "Branching Out" Exhibition

The Mid-West Branch will be holding it's "Branching Out" Exhibition from Monday 18th April - Saturday 23rd April. Venue: Old Benetton Building, corner of Henry Street and Sarsfield Street, Limerick City Centre.

Official opening of the exhibition will be on Monday 18th April at 7pm.

Branching Out Exhibition Details

The Mid-Western Branch will be holding its "Branching Out" Exhibition from Monday 18th April - Saturday 23rd April at the Old Benetton Building (on the corner of Henry Street and Sarsfield Street), Limerick City Centre.

The official opening of the exhibit will take place on the Monday night. Speaker details to be advised later on.

January Meeting

We had a reasonably good turn out on a wet and windy night for the first meeting of the New Year.

Nikki Foley of The Sewing Shed, bought along her shop and a visitor! She was accompanied by Jim West of Sew Many Places – the quilting tour company from the US. Jim outlined some the activities of his company for the coming year and also told us about the online magazine he publishes – www.quiltposium.com.


Nikki also reminded us that the Sewing Shed offers free postage in Ireland for all orders.



The High Plains quilt along with its matching cushion cover was unveiled in all its glory. The next set of blocks was handed out for our own quilt and cushion, which we plan to raffle at some point in the future.



Our speaker was Rebecca Palmer who talked about the part our computer has to play in our quilting, from shopping to tutorials and friendship. She brought along a block swap quilt that she had made with people from the US, Canada and Australia. Her talk gave us the first opportunity to try out our much awaited new projector, which performed beautifully.





Meg demonstrated her technique for transforming an image into fabric, with a fabulous array of samples and images.


Last preparations were made for Tracy’s New York Beauty workshop and members were reminded about the Villier’s sewing day on Sunday 16th.




The challenge was won by Chris Palmer who made a delightful coffee cosy. This is good time to remind everyone that next month’s challenge is ‘a Lavender Bag’.

Pictures to follow as soon as I work out how to do it!!!! RP