June Meeting

For our June Meeting we had various demo's and lots of food for our summer party.



Ursula on tea duty

Alison Bingham gave a demo on the Missouri Quilters Disappearing Pinwheel. Ruth Bourke showed how to make a patchwork hoop.
Claire Lynch gave a demo on using up your scraps.


We had lots of show and tell on the night.

Here's Isobel with her sock monkey.

Avril with her quilt.

 

Suzanne Pass with her mini-bargello.

Phil Aylward with her lovely quilt.

The summer challenge was announced - to make a postcard based on your summer holidays. Entries to be brought in for the September meeting.

Fluffy Sheep Quilting was the shop on the night.

May meeting

The May meeting was our AGM night. Most of the committee members still have a year to go on the committee, so the AGM went fairly fast this year.


The AGM challenge was create a piece based on a photo given to members. Kate O'Donoghue's piece was voted the winner on the night. Unfortunately I don't have any photo's of the challenge pieces, if anyone has photo's of these can they send them on to us.

Nora O'Connor was the guest speaker on the night. As most of us know, Nora makes the most fabulous and amazing quilt and creations, and is always so modest about all the great work she does.

Here's just a small sampling of some of Nora's show and tell on the night:

May meeting

 The May meeting was our AGM so we had a lot of official business to do on the night e.g. chairperson's, secretary and treasurer's report, election of new committee etc.
 
One of our new members Caroline Borden very kindly volunteered to join the committee on the night. Caroline is now going to be the Mid-West Executive Rep.

There was a lot of show & tell on the night.

Gillian Killick modelled this patchwork cap that she has made.

Patchwork hat made by Gillian Killick

 

 

Grania and Kate have gotten very engrossed in making quilts using the "Anita's Arrow" block. Grania will be giving a demo on this block at the June meeting.

Anita's Arrow Quilt

Another Anita's Arrow quilt made by Grania Preston

This is another Anita's Arrow quilt that is in progress. Great vibrant colours in this quilt top. 

New York Beauty quilt by Maureen Talbot

 This quilt is being raffled by Paula Rafferty to raise funds to send herself and her daughter to the Fashion Sans Frontier event.

Quilt that is being raffled by Paula Rafferty