The annual IPS retreat is being held this weekend from Friday 18th through to Sunday the 20th of February in Limerick.
All members of Mid West IPS are invited to join the group after dinner at 9pm on Friday evening for the 'Show and Tell' - please let Loretta know if you will be going along.
Located in Limerick & serving the Mid West region
Monday, 14 February 2011
February Meeting
This month was a bit different as we had a visit from a group of our fellow IPS members from Galway. There was a great array of baking and lots of show and tell.
Theresa Riordan brought along her shop and Anita McMahon demonstrated her delightfully intricate ‘Artists Trading Cards’.
As our High planes quilt nears completion we started making arrangements for the raffle we will run to raise funds.
The IPS retreat is in Limerick this month (18 and 20th February) at the Limerick Strand Hotel. Loretta asked if any members would like to come along and help her with a ‘show and tell’. This is a social weekend – with no workshops or classes. It is an opportunity to catch up with IPS friends from around the country. We are hoping to have information about ‘day passes’ to this event and I will update the blog as soon as I have this.
Rachel reminded us all that it will soon be time to look for new committee members and I would urge people to think about what they may be able to do for the branch in the new year.
This month’s challenge was ‘A Lavender Bag’ and we had a good response. This month the winner was Rebecca Palmer with a paper pieced, Lavender filled cushion with a machine embroidered motif. Other entires were beautiful bags by Claire and Paula and Gillian.
Theresa Riordan brought along her shop and Anita McMahon demonstrated her delightfully intricate ‘Artists Trading Cards’.
As our High planes quilt nears completion we started making arrangements for the raffle we will run to raise funds.
The IPS retreat is in Limerick this month (18 and 20th February) at the Limerick Strand Hotel. Loretta asked if any members would like to come along and help her with a ‘show and tell’. This is a social weekend – with no workshops or classes. It is an opportunity to catch up with IPS friends from around the country. We are hoping to have information about ‘day passes’ to this event and I will update the blog as soon as I have this.
Rachel reminded us all that it will soon be time to look for new committee members and I would urge people to think about what they may be able to do for the branch in the new year.
This month’s challenge was ‘A Lavender Bag’ and we had a good response. This month the winner was Rebecca Palmer with a paper pieced, Lavender filled cushion with a machine embroidered motif. Other entires were beautiful bags by Claire and Paula and Gillian.
Sunday, 13 February 2011
Mystery Quilt - Part 6 posted
Once again - I apologise to you all for forgetting the Mystery Quilt details for this months meeting - but - in an attempt to make it up to you all, its here posted on the blog WITH the pictures.
R
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Monday, 31 January 2011
REMINDER!!!!
Don't forget that this months challenge is 'A Lavender Bag' - open to any interpretation of that title!.
Lets have a good number of entries for this challenge please!
Lets have a good number of entries for this challenge please!
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
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
Thursday, 6 January 2011
New York Beauty workshop materials list
For the workshop you will need to bring the following:
- Fabrics - a couple of fat quarters in the colour you want as background, plus a variety of scraps from which you can get long strips of at least 3.5 inches wide. Include complimentary and contrast colours.
- Piecing thread
- Sewing machine - if you have a knee lift please bring it as it can be quite useful, don't worry if you don't have one.
- Normal sewing kit, including fabric scissors, pins, rotary cutter, small rotary ruler and cutting mat
- Iron and ironing pad.
- Thin paper or tissue paper for piecing foundation.
- Sticky paper tape / drafting tape.
- Fabric and paper scissors.
- Soft pencil
- Extension lead
- Template plastic
- Freezer paper.
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Christmas Meeting 2010
A very pleasant evening was had at the December ‘Christmas Party’ Meeting on Friday 8th December. Our numbers were low, but the recent bad weather may have been the reason for that!
Everyone very generously supplied an impressive spread, while the hall was decorated with – what else? Patchwork decorations of course!
This month the challenge was to use the fabric square handed out a few months ago to produce something festive. We had a good response to this and the winner was Cecilia with a lovely set of festive hangings.
Loretta gathered in the groups submissions for the ‘Dream Catcher’ exhibition and we had a chance for a sneak preview of some of the finished (and unfinished!!) pieces – good luck to all those who will be finishing off as I write!
The High Plains quilt was on display too – a lucky change of date by the group in Colorado means that the quilt will not be required until the spring – giving us all a chance to see how beautifully it is coming together under Meg’s expert hands.
Theresa provided us with a shop, Chris wore his Santa Hat – all in all – a very festive evening!!
Merry Christmas and Happy Quilting!!!
Rebecca
Everyone very generously supplied an impressive spread, while the hall was decorated with – what else? Patchwork decorations of course!
This month the challenge was to use the fabric square handed out a few months ago to produce something festive. We had a good response to this and the winner was Cecilia with a lovely set of festive hangings.
Loretta gathered in the groups submissions for the ‘Dream Catcher’ exhibition and we had a chance for a sneak preview of some of the finished (and unfinished!!) pieces – good luck to all those who will be finishing off as I write!
The High Plains quilt was on display too – a lucky change of date by the group in Colorado means that the quilt will not be required until the spring – giving us all a chance to see how beautifully it is coming together under Meg’s expert hands.
Theresa provided us with a shop, Chris wore his Santa Hat – all in all – a very festive evening!!
Merry Christmas and Happy Quilting!!!
Rebecca
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