The evening attracted 26 members who worked quietly on their individual projects whilst Adele gave a brief feedback from the Exhibition. She said set up day had run smoothly thanks to everybody’s help. Special thank went to Alyson and Simon Wells who had stored, repaired and arranged delivery of the stands; to Edie for her meticulous planning and overseeing the display of quilts and to Marion and Chris B for preparing a much needed lunch. Thanks also went to members who had made or gifted items as prizes.
The Exhibition had gone well thanks to members who had manned the stalls and entrance during the two days. Sally and Jane had a fantastic Tombola display thanks to those who had made and donated prizes. Susie had co-ordinated a very high standard of prizes for the Raffle and kindly circulated prizes to the winners; Janet for setting up and managing the Book stall and reimbursing members; Debbie guided and helped by Mary for managing the Sales table and reimbursing members. Traders had included Sadie Yeomans who was sad this would be her last exhibition as she was retiring shortly. Lisa had successfully run a stall selling Creative Grids and assisted by her friend Jane had sold items for Worcester Remade Recycling Project which had raised £400. Thanks went to the Refreshment team of Penny, Maureen, Jo, Ali, Ava, Chris R, Sally and Kate for their work in the kitchen and to those who had donated the superb cakes and savoury items. The visitors’ prize of a £50 voucher, sponsored by Doughty’s, was won by Maureen Bilbao; the prize of £15, sponsored by Bettie Freckles, was won by Val Hicks for the A4 challenge. It was noted that 14 visitors had expressed an interest in joining the group.
Deborah Jarman was thanked for kindly agreeing to store the Leominster Quilters’ equipment at her home until the next exhibition. Thanks went to Susie for giving up her time and energy to deliver and unload the equipment, thanks also went to Simon Wells who helped with this.
Adele said a wide range of members had joined between 1989 and 2024 and everyone’s views mattered therefore members were asked to complete the Evaluation form attached to her email and return it prior to the next meeting, a report could then be circulated at the beginning of October. It was hoped to have the 2025 programme completed shortly but in order to provide a programme to accommodate the wide variety of interests and quilting ability within the group members were asked to make suggestions as to what they would like to do, a guest speaker that they knew of, a workshop they would like to be held or a member led mini workshop they were willing to run.
Regarding the funds raised Kate said she was awaiting all the receipts before a final total could be made. It was noted there had been a similar number of visitors to those in 2022 but they could not be compared with 2019 when it had been the 30th anniversary of the group.
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