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A lovely bright sunny afternoon encouraged 20 members to attend.

Details were now available regarding the International Festival of Quilts to be held at the NEC in August. Members agreed they would like a coach to be made available to take them to the event.

Lisa had brought along a collection of fabric which had been donated and members were invited to take any they liked, free of charge.

Adele showed us examples of her Stuffed Chickens and tablemat and gave tips on how to make them, she then handed out the patterns . Members not wishing to take part in the workshop worked on their individual projects.

Thanks go to Sally and Jane who treated us to refreshments and some delicious cake.

19 February

The first afternoon Sit and Sew for 2025 attracted 17 members who worked on their individual projects.

Pat distributed the third set of instructions for the block of the month.

A Tea Rota was circulated and members were asked to add their names to the list.

Notification had been received from Jan Serby from Ross-on-Wye who was downsizing and wished to sell her long arm Avanti Handi Quilter for the price of £5,250 which included several extras. If anyone was interested they were asked to contact Jan direct at serbytob@sky.com

Despite the threat of impending snow, the traditional first Saturday in January Sew Day was surprisingly well attended.

Pat Dearden started her block of the month, with a good uptake by members.

Alyson Wells showed a pattern and fabric requirements for her Christmas block of the month to start in April/May.

It was lovely catching up with everyone’s news and being able to have uninterrupted sewing time.

The final meeting of the year was the annual Christmas Social, a time to relax, have fun and enjoy the refreshments brought to share.

The evening started with members puzzling over two quizzes. Then chairs were formed in a circle to play a game. Each member had brought either a novelty bauble or a pretty one and the object of the game was to try and steal from each other a bauble that you would like to take home. This elicited much laughter and cunning until everyone had a new bauble. After all the laughter and excitement of the game we enjoyed the delicious refreshments, accompanied with mulled wine, tea or coffee.

Thank you Kate for organising the quizzes and Carol for organising the Bauble game. Thanks also go to all members for the delicious refreshments. What a lovely way to end the year. All that was left was to wish each other a Happy Christmas and look forward to meeting again in 2025 for another year of productive sewing.

Owing to the cancellation of the last meeting due to the inclement weather and flooding it was lovely to see so many new and old members attending this evening.

Kate had brought along several samples of her No Sew Bauble and gave detailed instructions how members could make one of their own. Members then began cutting and folding fabric which was then pinned to the polystyrene balls that Kate had supplied. It was interesting to see the variety of fabrics being used, some members had chosen to make a traditional Christmas themed bauble whilst others planned to make a bauble for a different occasion.

Our thanks go to Kate helping and guiding us with this mini workshop and making it a very pleasant and cheerful evening.