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17^th May 2023 – Sit & sew and Block printing demonstration by Mary Cook. She had good display of examples and brought blocks, paints and some spare fabric so those members who wanted to could have a go while others just brought their own sewing along to do..

3^rd May 2023 – Sit & sew.

19^th April 2023 – Sit & sew

5^th April 2023 – AGM and show & tell

1^st April – 12 participants had an enjoyable day at the Monkey Buttons FPP workshop with Amanda Hall to make a “sea urchin” block – fun and very useful for keeping the brain active.

15^th March – We had a talk from Amanda Hall of Monkey Buttons telling us all about the patterns she designs. She now has a range of 150 which is still growing. A few of her made up designs are shown below.

16^th February – A binding evening led by Maureen Bilbao. She showed us various ways of binding providing a large selection of samples to show us.

1^st February – This week’s ‘Sit and Sew’ was an afternoon meeting where members spent the afternoon quilting their ‘around the world’ quilts or any other quilt ready project that they had.

18^th January –  A ‘Sit and Sew’ evening focused upon basting. Members brought along ready to baste projects along with provisions for their normal method of basting. We explored different methods of basting, learning from each other. 

7^th January 2023 – Sit and sew Saturday when Chris Body led a workshop to “Quilt a top in a day”. Most members took part while some did their own thing.

7^th December 2022 – The year ended with the Christmas social with the usual bring and share refreshments providing lots of lovely food. The results of the up-cycling project were on display, there was a “guess” the child photo competition and to keep us occupied while we feasted a competition to fill in an A to Z of Christmas items.

16^th November 2022 – Twister mini workshop led by Chris Rowley.

2^nd  November 2022 – Was a ‘Sit and Sew’ .

19^th October 2022 – During the day a workshop “Tilting at Windmills” with Judi Mendelssohn, who returned in the evening to give a talk. She showed us lots of lovely quilts she made and gave us the stories behind them, the majority being the result of challenges.  

5^th October 2022 – Mini workshop making book covers led by Gail Rose

21^th September 2022 – Was a ‘Sit and Sew’ .

7^th September 2022 – Was a ‘Sit and Sew’ with a general chat discussing the exhibition.

3^rd – 4^th September – Exhibition

24^th August 2022 – Meeting was a week later than usual due to the normal date being the evening before the NEC trip. The meeting was to allow members to bring items ready for the exhibition

18^th August 2022 – Coach trip to Festival of Quilts at the NEC

20^th July 2022 – Was a ‘Sit and Sew’ with a general chat. Posters for the exhibition were available for distribution.

6^th July 2022 – Was a ‘Sit and Sew’ with a general exhibition planning chat

Most members spent the meeting making key fobs for the Quilters Guild Region 11 tombola at the Festival of Quilts – this was organized by Mary Cook who provided some fabric scraps, hexagon papers, wadding and the metal hardware.