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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.

We were given a geography lesson when Jill Salmons presented a slide show of the places she’d visited in South West China – many pictures of the varying landscapes and more of the wonderfully embroidered costumes the people wore. During her visits she has acquired a large collection of costumes which she brought with her and they were passed around for us to admire.

At our meeting on May 18^th Jane Thomas talked about the embroidered cards which were sent between soldiers and their loved ones during the war. Although the cards were originally hand embroidered a lot were actually mass produced on a Schiffli Embroidery Machine. The embroidered pieces would be attached to an embossed card which acted as a frame.

At our meeting on May 4^th we had a very interesting talk from our speaker Jackie Dymock (an ex police officer) who used quilts as props for her talk about her life in the police force. Each tale was illustrated with a mini quilt which was then added to the hanging.

We also had a display of our Easter Challenge Table Runners – some members had been hard at work. Images of other Challenge items in “Members only” section.