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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.

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.