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Programme 2024

Programme 2024

Month
Activity
Description
New Year Challenges







Charm Pack Challenge - Using half square triangles, Kate will be giving information 

Initial Challenge - Using your initials as colours, adding cream or white as the background.  Make a small quilted piece in a disappearing patch design.  Patterns and demonstrations for this will take place at the February meeting

Block for Linus -  Rail Fence.  Each member will be given strips of fabrics to sew into blocks.  Blocks will be sewn into quilts at the May meeting

Raffle Quilt Block:  Wensleydale by Jen Kingwell

  Sew Together Bag
  Kate will lead the day teaching this popular bag, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Booking to commence in December 2023

 Disappearing Patches


Demonstrating different techniques. 
 Led by members 
 A Talk by Gilly Towell from Gilly Mac Designs
An Open Meeting when friends and family are welcome
£5.00 entrance to include refreshments
a raffle will be held at this meeting
Talk entitled "Simple Quilting - Exploring Quilting Techniques Accessible to All"

Tombola Makes Evening

 An evening when members will be asked to bring along ideas for tombola makes for the Exhibition
Booking to commence for the Gilly Towell workshop

21st May

  Charity Quilt Sewing Evening


    An evening when Members will put together the Challenge Rail Fence blocks into quilts for Project Linus
Booking to commence for Saturday Sewing Day

18th June

   A.G.M.
to be followed by
"Quilters Question Time"
  Following the "Business of the Evening",
 A Panel of Quilters will answer questions, pre received and discuss various "favourite gadgets" and tips with the members

Saturday 22nd June

Date Change

  Workshop with Gilly Towell of Gilly Mac Designs
  Make a Table Runner with Gilly
10 a.m - 4 p.m.
15 members maximum

16th July

 A Talk by Judi Kirk
An Open Meeting when friends and family are welcome
£5.00 entrance to include refreshments
a raffle will be held at this meeting
Judi will be giving a talk entitled
"My Quilting Journey"

Saturday 27th July

 Saturday Sewing Day

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
  An opportunity of sitting and sewing together, completing items for the Exhibition and making use of large tables for layering up quilts.
15 members maximum

 20th August


Manipulated Patchwork

   Demonstrating different techniques,
  Led by members

Booking to commence for Judi Kirk Workshop

17th September

Sit and Sew

Handing in of items for the Exhibition


An evening when members can bring their own projects to work on



27th September

  Set Up for Exhibition


Saturday 28th September

Shirley Quilters' Biennial Exhibition 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.


All  welcome

£5.00 entrance to include programme.

Raffle, Tombola, Sales Table and Little Shop of Fabrics will be trading   

Refreshments available

15th October

  Let's Look at Log Cabin

An evening discovering the many different ways of making Log Cabin Blocks



Led by members

Saturday 26th October

  Workshop with Judi Kirk


 Following Judi's talk earlier in the year, this workshop is "Storm at Sea"

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

15 members maximum


         19th November

  Christmas Make Evening

Details to be announced

         17th December

Christmas Social



 Game and more to be announced

Dates shaded are Saturdays or Special Events
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