December Branch Meeting

As always, the December Western Branch meeting was a hit!  Everyone came in high spirits, with something to share at show and tell and a delicious treat for the Christmas party!  Thank you, Roisin, for supplying us with fabrics from The Quilt Shop in Tuam.

To kick off the festivities, people brought in a Christmas ornament for a lucky dip.  Just place yours on the tree and (after a little mix and match) you'll receive one in return.  What luck!

We also played our annual game of Fabric Bingo, each one of us frantically marking block names off from our hopeful list of 25 names as Anne Marie called them out.  We were lucky enough to have two tied winners!

Attention teachers within the Western (or near areas!) Branch of the IPS:  Would you like to join in a Train the Trainers session?  If so, we would like to hear from you.  Please contact Anne Marie at ainemnio(at)hotmail(dot)com.

We finished off the meeting with a festive Christmas party filled with great company and treat after treat!

Again, please keep working on your children's quilts for donation to the hospital this May!

Once again, thank you Ester, for capturing our meeting in photos for all to see!

December: Christmas Party

Thanks to everyone on the committee who helped to provide the food for our annual Christmas party and to all those who helped arrange tables, serve and clear up afterwards.
To all those who made a dish....email Ester the recipes to add to our new recipe page (see the tab at the top of the blog).

Christmas Party Saturday 11th December

Last year's Christmas Pudding Tea-cosy by Ester Kiely

Despite the weather we've had recently we are expecting a good crowd for our annual Christmas party on Saturday 11th December.

Christmas Challenge: bring along a Christmas themed item you have made for the challenge and vote for your favourite. There's a prize for the viewer's choice.

Fat Quarter Bingo: bring along a fat-quarter to participate. The winner takes home a great stash of fabric!

Party food: A selection of treats for everyone to enjoy as we kick off the Christmas festivities together.

So if you have been suffering from cabin-fever after the cold spell, come along for some festive cheer to the Bridge Centre at 10am on Saturday 11th December. We look forward to seeing you there!

Christmas is coming!

(Wall-hanging by Margaret Cunnane)

Our December meeting (Saturday 11th December) is always a relaxed and fun affair as we all wind down (or gear up!) for the Christmas holidays!

After the usual meeting and sharing of news, we will have a game of 'Fat Quarter Bingo'. If you haven't played this before, don't worry all will be explained on the day. To join in bring along a 'fat quarter' (for those of you new to quilting, that's just a square of fabric approx 20 x 22inches). The winner of the game will win the pot of 'fat quarters' to take home!

We will also have a 'Christmas Challenge'. For this all you have to do is bring along a Christmas themed item that you have made with fabric (decorations, place-mats, wall-hanging or anything). Viewers will vote for their favourite and the viewer's choice will win a small Christmas gift.

Afterwards we will have a buffet lunch. The committee will organise the food, so all you have to do is show up and be in party mood!