March Show & Tell

Our March meeting was wonderfully attended.  Hanging in the back of the meeting was this gorgeous quilt:

It will be raffled off in the May meeting to raise funds for the IPS Archiving project.  Be sure to buy your tickets before then!

The majority of our show and tell quilts were from Terri McNeill's workshop the month before.  Isn't it great to see how the same pattern can be interpreted by each quilter using different fabrics?

Lynne also showed several quilts made with fabrics from Seams Sew Simple, giving each and every one of us a few new ideas!  Thanks, Lynne!

Our April meeting was filled with a Paula Rafferty double sided log cabin workshop and a wonderful shop:  Floppy Fabrics.  Stay tuned to see everything in our next few blog posts!

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!

October Branch Meeting

The October branch meeting was quite a treat for the Western Branch quilters.  We had two guest speakers from our own branch, Lynn Naughton and Pam Dolan.  Lynn her process of translating a photo to her sketchbook to eventually creating a fabric of her own.

While Pam gave an overview of color, a most-know for every quilter.  Thank you, Pam, for covering the basics that we should all know!

The afternoon workshop was taught by a duo of teachers, Johanna and Collette, giving instruction to make the world's best tote bag.  It seems everyone in the branch is using theirs!

November Branch Meeting

The Western branch of the IPS had a particularly fantastic monthly meeting in November.  Our meeting focused on local talent with a particularly extended member show and tell session as well as a trunk show hosted by the Ready Thready Sew group from Tuam and the local shop, Fluffy Sheep Quilting.

Several members came to the meeting already wearing their October workshop bags.  Looking good, ladies!

Raffle tickets are now available for this spectacular quilt.  Don't miss out on getting yours!

We have challenged one another to finish off our UFOs by this spring.  Each member, then, brought in a UFO to show the group with a promise to have it quilted and bound by May.  We look forward to seeing these finished off at our AGM meeting!

Our guest speakers, the Ready Thready Sew group from Tuam, presented an incredible array of quilts showing the talent and creativity of each of their members.  They even brought little dolls and basket liners!  What a treat!

Please do not forget, branch members, to make a child's quilt for donation to the hospital at the May meeting.  Keep working on those in your cold, dark, January evenings. 

Many thanks to Ester for providing many of the photos in this post.

October Branch Meeting

This is just  a short reminder that the Western Branch of the IPS will meet in the Bridge Centre 

this coming Saturday, October 13th from 10 - 12 (or maybe 12.30)

At this week's meeting we will have the benefit of our own Branch talent.

Pam Dolan and Lynn Naughton will be our speakers.

Pam will talk to us about "Colour and Design". Lynn will give a ruler demonstration.

Our shop is "Seams Sew Simple" with lots of treats.

In the afternoon there will be a bag workshop with Johanna Tyrell and Colette O'Donnell. 

The workshop is full but there is a waiting list in operation

Now A BIG SHOUT OUT FOR ALL THE CÚ NA MARA QUILTS.

If you made a Cu na Mara quilt earlier in the year please bring it to the meeting on Saturday.

We are gathering them together on that day so that they can be brought up to Dublin in time for the Knitting and Stitching Show.

So please don't forget to bring your quilt on Saturday

If you have a friend who might be interested why not bring her/him along as a visitor to the meeting.

If you are in touch with someone who used to be a member why not invite them to come along again.

Non-members of the IPS may visit two meetings in a year, admission €5 per visit.

Membership of the IPS is €40 per year and entitles members to:

attend meetings, take part in exhibitions, do workshops and receive the quarterly newsletter.

Looking forward to seeing you Saturday,