April: Show & Tell

Colour-wash quilt by Joan Colleran

"Autumn Flight" by Colette O'Donnell.

"Storm at Sea" by Mary McDonnell.

Flora and Fauna by Lynn Naughton.

Hand-applique by Bridgie Dalton.

April: Show & Tell

Jacob's Ladder quilt by Jackie O'Toole

Storm at Sea by Jackie Mackie

"An Naomh Cailin" by Aine Ui Dhomhnaill

"Seasons" foundation-pieced by Brenda Maloney

Wall-hanging based on a Harry Clarke window on Inis Meain by Mary Ann Curran

April: Show & Tell

Nursary Rhyme quilt by Mary Madden

Scrap-quilt by Madeleine Jordan.

"Field of Dreams" by Johanna Tyrell.

"Love Hearts" by Johanna Tyrell.

"Prairie Flowers" hand-appliqued by Marie McPhilips.

April: Show & Tell

"Mystery Quilt" by Maura Cunningham.

"Heartiest Congratulations" by Veronika Feldman.

"Rhythm and Blue" by Vera Buckley.

"Reflections" bargello quilt by Vera Buckley.

"Goodnight Irene" by Vera Buckley.

April: Show & Tell

"Stone walls, tall grasses and a purple moon" by Ester Kiely

"Jump for Joy" by Ester Kiely

"Celebrations Whirling" by Margaret Cunnane.

"Menlo Castle and Rowers" by Margaret Cunnane.

April: Guest Speaker, Nikki Foley

Our guest speaker for the April meeting was Nikki Foley from "The Sewing Shed", Castlemaine, Co. Kerry (http://www.thesewingshed.com/).

Nikki gave a talk about various patchwork and quilting gadgets and supplies that she sells in her shop and explained the differences between various products and how they work. She shared lots of tips along the way and it was very informative. Nikki will be adding some of these tips to her website, so be sure to check it out.
Nikki also modelled her patchwork jacket and told us that herself and her friend Jan challenged each other to make one and wear them at a recent show!

Nikki treated us to a show and tell of her work including this one which was exhibited in Canada this year.

Nikki's also been writing for Irish Quilting Magazine and did a series of celtic wall-hangings for each sign of the Zodiac.

April: Heritage Quilt Project Update

Another productive day at Bernie's working on the Heritage Quilt. Once Bernie boosted everyone's energy with her famous appletart and tea everyone was ready to work....and work they did!
Sandlin, Bernie and Margaret chat about the next stage.

Mari, Marie, Maura, Bridgie,Pat concentrate on those mitred corners!

Pat, Tania, Maura, Marie, Bernie and Mari start pinning.

Marie, Pat, Maura and Bridgie ironing the red strip.

March: A big welcome for our newest (honorary) member!

Welcome beautiful Lara!

Although she yawned a little for the photo, Lara was very much a part of our meeting today and even stayed to supervise the work on the Heritage Quilt. We all think she'll make an excellent vice-chair!

March: Heritage Quilt Project Update

Bernie and Rosalie pin the sashing in place.

Bernadette lays out a section of the quilt for pinning.

Sandlin did all the sewing today as she was the only one with a sewing machine! So a big thank you Sandlin, for all your work at this stage of the quilt!

Nonie and Rosalie prepare another section for sewing.

March: Heritage Quilt Project Update

And here's how the quilt is looking now that the sashing has been added between each block. It's looking great. The committee will arrange another session to look at choices for borders and bindings, so watch this space for more updates.

March: Guest speaker, Maeve Meany

Here's Maeve, peeping over one of her stunning quilts!
Maeve gave a wonderful talk on her experiences with sewing from a young age. She entertained us with her stories and impressed us with the beautiful quilts she brought to show us.
Maeve also brought a great range of fabrics and sewing accessories from her shop 'The Limerick Quilt Centre' www.quilt.ie where she has a range of over 3500 bolts of fabric!
See below for some more of Maeve's quilts.

March: Show and Tell

The group quilt which will be raffled amongst the contributing block-makers came back from Frances Conroy in Maam who long-arm quilted it for us. It looks great! We just need to add the binding and then it will be in the May exhibition before being raffled.

This is Ester Kiely's 'Alive and Kicking on Salthill Prom', which is still a work in progress for the May exhibition. Having spent a morning photographing the walkers on the prom kick the wall which is a Galway tradition, these were printed onto fabric, ready for some quilting!

We had another chance to see the quilt made by Irish quilters for 'Let the Flowers Bloom'

and the one made by Hungarian quilters. Both of these will be in the May exhibition.

March: Show and Tell

Monica Lannon shows her completed piece 'Two Hoots: The West's Awake' which will be in the exhibition in May.

Madeleine Jordan used lots of scraps to make this fantastic quilt for the May exhibition.

Well done to Sandlin Poth, who completed her quilt using the Jacob's Ladder block from the February workshop with Linda McMulkin. Appropriately this quilt is a gift for Jacob!

Mary Madden's Nursery Rhyme quilt is still in progress but will be completed in time for the exhibition in May.

Madeleine also made a piece forthe 2010 EQA exhibition in Bermingham where the challenge is to use 90% blues and 10% of one other colour.