A move round with the programme allows one of our talented members Gayney Jones, to show off her applique skills and give the rest of us a lesson in applique.
November 2023
Lizzie Wall workshop https://www.lizziewalltextiles.com/ came to do her Garden Chicken Collage workshop which was such fun. Everything was provided for us and it was an very interesting day.
December 2023
At the December meeting we have a Christmas theme. We played games and were entertainment by some Ukulele players. A delicious Christmas buffet was enjoyed by all.
At last, after a winter of bugs and feeling rotten, a Catchup of some of the lovely things we’ve done since the last blog. I don’t know how we fit it all in. Chats, sewing, listening to speakers, whilst enjoying a cuppa and a workshop or two.
We enjoyed a slide show and talk by member Helen Morgan about her amazing trip to Japan to the Quilt Fair. Helen really enjoyed the trip which shone through in her talk.
Members enjoying a get together and a chat and a cuppa with a bit of sewing in the background!
We had a get together to share knowledge and make Iron Caddy’s. Didn’t we do well?
Carol Bartlett came to give a talk “Sketches into Stitch”about her wonderful art work that starts as drawing, then she adds watercolour which she then reproduces in stitch. What a talented lady she is.
March 2023
Apologies but I missed this meeting so huge thanks to Keris for sharing the photos and giving me an update. I would have loved to have heard Trease Lane.
This month Trease Lane came to give a talk on her “Fabric Painting Techniques”. Here she is with some of the quilts that she has made.
Isn’t it just fantastic what you can do with fabric. Portraits and flowers
Painting and stitch.
Seren Dwt
Myra has been busy again making beautiful small quilts for Seren Dwt that provides Welcome Baby Boxes for babies born with with an extra sparkle (Down’s Syndrome). Thank you Myra! You’ve excelled yourself again.
Members show and tell.
Elaine has been very busy finishing her iron caddy, making a birthday calendar and a baby quilt.
Norma has produced this cat with piano tuna piece and Pam has been working on her Welsh quilt design.
In October Sally Hudson gave her talk “Old to New” antique textiles. Sally used a powerpoint to show some of the textiles with her work and brought examples to pass round so that we could have a close look and get hands on. It was inspiring!
We had such an amazing and interesting morning. Some members did a Show and Tell and others then went on to do a “Boro” workshop with Sally using our sewing machines. There were some very good results which I’m sure will be made into a Boro piece as time goes on.
September returns after the summer break. Autumn is well on the way and we are all back to join the group for an interesting year of quilting. A new Chair, Treasurer and Committee who have planned another season of goodness for us.
Over the summer Myra has been busy again making quilts for the premature units in hospitals round South Wales. She has made enough to give many babies a cosy start in life.
Sara Kear-Smith came to visit from White Gecko Craft Lounge in Dinas Powys, with her pop up shop and gave us a talk on Manx Quilting. This was something new to a few of us and I’m sure we’ll be seeing examples of this technique in the future. What a wonderful selection of gorgeous fabrics to choose from.
It was a treat to be back together with friends pay our subscriptions and enjoy a day of sewing and chatter with tea and cake of course.
Amanda had been busy sorting out her cupboards and brought an amazing quilt to donate to Project Linus.
See you for more in October when Sally Hudson from Stitchywoowoo will be talking about antique fabrics and teaching a Boro workshop.
It’s that time of year again and at last we were able to share a wonderful lunch together. As usual Glamorgan Quilters excelled themselves with the food! Julia was away on a long anticipated holiday to Canada so Jane took the Chair and guided us ably through the meeting. Here is the new committee for 2022/23. We’re very pleased to have you ladies!
Dru was made an Honorary Life Member. Fantastic and well done!
There was plenty of time to enjoy some sewing and a chat before we got down to business!
We enjoyed a delicious lunch which was followed by a talk and display of wonderful quilts from speaker Gwyneth Rose, Region 12 Quilters Guild co-ordinator.
A huge thank you Julia for getting us through the last few years and keeping the group together so that we can continue on to brighter times ahead.
See you all in September for more quilting enjoyment!
It was a special day for Myra who was celebrating her birthday with flowers, a cake and then an Honorary Life membership of Glamorgan Quilters! Myra is tireless in making baby quilts for charity which go out to all the local baby units and they are just beautiful. A well deserved surprise!
We got there at last! A huge thanks and WELL DONE to everyone who contributed time, effort, sewing and sold tickets. It took 3 years which was not the original plan but what a success in the end! We presented a cheque to Tenovus for £2,500 which was amazing when you remember that Covid struck and we couldn’t get out to sell the tickets as we had planned.
Here are the prizes. There are more than we originally planned but one of the few bonuses of Covid was that we had more time to make these! Members each donated bright fabric and made a block to put together and create this fun quilt.
Presenting the Cheque for £2500.00 to Maddy from Tenovus Cancer Care. A wonderful achievement!
We had some fantastic prizes on offer and they all went to appreciative recipients.
As usual we had some lovely work in our members show and tell. Such a lot of talent and inspiration!
Another lovely day getting together and sharing projects and ideas, with more to come! See you all at the next meeting on Saturday 11th June.
We are back to our usual kind of busy meeting with such a lot going on.
For a start a celebration of Easter, Luna Lapin rabbits and Wilhemina Mouse hiding in the middle all came to visit. That fluffy tail is gorgeous!
We have been making and adding to these over the last 2 years plus, so they all came together at last.
In the room next door Judi Mendelssohn taught her “New York Beauty” workshop and what beauties they are! We are so looking forward to seeing some of the finished quilts.
Just amazing Judi!
Members were busy in the Main Hall working on individual pieces of work and there were a lot of hexagons and blocks in evidence.
Francis made this beautiful memory quilt for a friend’s baby including first clothes and photographs.
Last but not least we had a selection of cotton threads to buy with the money going to charity. Some beautiful colours to choose from! Such a creative meeting and not a minute to spare.
With a Malvern trip coming up this feels like normality at last! See you all soon.
This month we had a fabulous Show and Tell by two of our members Fran and Chris.
It was a quiet meeting as things are slowly getting going again but wonderful to get together with quilting friends again. We are very lucky to have so much talent to enjoy amongst our members and there is always inspiration and advice to be given and shared.
Fran showed a beautiful array of quilts and hangings that she has made. Just amazing!
Chris gave us a very different selection of gorgeous quilts and who can guess that she looks at things with a mathematical eye?
Well here we are hoping for a better 2022 and under number restrictions again. Far from being defeated our committee got together and decided we would forgo the planned soup lunch and instead bring things to Show and tTell.
As I’ve said in the past we have a talented group of people amongst our members so we are never short of things to share and talk about.
Last year we had a visit from Melanie Corbett area co-ordinator for Project Linus. Both Sally and Jeannie have been very busy making quilts to donate. If you would like to read more about Project Linus click on the link below.
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