FEBRUARY 2015

Hello again.

Last months' meeting was well attended and lively.  Lots of busy hands catching up with projects put to one side for the Christmas celebrations.  We were delighted to welcome a new Member to our ranks.  A great start to the New Year.

This month we welcome Birgitta Debenham as our Speaker.  Her talk 'Boxes of Delight.  Post from Japan' will be I am sure very interesting.  Birgitta will also be bringing with her examples of her 'Post'.  Some of you may already be familiar with Birgitta and her work from the Open Studios and Arts Weeks events when she has an Exhibition in their lovely family Church at Turnerspuddle. 

The meeting is on Monday 16th February from 10 a.m. until 12.30 p.m.  As usual free for Members but there will be a small entrance fee for visitors.

And now jumping forward a month to March I am going to publish here the requirements list for the Jan Tillett workshop on 23rd March.  Jan will be for us for the whole day giving a short talk in the morning followed by the Workshop in the afternoon.  The workshop will be 'Shimmering Leaves'.

"Use Angelina fibres, free motion embroidery and shiny fabrics to create a shimmering wallhanging.  The colours can be themed for a seasonal hanging of your choice.

The following materials and equipment will be needed for the workshop.

• Domestic sewing machine - bring all tools, feet and instruction book
• Darning foot/free motion embroidery foot for sewing machine
• A variety of sewing machine needles
• Sewing kit - scissors (fabric and paper), pins, tailors chalk etc.c
• Wooden kebab stick
• 1/2 metre of  Calico
• 30cm square of felt*
• A variety of organzas in your chosen colours
• 1/2 metre of stitch and tear
• Machine embroidery threads - rayon and metallic*
• Notebook and pen/pencil
• 30cm square of black or white Mistyfuse*
• Angelina fibres*
• Baking parchment and kitchen roll
• Bits and pieces of shiny fabric, ribbon, net, lace etc.
• Wooden (leaf) printing blocks if you have them
• Fabric crayons.  "

Jan will be bringing wooden blocks and fabric crayons that can be used at the workshop.
Items marked with an asterisk will be available to purchase on the day.

There will be a short break for Lunch at about 1 p.m.  Please bring your own packed Lunch.  Tea and Coffee will be available from the Kitchen.

JANUARY 2015

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS.

 

Lets hope 2015 will be a truly inspirational year for all of us.

 

January's monthly meeting will be a 'Sit and Sew' day.  This gives us all the opportunity to catch up with some work after the Festive season.  Now where did I put all my unfinished work in the great Christmas tidy up !!!!!!

These sit and sew days are ideal for finishing off UFO's and bringing along anything that you need help with or need a second opinion about.  Usual time, usual place, see you there on Monday 19th January.

 

Liz

 

 

DECEMBER MEETING

Monday's meeting will be the last one of 2014. We have all kinds of things planned and it will be an informal day.  There will be a Raffle, Quiz, and an opportunity to take part in a small workshop.  There will be refreshments provided during the morning.  We are hoping that there will be plenty of entries for our 'Holly and Ivy' challenge.  Bring along any works in progress that you are anxious to get finished and anything that is finished that you would like to share with us.

Thank you for your continued support throughout the year and we look forward to welcoming you back in 2015.  We have a varied programme arranged and of course it will be our Exhibition in June.

If we don't see you on Monday Happy Christmas and 'Carry on Quilting'.

Liz

NOVEMBER

The date of the next meeting is Monday 17th November 2014.   1 0 a.m. - 12.30 p.m

The Speaker at this Meeting is Sandi Ferguson.  Sandi taught Art and English  in England and abroad and also pursued her love of opera and theatre by designing sets and costumes.  For the past 11 years her passion for fabrics has been reflected in quilting.  She recently exhibited in Dorset Arts Weeks and was a contributor to the George Herbert Festival in Salisbury.

Sandi's classic quilts and cushions are to be found throughout this country and in Ireland, France, USA, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. 

She was closely involved with the 50th Anniversary Quilt for the American Museum in Britain.

We hope to see as many of you as are able to come .  The next meeting will be our Christmas meeting in December .

OCTOBER``

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING IS 13TH OCTOBER.  THIS IS A CHANGE IN THE ROUTINE AND IS THE SECOND  MONDAY OF THE MONTH AND NOT THE USUAL THIRD MONDAY.

We have FAY MAXWELL coming for the day to talk to us and give a workshop entitled 'Webs and Wheels'.  She describes this as a workshop of doodling with threads and stitches.

The requirements are that students bring along a variety of threads including embroidery threads, tapestry wools, cotton perle etc. in as many textures and colours that are to hand and small pieces of fabric to stitch on, or you may work with a limited palette of your choice.  This is a hand stitching workshop so machines are not necessary, just usual sewing kits.

This should be a fun, experimental workshop and the cost is £15 for non members.  £10 for members.

The meeting starts as usual at 10 a.m.  There will be the usual coffee and notices and any Show and Tell items to begin with followed by Fay's workshop.

There will be a break for Lunch (please bring a packed lunch).  Tea and coffee will be provided.

We are all looking forward to this workshop as Fay is a great teacher who always brings lots of lovely things for us to see and gain inspiration from and we hope that you will join us.

NEW TERM

Our new Term starts on Monday 15th September 2014.  This is our Annual General Meeting when everyone is welcome to attend.  This day is also an ideal opportunity for prospective new members to come and see what we are all about and to mingle with members and ask questions before committing to joining the Group.  Membership fees stay the same at £20 for the coming year.

We are also happy to welcome Frances Taylor to the meeting and introduce her to the Group.  Frances has recently moved to Dorchester and is a long arm quilter working from home.  She will be bringing examples of her work to show us and will talk to us about her work.

The day starts at 10 a.m. and after a cup of coffee and chat we will get down to the business of the day.

We hope as many of you as possible will be able to come.

PROGRAMME FOR JUNE.

Penny Armitage who is a member of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles and Contemporary Quilt Group will be coming to Hardy Quilters for our next meeting in June.  She will be giving a talk in the morning and a mini workshop in the afternoon.  The workshop  is entitled 'Flowers in my Garden' and she will be showing us how to make a selection of flowers which can then be appliqued on to a prepared background.
This promises to be a fun workshop and we are looking forward to her visit to us.  Penny now lives in North Devon but she has spent time in Dubai where she ran a very successful quilting group so her talk promises to be entertaining.
Hope you will join us.  Cost for the morning session is  £3 and workshop is  £5 for members and £10 for non- members.

Please contact us by email - thehardyquilters@googlemail.com  or telephone Liz Drake on 01305 786801 if you would like further details and a requirements list.