Friday 7 May 2010

Quilt Day at the V&A

What a lovely day we had at the V and A, all thanks to Brenda Fish for arranging it for us. The coach was super(and I don’t like coach journeys!). We got to London> with ample time for coffee, lunch and a look round before our booked time to enter the quilt exhibition.

The exhibition itself was very good. It was lovely to see these old quilts, the skill of the quilters was stunning especialy considering how poor the lighting would have been. Some of the fabrics used looked as though they could have been bought very recently because of the patterns and the colours. One particular quilt I liked had several different sizes of spot fabrics in it that I would love to have in my collection today!

Do you wish you had come with us? There is still time to see it as it’s on until July.

Many thanks once again to Brenda.

Christa

Monday 22 February 2010

NEW GROUP

Kathryn Greig is starting a new evening Subgroup and the first meeting is to be on Wednesday 17th March at Kathryn's home.

Her address is;
33 Heighton Crescent
South Heighton
Newhaven
BN9 0QT
Her phone number is 01273 510193

email kathryn.greig@uwclub.net

If you are interested in joining or would like more details please contact Kathryn

Friday 5 February 2010

Hanging Together Exhibition

There is a fantastic exhibition at Chequer Mead in East Grinstead. It is a group of quilters/textile artist some of whom you may know. June C Barnes, Sandra Grusd, Jennie Lewis, Inger Milburn, Leslie Morgan, Ingrid Press and Julie Senington They are know as Hanging Together, in the programme it states that they encourage each other to think outside the box, they truly do.

The exhibition is on until Wednesday next 10th February and it really is worth a visit. If you can manage Saturday between 11am and 3pm you will be able to 'Meet the Artists' The exhibition is free and you will be able to get nice refreshments/lunches, parking right opposite.

Sunday 31 January 2010

Get to know you day

After all the snow and cancellations, Patchdean and Seahaven Day Groups decided to have a 'Get to know you day'

There were 12 of us and we all met at my house. Pauline and I made soup which went down very well and lots of yummy cake made by Christa and Julia.

Everyone brought along one of their first pieces of patchwork/quilting and we had a very noisy Show & Tell. Great to see how we have all developed and quite alarming to see how much the fabrics have dated.

Caroline who has just joined OVQ had a good initiation into the group and went home wanting to make everything.

We also collected £40 for the Haiti earthquake appeal.

Brenda

Friday 29 January 2010

JAN'S WORKSHOP 15th Feb

I expect by now you have all received the details of requirements for the above workshop. If you haven't please either contact me Brenda Fish on 01273 302221 or Penny Jones 01323 890925.

If you have any queries about the fabric needs list or equipment etc for the workshop, please contact Jan Hale on 01273 475408

Tuesday 12 January 2010

Doughty Fabric Sale

DOUGHTY BROS WILL BE AT PATCHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE ON SATURDAY 16th JANUARY 2010 STARTING AT 10am Lots of fabric at great prices wadding calico etc.

Sunday 10 January 2010

SNOW...........

Not a very good start to the new year. We have had to cancel our meeting on Tuesday evening with Sandra Grusd. Too chilly and more to the point too slippy.

Lorna's workshop on 21st has been postponed as Lorna has been unwell. We hope she makes a speedy recovery.

We did try to book another tutor and got all excited about Louise Mabbs, she would have done it. But in the end we decided that there would not be enough time for preparation and sourcing materials. We will book her for later in the year or early next year.

Our next workshop will be with Jan on Monday 15th February. You can come and make a big bag for your cutting board and equipment, great for taking to workshops etc and it is also good for storing your board. They are quite sensitive to heat and extreme cold, once they are warped they stay that way. The details and some pictures of the main block choices are on the Workshop page and the needs list can be found there too.

Keep warm Brenda x