Change of Speaker

Please note that there has been a change of Speaker for the November meeting


The Speaker is now Greta Fitchett "Inspired by Colour"

INSPIRED BY COLOUR shows how colour has inspired her work with design ideas from many sources. These include the summer flower garden, fishing boats, the city of Barcelona, travels to North Africa, and South American textiles. There are some quilts, but also embroidered wall hangings and three dimensional pieces.

Workshop on 5th September

There are still places left on this workshop

TRAPPING COLOUR CATCHING LIGHT

A contemporary take on the traditions of Quiltmaking; we will create wool wadding to incorporate colour and design and create overlays of dyed silk sheers to produce a small quilt. Ideas gained will transform your concept of a quilt!

This is a 'hands on', fun, workshop for all levels. Bring an inspirational picture to guide your choice of colour, line and texture, or borrow one of mine.

To book a place contact Pat Screaton on 0116 2867581 or email patscreaton@dsl.pipex.com

Venue Blaby Baptist Church
Cost £20.00  (members) £25.00 (non members) per class

 THE BIG TEXTILE EXHIBITION

Big textile show is happening at the end of September 28^th and 29^th at Countesthorpe Community Collage Countesthorpe Leicestershire, local to most of you

So take a look at The BIG TEXTILE SHOW web site and blog the workshop timetable is on the blog. Book up for the workshops £5.00 l hour £10.00  for 2 hour including materials and get your entrance ticket ASAP only £6.00 to get in with lot ‘s of free talks and demos. Jenny and Sue have put a lot of work into this great event that the felting group will be supporting 100%,  spread the word to your friends and Groups and book up for the workshops. Keep looking at the web site for updates. www.thebigtextileshow.co.uk

Next Meeting 4th September

The Speaker at the next meeting is Barbara Weeks

TRAPING COLOUR CATCHING LIGHT

Creating colour on cloth is the starting point of her quilts, which often feature painted silk and hand made felt. Her inspiration recently has been drawn from the marine ecosystems of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific. But she also delight in themes from the natural world nearer to home.

The trader will be Brenda Walker

Photos from July Meeting and Quilt exhibition

July Meeting

The talk on the 3^rd July was Rags to Riches by Jennie Stewart Anderson.  She gave an interesting talk on the history of rag rugs and demonstrated the various methods by which they are created.  She had created simple patterns and also beautiful pictures.  Plain hessian bags had been decorated with flowers to make them more interesting.

 

Quilt Exhibition

The quilt exhibition at Cosby Open Gardens was brilliant.  The exhibition was absolutely stunning and everyone who attended was bowled over by the work.  There have been so many positive comments and words of praise for the exhibits coupled with surprise at the variety of styles and how quilting has moved on and is now up to date.  Many commented on the very clever ladies we have in the group.  One person commented what a lovely exhibition it was and then realised that there were a great many more quilts in the church itself.

It looks like we have generated enthusiasm among some local ladies, and may have some new faces at future meetings, and hopefully joining the group, which is great news. 

Many of the members have been very generous with their time and provision of items for the sales table and the cakes.  We had 12 cushions and 7 bags for the raffle and the customers appreciated the fact that they would win something that they wanted. The guess the number of pickled people in the jar was a great success. The two quilts that were raffled made £139.20 for Breast Cancer.

Over all we made over £700 which is excellent.

A big thank you to all of you who gave your time and effort to make the event such a great success.

Photos below for anyone who was unable to attend

 

 

COSBY QUILTERS EXHIBITION 6-7 JULY 2013

This is being held  in conjunction with Cosby Open Gardens, which is being held to raise funds for the C of E Church in Cosby.
It will commence on Saturday at 10 am, and run through until 5pm
Sunday it will commence at 12 midday and end at 4pm.
Price £3 per adult, children 11 and under FOC. 

This price will give you entrance to all gardens participating in the scheme, and they are very varied, and of a very high standard.
We suggest you come early, as the last time an Open Garden Scheme was in operation, it was advertised in The Telegraph and folk came from miles around.

There are many gardens to be viewed, refreshments from various places, a band will play on Sunday afternoon.  It will be a family fun day out in Cosby.

We are holding our quilt exhibition in the Cosby Community Church, Croft Rd., Cosby, LE9 1RE.
Apart from the exhibition, we will have a stalls selling crafts, cakes, a raffle for a cancer charity, a raffle for bags and cushions. We also have some 'pickled people', and it's not every day you get to see one of these.  (You will have to come along and see what it's all about)

For members and friends of Cosby Quilters, may I remind you that we will need your quilts, or completed work from workshops, or any item you have made, well in advance of this weekend.  This will enable us to plan the displays.  All items should have your name on please.

Goods being donated for the craft stall, can be given to Sue and Viv (or any committee member well in advance of the event).

Contributions of cakes, we would like to receive these on Friday, and our committee will be at the Community Church that day setting up the exhibition, so can receive them.  Can we ask that they be labelled, whether they contain nuts, and whether they are suitable for freezing.
Cakes can also be received on Saturday.

We would ask that you come along to support Cosby Quilters, and in turn the local parish church.

COURSE AND WORKSHOP REMINDER.............

For anyone who did not could not make the last meeting, I would like to send out a reminder about some of our courses.
Full information along with websites can be found further back in the blog, just look in the January information, entitled Workshops for Cosby Quilters.


Sat 25 May - Viv Denscombe's course entitled 'A Book of Bits or a Bit of a Book'. This is to be held at Ashby Magna, and I think the title is enough to get you along there and see what it's all about.
There are a few places left, and this would be a great chance to learn from Viv, who is a very enthusiastic teacher.

Sat. 8 June - Linda Rudkin - Flower Pounding and Flower Trapping.  Something very different.  Venue - Ashby Magna

Wed 12  to Saturday 15 June - Ruth Jarman.  Four seperate courses with Ruth, who will take you through everything you would ever need to know about machines and stitches.  Look back through the  blog, and find the relevant info.  Venue - Frolesworth

As I am likely to keep telling you, these courses are at a very reasonable price.  Our group are not looking to make a profit, we just want to offer our members, and friends, a variety of topics, and make quilting more interesting and fun.

Please contact Pat Screaton 0116 2867581  if you would like to join any of these classes

Please Note
The speaker planned for 2nd October, and workshop for 3rd October, has had to be cancelled.  Maggie Davies is now unable to make these dates.
In her place, we have arranged for Greta Fitchett to come along to talk to us