EYRES MONSELL BAPTIST FREE CHURCH
In December a Quilt and Christmas Tree Festival was held at the above venue.
I went along myself, and it was indeed, very well supported. Visitors received a warm welcome by the organisers and stall holders, and they had lots of really good stalls, with reasonably priced items.
After wandering around, I thought I deserved a rest and a cuppa....the cake was soooooo good.
The good news was, they managed to raise £730.00. the best result yet.
Well done, I look forward to visiting this event next year.
Vicky
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT
JOAN SMITH
After our AGM earlier this month, I received a lovely card from Joan, and would like to share this with you.
"To the Chairman, and Committee of Cosby Quilters.
Dear Friends,
I would like to thank you for the beautiful plant given to me at the AGM, also your kind words. I felt very honoured.
Isn't it wonderful that we have such a good membership, so much talent.
My best wishes for this eventful year.
My kindest regards to you all.
Joan Smith"
Kind words from a lovely lady...
Monday, 28 January 2013
INTERCARE CHEQUE PRESENTATION
On Saturday Elaine and I went along to the Intercare AGM (at their in invitation).
It was very interesting to sit in and hear more of how the charity operates, and learn of the results they are achieving.
Just one of the stories, of which there are many:-
Inter Care get an SOS from Sierra Leone where there is a cholera outbreak in one of the hospitals, and they are in desperate need of the appropriate medication.
Carol organises the purchase (as they did not have stock), and despatch of the medicine.
39 of the 40 patients survived.
This is just a small part of their work, and it just convinces me more, that the supply of quilts, and fund raising by our group has been a wonderful and worthwhile project.
They have now used all of our quilts, and have been very grateful for our help.
They were thrilled with our donation of £767.90 (we received a round of applause :-)
Towards the end of the AGM I was invited to speak about our group, and I had the opportunity of telling them about the fund raising carried out by the Cosby Quilters over the years.
At the end of the meeting several people came and spoke to us, and complimented us on the wonderful quilts and the efforts of our Group.
It has made all of the hard work worthwhile.
On Saturday Elaine and I went along to the Intercare AGM (at their in invitation).
It was very interesting to sit in and hear more of how the charity operates, and learn of the results they are achieving.
Just one of the stories, of which there are many:-
Inter Care get an SOS from Sierra Leone where there is a cholera outbreak in one of the hospitals, and they are in desperate need of the appropriate medication.
Carol organises the purchase (as they did not have stock), and despatch of the medicine.
39 of the 40 patients survived.
This is just a small part of their work, and it just convinces me more, that the supply of quilts, and fund raising by our group has been a wonderful and worthwhile project.
They have now used all of our quilts, and have been very grateful for our help.
They were thrilled with our donation of £767.90 (we received a round of applause :-)
Towards the end of the AGM I was invited to speak about our group, and I had the opportunity of telling them about the fund raising carried out by the Cosby Quilters over the years.
At the end of the meeting several people came and spoke to us, and complimented us on the wonderful quilts and the efforts of our Group.
It has made all of the hard work worthwhile.
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| Elaine and Vicky presenting the CQ cheque to Diane Hardy, General Manager of Intercare |
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Get-togethers get better and better
Thirty Cosby Quilters met at Ashfields in Earl Shilton earlier this month for our 'post Christmas' celebrations.
This proved to be an excellent venue, the food was first class, with very friendly staff, who could just about hear the food orders, above the chatter.
I think this could become one of our favourites for the future, and why wait for Christmas to have a meal with lovely friends??
Thanks to our hard working Secretary Janet for organising this (and much more)
Thirty Cosby Quilters met at Ashfields in Earl Shilton earlier this month for our 'post Christmas' celebrations.
This proved to be an excellent venue, the food was first class, with very friendly staff, who could just about hear the food orders, above the chatter.
I think this could become one of our favourites for the future, and why wait for Christmas to have a meal with lovely friends??
Thanks to our hard working Secretary Janet for organising this (and much more)
Sunday, 20 January 2013
WORKSHOPS FOR COSBY QUILTERS
2013
You will see that we have a first class range of topics (thanks to Pat Screaton).
This is part of our 25 year celebrations for Cosby Quilters
Date
|
Tutor
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Workshop
Title
|
Venue
|
|
Thurs
7 Mar
|
Katherine
Guerrier
|
Scrap
Quilts for the Fabric Collector
|
||
Sat
13
Apr
|
Janet
Humphrey
|
Embroidered
Casket
|
Ashby Magna
|
|
Thurs
2 May
|
Gail
Lawther
|
Glimpses
of New Zealand
|
||
Sat
25
May
|
Viv
Denscombe
|
A
Book of Bits or A Bit of a Book
|
Ashby Magna
|
|
Sat
8
Jun
|
Linda
Rudkin
|
Flower
Pounding & Flower Trapping
|
Ashby Magna
|
|
Wed
2
Jun
|
Ruth
Jarman
|
Bernina
only – Embroidery module course
|
||
Thurs
13
Jun
|
“
“
|
Automatic
memory programming patterns & Alphabet.
|
“
|
|
Fri
14 Jun
|
“
“
|
Mastering
your sewing machine
|
“
|
|
Sat
15 Jun
|
“
“
|
Embroidery
& decorative stitch
techniques
|
“
|
|
Thursday
5 Sep
|
Barbara
Weeks
|
Trapping
Colour Catching Light
|
||
Thurs
3 Oct
|
Maggie
Davies
|
Mola
Work
|
Blaby
|
Venues:
Blaby
Baptist Church Northfield Road, Blaby, Leics LE8 4GU
Ashby
Magna Village Hall Peveril Road, Ashby Magna, Leics LE17 5NG
Frolesworth
Village Hall Frolesworth, Leics LE17 5EA
All Classes
Run
from 10.00am to 4.00 pm. Coffee/tea/biscuits
provided, please bring packed lunch.
To Book
Please
contact Pat Screaton on 0116
2867581 mob: 07860 106 999 email: patscreaton@dsl.pipex.com
Cost:
£20 (members) £25 (non-members) per class.
A £5 deposit per class is required on booking.
Info re Classes
Please
visit tutors’ websites for info and pictures of workshops
WHOOPS.....................
NEARLY MISSED THIS ONE...............
We had a great final meeting to 2012.
Jennie Almond came along and showed us a selection of her beautiful quilts, and she also told stories of her quilting adventures.
just one of the many quilts which Jenny brought along
We had the usual amazing faith supper - amazing that we have such a variety and quantity of food - and amazing that it doesn't all get eaten up there and then!
The raffle was our Big One, with extra prizes, and we raised a fair sum of money to go to Intercare.(more of that in a later blog)
We also had a draw for members. A beautiful quilt was the prize, made by the late Janet Beet, and finished by committee members. This was won by Alison Caputo, and she was clearly quite delighted.
We had a special guest for the evening, who came courtesy of Leicester City Council.
She wandered up (or maybe even flew) from Town Hall Square, to join our Christmas Party. She looked a bit battered, but recovered sufficiently after a few glasses of Bucks Fizz, and regaled us with a brief poem, along the lines of how she got too fat to go on a normal sized Christmas tree. Hence the only tree she could top, was the one in the centre of Leicester....
We have tried to send her a thank you message, but could not contact her. We understand she was last seen heading north in search Rosemary Conley, to get advice on how to become a sleeker fairy for next Christmas.
A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
just one of the many quilts which Jenny brought along
We had the usual amazing faith supper - amazing that we have such a variety and quantity of food - and amazing that it doesn't all get eaten up there and then!
The raffle was our Big One, with extra prizes, and we raised a fair sum of money to go to Intercare.(more of that in a later blog)
We also had a draw for members. A beautiful quilt was the prize, made by the late Janet Beet, and finished by committee members. This was won by Alison Caputo, and she was clearly quite delighted.
We had a special guest for the evening, who came courtesy of Leicester City Council.
She wandered up (or maybe even flew) from Town Hall Square, to join our Christmas Party. She looked a bit battered, but recovered sufficiently after a few glasses of Bucks Fizz, and regaled us with a brief poem, along the lines of how she got too fat to go on a normal sized Christmas tree. Hence the only tree she could top, was the one in the centre of Leicester....
We have tried to send her a thank you message, but could not contact her. We understand she was last seen heading north in search Rosemary Conley, to get advice on how to become a sleeker fairy for next Christmas.
A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
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