February Meeting

 

The February meeting will start with the Annual General Meeting.  

All the documents for the AGM are available in the pages section of the blog.  On a computer the pages show at the top right-hand corner of the blog.  On a phone click on the home key and a list of pages will appear.

We are aware that some members are unable to attend an afternoon meeting, if you do have any questions or comments on the AGM business, then we'd like to hear from you - please email ginagcooke@gmail.com so your thoughts can be included in the AGM.

The subscription for this year remains at £30 with visitors still paying £5.   As our insurance requires that visitors can only attend up to 2 meetings a year before joining as members.  It was agreed to highlight this to attendees at the AGM ie visitors are required to join (ie pay the balance of membership subscription after attending two meetings), if they wish to come to future meetings. 

Workshops will be charged at £30 for members, and £35 for non-members. However, more expensive speakers and those providing materials will be £35 for members, £40 for non-members. The Committee have also agreed that we will require full payment up front for future workshops. Due to the high costs involved it’s sensible to ensure they are viable before we go ahead with the booking, which I hope you will understand.

After the AGM we are taking a closer look at the completed travelling books & Jeannie from Quilteeze is the trader.

 We look forward to seeing you all.

Gina Cooke

Next Year's Programme

The programme for next years is provisionally as follows:- 

Feb         AGM, Taking a closer look at the completed Travelling books and                         Trader Quiltese

Mar        Moira Neal - A View from my Kitchen Table

Apri        Practical evening with Trader Julie Chapman

May        Angela Dayman

June        Michelle Moody - My life in pieces

July        ?Gilly Mac - To be Confirmed     

September   Mark Francis (Sewing Bee)

October     Nicky Parmiter Post cards and Projects  + Workshop

November       TBA

December       Practical Session

We are also taking part in the Yarnbomb challenge next year.  The theme is "Fun and Games, Mischief and Mayhem" and we will be producing a piece based on characters from the Beano Comic.

December Meeting

 Our Christmas meeting on Wednesday 6th December proved to be a cosy social afternoon.

There was time to chat over seasonal refreshments as well as making paper Kusadama flowers thanks to Jo supporting us all.

"Show and Tell" provided an opportunity to see new work and many gained inspiration from the current "Travelling Books".

In addition we saw how ingenious our members are in the challenge to make a Christmas decoration using a "curtain hanger".

Happy Christmas from all the committee and hope to see you in February for the AGM.

Completed Flowers

Decorations made on a Curtain Hook for the challenge

This one was the most popular and won the competition

Roxanne from Hannah's Room

Wednesday 1st November might have been a wet and windy afternoon but at Cosby Quilters we were treated to a colourful meeting.

Roxanne, from Hannah's Room, brought a huge selection of Indonesian hand dyed batiks. We saw the long labour intensive process needed to produce these stunning fabrics.

In addition we learnt how Roxanne designs scenes using them to great effect and prepares her kits.  There was a terrific range of packs to encourage us, especially as most of them had worked examples.  I'm sure many of us give in to temptation!

Kathy Francis

November Meeting

The November meeting will be in the afternoon and Roxanne from Hannah's Room will be giving us a talk entitled "Creations and Procraftinations".

Roxanna is the owner of Hannah's Room, which is named after her elder sister.  When she her sister left home in 1999 her bedroom became their mother's sewing room and eventually the base for a fabric business, specialising in Batik fabrics. Since then Hannah's Room has grown and grown.  Roxanne took over from her mother eight years ago.  She juggles a busy family life, as she is the mother of 4 children, with running Hannah's Room.  She is keen to show her children the pride in working hard as well as the value of quality time together.

She is passionate about Hannah's Room and all that the business does.  They only stock the best quality of Indonesian Batik Fabrics.  

She is keen to constantly improve the experience for her customers whether that is online, at shows, talks and workshops.

 

October Meeting

We had an enjoyable evening listening to Pascale's talk and she advised us that although she did not use her artistic skills for her occupation, she has always painted in her leisure time.   About five years ago she acquired a sewing machine and taught herself how to use it and started making quilts and small hangings.  She tried lots of different techniques and fabrics and eventually decided that she liked silk fabric best as when it was painted the results were very vibrant.  She has incorporated her artistic skills, used for painting, into her designs for her quilted pieces. Once the design is created she then uses quilting to enhance her work.

She showed us a number of pieces of work that she has made over the last few years and the detail of the quilting is beautiful and definitely needs closer examination.  At the end of the talk she encouraged us to look her work and was quite happy to let us touch and examine it.

Some photos of her work are shown below.

October Speaker

Our speaker for October is Pascale Michalski and her talk is entitled "Moral Fibre"  

Pascale Michalski is 38 years old, and while she’s originally from Luxembourg, she has lived in London/United Kingdom for 19 years now. Since the start of her quilting journey five years ago, she has created many award-winning art quilts, exhibited across Europe and the Middle East, and contributed to many quilt festivals. Her quilt Meet Me Today has been awarded Excellence in Machine Quilting at the Festival of Quilts 2021 in Birmingham, UK. By getting involved in events, she doesn’t just support her quilting community; she also supports the craft she loves so much. 

Examples of her work