Next Meeting Saturday 3rd October in the Hall at the Folk & Transport Museum Ulster Folk Museum 153 Bangor Road Cultra Co Down BT18 OEU Speakers: Catherine Hamilton & Margaret Lee Topic: Heritage Stiching Afternoon Workshop: Based on 1831 National Schools Needlework Class for Girls. Accompanied by Story Telling Margaret and Catherine are excellent story …
NIPG New Season Begins Sat 5th September
Hello everyone, We hope you all had a lovely summer enjoying the warm weather and the many social events in Belfast. Now is the time to clean your sewing machines, fill your bobbins and heighten your creativity. Our 2026 - 27 NIPG season is about to begin. Looking forward to seeing you at our first …
Quilt Fayre Friday 8th & Saturday 9th May
Greetings to all members I hope you are enjoying this spell of sunny dry weather – long may it last. I’m sending this email to everyone in case you could not be with us in person at our scheduled May meeting. North West Quilt Fayre This fair is taking place on 8 th and 9 th May 2026. The organisers …
Martha’s Message for the November Meeting
NB Sorry we had to cancel the October meeting owing to the inclement weather. Perhaps you were intending to renew then, and hopefully we'll see you in November. Or check out renewals here https://northernirelandpatchworkguild.com/membership/ Hello everyone The clocks have gone back, and I hope you enjoyed your extra hour in bed. It’s been several weeks since we were together as …
Oct 2025 News from our Chair, Martha
The October Meeting that was sabotaged by Storm Amy October Patchwork Guild Meeting Dear Members It was with regret and reluctance that the October NIPG meeting was cancelled due to the inclement weather. We did our best to contact all of our members and I think we were successful in that the decision was made …
October Letter from our Chair, Martha Cromie
Hello everyone Only a few more days until the October Guild meeting on Saturday 4th in St Dorothea’s Church, 2-4 Gortland Park, Belfast BT5 7NU. The room is booked from 9:30am when Adrienne, Irene and helpers will prepare the room for us. Thanks girls. From 10:00 Tea, coffee and a biscuit will be available courtesy of Joanne and Yvonne. Mingle and chat …
Continue reading October Letter from our Chair, Martha Cromie
The NIPG Constitution as adopted at AGM June 7th 2025
We asked all NIPG members to examine the proposed updated Constitution, this was voted upon and accepted as our new Constitution at the 2025 AGM on June 7th. The Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild was founded by Deborah Baillie in March 1979. It was several years later, as the Guild grew, that a Constitution was drawn …
Continue reading The NIPG Constitution as adopted at AGM June 7th 2025
April 2025 Forthcoming Meeting
A new 'tradition' has emerged for NIPG, in the form of an excursion or charabanc, or in common terms 'a bus trip'. Charabanc sounds so much more exotic. Charabanc, (from French char à bancs: “wagon with benches”), long, four-wheeled carriage with several rows of forward-facing seats, originated in France in the early 19th century. It was …
Catch Up Feb – Mar 2025
Lorraine Grey astounded and delighted us with some of her quilts as she recounted her adventure with quilting. Here are a few images of quilts Lorraine showed us. Sandra Street who initially joined us virtually through Zoom during those dark days when we were not allowed to meet physicially. Since then, Sandra has entertained and …
2025 Jan 4th at Cultra
January meeting is a firm favourite, with members demonstrating various techniques. More to follow. Members, please checkout the Hands Across the Border 2025 Information. The usual 'Letter from the Chair will follow after Christmas. Here are Esme's Christmas Cards, created to support our 2024 - 25 charity.
