I`m sitting in the garden on this sunny bank holiday watching honey bees, bumble bees and butterflies feeding on verbena bonariensis thinking of the forthcoming year for the patchwork Guild.
We are excited to be returning to the Folk Museum, Cultra, and the first meeting will be Saturday 10th September 2022.
Our opening meeting will be in the Parochial Hall, Ulster Folk Museum.
Members are invited to arrive from 10.15am when refreshments will be available ( please remember to bring your own mug).
There will be an opportunity to pay the annual membership of £25.00, and sign up for workshops ( both the treasurer and membership secretary will be on holiday so we ask for your patience.)
The aforementioned Workshop will be on Saturday November 5th with Esme Edwards.. We have admired her postcards which she shared with us on our Virtual Show and Tells. Naturally we begged her for a workshop. Workshop is £10.00.
Perhaps peruse the library, while catching up with old friends and meeting new members.
If you had a quilt in the successful HATB exhibition, you may collect them on the 10th September.
The highlight of the morning will be when two of our members Heather and Tracy Tsang talk about their work.
Looking forward to seeing you all again.
P.S. Now that we are meeting face to face again, it is imperative that more members volunteer to help with the running of the Guild, either as a committee member or by `lending a hand` at Saturday meetings. ( I know of a quilting group that has closed through lack of volunteers willing to help).
Consider that the current Committee and Chair have been helping since 2019, and will need to be replaced at some point. It would be best if volunteers could step forward and `learn the ropes` before the current committee retires. I am prepared to Chair until June 2023, but after that…..
See you soon
Anne Hardcastle
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