Hi Folks, Lovely weather for sewing!At our meeting on 5th October we will welcome Tomoni McElwee who began making patchwork quilts when she moved from Japan to Ireland in 1998. [More information on Tomoni at https://slaneyhandcraft.wordpress.com/ ]. Illusion Table Runner - Sunday Workshop A consistent prize-winner at the Tinahealy Show, Tomoni will enhance her talk by …
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The NIPG, as we are affectionately known, welcomes anyone interested in any aspect of patchwork and/or quilting, in whatever form. Beginner, advanced or in between.
The Guild usually meets on the first Saturday of the month in the Parochial Hall of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co Down, Northern Ireland. Contact us for more information.
Meetings open around 10.30 am with tea/coffee for which we charge a small visitor's fee. This is quite informal.
The meeting proper begins with 'housekeeping' - various announcements relevant to our members. Often we will have engaged a speaker of note, which is sometimes followed by a workshop/ sew-in. Full day workshops are held on Sundays.
We have had speakers and teachers from USA, Germany, Holland, England, not forgetting the excellent people who are locally based.
Contact us or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nipatchworkguild for further information.
Hands Across the Border 2019.Ruby Serendipity moves to St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny – 17th to 21st July 2019. 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily
After a successful stay in Flowerfield, Portstewart, the Hands Across the Border exhibition moved to Louth County Library, in Dundalk. After spending time in Dundalk, the exhibition has now reached the Charter Room in Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, from 17th - 21st July. Here are a few of the exquisite quilts which were seen in …
Ruby Serendipity at Flowerfield, Portstewart
In honour of this year being our Ruby Anniversary, the NIPG chose the title 'Ruby Serendipity' for our biennial Hands Across the Border exhibition, which we share with the Irish Patchwork Society. Why have a photo of Black Eyed Susans? A learned friend spotted that we had referred to our Hands Across the Border exhibition …
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‘Ruby’ Celebrations Continue
The visit of Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably was the highlight of our Ruby Celebrations. If you have any stories or photos, we would be glad to have them, although our Facebook has actively published them. Kaffe's lecture at the Ulster Museum was an huge success, and the Workshop at Windmill Fabrics was great fun, …
January Demonstrations according to Brian.
January 2019 Demonstrations One of the most popular events in the NIPG Calendar, when members themselves take on the demonstrations. Attendees gather themselves into groups and move from one demonstration table to the next. Each demonstration lasts approximately 15 minutes. Brian said: " The meeting seemed to me to be a complete success - all …
Our 2018 Christmas Meeting
Our Christmas Meetings are invariably a joy, with Christmas jumpers, earrings and other decorative jewellery on view. This year was no different and enhanced with our invariably ice-cold hall being so warm that the doors had to be opened. Jean and Ruth, our wonderful caterers, provided hot drinks and delicious cakes, for which we offer …
Christmas Meeting 2018 Sat 1st December
Hello Everyone BRING YOUR MUG TO THE MEETING We know that some people are particular about starting Christmas celebrations or even mentioning Christmas too early. Others, of course, would celebrate it all year round. Now, as we hold our meetings on the 1st Saturday of the month, and the 1st Saturday of December is on …
Welcome to Alysn Midgelow-Marsden, Textile artist who joins us on Nov 3rd.
IMPORTANT! Our next meeting and the afternoon workshop- Saturday 3rd November - will be in St. John’s, Orangefield Parish Church, on the Castlereagh Road in Belfast. 10:00 for 10:30 start. Sunday workshop will take place in Knock Golf Club Council Room and we are grateful to them for accomodating us on short notice. Here's a message …
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Our 40th Season begins on Sat 1st Sept
When a very, very, very young Deborah Baillie decided to start a quilting guild, little did she realise how big it would grow. Nor could she have realised how popular it would be, becoming Northern Ireland's largest patchwork Guild. That was 40 years ago and on Saturday September 1st 2018, Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild begin …
AGM Sat 2nd June
Hello Everyone Since we last posted, we have all in every sphere of our online existence, been grappling with GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation 2018. We've known for a while that it was imminent, yet suddenly the date of implementation arrived! Then the bombardment of emails to confirm that you still want to be …
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