Hello everyone, We have had two memorable meetings to date, and it's hard to believe the November one is almost here. Just a gentle reminder to renew your membership, if you haven;t already done so. You can renew online. https://northernirelandpatchworkguild.com/membership/ We will be back in the PAROCHIAL HALL at CULTRA 10am for 1030am start,on 2nd November. [Note for …
Category: Quilting
February 2021 “Hands Across The Border” from Anne Hardcastle
Welcome.Spring is coming.....I counted three yellow and four crocus flowers in my garden yesterday and today there are more than a dozen. Spring makes me think of planning journeys and on Saturday 6th February we will welcome Greta Fitchett with her talk `Traveller's Tales`, delivered via Zoom."TRAVELLERS TALES : Come along on a journey to places …
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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 …
Crafting Live Belfast. Titanic Exhibition Centre. Thurs 26th April to Sat 28th April
Crafting Live Belfast The Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild will be present at the Crafting Live Show in the Titanic Exhibition Centre, Our stand shall be displaying work produced by our members on the theme ‘Dive into your Stash!’ Our Chair, Paula Ellis came up with the theme, which has been enthusiastically embraced by our members. …
Galloping towards Saturday Sept 2nd
We've had a somewhat wet summer here in Northern Ireland, fortunately we can always find plenty to do as we are gallop towards our first 2017 - 18 Guild meeting on Saturday 2nd September. August is Craft Month and we have been enjoying many exhibitions, workshops and talks all over Northern Ireland - too many …
Hands Across the Border Exhibition, “Aurora” 2017, comes to the North of Ireland
Yes, we are getting very excited about the Hands Across the Border exhibition coming to the beautiful setting of the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn. It had a successful showing in Dublin, where it was exhibited in the Custom House Quay, IFSC, Dublin Northside, hosted by the Eastern Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society. Eastern Branch have …
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Link to Jayne Mcclenaghan’s Blog: “Busy times for the NI Patchwork Guild”
Jayne has posted a great summary of what's been happening with NIPG, so here's a link to her blog. You might want to see what she's up to in Mount Stewart. Would love to know how she finds the time to do all that she does? The Guild had a demonstration and display at the …
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Michele Hill’s Beatrix Potter quilt is now on display in Hill Top, Cumbria.
This blog posting comes from C&T Publishing who published, Michele Hill's beautiful book entitled: 'Stitching with Beatrix Potter'. Posted by Deirdre Quirk on March 23, 2017. Deirdre Quirk writes: Planning a visit to Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's farmhouse, today a historic home and museum in Cumbria? Well, now when you tour the lovingly preserved home, …
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Letter from Brenda & link to Jayne McClenagh’s report on the Jennie Rayment Visit
First the letter from Brenda... Hello Members and Friends It was lovely to see so many of you at the November meeting we had over 60 people to here Jennie Rayment. Jennie is full of life and gave us a very informative and entertaining talk. I was particularly interested in her microwave dying and am …
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Bits and Bobs
Looking forward to the Stack 'n Whack workshop being given by Ann Blachford on Friday 18th November. Our next meeting is on Saturday 3rd December. Please get in touch if you're interested in joining us for the first time. We've joined Pinterest, our name is nipatchwork, you can find us at NI Patchwork. We have created …
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