Happy New Year to you all! Dear Members and Friends, I am writing this in Long Beach, California in 80F heat so I don't know what the weather is like in Northern Ireland! I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and are looking forward to a new quilting year. The next meeting is on …

Continue reading Greetings to NIPG from Brenda in California

Dear Friends   Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!   Thanks to all who attended our Christmas meeting in Ballygilbert. We had a great time and everyone enjoyed the games, Stand Up Bingo and the handbag game. Many thanks to Jean Openshaw and Joanna Warwick and their volunteer helpers for the lovely mince …

Continue reading December Letter from our Chair, Brenda Richardson

Post from La Ruche des Quilteuses on 'A big moon, round and shiny'. [Sounds more exotic in French].

Quick note to add to this post. Patrick's Olympics didn't end with a medal; only a few may win medals, but Patrick certainly won our hearts and we are tremendously proud of his achievements. Summer's nearly over and joyfully our 2016 -17 season will kick off on Saturday 3rd September.  Post will follow soon.   …

Continue reading Former Quilter’s Road to Rio 2016. Update.

The ‘Memories’ exhibition at the Flax Gallery, Mossley Mill was wonderful!  Our members did us proud producing 38 beautiful quilts.  [Check out the Memories Quilt Page on our site] . The theme obviously sparked inspiration in so many directions - the variety of quilts and the diversity of techniques was phenomenal, and the quality of …

Continue reading Memories Exhibition and AGM by Anne James

We are very excited to have Rosemary Little as  our speaker for the March meeting [Sat 5th in our usual venue],  on the topic of  'Indian inspiration', sounds intriguing. In the afternoon, after our monthly meeting, we have the opportunity to attend a  half-day workshop with Rose [that's Sat afternoon 5th Mar -  from 2:00 …

Continue reading Spring Meeting with Rosemary Little

Message from Anne James, Chairperson A happy and peaceful New Year to you all. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and that Father Christmas filled your stockings with lots of goodies. The first meeting of the new year is on Saturday 2nd, and I hope everyone will be fit and well for it. …

Continue reading Happy New Year 2016