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Please follow the link in the Newsletters tab above to see our latest newsletter. Details in the newsletter about our programme for the year as well as planned trips to the Malverns Quilt Show on May 19th and the Festival of Quilts at the NEC on August 4th.

The February meeting on the 22nd will be held at St Francis Church Hall in Wash Common, our usual venue. The heating is now fixed.

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It was good to meet up again in January after our December meeting was cancelled due to lack of heating in the St Francis Hall. Chieveley Village hall was our temporary venue. Here is some of the work shown during the evening

Autumnal quilt designed by Cat and made for a friend
Pauline's embellished cushion with curved piecing
Mary's quilted clock based round a frisbee
Kirsty's beautiful English Paper Pieced quilt, hand pieced and machine quilted. The design is called "Ice Cream Soda".
Sue C's batik fabric bag
A premmie quilt donated by Janice
One of 2 premmie quilts donated by Gail
Sarah's kantha stitched cushion
Sarah's mixed media collage for a wall, made on a course.

Our latest newsletter can be found by following the link the Newsletters tab above.

The next meeting at St Francis, our usual venue in Wash Common, will feature Kantha, shashiko and boro demonstations - more details in the newsletter.

Also in this month's newsletter, details about the Sew on Saturday programme and our outings to the Malverns Quilts Show on May 19th and the NEC Festival of Quilts on August 7th

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In our latest newsletter (which can be found by clicking on the tab above) you can read an exhibition review as well as discovering some of our plans for 2023.

These include:

Drunkards Path Blocks; Shibori demonstration; UFOs (Unfinished objects); Log Cabin and variations, as well as making a Patchwork Jacket .

We are also planning various Saturday SOS workshops, the first on March 18th being on Seminole Patchwork. This is to be held at Chieveley Village Hall, RG20 8TE.

Kirsty showed a beautiful cushion made through an online workshop with Stitched Up by Samantha.

Our December Meeting will be on December 14th and we will be having our Christmas social, with a quiz as well as nice things to eat and drink.

Please bring a contribution for the Food Bank.

Show and Tell this month will be items with a Christmas theme, made at any time.

UPDATE
Unfortunately our December meeting is cancelled due to the breakdown of the heating in the hall.

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Our first exhibition for 5 years was held on the weekend of 29/30 October at Newbury College and was a great success, with 32 members displaying over 100 quilts and other items. A raffle in aid of "Time to Talk", delicious cakes on the refreshments table, a sales table and four traders all added to the experience.

Photographs of the exhibition and all the quilts can be found by clicking the link on the right hand side. Photographs by John Priest.

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Made by Cat with Kaffe Fassett fabrics - all but one square. Can you spot it?
Bargello Quilts made by Jan and Geraldine, both Premmie Quilt size
Bag made by Doriana - welcome back to the group.
Bargello quilt made by new member Sue L.
Simple design quilt by Cat made from a jelly roll (except the borders). Big enough to sit comfortably on a single bed. Shows how far a jelly roll can go.