We have had 2 meetings since the last blog post.

December was our Christmas festivities with mince pies, and a Christmas raffle. 

We also made some Christmas coasters featuring baby polar bears. Everyone went home with a prize and a coaster.

January's meeting saw us examining some handling items from the Quilters Guild Collection and learning how to be quilt detectives. What do you look for in a quilted item that will tell you more about the type of patchwork. its age, the types of fabric, and its provenance.

November's meeting was an interesting talk on Eco-printing.

CarolAnn Allan explained how she uses the plants in her large garden to dye silk, cotton and threads which she then uses in her patchwork. The results were brighter than I had expected from natural dyes. 

Perhaps we should have a dyeing workshop next Spring?

White Rose Quilters has a New Programme for 2025-2026

 September saw us welcoming Althea Smith from Harrogate Quilting Studio with a talk entitled 

"Don't look at all my Mistakes" and lots of beautiful Quilts for us to admire.

In October we were making book covers with Kate Smith, another busy and enjoyable evening.

We also have a group challenge for the year. Find out more by navigating to the new page Group Challenges

Happy Quilting Everyone

 Last night was our AGM which our constitution states  we must hold every year.

We made the business part of the meeting as short as possible and both the yearly accounts and the members of the committee continuing for another year were voted on positively, and so we will run for the year 2025-2026.

We then got down to the business of making mini broaches with Gill and Karen, much more enjoyable.

Now we will take a summer break and meet again in september.

AND THE WINNER WAS

At our last meeting we had our own mini quilt show and tried our hand at being quilt judges. This was only after Nadine Paver, qualified quilt judge and tutor on the Quilters Guild of the British Isles Quilting Course, had given us an overview of the judging process and what to look for in a quilt. The judges at Festival of Quilts are experts in what they do, and I for one don't envy them their job, having looked at what is included in the quilt judging course. 

Thank you Nadine for a very informative evening.

 WHITE ROSE QUILTERS have had a busy couple of months.

The April meeting saw us gathering at BUGWEEDS our local Quilt Shop full of all the fabric and quilt notions that you cannot possibly do without. They provided refreshments whist we browsed the shelves and spent a lot more of our pennies than we should have.

May was our Cross Body Bag workshop with Kate Smith. A full day of sewing with like minded people away from the distractions of everyday life. The result was a very stylish bags and the experience of how to sew zips that can be used in future bag making projects.

The May evening meeting was spent with Gini from Dorset Buttons making button broaches and learning about the history of hand made buttons.

 MARCH AT WHITE ROSE QUILTERS

This evening's meeting saw us creating mini pictures with Nadine Paver. 

(These were Nadine's samples curtesy of Heather Chalkley who unfortunately could not make the meeting, so Nadine stepped in and did a sterling job). See more photos in the Meeting Review section.

 February at White Rose Quilters

This months meeting saw us getting to know members quilting history. 

We had a huge Show and Tell featuring each members first and latest quilts.

We heard some good stories and saw some wonderful quilts.

Photos of a few more of the quilts can be seen in the meeting review pages.