Last month saw us catching up on the Sew a Row challenge with the remainder of the patterns being given out to all the members. I am really looking forward to seeing everybody's efforts which I hope will be at the July meeting.

We also discussed the exhibition we are planning for 14th May 2016. It seems along time in the future but I know it will quickly come around and we have a lot to organise.

We have already booked the venue. It is the Huntington room at Kings Manor in Exhibition Square in the centre of York. Can I also say a big thank you to PenLife Associates who have kindly helped us with sponsorship towards the cost of the venue.

We have also made a start on our charity quilt which will be raffled at the exhibition and again thank you to Cotton Cloth Sales for donating the material for this.

We have chosen our charities and any money made by the exhibition and raffle will be donated to York Hospital Special Care Baby Unit and the national charity BLISS, which helps families with premature babies. These charities were chosen as 2 members of the group, a mother and a grandmother have a special reason to be grateful to these two organisations.

At the next monthly meeting, April 22nd we will be making a caddy that fits around a mug. The caddy will hold all your sewing bits and pieces especially when you need to take a mug to a sewing event or be given as a gift to hold make-up brushes, hairclips etc to keep things tidy on a dressing table.

I will need to search my stash and find some pretty fabric before the next meeting to make this.