December was Christmas Party Season and we had our usual faith supper which was very tasty.

We also made stars with Kate Smith. Baby wipes are for more than babies when gluing and sticking are involved.

Our Competition A Christmas Stocking Filler brought forth an assortment of entries and well done to the worthy winners.

And I hope everyone got something exciting for their Secret Santa. 

Merry Christmas

January

At the January meeting on the 25th of the month we will be making small Quilts for donating to York Hospital Special Care Baby Unit. 

Please bring everything you need including your sewing machine to begin to make a small quilt, approx 18 to 24 inches in dimension. We have some donations of material that you can use or you can supply your own. I know you can spare some from your stash. 

In the mean time.... 

Happy New Year

The November meeting had us making bird decorations with Liz and Myra.
Sewing the pelmet stiffening by hand proved hard work but the finished results were pretty. Luckily Myra had brought along some glue and glitter to go with our assortment of feathers, beads and other bling.

The next meeting is our Christmas Meeting.

A faith supper, Secret Santa, Kates star decoration, and the Christmas competition, a christmas stocking filler, should give a festive feel to the evening

Wednesday 26th October saw us picking up our finest hand sewing needles to do needle turned applique in the form of hawaiian patchwork with Kate Smith. This is something you either find very difficult or you love. Personally I love the finished article, and Kate's samples were wonderful, but find the technique difficult to master. However I enjoyed our evening and it is certainly easier to chat when you are not sat at your machine.
We have had several new members join us this year and I hope they were able to get to know the other members whilst they enjoyed their stitching.

Next month we will be making a small Christmas Decoration.
You will need small contrasting pieces of material, some bondaweb, some beads, crystals, small buttons or other embellishment, a small piece of ribbon for making a hanger for your decoration, and some embroidery thread. Plus your hand sewing kit, and card to make a template. You will also need a small piece of pelmet vilene but this will be provided for those who have do not have it as part of their own sewing supplies.
Do come and join us for the evening if you are in the area.

White Rose Quilters met again after the summer recess on 28th September and we had the pleasure of welcoming some new members and also some visitors  for the evening talk.
At our first meeting of the new programme we had invited Hazel Williams to speak to us on the subject of 'Gadgets and Gizmos'.  (see meetings review)
Hazel also brought along her shop so that we could indulge our passion for acquiring more beautiful material, even though we all have enough to last us a lifetime. She had also bought along most of the gadgets that she had demonstrated. So an ideal time to pick up that something that you knew having seen it, you just had to have it, as it would make your life so much easier.
We had a good night including a raffle and 'Show and Tell' as some members had been quite busy over the summer.
At the next meeting on October 26th we will be making a small piece of Hawaiian quilting so members will need to bring along 2 contrasting pieces of material, both slightly larger than they want their finished piece to be,  also some paper scissors and your hand sewing kit with thread to match your fabric.

Our last meeting was our Annual General Meeting.
Rather boring really but our accounts are in good order which means that we can invite some speakers for next year.
The committee has agreed to stay on for another term of office and after our meeting I have put together the programme for next year which I will now post onto the blog.

We have tried to put together a varied programme of speakers and mini workshops which we hope the membership will enjoy.

Anyone wishing to join us next year, the first meeting is Wednesday 28th September at 7-30pm at
St Chads Church Hall Campleshon Road, York. YO23 1 PE

The last meeting saw fellow White Rose Member Gina Smith talking to us about her work as a talented embroiderer. Her patchwork is always inspiring for her use of colour but her embroidery is stunning. She brought along several framed pieces of her work and also illustrated her talk with slides so that we were able to enjoy all aspects of her varied portfolio of work.
It always surprises me what talent we have hidden in our small membership and Gina is truly a star. Thank you for agreeing to talk to us and you are inspirational despite your modesty.

Next month July is the AGM but we will also be rummaging through the material that ex-member Dorothy Winn has donated and rotary cutting some of it into usable squares that can be used to make small quilts that we can donate to York SCBU.

Unfortunately I missed our last meeting as we were on holiday but Myra has reported that everyone enjoyed the 'Talking Quilts' Evening.

Members brought along one of their quilts that had a special personal significance for  them. They talked about their quilting journey and the relevance of the piece of work they had chosen to bring along. It was a very successful format and one which I hope we can repeat another time. A good evening for our two visitors who I hope will have enjoyed it enough to join us again soon.

We have now given the proceeds from the May exhibition to our two chosen charities. Myself, Emma and her two children went along to York Hospital Special Care Baby Unit to present the cheque. Arthur seemed non too impressed to be back on the unit where he spent his first two months of life, but I hope the money we raised will help others in similar circumstances.

Next meeting Gina Smith will be giving us a talk about her work. As well as being a member of White Rose Quilters Gina is also an embroiderer and textile artist and a member of the Group
Diverse Threads. I am sure it will be an interesting evening.