Patchwork Day

We had a really good day with Jackie and Ann demonstrating how to piece together a table runner.  Most of us made christmas ones, some made square table centres and some made non christmas items.  We were all kept very busy by Jackie, there was no slacking or sitting chatting but Ann made up for it with a supply of her wonderful blueberry muffins.  Some were so busy that at the end we didn't get chance to display everyones's work together so we are bringing it to the next Guild meeting when hopefully there may even be a few completed pieces of work.

October Meeting

Today we presented our advent calendar, that we made for the Regional AGM challenge, to Cath Temple who will take it to the local Guides and Brownies to raffle for their own funds.  We also made a decision on our new Rose Bowl Challenge for 2015 and it will be 'Winter'.  You can do any technique or any item but it must have a winter theme.

Some of the members recently went on a trip to the Royal Armouries at Leeds.  It was organised by another local group who are doing work on a theme or 'Warriors' so it was an appropriate place for them to go.  We all had an enjoyable day and everyone got some ideas for future projects.

We have another 'Make and Take' session coming up next month and we are doing 'Christmassy Things' similar to the items in this photograph.

We also had a selection of the flowers that Brenda showed us last month that people have got finished and one item even included into a cushion cover.

Next month we are having another patchwork day and will be making a christmas table runner or a table centre, whichever you prefer.

Christmas lunch is booked for the 13th December at the Crossways so anyone not yet booked who would like to go can you contact me as soon as possible and I will get your name on the list.

We are hoping to have a joint meeting with Hull Branch and do two 'Make and Take' sessions at the March meeting.  They are only a very small Branch and don't have much opportunity for workshops so hopefully this will be the start of many joint ventures.

We had a very enjoyable talk from Gina Smith about her 'Travels with a Needle' who brought along some lovely pieces of work for us to drool over and who gave us an entertaining journey through her holidays and trips to some very exotic places and some not so exotic but just as beautiful.

Regional AGM

This year Ryedale Branch hosted the Regional AGM at Scarcroft near Leeds.  It was a busy day for the seven of us that went but we managed OK and had an enjoyable time meeting up with other branch members.

We provided tea and coffee for the morning, lunch and afternoon with some luscious cakes made by our members.  We also ran the raffle for the Region and a sales table that we made £80 on for our branch.  So a worthwhile trip.  The speaker was excellent and provided much discussion among members about multi-cultural groups.  I was lucky enough to win a raffle prize and went home with some wine and chocolates along with a colourful hand made bag, so that was my evening sorted with Lewis on the TV that I had recorded earlier.

These are the members of Ryedale who worked so hard all day.  Thanks to Jackie for making the sashes which received several compliments.

Hanging over the front of the table is our new banner bag.  It has a number of squares made by members and all put together by Jackie.  You can just see our banner in the background and now it can be transported around much more safely.

 

The next photos show some of the entries in the Chairman's Challenge which was once again won by Leeds Branch.

The winning entry are the small hangings next to our advent calendar, not a very good photograph I'm afraid but they were voted best by all the members present.  Now I have to go and reveal to our members the new challenge for next year, hope they all like it!

 

 

September Meeting

I was away on holiday for the July meeting so I don't really know what they got up to in my absence and therefore couldn't post a blog, so it really does seem a long time ago since I updated our information.  However, there were a few items brought along that had been made at the July meeting and also some more of Barbara's weaving from her talk.

Here are some cards that had been made last month and also some 'apples' that Ann has made using her own dyed fabric.

Barbara's beautiful weaving, you could make a dress from some of these patterns, they are that fine.

Down the side we have our new programme for 2014/15.  If anyone can tell me how I can get to highlight the bottom items that are all in black I would love to know.  For some reason it won't let me highlight a single letter never mind a whole name as I have done above.  Technology - huh!

September was our AGM and we gave our thanks to Liz who has now stepped down as Treasurer and welcomed Imelda into the post.  A bit of a baptizm of fire to start on the day that subscriptions are collected along with the Knitting and Stitching show money as well but she coped admirably.

We now have a new banner bag thanks to Jackie who pieced together all the individual embroideries that the members have done and this is the result -

We can now carry our banner around it style.  Come and see it at the Regional AGM.

The rosebowl competition this year was for a book cover and we had 8 entries, all of which were stunning but the winner chosen by the members was Christina.

Here are the entries -

 

and here is Christina with the rosebowl.

 

Our afternoon was spent making flowerpots that Brenda had brought along las month and everyone thought they were lovely, so she has kindly spent her time drawing desings onto calico for the rest of the group.  This is what we are doing and I expect to see a nice display next month of finished pots (ours are smaller than this one).

 

 

 

June Meeting

Although members are now starting to go on holiday etc. we still had a good attendance today.

A few of the quilted cushions from the workshop two weeks ago were on show but not all of them are finished yet.

Cath's is missing because she was sitting on it.  The day was so popular that another is planned for November and we are hoping to make a christmas table runner.  Everyone thanked Ann and Jackie for organising and running the days.

This afternoon we had Wyn Ingham helping us to make mini victorian needlecases which were lovely.  Everyone enjoyed the afternoon and most people took home a finished needlecase.  Some bought extra kits to make more, they were so pleased with their first ones. 

 

Here are some action shots of people working on their needlecases

And here is a selection of the finished ones.  Not everyone put theirs on the table but you can see the huge variety of kits that Wyn put together for us, it mus have taken her ages and our thanks go out to her.

Next month our own Barbara Douglas will be talking about 'Colour and Design for Weaving' and Barbara is an excellent weaver and some of her fabrics are superb.  We welcome visitors and I would recommend this talk if you are interested in weaving.

Below is a taster of what we will be doing next month on our 'Make and Take' session.

Patchwork Day

Six members of the Branch met up on Saturday for a Beginners Patchwork day with Jackie and Ann.  We had an excellent day learning how to do a 'Rail Fence' patchwork.  We didn't get as far a quilting it but I have been very good and got mine done at home, thanks to the football.  Everybody really enjoyed their day and many thanks go to Jackie and Ann for all the time they have put in to prepare and present this for us.

Here are the finished pieces of patchwork and how different they all look even though they are the same design.

Regional Day

Six of us once again had a very enjoyable day at the Regan Centre although the weather wasn't it's usual sunny self.  We had two very entertaining and informative talks one by George Hook, who is the last man in Birmingham to make mother of pearl buttons, and one by Lucy Adlington on the Great War Fashions.  The standard of the competition entries was as high as ever and there were some really lovely pieces on display.  Next years topic for the two competitions will be 'Maps' and the flower for the Maggie Judges competition will start with the letter 'E'.

I had a very good day as I won one of the raffle bags.  Kindly put together by the Sheffield Branch, I don't think they could have got another item in it.  It is now my challenge to produce a piece of work using as many of the items as possible.

This is a photograph of the bag I won with all the items that were in it.  Thank you very much Sheffield Branch.