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Western Branch |
Our meetings take place in Galway city and currently our branch members hail from Galway, Clare, Roscommon, Mayo, Westmeath, Sligo, Sweden and the USA The venue for our meetings is the Galway Bridge Centre St Mary's Road Galway H91 C2C3 from 10am - 12.30 Our meetings feature guest speakers, a show and tell of members' recent work and visiting shops with patchwork and quilting supplies.....and a welcoming cuppa on arrival. Visitors and new members are always welcome. If you would like more information about our meeting please contact our chairperson at: Email: chairipswest@gmail.com |
The next Western Branch meeting of the next year will take place on Saturday November 16th , 2024.
Thank you to the Branch members who have volunteered to teach these workshops. Kits of fabrics and bits and bobs will be supplied but members attending are asked to bring a small sewing kit. (Needles, thread, scissors and pins.) We look forward to a great Show and Tell of members' recent work. We are especially looking forward to seeing the work done on the Brigit's Garden quilt after last month's meeting. Our visiting shop will be Green Acres Quilts. We welcome Stephanie Green and the lovely kits and fabrics she will be bringing all the way from Falcarragh, Co Donegal. See her stock on greenacresquilts.com
Admission at the door is €5. (Notes please, no coins. Thank you.) We look forward to seeing you at the Galway Bridge Centre (H91 C2C3) from 10am-12.30 Our next meeting (and Christmas party) will take place on Saturday December 14th.
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A little preview of a section of the quilt commissioned by Jenny Beale of Brigit's Garden. The quilt will be handed over at an event in Brigit's Garden on Saturday November 23rd.
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This meeting will feature mini workshops with small handsewn projects with a Christmas theme.
At our October meeting we were delighted to welcome 10 members of the Markham Guild of Village Crafts from Ontario, Canada. The women are gifted craftspeople and brought maple leaf blocks to share with the members of the Western Branch, as well as the pattern for making the maple leaf. They also brought another bundle of blocks they had made from Canadian themes fabric. Can't wait to see what our members make from them! Branch member Carolann Slevin presented the visitors with a handy pouch embroidered with the maple leaf and shamrock. Great fun.
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