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Boro Workshop with Christine Green
October brought an opportunity to explore the Japanese art of visible mending, and patching fabrics together, to repair clothes or create...


Great visit to DSI for a Strictly
Behind the Seams tour and a fun glimpse into the world of dance costumes and rhinestones!


Anne Kelly
joined us in September. She is a very talented and creative textile artist who brought lots of examples of her unique work to share with us


Dorset Buttons
Brilliant workshop with Jen Best who generously shared threads and beads with us as well as her expertise and extensive knowledge. The...


Our Summer picnic
held in August was a great opportunity for some al fresco sewing. Angela and Marion brought along their latest lovely quilts to share...


Threaducation by Lis Binns from Wonderfil
was an entertaining introduction to all things thread related. Lis covered everything we needed to know to create perfect quilts and so...


June saw the launch of a new group project
With permission, we are making a Pretty Little Pots quilt by Wendy Williams as part of our charity quilt drive. There are 52 pots to be...


Jubilee celebrations at our May meeting
We had a great time with a delicious high tea organised (and partly baked) brilliantly by Charlotte Henry, a group quilt raffle won by...


Perfect day for a picnic
We all enjoyed the sunshine in Oaks park, especially Ruby tucking into a snack


Jennie Rayment's workshop was, as always, great fun!
"Texture into Sudoko" was hugely enjoyed by those attending and here is Wendy Bosler displaying her finished work from the day


April show & tell
Charlotte Henry brought in her fabulous William Morris quilt, such a beautiful design


Jen Best of Beaker Button in Andover
gave a fascinating insight into the history of Dorset button making and the creative way she makes use of them. She is passionate about...


Pascale Michalski, Moral Fibre
We were delighted to welcome Pascale, a contemporary quilter and textile designer, to our February meeting. Pascale kindly shared with...


February 2022 - Q4CL
Our first group challenge was based on Autumn. There were plenty of blocks supplied to create this first quilt and our guest speaker,...
New Year
but sadly back to an old format! We held our first meeting by Zoom and Jen Hunt very kindly provided us with a very clear and...


Finally for 2021, on a colourful note
Our vibrant group quilt comprised of Rainbow blocks has now been beautifully finished by Ruth Hurst and will be donated to Project Linus...


Christmas Challenge 2021
There were thirty entries in our Christmas Stocking Challenge, which were also donated to the Sutton Women's Centre. Charlotte Henry's...


AGM and Social Evening
We ended the year with our AGM followed by quizzes, refreshments and a fun raffle prize game where everyone ended up with a prize or two...
Fantastic Fundraising
We were delighted to have raised over £3,000 at our exhibition in support of the Sutton Women's Centre. A cheque was presented to the...


Christine Green
Gave a great talk at our November meeting called "Bust The Rules and Get Creative". A trained graphic designer who worked for the BBC,...
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