Swap Bag

At our last meeting, a swap bag was given out by Claire Lynch to all Genesis members.
The bag contained a small piece of hand-dyed screen-printed fabric, metallic fabric paper (from an Arts & Craft Shop) and a small stick-on magnet. The idea is that everyone will make something using all 3 items.

The finished items are due at the next Genesis meeting - 6th March.

6th February Meeting

Our 1st meeting of the year started off with a bang. We came up with loads of ideas to work on for the rest of the year.

Paula showed her hand-pieced quilt all made with Kaffe Fassett fabrics which is she now hand-quilting:

1st Project:
Swap Bag 1 - Claire supplied the contents of our 1st Swap Bag. Genesis members are to have something made from this bag at the next meeting. Item can be as small or large as you like.

2nd Project:
Branching Out Group Quilt. Quilted pieces will have to be ready for the 6th March meeting, at which we'll add borders and bind the piece for exhibition.

3rd Project:
Branching Out National Exhibition. All Genesis members are working on ideas or projects for the Local and National "Branching Out" Exhibition. Hopefully, we will all have our pieces ready for the April exhibition!

4th Project:
Branching Out Fabric Postcards. All Genesis members to make 2 postcards for this exhibit.

Tracy with her work in progress - New York Beauty Quilt:

Hands Across the Border Exhibition - Armagh County Museum

Every two years, the Irish Patchwork Society holds a joint exhibition with the Northern Ireland Quilters Guild i.e. the Hands Across the Border Exhibition. This year the theme of the exhibit was "Dreamcatcher".

The exhibition will be running from January 24th till Mid-April in the Armagh County Museum. In September, the exhibit will be on display in the Phoenix Park Visitors Centre, Dublin.

Three Genesis members entered quilts:

"Soul-Catcher" by Paula Rafferty

Tracy's quilt is on the top left:

"Quilt Visions" by Claire Lynch - quilt at top of picture.