Branching Out Exhibition Opening

The Irish Patchwork Society is currently holding it's "Branching Out" Exhibition in the Botanic Gardens in Dublin.

Here's Meg with her piece "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Interior, Exterior Spaces"

And here's the Genesis group quilt "First Growth":

And here's one of Meg's fabric postcards made for the postcard exhibit:

Swap Bag 2

Genesis members are now working on the contents of Swap Bag 2. This swap bag was made up by Tracy, and contains a piece each of white and blue organza and piece of blue sari ribbon.

Genesis First Growth Group Quilt on exhibit

Our first group quilt "Genesis: First Growth" is now on exhibit as part of the Mid-West Branch "Branching Out" Exhibition. The exhibition is running from the 18-23rd April in the Old Benetton Building, corner of Henry Street and Sarsfield Street, Limerick.

Four of the 5 Genesis group members also have pieces hanging in the exhibition:
Paula Rafferty with Elementals 3:

Meg Kenny with Breathe in, Breathe Out Interior, Exterior Spaces:

Claire Lynch with Spring Growth:

Tracy Watson with Mermaid Quilt: (photographed behind glass so image is a bit blurry)

Genesis: First Growth

At yesterday's meeting, we worked on finishing our "Branching Out" Group Quilt.
Each member made an A4 piece which had to incorporate the challenge fabric. The piece has to be ready for April 18th, which is the deadline for handing pieces up for the exhibition, so the pressure was on. The 5 pieces were already quilted, so it was decided to frame each piece with white fabric and then black fabric which would give the illusion of framed pieces.
The quilt top was sewn together and basted at the meeting. Meg is now going to finish the quilting, then it will go to Paula who will add the facing and sleeve, Claire is to make up the label.

We decided to call the piece "Genesis: 1st Growth" - very apt as it is our 1st group Genesis quilt. Think we all learned a lot from doing a group quilt - the next time (if there is one!) we need to start months in advance and not leave ourselves 5 days to complete a piece!

Ann:

Tracy:

Paula:

Claire:

Meg:

"Branching Out" Group Quilt

The group is currently working on a group quilt to enter into the upcoming "Branching Out" IPS exhibitions.

We decided to each make an A4-sized piece which we join up together to create our 1st group quilt. The pieces all had to incorporate a blue/green fabric donated by Paula.

At last Sunday's meeting, three of the group have their piece nearly completed. Even using the challenge fabric, the pieces are all totally different in style and overall colour-choice.

Paula is going to sew up the 5 group pieces to complete our quilt in the next few weeks.

Swap Bag 1

At our March meeting, some of us had pieces made from our "Swap Bag no. 1" Challenge. The bag contained a piece of hand-dyed screen-printed fabric, pink fabric paper and a stick-on magnet.
Not all of the Genesis members got their challenges completed on time, some are still finishing their pieces.

Ann is currently finishing up her piece:

Tracy is currently adding hand-quilting to her piece:

Claire made a fabric cuff, brooch and ATC from the bag contents:

Paula made a pink corset with appliqued fabric circles - forgot to take a photo of this one!

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.