This month is our AGM. We had a small turnout due to several regular attendees taking holidays, only 6 of us. We had 12 paid up members last year, so we discussed recruiting new members, yet again, but it is proving difficult despite our advertising attempts since last September. We had enquiries but barely half of them added new members to our group. We have seen our numbers decrease since Covid from 20+. We are not the only group to experience this, people generally seem less likely to participate in group activities, whether inside or outside.
Last years programme seemed to be well received with most attendees having a go at the techniques demonstrated.
Our Show and Tell sessions last year brought forth 19 quilts, one of which was the result of the Christmas challenge, a lovely sampler quilt in red, white and blue to celebrate the 75 year reign of Elizabeth II, along with cushions, wall hangings, works in progress - for example a log cabin variation quilt and Japanese style table runner, various knitting projects as well as some examples of the topics we had covered. Pictures of these can be seen in the posts since last September.
We have set a programme for the coming year, hopefully it will be as well received as last years.
We had some Show and Tell at the AGM as well;
This one by MW is being pieced by hand, the individual hexagons being a portable project. The pattern was picked up a stash sale.
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| Hexiekalidescope quilt WIP MW |
These Linus quilts were made from a bag of scraps a friend gave CD and some background fabric from her stash. The Modern Crosses quilt was made as a result of our last demonstration and passed the time over a wet weekend. The T-shirts are 12 inch blocks rater than the original 16 inches. They still give a reasonable size quilt and they made more economical use of the scraps available.
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| Linus quilts CD |