On Monday 13 December, we had our Christmas party and Show and Tell event. We have been meeting weekly since the beginning of July. We hardly knew each other before and yet sitting around the dining table to enjoy our Christmas lunch, we felt like old friends. We were full of life, jokes, laughter and good will. Before lunch, we had our Show and Tell. Our various pieces had colour, vitality, skill, ambition and imagination.
Each of us revealed a side of ourselves that we would never have discovered if quilting had not brought us together.
Each piece, whether made by our beginners or those more expert in this art form helped to tell a story and had movement and life of its own.
Monica Perry, the well-known textile artist from Poundbury, talked to us. She has accepted to become our Patron and we thank her for it. She said that we have ambition and that we are on the right path. She emphasized the value of thrift. Quilts are just that: a combination of thrift and art.
We exchanged fat quarters as presents. We had good wine to drink and plenty of food to share.
From 11 am until 2.30 pm we left all our problems outside in the cold. Inside Pat’s house we found inspiration, warmth and laughter.
We start again on January 10 at the Poundbury Campus of Weymouth College.
Each of us revealed a side of ourselves that we would never have discovered if quilting had not brought us together.
Each piece, whether made by our beginners or those more expert in this art form helped to tell a story and had movement and life of its own.
Monica Perry, the well-known textile artist from Poundbury, talked to us. She has accepted to become our Patron and we thank her for it. She said that we have ambition and that we are on the right path. She emphasized the value of thrift. Quilts are just that: a combination of thrift and art.
We exchanged fat quarters as presents. We had good wine to drink and plenty of food to share.
From 11 am until 2.30 pm we left all our problems outside in the cold. Inside Pat’s house we found inspiration, warmth and laughter.
We start again on January 10 at the Poundbury Campus of Weymouth College.
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