Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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The NIPG meet on the 1st Saturday of the month usually in Cultra Folk and Transport Museum. The Guild is vibrant, hard working and dynamic. It is also fun and a great way to meet and share and have a bit of craic!
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The May Meeting of the Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild is cancelled ..read more
Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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My crab apple and blackthorn are blooming, as is my pink camelia and white star magnolia, and there are honey bees on the heather. Spring is here! I really enjoyed our outing to Donegal. The company was great, the retail therapy refreshing, the scenery was superb and even the weather was kind. Many thanks to ..read more
Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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February Welcome The recent sunshine has coaxed out some crocus flowers, but the current garden highlight is the perfume from the Christmas box (Sarcocca) strategically placed near the front and back doors. Gaye Grant from the Fennel Shed (thefennelshed.ie) is our next speaker on 4th February. As well as her talk and workshop, she is bringing her shop, so a good ..read more
Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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Happy New Year. An opportunity to look forward with refreshed hope for the year to come. But first, some sad news. Heather Nicholl passed away, at home, just before Christmas. [https://www.funeraltimes.com/heather-louisenicholl529262687] While it is undoubtedly sad to remember those we have lost, we can, perhaps, take some comfort from recalling the pleasure we once enjoyed ..read more
Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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The birds are feasting on the holly and ivy berries … Christmas is coming! Our next meeting on Saturday 3rd December is in St Dorothea`s Church, Gilnahirk, 2-4 Gortland Park BT5 7NU. The car park behind the church is accessed through the gate in the hedge in Gortland Park. [Don’t worry it’s not a matter of crawling through ..read more
Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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NB We are NOT at the Folk & Transport Museum in December December Meeting – extract from the Chair’s November Letter Our meeting on 3rd December will be in St Dorothea`s Church, Gilnahirk, 2-4 Gortland Park, BT5 7NU. Directions. From the Knock Road, drive up the Gilnahirk Road, past the shops, past St Patrick and Our ..read more
Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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Hello Everyone I have been busy planting up pots. Pink cyclamen for winter and tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and iris for spring. [Artwork is from Elena Oleniuc]. When the rain stops and the wind eases, I plan to tie in the climbing roses. Next Meeting Moving indoors, our next meeting in the Folk Museum is Saturday 5th November with ..read more
Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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I`m running a bit late this month, what with September being the second Saturday!! Suddenly October is almost upon us and another meeting in person, we could get used to this! The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness has come. The birds are feasting on the holly, rowan and elderberries and the Michaelmas Daisies and ..read more
Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild
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I`m sitting in the garden on this sunny bank holiday watching honey bees, bumble bees and butterflies feeding on verbena bonariensis thinking of the forthcoming year for the patchwork Guild. We are excited to be returning to the Folk Museum, Cultra, and the first meeting will be Saturday 10th September 2022. Our opening meeting will be in the Parochial Hall, Ulster Folk ..read more