Programme

BUTTERCROSS QUILTERS - PROGRAMME FOR 2021/2022 

(We have a full programme - please make sure you scroll right down to the bottom of this page!)

We plan to hold a Zoom evening each 4th Tuesday of the month (not December or August). Members will receive a link for this via email.

September 14th 2021 - We're back! An opportunity to catch up with friends, followed by Show and Tell

October 12th - Tina McEwen past President of Quilters Guild and Coordinator Region 6 tells us her quilting story

November 9th - Judy Harris will talk about ‘Fiddle Finger Quilts’ for people with dementia and we can start to make some blocks together

Decmber 14th - Christmas fundraiser with button fabric swap/sale

January 11th - Quilters Guild Collection suitcase and sew together for Treebilee

February 8th - Dorset Buttons and Suffolk Puffs, mini workshop

March 8th -Sit and sew with Guest speaker on Zoom later this month

April 12th - Talk by Delphine Brooks 

May 10th - Talk by Abigail Sheridan de Graff long arm quilter and First Prize winner in Modern Quilt category of Festival of Quilts 2021.

June 14th - Patchwork and quilting clinic bring your patchwork and quilting problems /UFO’s and we will work together to help you

July 12th - AGM, sew together and bring and buy (with strawberries)  

KEEP SCROLLING - There is a lot more going on!

Other events you might be interested in:

September 17th and 18th - Project Linus exhibition of the quilts for the Liberty Challenge. 

Venue: Methodist Church, High Street, Witney OX28 6HG

Time: 10.00 - 16.00

Further information: Margaret Metcalfe, 07733 167 574, jandmmetcalfe@gmail.com

September 19th - Buttercross Quilters demo at Combe Mill, Crafts and Skills event (includes the mill in steam).

Admission charge to main event £8.50 (£7 children 5+ and concessions)

Time: 10.00 -17.00

If you can volunteer for a while on our stand please contact Row or Fiona via the Buttercross email address.

Project Linus information:

Margaret Metcalfe and Ani Catt are collecting quilts for Project Linus as follows:

Incubator covers for the SCBU at the JR - 33" x 55"

Quilts for children/teenagers - 40" square upwards (to single bed)

Covers/quilts should be made from cotton fabric and then wadded or backed with fleece.  There should be no frills or furbelows! (i.e. all machine stitched, no buttons, ribbons, bells ...)

Also required are :

Breast pump bags - 13" x 9" with a long cross body strap.

"Wiggly" bags (for Hickman lines worn by children on oncology ward) - 4" square with 2 cotton tapes one from each top corner, at least 18" long.

If you can help, please talk to Margaret or Ani at the monthly meeting, or email via the group email which will be passed on to them.

Useful websites:

www.quantumquilting.co.uk

www.maggiedavis.com

www.quiltersguild.org.uk

www.finecellwork.co.uk

www.greenmanquilts.co.uk

www.projectlinusuk.org.uk