Wicklow Patchwork Group
We first met in the spring of 2014 and have been meeting every month since. Today, we have over 100 members largely from the Wicklow, South Dublin and Wexford areas. We enjoy patchwork and quilting and all that goes with it. We meet on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in Newtownmountkennedy Community Hall.
Wicklow Patchwork Group is now on Instagram – check out our account – instagram.com/wicklowpatchworkgroup/ If you have an Instagram account you can now tag us using @wicklowpatchworkgroup
To view past events/activities, please go to our years Archive – click here https://wicklowpatchwork.ie/test-gallery/
Coming Next/News
Saturday 21st June 2025
Tomomi McElwee of Slaney Quilting Studio https://slaneyquiltingstudio.com/ will be the visiting fabric shop. Tomomi will also collect your entries for the Tinahely Show
Our speaker will be Emma Casey who is a physiotherapist.
Emma Jayne Hogsett will give a day and a half workshop on a Retreat Bag.
Moira Byrne will give a pre meeting demo.
We will have the usual charity table in aid of CALI https://cali.ie/ . There will be the usual show & tell of members projects.
Teas and coffee will be available – please bring along your own mug. Thank you.
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As this is the 5th Saturday in the month, there will be a members Sit & Sew day in the Community Hall, Newtownmountkennedy from 10 am to 3.30p.m. This could be an opportunity to sew some blocks for the charity quilt or on an entry for the Tinahely Show.
Saturday 17th May 2025
The visiting fabric/haberdashery shop will be The Sewing Drawer, Donegal https://thesewingdrawer.com/
WPG Member, Liz Syms, will give a pre meeting demo.
John O’Donnell from Waterford https://www.sewingmachines.ie/ will service sewing machines and will give a talk.
The scissors sharpening man will also be in attendance.
WPG member Moira Byrne will give a sashiko workshop in the afternoon.
Teas and coffee will be available – please bring along your own mug. Thank you.
We will have the usual charity table and show & tell of members projects.
For more details click here
Monday 28th April 2025
Being the last Monday in the month, there will be a Sit & Sew evening by zoom at 7.30 p.m. Join members online and chat with friends and meet new friends to share ideas on quilting/sewing. Members will have received the login details by email.
Saturday 19th April 2025
Ann O’Rafferty will be the speaker and will give a half day workshop on machine appliqué.
The Easter challenge will be judged .
Library books will be available on loan to members.
Our member Susan Kay will give a pre meeting demonstration.
See details for the May meeting regarding the service of sewing machines and scissor sharpening.
The WPG charity for 2025 is CALI Bray https://cali.ie/pages/what-we-do. We will have the usual charity table and show & tell of members projects.
Teas and coffee will be available.
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Saturday 29th March 2025
This will be a ‘sit & sew’ day. It will be an opportunity for sewing the ‘orphan’ hexagons which we have inherited. A quilt will be created and raffled later in the year in aid of CALI https://cali.ie/pages/what-we-do. Volunteers are sought to help with this project.
Also bring along any sewing project which you might like to work on for the day. It will be an opportunity to work on your Easter Challenge. The theme for the challenge is Easter Basket. Members are encouraged to participate in the challenge.
Saturday 15th March 2025
Gwen Murray of Celtic Fusion Fabrics https://www.celticfusionfabrics.com/ will bring along her fabric and sewing notions shop.
Guest speaker will be Gabi McGrath https://gabimcgrath.com/ . Gabi will also give a workshop in the afternoon which will continue on Sunday 16th on 3D felting.
The WPG charity for 2025 is CALI Bray https://cali.ie/pages/what-we-do. We will have the usual charity table and show & tell of members projects.
A reminder that the Easter challenge this year is on the theme of Easter Basket. Entries will be judged at meeting on 19th April.
The Library is now available for members for the loan of books on patchwork etc.
Teas and coffee will be available.
For more details click here
Saturday 15th February 2025
The annual AGM will be held on this date. New Committee members are sought.
Anne Fleeton will be our speaker and will give a workshop in the afternoon on Boro Stitching.
Entries for the ‘Ten’ challenge will be judged.
The WPG charity cheque will be presented to Veronica O’Leary on behalf of Purple House Cancer Care Centre, Bray ttps://www.purplehouse.ie
The WPG charity for 2025 is CALI Bray https://cali.ie/pages/what-we-do We will have the usual charity table and show & tell of members projects.
Teas and coffee will be available.
For more details click here
Saturday 18th January 2025
Eilish Murphy of Sew Dublin https://www.sewdublin.ie/ will bring along her shop of fabrics and sewing notions.
Tomomi McElwee of Slaney Quilting Studio https://slaneyquiltingstudio.com/will give a workshop in the afternoon and on Sunday 19th on Stained Glass.
A speaker from our 2025 Charity, CALI Bray https://cali.ie/pages/what-we-do will attend and speak about this charity’s work.
We will have the usual charity table and show and tell.
Teas and coffee will be available.
For more details click here
26/09/2024
Moira Byrne and Jennifer Cribben presented a quilt to Wicklow Hospice on behalf of Wicklow Patch Group. The patchwork blocks were made/donated by WPG members and the quilt was then assembled by Moira and Jennifer. The quilt will hang in the Hospice’s visitors room.
21/07/2024
The raffle for the WPG collaborative quilt took place today in the Signal Arts Centre Bray https://signalartscentre.ie/ . Many congratulations to the winner, Breda Mulligan. Sincere thanks to all who purchased raffle tickets. All proceeds from the raffle are in aid of Purple House Cancer Centre, Bray https://www.purplehouse.ie/
22/06/2024
The quilt for our chosen 2024 charity, Purple House Cancer Support Centre, Bray https://www.purplehouse.ie/ has been completed by our members. Raffle tickets are now on sale.
21/09/23
WPG Committee Members were delighted to be invited at the Wicklow Hospice for their annual Hospice Coffee Morning Social. As part of their ongoing fundraising campaign, the Hospice have decided to raffle one of the quilts which was sewn by WPG members. We were happy to have been able to help the Hospice and we wish them well and continued success in the wonderful services and support which they provide in the Wicklow area.
Charity Quilt – Wicklow Hospice
Lorna Lafferty (Secretary WPG), Moira Byrne (Chair WPG) and Alison Ryder, Fundraiser for Wicklow Hospice
On Thursday, 24th November 2022 it was a great pleasure to present three quilts and one cushion cover to Wicklow Hospice. Wicklow Hospice was our 2018 Charity for which we raised €2,200. After ten years of fundraising, the Hospice admitted its first patient in December 2020.
The three quilts were sewn from blocks made by members which were left over from our 2020 Charity Quilt. They were assembled by member Kirsty Whaley and her friends, Dorothy Seagrave, Joan Chaplin and Brenda Millett. They were also beautifully quilted by Dorothy. Many thanks to them for all their hard work and also to our members for making so many blocks!
