Date
Speaker
Shop
Saturday 16th May 2026
Timi Nicholson, a textile artist known for her bright colours and modern quilts. Timi’s patterns draw inspiration from the Irish landscape and folklore. With teaching experience in both Ireland and England, Timi will also be teaching at this year’s Festival of Quilts.
You can follow Timi on Instagram at @scatteredbobbins
The Sewing Drawer from Donegal. You can check out their beautiful fabrics, haberdashery and other essentials for your crafts at https://thesewingdrawer.com/.
Saturday 18th April 2026
Petra Skyvova, who is a textile artist, author and curator of Weaving the Threads of Heritage project. She will give a talk on a rich and fascinating history of mills, textile and hosiery of Balbriggan Stockings.
You can follow Petra on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/petruskasky/
Tomomi will be bringing her Slaney Quilting Studio shop https://slaneyquiltingstudio.com/
Saturday 21st March 2026
The visiting fabric shop will be Celtic Fusion Fabrics https://www.celticfusionfabrics.com/
Gabi McGrath https://gabimcgrath.com/ will give a felting workshop. This workshop has been postponed until further notice. Tickets will be on sale for the donated hexagon quilt which will be raffled in April. Proceeds are in aid of CALI https://cali.ie/
Saturday 21st February 2026
The AGM will take place. The 2026 Membership list is open. A cheque will be presented to Annette from CALI https://cali.ie/
There will be the usual charity table, library, show & tell. Teas/cofffee will be available. Tickets will be on sale for the hexagon quilt raffle which will be held at the April meeting.
Saturday 17th January 2026
Helen Dodd will give a day and a half workshop on the Dresden Plate Block. The 2026 Membership list re-opens. There will be the usual charity table, library and teas/coffees. A hexagon quilt has been donated and will be raffled at the April meeting. Tickets will be on sale at meeting. All proceeds are in aid of CALI https://cali.ie/
Eilish Murphy of Sew Dublin will bring along her fabrics for sale.
