Wednesday, 25th August 2021 – Zoom Demonstration
7.30 p.m.
Our next WPG Demonstration will be held on Wednesday, 25th August 2021 at 7.30 p.m. The demonstration will be given by member Mairead Hutchinson. She will be showing us how to make a Nappy Hanger which hangs from the ceiling. It can hold nappies or indeed any other items you wish to place in it!
Just join in the event, watch and learn, and ask any questions that occur to you.
Saturday, 18th September 2021 at 11.00 a.m.
Car Park Meeting
It is planned that the September monthly Meeting will be an outdoor Car Park Meeting held in Newtownmountkennedy Community Centre. It will be wonderful for us all to meet again in person and display all the quilts and other items we have been working on since our last Car Park Meeting in August 2020.
Needless to say, the holding of the meeting will be dependent on Government Covid-19 Guidelines. Members will be advised when details of the meeting have been finalised.
Sewing Kits for Syrian Refugees in South Lebanon
We have a new challenge for members!
We are asking you to make a simple sewing/mending kit that will be sent to a school for Syrian refugees in South Lebanon to help their parents make life better with some simple sewing tools to do basic mending for their families.
Fr. William Stuart runs the school and he describes the school as follows:
“Our school in Tyre South Lebanon exists to provide basic education to the poorest of refugees from Syria. The majority of our pupils from age 7 are working on the streets. We provide the very basics in Arabic, English and Maths.
In addition we feed them, cloth them and provide food parcels to their families and financially intervene when eviction is threatened.
Without the support from Ireland we could only look on. With your support we make their lives tolerable.”
We would like you to make a simple small bag with a zip or drawstring closure that can hold some sewing essentials. The dimensions should be about 7” or 8” – rectangular or square – for the zippered bag and maybe a bit bigger for the drawstring version – 7” x 10” perhaps. Either way it could then contain a selection of basic sewing tools, for example a few spools of thread, needles, a selection of buttons of different sizes and colours, a small scissors, elastic, safety pins, Velcro or whatever you feel would be good or you have to spare.
Here are a couple of free online pattern websites:
https://www.sewcanshe.com/free-bag-patterns
https://missdaisypatterns.com/sewing-kit-projects-bag-patterns/
But of course there are lots more on the internet or in your books and magazines. Whatever takes your fancy but remember to keep it small and relatively simple.
We will collect the Kits from you at our Car Park Meeting at the Community Hall in Newtownmountkennedy on the 18th September 2021.
If you have any queries contact a member of the committee.
Fabric/Craft Shops
Shops – our list of fabric/craft shops has been updated.
11th July 2021 – Virtual Workshop with GillianTravis
Gillian Travis Workshop – Indian Women. If you are interested in attending the full day workshop, please contact our Workshop Organiser, Kirsty Whaley at workshops@wicklowpatchwork.ie to book a place and for further information. The workshop will be held virtually via Zoom.
17th July 2021 – Monthly Zoom Meeting
11.00 a.m.
Our July Zoom meeting will be held on Saturday, 17th at 11.00 a.m. Our special guest for the meeting is Mary Durkan of The Craft & Sewing Basket, Sligo. This will be Mary’s first visit to WPG and we really look forward to welcoming her.
She will take us on a virtual tour of her shop and show us her extensive selection of haberdashery, patchwork and dressmaking fabrics, wools, etc. She will also be doing a demonstration. Mary’s website is https://thecraftandsewingbasket.ie/
12th June 2021 – Monthly Zoom Meeting
11.00 a.m.
Our next monthly Zoom meeting will be held on Saturday, 19th June 2021 at 11.00 a.m. Our speaker for the meeting is Gillian Travis, award winning textile artist, author and tutor. Take a look at her wonderful work on her website https://gilliantravis.co.uk/
15th May 2021 Zoom Meeting
The next monthly Zoom Meeting will be held on Saturday, 15th May, 2021 at 11.00 a.m. Our Special Guest for the meeting is Lynne Naughton of Seams Sew Simple. We really look forward to welcoming her and seeing her lovely shop/work.
Sewing Kits for Syrian Refugees in South Lebanon
We have a new challenge for members!
We are asking you to make a simple sewing/mending kit that will be sent to a school for Syrian refugees in South Lebanon to help their parents make life better with some simple sewing tools to do basic mending for their families.
Fr. William Stuart runs the school and he describes the school as follows:
“Our school in Tyre South Lebanon exists to provide basic education to the poorest of refugees from Syria. The majority of our pupils from age 7 are working on the streets. We provide the very basics in Arabic, English and Maths.
In addition we feed them, cloth them and provide food parcels to their families and financially intervene when eviction is threatened.
Without the support from Ireland we could only look on. With your support we make their lives tolerable.”
We would like you to make a simple small bag with a zip or drawstring closure that can hold some sewing essentials. The dimensions should be about 7” or 8” – rectangular or square – for the zippered bag and maybe a bit bigger for the drawstring version – 7” x 10” perhaps. Either way it could then contain a selection of basic sewing tools, for example a few spools of thread, needles, a selection of buttons of different sizes and colours, a small scissors, elastic, safety pins, Velcro or whatever you feel would be good or you have to spare.
Here a
re a couple of free online pattern websites:
https://www.sewcanshe.com/free-bag-patterns
https://missdaisypatterns.com/sewing-kit-projects-bag-patterns/
But of course there are lots more on the internet or in your books and magazines. Whatever takes your fancy but remember to keep it small and relatively simple.
We will collect the Kits from you at our Car Park Meeting at the Community Hall in Newtownmountkennedy on the 18th September 2021.
If you have any queries contact a member of the committee.
Fabric/Craft Shops
Shops – our list of fabric/craft shops has been updated.
11th July 2021 – Virtual Workshop with GillianTravis
Gillian Travis Workshop – Indian Women. If you are interested in attending the full day workshop, please contact our Workshop Organiser, Kirsty Whaley at workshops@wicklowpatchwork.ie to book a place and for further information. The workshop will be held virtually via Zoom.
17th July 2021 – Monthly Zoom Meeting
11.00 a.m.
Our July Zoom meeting will be held on Saturday, 17th at 11.00 a.m. Our special guest for the meeting is Mary Durkan of The Craft & Sewing Basket, Sligo. This will be Mary’s first visit to WPG and we really look forward to welcoming her.
She will take us on a virtual tour of her shop and show us her extensive selection of haberdashery, patchwork and dressmaking fabrics, wools, etc. She will also be doing a demonstration. Mary’s website is https://thecraftandsewingbasket.ie/
12th June 2021 – Monthly Zoom Meeting
11.00 a.m.
Our next monthly Zoom meeting will be held on Saturday, 19th June 2021 at 11.00 a.m. Our speaker for the meeting is Gillian Travis, award winning textile artist, author and tutor. Take a look at her wonderful work on her website https://gilliantravis.co.uk/
15th May 2021 Zoom Meeting
The next monthly Zoom Meeting will be held on Saturday, 15th May, 2021 at 11.00 a.m. Our Special Guest for the meeting is Lynne Naughton of Seams Sew Simple. We really look forward to welcoming her and seeing her lovely shop/work.