21st Birthday celebrations!

 Rocheberie Schoolhouse Quilters was started early in 2001 by a group of quilters, including Laura, Gaynor, Muriel and Cherry.  They met at Crescent School because Cherry worked there and it proved to be a popular venue, with a spacious room, good car parking and kitchen facilities.  Initially meetings were four times a year, but due to popular demand, there are now six meetings each year of this friendly and sociable group.  Due to the Covid pandemic and other considerations, the group has relocated to Dunchurch Village Hall, where we have been made very welcome.  

Our 21st celebration was well attended, and people thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed timetable. 

We had two workshops, the first a little felt needle case. 

Here are a few completed ones. 

This was followed by a little zipped purse, which was very cute. 

We also had two quizzes, a story to include lots of quilt blocks, which provided a lot of fun.  One table wanted to include ‘sex, drugs and rock and roll’ but were a bit hampered by the lack of quilt block names on those subjects! They did manage to include a murder though.  Poor Overall Sam was bludgeoned to death with a monkey wrench! 

Lynda brought her temperature quilts to show and tell.  The one on the left is for 2021 and on the right 1950.  It was an investigation into climate change, and certainly showed how2021 was overall warmer the 1950. 

Here is a gorgeous Harry Potter themed quilt (I love how Heather is having to stand on tiptoes. ) 

Here is a great Linus quilt featuring Kevin the carrot! Great fun. 

This beauty unfortunately hasn’t photographed well.  It is a quilt made from Sandy Lush candlewicking designs and is exquisite with.  It was made quilt as you go, which makes the back of the quilt very colourful. 

Our next meeting, on March 12th will be of the usual format, with Michelle Moody as our afternoon speaker.  Continuing to celebrate our anniversary, we will be holding a competition to make a jeans bag.  This can be a tote, a handbag, cross body or messenger as you wish.  Join in the fun and win a prize! 

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday!

 We are all geared up for our next meeting on 5th February, when we will be celebrating our 21st birthday!  We will have two workshops with free kits, two quizzes with prizes, bunting, chocolate and all the usual attractions!  You will need to bring a hand sewing kit with needles, pins, scissors and threads including some black, if you have it. Bring your sense of humour too, as it will be a blast!  

In other news, we are even more delighted with our new venue, as they have someone who is happy to put out the tables and chairs, and put them away again!  A small fee is involved, but that is nothing compared to the relief we feel at not having to wrestle with furniture before and after each meeting!