It has been a while since we posted on our page, but it is nice to be back. As usual the summer is a quiet time for our group due to holidays and grandparent duties etc. However on the 3rd of September we boarded a bus for our annual [...]
The June outing was to Marsden Bay and Grotto on a lovely morning and the result was some sparkling pictures. Click on any image to enlarge.
Our May outing was to Houghall woods and the Botanic gardens, the weather was a bit wet for photographing bluebells so most of the pictures were taken undercover in the greenhouses at the Botanic gardens. Click any image to enlarge.
Below is a picture of the ladies that attended the annual meeting of the Patchwork Group held in the Seaton Village community hall on Wednesday 31 August 2016. Click on image to enlarge.
On Saturday 19th March 2016 3 of the Patchwork Group ladies accepted an invitation given out at the last U3A monthly meeting by one of our members to visit the Durham Guild of Spinners Weavers and Dyers at St. Oswald’s Church Hall Durham. We were given a warm welcome [...]
Plots and Spangles The Embroidered Vestments of Helen Wintour was the exhibition we visited today at Bishop Auckland Castle 25.02.2016. It was nice to have Jean our leader accompanied by Bill joining us on our trip today. Although a smaller group than usual we thoroughly enjoyed learning about this [...]
Ladies from our U3A Patchwork group went on their travels' for an enjoyable adventure.This time to Bowes Museum on the 9th February 2016 to experience the work of Pauline Burbridge Quilt maker and textile Artist from Allanbank Mill Steading. Once again the group were divided in their opinion of the textile art work but there [...]
Welcome to the patchwork group's first post of 2016. Three of us went to visit a quilting shop we had been told about at Birtley. Always drawn to fabric shops and we were not disappointed. High Street Quilting gave us a warm welcome and had lovely projects on the [...]
Date Venue Meet Time Comments 5.2.16 Hawthorn Dene Noses Point 10.30 Second Car Park 4.3.16 Bullfields Dow House 10.30 Bring Bus Pass 1.4.16 Kepier Woods Gala Theatre 11.00 6.5.16 Elemore (Fred/Pat) Elemore Golf Club 10.30 DH5 0QT 3.6.16 Haughall Gala Theatre 11.00 1.7.16 Poppy Walk, Washington [...]
Well we have had a good year at our patchwork group and even managed to make some lovely Christmas baubles, some examples of which are shown below. We celebrated with most of our group visiting Rita’s new fabric shop which is like bees to a honey pot to [...]