At our last group meeting on the 14th September Janet came along to collect the Quilts the group had made as a joint project for the Butterwick Children’s Hospice. We were also able to donate money raised at the July meeting sale due to the generosity of our U3A [...]
Jean our leader, Lindsey and I from the group visited the Carville Methodist Church Quilters exhibition this morning. We were not disappointed it was well worth the visit. There was some new local business there that was worth getting to know about. A sale of work so we acquired [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday 14th October 2015 six ladies from our group and two visitors from the new Seaham U3A sewing group set off to York Quilting Museum. It was with some sadness as the museum is to close the present venue at the end of the month. We have enjoyed our [...]
The 5th September was an important date in the U3A patchwork group diary; it was our annual trip to the Harrogate quilting show. We boarded the bus with excitement and anticipation of the delights that were to come and the goodies to buy for our next projects. We were [...]
Samples of our work were displayed at the Arts Exhibition of the July meeting of Seaham U3A. Members made a presentation to Jean in appreciation of all her hard work. Click on any image to enlarge