JUNE MEETING



BILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE HARROGATE
Our first meeting at this new venue only half day today and for our July meeting, we begin full day meetings from September.
Everyone brought along fabric, threads, ribbons and beads to make up inspiration packs for our exhibition on Saturday 11 August in Knaresborough during the FEVA festival.  Catherine and I work with these donated items making up 15 assorted bags during the afternoon.  Thank you to everyone who brought along their canvas squares which were placed against a mount board, we will decide next month how we will fix them together, when hopefully there will more canvases.
Everyone liked our new venue, with chairs and tables set up for us by the caretaker, and not to be put up or taken down by our group.  There is a boiler in the kitchen with constant boiling water and and excellent supply of mugs and cutlery.  The hall is bright and airy and we can use the garden at the rear of the building on sunny days as there are picnic tables with seating.

We look forward to seeing more members attending in future and will be preparing advertising ready for a relaunch of the group in September.  Plans are in progress to arrange an occasional speaker  for 2019.

A selection of inspiration packs below. 






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