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Saturday September 26th : Oast Open Day

Doors open 10am – Don’t forget to bring your mug and a packed lunch!

Morning: 10.30am : Talk by Mary Kinsey :
“Fine Cell Work”

The morning speaker is Mary Kinsey from the charity ‘Fine Cell Work’, who will be telling us how their volunteers enable people in prison to redefine themselves, inspiring and empowering them as they strive to rebuild their lives and non-criminal identities. There are no other charities or organisations providing paid, professional high-quality craft opportunities to people in prison.
website:https://finecellwork.co.uk/

Afternoon: 1pm Talk by: Liz Coleman :
“My Quilting Journey”

Liz has been making quilts since the late 1970’s, although she has some hand-stitched squares which are older than that!  When she moved to Kent in 1988, she contacted the Quilters’ Guild to see if there was a group she could join.  It was Marion Collins who contacted Liz and who invited her to become a member of both Chaucer Quilters and Oast Quilters. She is mostly self-taught but has greatly benefited from attending Oast workshops over the years, which have stretched her abilities.  It has been Liz’s pleasure and honour to serve on the Oast Committee for nearly thirty years.  Since retirement from the NHS, she became involved in the successful ‘Master Quilter’ course.  Almost parallel to the running of the first of the two course-runs, Liz undertook the Quilt Judging Course, with the aim of becoming more professional in her approach to quilting, gaining her certificate in 2023.

Sunday 27th: Workshop with Liz Coleman
Tessellated Pinwheels Christmas Tree

Lower Hardres VH 10am-4pm
£30 member/£45 non-member