Bourne Quilters Members are so productive that there isn’t room in our newsletter to include pictures of all the lovely items that are brought to our monthly meetings for show and tell. So we now have a dedicated page on our website: Show and Tell where you can see more examples of everyone’s work.

We plan to update this regularly.

on 5th April, over 30 enthusiastic BQ members converged on Westbourne Parish Centre for a fun day sewing a variety of small quilts destined for the special care baby unit at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. This was the perfect opportunity for both experienced sewers and newer sewers to learn from each other.
At the end of the day everyone was well on their way to producing a lovely quilt. We look forward to seeing the finished items at our show and tell

The good news is that Emsworth Community Centre is now open – apart from the damaged Assembly Rooms. This means that our meeting on 7th April can go ahead in the Mountford rooms as originally scheduled. However, parking on site is extremely limited and you are advised to park offsite. The nearest car park is Palmers Road car park (behind Tesco) and this is free after 6.00 pm.

Unfortunately, there was a fire at Emsworth Community Centre on the afternoon of 18th March. Thankfully,nobody was hurt although the building itself suffered damage.

It appears that the majority of the damage occurred to the roof of the Assembly Room and the rest of the building may have been spared. No one is able to enter the building until a full inspection has been carried out and it will be after that inspection that we will be told if we can use the Mountford Rooms for our next meeting on Monday 7th April. In the meantime we are considering other meeting venues so that we have a contingency should it be needed. As we know more we will provide updates, and emails will be sent to members.