April 2021

Our Spring meeting was again on Zoom with two projects -   Pat's no-sew folded notebook book cover  and Margaret's  cascade book. The lovely examples below are Ruth's, made during the meeting:

Our book-swap theme was 'Freedom' which we'd all interpreted in very different ways.  Thanks to those members who were able to supply photos of their books for me!

Jill had written a lovely poem about the freedoms we've missed since March 2020 which she used as the basis for her book:

Margaret's book similarly celebrated freedoms we've been missing, illustrated by her own cartoons, inspired by a TED talk which proved to her she COULD draw!

Pat took inspiration from literary characters who had each made a bid for freedom:

Janet B was inspired by Martin Luther King' s famous speech:

Jo made a cloth book of Patchwork Postcards:

Ruth took the four seasons as her inspiration:

And Mari was inspired by the weather:

This meeting also marked something of a crossroads for the group.  After twenty years of meeting in person for workshops and the book-swap, we no longer have access to a venue for our meetings and the situation surrounding the pandemic has also given us a lot to think about. Reluctant to abandon the group completely and lose the creative challenge at the heart of Quarto, we've reached a compromise. 

We've agreed that Quarto will continue with zoom meetings but without a workshop or demonstration. Instead, we'll have a show and tell of things we've done, followed by a (postal) book exchange.  The meetings will be shorter as a result with a 10.30am start and we've decided to agree on a mutually agreeable date for the next meeting, rather than always sticking to the last Saturday of the quarter. 

Our next meeting will therefore be on July 3rd and the swap will be 'Apertures'.  October's exchange will be 'Quirky' and January's will be 'Travel' - dates for October and January to be arranged.