Friday Showcase featuring Lynn Hewitt - Friday 7 May 2021

We are pleased that Friday Showcase has returned for 2021. Our first event will be held on Friday 7 May and will feature Lynn Hewitt.

In 30 years, Lynn Hewitt has made many quilts, and she enjoys doing workshops, learning new techniques and developing new skills. After a workshop, she often wonders what if she might make it again in another colour, or a different size or shape.

 At the May Friday Showcase, Lynn plans to show several quilts which have resulted after " What if?", as well as her very first quilt, and her latest, a modern quilt.

Friday Showcase will be held again this year at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (SMSA) in the Auditorium on Level 1. Doors will open at 10.45 am for an 11 am start (note this is one hour later than previously) and numbers will be limited to 60 people.

Bookings are essential and payment is required at the time of booking. 

 
We recommend you bring a mask to wear when looking at the quilts at the end of the presentation. 

Refreshments will not be available in the office before or after Friday Showcase due to the reduced office capacity (currently 10 persons). However, there is a cafe at street level.   

When: Friday 7 May, 10.45 for 11 am start
Where:  Level 1, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street Sydney
Cost: $5 for QuiltNSW members, $10 for non-members
Bookings: Essential, book and pay here, maximum 60 people

Friday Showcase: 5 July 2019 with Brenda Gael Smith

On Friday 5 July we welcome Brenda Gael Smith to our Friday Showcase to share her quilting journey. Brenda shared a selection of her artwork as special exhibitor at the Sydney Quilt Show 2019 but she has many more quilts to share with us in Friday showcase including her very first quilt from 1985 (a seersucker beauty) and her latest quilts from her Marine Series inspired by the view from her studio over Copacabana and Allagai Bay.

Brenda creates textile paintings and sketches made from a rich palette of her hand-dyed fabrics complemented by extensive, textural stitching. Much of her work is inspired by the colour and patterns of the natural world. Using a process of abstraction, she captures the essence of her subjects in simplified form. Working improvisationally, she refines line, shape, colour and texture to evoke a sense of place, express an idea, highlight an issue or elicit an emotional response.

Follow Brenda at:
Website: www.brendagaelsmith.com
Instagram: @brendagaelsmith
Facebook: Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting

Join Us at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

After a successful start at our new venue, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (SMSA), we return next door to the office in the lecture theatre on level 1. Please note, no drinks permitted inside lecture theatre.

How does Friday Showcase work?

• The QuiltNSW office will open at 9 am for members and visitors wishing to drop their bags, library books, community quilts to the office, have a cup of tea or coffee and a homemade treat.
• Doors to the meeting room at Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts (SMSA) will open at 9.30 am and our small charge ($5 members/$10 visitors) will be payable at the door.
• The showcase will start at 10 am at Level 1, SMSA.
• The office will be closed while the showcase is underway and will then reopen at the conclusion of the showcase for the changeover of the quilts hanging, morning tea and usual activities.

Please come along to be inspired.

When: Friday 5 July doors open 9.30 am for a 10 am start
Where: Level 1, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney
Cost: $5 for members and $10 for non-members

Friday Showcase - 1 March 2019 with Linda Butcher

Linda Butcher will be our presenter at this Friday's Friday Showcase and has titled her presentation, "The good, the bad and the ugly!".

Linda's first item of patchwork was sewn when she was in high school but her "official" patchwork/quilting journey commenced 24 years ago at classes with Shirley Gibson. Since then Linda have sewn a myriad of quilts in many varied styles, preferring to sew by hand and her favourite methods are applique and English paper piecing. Linda summarises her journey as:

"Although officially retired now, I have been lucky enough to make my passion for quilting my job. For almost fifteen years I worked in specialty patchwork shops and am an accredited patchwork teacher, having taught many classes at various locations over the years."

Join us to hear more about Linda's passion for quilting. Friday Showcase is held in our office at 276 Pitt Street (Level 5), Sydney on the 1st Friday of most months from 10 am to 11.30 am. Members and visitors are welcome.

Friday Showcase - Member Show and Tell on Friday 2 November

It’s our Members’ Show and Tell this Friday!   In our last Friday Showcase for 2018, members are invited to bring a project to show.  We look forward to welcoming you and sharing something you are working on or have finished this year.

Friday Showcase then takes a break over December and January.  We return in February 2019 with a presentation by Rhonda Langhorne.

Friday Showcase is held on the first Friday of most months at our QuiltNSW office, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, close to Town Hall Station. The Members’ Show and Tell on Friday, November 2, starts at 10am, with an entrance fee of $5 for QuiltNSW members and $10 for guests.  We hope to see you on Friday next to enjoy a morning which traditionally presents a wide variety of works in a cheerful and casual gathering to conclude our year.

Vicki Martyn
Showcase Co-ordinator

Friday Showcase 5 October - Southern Quilters' Finishing School

The Southern Quilters’ Finishing School will present their quilts at the October Friday Showcase.

Photographed with their collaborative work of self portraits created for the “Southern Stars” category at this year’s Sydney Show, the group is about to celebrate their thirtieth year together.  Formed in Caringbah in 1989 to encourage each other to complete unfinished quilts from workshops at Lady Hill Patchwork Shop, members work on their own and collaborative projects.  Now meeting weekly in Gymea, they participate in Mystery Quilt, UFO and Fabric Challenges. We look forward to viewing a variety of both group and individual works and to hearing the stories behind them.

Friday Showcase is held on the first Friday of most months at our QuiltNSW office, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, close to Town Hall Station. The Southern Quilters' presentation this Friday, October 5, starts at 10am, with an entrance fee of $5 for QuiltNSW members and $10 for guests.

Vicki Martyn

Friday Showcase - Friday 7 September 2018: Pam Russell

Pam Russell is the presenter for our September Friday Showcase.

Pam’s journey as a quilter began in the mid 1980s when she took classes with Shirley Gibson, receiving a fine grounding in the basics of our craft.  Pam talks of her long time love of hand piecing and quilting and over her years as a quilter her attendance at many workshops has expanded her repertoire of skills.

During more recent years, Pam has enjoyed machine piecing and quilting, producing prize winning quilts.  Pam’s current quilts incorporate a variety of surface design techniques she has learnt through her membership of The Australian Textile Art and Surface Design Association and amongst those on show this Friday will be a selection which display her exploration of textile art.

Friday Showcase is held on the first Friday of most months at our QuiltNSW office, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, close to Town Hall Station. Pam’s presentation this Friday, September 7, starts at 10am, with an entrance fee of $5 and $10 for guests.

Vicki Martyn
Showcase Co-ordinator

Friday Showcase with Chris Jurd on 3 August 2018

Chris Jurd is the presenter for our August Friday Showcase.

Chris has been a quilter for almost thirty-five years and has been teaching throughout NSW and interstate for the past seventeen.  Her work has featured in Australian magazines and associated DVDs.  In addition to performing the role of our Membership Secretary and a member of the judging team of QuiltNSW, Chris finds time to lead quilting tours to Houston.

Chris’s quilts have won several prizes at the Sydney Quilt Show, including a first in 2011 for “Lots of Dots” and a first this year for “Spinner”.  We look forward to seeing her quilts of strong colour palette in a variety of styles, with foundation piecing being her current preference.

Friday Showcase is held on the first Friday of most months at our QuiltNSW office, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, close to Town Hall Station. Chris’s presentation this Friday, August 3, starts at 10am, with an entrance fee of $5 and $10 for guests.

Friday Showcase with Claire Jeon Tarim - Friday 6 July

Claire Jeon Tarim is the presenter for our July Friday Showcase.

Born of architect and calligrapher parents, it came as no surprise to Claire that she and her brothers and sisters developed artistic skills and that three of the four siblings of the family graduated with art degrees.

Claire’s major studies in illustration and design led to her early work in freelance illustrating.  Her love of natural fabrics, texture and colour now  combine in her silk and ramie Jogakbo (‘jogak' the Korean word for pieces and ‘bo' translating as wrapping cloth), the creation of which she says brings her both mental and physical pleasure.  We look forward to seeing a range of Claire’s Jogakbo pieces, which highlight the combination of exquisite fabric with featured hand-stitched seams.

Friday Showcase is held on the first Friday of most months at our QuiltNSW office, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, close to Town Hall Station.  Claire's’s presentation this Friday, July 6, starts at 10am, with an entrance fee of $5 for members and $10 for guests.

Friday Showcase with Cath Babidge - Friday 4 May

Cath Babidge is the presenter for our May Friday Showcase to be held this Friday 4 May.

Cath is a past president of QuiltNSW, has served on the committee and continues to be an active and enthusiastic member of our guild. During her 23 years as a quilter, Cath has graduated from large quilts to smaller projects, where she is more able to satisfy her enjoyment of starting new work with a realistic chance of completion.  Cath describes her own work as 'leaning towards the haphazard’, finding herself easily bored with repetitive styles.  With a hand appliqué piece always on the go and a well stocked ‘One Day’ drawer of hexagons and ‘made fabric’ of random scraps, Cath will be sharing the stories behind her unique variety of quilts.

Friday Showcase is held on the first Friday of most months at our QuiltNSW office, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, close to Town Hall Station.  Cath’s presentation this Friday, May 4th, starts at 10am, with an entrance fee of $5 for members and $10 for guests.

Friday Showcase - Friday April 6

Glenda Wise is the guest presenter for our April Friday Showcase.

Glenda began quilting in 1994.  Already an accomplished dressmaker and maker of soft toys, a series of beginner classes in he mid 90s changed Glenda’s focus to patchwork and quilting and Glenda, in her own words, was “hit by the bug!”

Glenda is a very active member of Illawarra Quilters, having held a multitude of committee positions and devoting much of her time to organising and sewing charity quilts. Her keen interest in entering annual challenges has led to her gathering a treasure trove of special quilts.

A love of learning new techniques and attendance at many classes have allowed Glenda to branch out into many styles of quilting and the quilts she will share with us will demonstrate her skills in both hand and machine piecing, appliqué and quilting.

Friday Showcase is held on the first Friday of most months at our QuiltNSW office, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, close to Town Hall Station.  Glenda’s presentation this Friday, April 6th, starts at 10am, with an entrance fee of $5 for members and $10 for guests.

Friday Showcase 5 May 2017 - Pamela Brockwell

This Friday 5 May 2017, we welcome the talented Pamela Brockwell to our Friday Showcase.

Pamela Brockwell is currently a member of both Nowra and Canberra Quilters, is self-taught and after 15 years of quilting continues to seek and find new techniques to incorporate in her own designs with hand dyed fabrics. In 2016, Pamela won the Australian National Quilt Award (sponsored by BERNINA) for 2015 with her quilt 'Canzone Rosso' (pictured).

At our showcase, Pamela will be displaying and discussing her work, beginning with her first quilt, through to some of her earlier creations and her show quilts. Pamela has also promised to provide a glimpse of some of her works which did not turn out as she had planned!

QuiltNSW holds Friday Showcase at its office (just behind Town Hall station at 276 Pitt Street, Sydney) on the first Friday of most months and and starts at 10 am. Visitors are most welcome so bring a friend along - $5 for members and $10 for visitors. The full schedule of upcoming showcases is on our website.

We look forward to welcoming you to our office this Friday.

3 March Friday Showcase - Lisa Walton

On Friday, March 3, QuiltNSW welcomes Lisa Walton to our office at 276 Pitt Street, Sydney as our Friday Showcase guest presenter.

Lisa is a wonderful textile artist, author and international teacher, who also leads textile and food tours.  Lisa's unique style of fabric dyeing is recognised worldwide, and her hand dyed and painted fabrics are available through her Online Store 'Dyed and Gone to Heaven'.

Lisa will give us some insight into her art form and present several of her works from 10am.  Member's are welcome to bring a guest with Members' entry fee being $5 and Visitors $10.

Friday Showcase Roslyn Moules Fri. 7th October

10am- 11.30 am

 QuiltNSW Office

Pitt St Sydney

Roslyn states that:

'I started quilting in 1990 and quickly realised that if I hand sewed and quilted I would never finish anything.  Hence I have been machine oriented.
I joined the Guild in 1991 and entered the 1993 Guild Challenge – ‘October Around the World’ and won Viewer’s Choice.  This inspired me to enter Colours of Australia in 1994 and I was juried into this competition, and as well the following year 'Australia Dreaming-Quilts to Nagoya’.
I find that my particular interest in making a quilt is the planning and design stage and free motion machine quilting,  although after a lesson from Lois French I have developed a love of needle turn hand appliqué.
I started attending Community Quilts in 1992 and loved the mix of ages and freedom to make a quilt from orphan blocks.  In those days there were 3 large boxes of orphan blocks and it was a great challenge to match them altogether.  It was a real learning curve.
After Ruth Carter passed away in 2000  I volunteered to take on the role of co-ordinating Community Quilts.  We standardized the size of the quilts and generally streamlined the process to keep our production going.   I love the challenge of making a quilt using what fabric we have as it forces you to ‘jump out of your box’.
Over the years I  have won three 1st prizes, two 2nd and one 3rd prize at Darling Harbour.   I was made a Life Member of the Guild in 2004 and presented with the National ‘Lut-Da’ Award in 2011 for service to community through quilting.'

 All welcome. Members $5.00, Guests $10.00

September Friday Showcase with Megan Manwaring

Friday Showcase
2nd September
10am - 11.30pm
QuiltNSW Pitt St Sydney
with
Megan Manwaring.

Megan Manwaring  is the current Treasurer at QuiltNSW.  She is also well known as  a  tutor at Material Obsession.  Megan is a passionate and enthusiastic quilter with a particular love of needle-turn applique and working with bright, contemporary fabrics. Megan has had a number of patterns published in Australian quilt magazines, designed MO's  2014 Kaffe Sampler and co-designing MO's String Along BOM.

Megan's students love her classes. Megan's emphasis is on teaching the basics well. She leads her  students through the foundations of cutting, piecing, sewing and simple appliqué, as well as effective colour and fabric selection.

Megan won QuiltNSW' Suitcase Challenge "Colour Collision" last year with "What Colour Makes Brown" seen below.

We are surely in for a treat. All welcome. Members $5.00, Guests $10.00

Friday Showcase with Jann Sturdy

Friday Showcase

1st April 2016

10am - 11.30 am

Guild Office Pitt St Sydney

Jann Sturdy

After retirement from work and a  busy life in Sydney, Jann Sturdy moved to Anna Bay. Jann found that once she had settled in to a much quieter lifestyle, she  had to find something to do to keep herself busy and interested. Jann was always interested in sewing and decided that patchwork and quilting could be that something and so her  journey began.

Her quilts are mostly machine applique, although she has made pieced quilts. Jann loves Michele Hill's 'William Morris' designs and has actually made 14 of her quilts. Jann is a beautiful domestic machine quilter and has taught many quilting classes to keen students, endeavouring to pass her free-motion quilting knowledge and skills on to others.

We are sure to be treated to some lovely work.

All welcome.

$5.00 members, $10.00 guests.

 

Above 'Kelmscott' a Michele Hill design made and quilted by Jann Sturdy.

Friday Showcase: Jessica Wheelahan

Friday Showcase

Friday 4 March 2016

Guild Office

Pitt St. Sydney

10-11.30 am

Guest Presenter: Jessica Wheelahan.

Jessica's quilting philosophy.

As an Artist, what could be better than having the ability to construct the very canvas upon which you work. 

The bringing together of disparate collected materials, laying them out together on the floor, touching them and remembering their histories.  Where they were found.  Their previous purposes.   Innate meanings which pieces of fabric contain. 

This one too white, so tea dyed.  This one too vibrant, so turned over to the wrong side.   A piece from an old suit, or wedding dress.  A quilt becomes a collage of collected histories, layers of narrative beneath the meaning or message in the obvious -o -so right side together- pieced surface pattern or design. 

Then comes the stitching, the repetitive movement of the hand.  The hand of the artist moving through lines of stitch over time to complete the quilt, layers lashed together and containing much more than can be appreciated at first glance.

My quilts have variously been described as ‘out of the box’ and ‘left of centre’ and ‘unique’.  I believe this is because of several factors which have led me to approach my quiltmaking practice differently. 

My background is firmly based in art and design.  I studied design at the college of fine arts in the late 90s and have since also gained an art education degree.  I love teaching high school level art and am constantly researching artists and finding ways to reflect this interest in my quilts.

I have a love of ‘play’ when it comes to working with fabric.  A hands on ‘what if’ approach helps me to push my design process and create works which are unique, original and deeply personal.  I may begin with an existing design, either an old or new quilt or idea from the world around me. This changes as the idea is refined in the design process.

The third factor which has had a lasting impact on my quiltmaking was my work during the early part of my career with Australian fashion designer Akira  Isogawa.  Practical experience with such a talent has had a lasting impact on my design aesthetic from the sourcing of materials to a ‘collage’ approach.

Jessica has exhibited her quilts locally including the Hunters Hill Quilt Show, the Sydney Quilt Show, as well as last years "Evolution, Change, Challenge: A  Contemporary Quilt Exhibition" and many others. Her work interprets traditional quiltmaking into a contemporary aesthetic. Her quilt shown below won her a ribbon at the 2014 Sydney Quilt show for 'Best Quilt inspired by an Antique Quilt'.

"Errant Geese" 2014 Jessica Wheelahan

All welcome. So come along for an enjoyable morning.

Friday Showcase with Fiona Hammond

Friday Showcase

Friday 5th February 2016

10am - 11.30 am

Fiona Hammond

Guild Office Pitt St Sydney

All Welcome.

Fiona Hammond is a mixed-media artist whose love of beads, textiles and fibre has led to an eclectic array of wearable and non-wearable pieces since 1999 – everything from contemporary quilts to jewellery and sculptural forms.  Her main modalities are beadwork, quilting, kumihimo braiding and coiled basketry. She is well-known for her love of vibrant colour and a somewhat quirky aesthetic.  Fiona’s quilts and beadwork pieces have been seen in Australian quilting and beading magazines, as well as various exhibitions. She has received many awards and prizes for her work over the years.  Fiona is an enthusiastic teacher in the field of creative arts and crafts, and loves to share her knowledge and skills with her students. www.chiatanyadesigns.com.au

Rasberry Lime Splice 2009

 Velvet Slivers 2005

Dancing Platter 2014

Friday Showcase: 6th November 2015: Cathy Jack Coupland

 

Colourist and artist, Cathy Jack Coupland, paints her world in stitch.  Love of country, Australian poetry, art and colour are inspirations Cathy uses in her work.

 

With her 'threaded brush', Cathy endows her work with texture and substance, colouring her designs with bold dimensions. Combining these inspirations produces stand-alone, original work full of exuberance.

 

We welcome everyone to the Friday Showcase so please come along to hear Cathy speak about these inspirations and how she's applied them in her designs.

 

Date :   Friday 6th November 2015

Time :  10am

Venue : Quilt NSW Head Office

              Level 5

             276 Pitt Street, Sydney

Entry : $5 (Guild member), $10 (non-Guild member)

Please bring your own mug.

Friday Showcase: 4 September 2015: Pam Furniss

Pam Furniss is a Guild accredited teacher who now specialises in teaching hand and machine appliqued Quilt as you Sew techniques in her classes. She has taught in Australia and New Zealand, and many of her quilts have been published in quilting magazines and won prizes at the Sydney and Victorian Quilt Shows. Pam's website is Pam Furniss: Quilt Designer & Tutor

The pleasure of teaching is what inspires most of the quilts I make today.  My aim is always to provide a relaxed and enjoyable learning environment, encouraging confidence and creativity in the students in the classes I teach. I believe that if they are taught properly how to master a skill, the students too will share my view, “It’s easy”.

Building on and exploring the initial design is what gives me pleasure in the creative process. I have a great love for design and with the many visual inspirations leading me into the next projects, my love of patchwork and quilting will always endure.  

 

We welcome everyone to the Friday Showcase so please come along to see Pam's wonderful quilts and hear her talk.

 

Date :   Friday 4th September 2015

Time :  10am

Venue : The Guild Office

              Level 5

             276 Pitt Street, Sydney

Entry : $5 (Guild member), $10 (non-Guild member)

Please bring your own mug.

Friday Showcase: 7 August 2015: Lorena Uriate

Come along to Friday Showcase with modern quilter Lorena Uriarte at the Guild Office on Friday, 7 August at 10am.

We welcome Guild and non-Guild members to Friday Showcase. There is a small charge of $5.00 for members and $10 for non-members.

Wingdings: A Variety of Symbols* by Lorena Uriate (Quilted by Michele Turner, Pinetree Cottage Quilting)
*Design Source: Block Designs by Chuck Nohara, "2001 New Patchwork Patterns"