Sydney Quilt Show 2020 Cancelled

The QuiltNSW Committee has carefully considered the Sydney Quilt Show 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and has decided not to go ahead with it. This does not mean that the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair is also cancelled.  At this stage, Expertise Events is still planning to hold the Fair from 29 October – 1 November 2020.

There are many reasons for our decision.

Firstly, BERNINA Australia, the principal sponsor of the Best of Australia Award has recently announced there will be no Best of Australia award for 2020.  The quilts judged as Best of Show in each state and territory during 2019 will be held over until 2021.  There will be no BERNINA Best of Show winners during 2020.  This is a significant change to the nature of the competition we offered member entrants back in March.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many other changes and considerable uncertainty still remains. The Committee did not want to commit member funds and considerable time by members to planning and preparing for the 2020 Show that could not be guaranteed to go ahead. We considered it prudent to cancel now before further funds and volunteer resources were committed.

Most importantly, the Committee is concerned for the health and wellbeing of members during the preparation, installation, and management of our Show.  We considered how we could undertake this safely, and we came to the conclusion that it would not be reasonable nor responsible to ask our members to volunteer their time.

The ramifications of this decision are as follows:

• The raffle will not go ahead this year but instead be held at the Sydney Quilt Show 2021 and all subsequent raffle quilts will be held a year later than planned.
• We will contact Sydney Quilt Show 2020 entrants soon regarding the return of their entry fees.

Whilst you, like the Committee, are no doubt disappointed that the Sydney Quilt Show will not take place in 2020, we hope you understand the difficult decision we have had to make.

We know that there will be a time when we can return safely to the events and activities that we love as quilters. We are already making plans for what we hope will be an exciting 2021!

Rescheduled: Sydney Quilt Show 8-12 July 2020

Expertise Events has announced that the Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair has been postponed to 8-12 July 2020 at the ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour following the extension of the NSW mass gatherings ban to 17 June.

Our Exhibition Committee will be working towards this date for the Sydney Quilt Show unless there is a change. Please bear with us at this time, we just have to roll with the changes for now, and will keep you up to date with information as it comes to hand.

Jenny Haynes workshops and trunk show cancelled

Trunk Show and Workshops with Jenny Haynes 

It is with regret that we have had to cancel our Trunk Show and Workshops with Jenny Haynes at The Powerhouse Museum next week due to the current issue that is COVID-19. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Those who had paid for workshops will receive an email regarding a full refund.


QuiltNSW office closed

QuiltNSW will continue to be closed until the end of April, we will review this at our April Committee Meeting and will be at Government directives as to how we proceed.


Sydney Quilt Show

You may all be wondering about the Sydney Quilt Show for 2020, it has been announced today that gatherings of 500+ people are banned until June 14th 2020. This date is prior to our show opening and we are carrying on with the assumption that the SQS2020 will go ahead as planned and our Exhibition Committee are working hard towards this event. If however anything changes we will let you know as soon as we do.


The Template

On a brighter note we will still have the Template on its way to you in May, full of great content. For instance we have had a wonderful response to the call for quilts for Bowral CWA and once again I am humbled by the Community spirit I see from our members and member groups.

What a good time though to knock over a couple of WIP's or UFO's, or start something new and shop online, lets take care of our shops and help keep our businesses up and running.

Take care of you and yours.

Mandie Tyler
President

Sydney Quilt Show Call for Entries: Closing Today!

Today is the last day for entering the Sydney Quilt Show 2020. Entries close at midnight on Monday 9 March. Enter online on your computer or mobile device - if you have difficulties labelling your photos, we will look after it at our end.

In 2020, if we receive valid entries for more than 400 quilts, a ballot will be conducted of second choice entries to reduce the number of accepted entries to a number that we consider manageable. We will NOT be asking for voluntary withdrawals.

  

Call for Entries: Sydney Quilt Show 2020

Entries for the Sydney Quilt Show 2020 are now open! Jump online to view/download these key documents:

• Entry Form – online entry preferred! Pay by credit card through our secure ANZ portal and you’ll receive immediate email confirmation of your entry on payment.
• Conditions of Entry
• Worksheet – plan your entry. Please only submit the worksheet as a paper entry form if you do not have access to the online entry and payment process.

The closing date for entries is 11.59pm Monday 9 March 2020.

Timeline: Key Dates

• Monday 3 February 2020: Entries open
• Monday  9 March 2020 (11.59pm):  Closing date for entries                    
• Friday 1 May 2020:  Acceptance letters dispatched
• Friday, 5 June 2020:  Deadline for quilts to be delivered to Drop Off Volunteers
• 9am-4.30pm, 17-21 June 2020:  Sydney Quilt Show, International Exhibition Centre Sydney, Darling Harbour
• Sunday 28 June 2020:  Deadline for quilts to be collected from Drop Off Volunteers

Further Questions?

See the Online Handbook and FAQs.

• Technical queries: forms@quiltnsw.com
• Exhibition queries: quiltshow@quiltnsw.com or the QuiltNSW office (02) 9283 3737

Prepare and submit your entry early so that you know that it will be received by the closing date Monday 9 March 2020