The next Guild meeting at Burwood RSL (96 Shaftsbury Avenue) is this Saturday, 16 May 2009:
11am - noon: Crazy patchwork demonstration with Yvonne Line
1pm: General Meeting including consideration of a special resolution relating to amending the constitution and the size of the committee and guest speaker Hans Joerg Wengi from Guttermann Threads
The next Sunday social meeting for 2009 is this Sunday, 17 May.
The venue is Campbelltown Arts Centre. All members, and friends and interested persons, welcome. Gallery opens at 10.00am , Show and tell at 11.30, Café for lunch or bring your own, Guest Speaker, 1.00pm, Afternoon Tea provided, meeting closes at 3.00 pm, Gallery closes at 4.00pm. Wheelchair access, Sculpture Garden, Art Gallery, Japanese Garden.
It's time to book your place at the Gala Dinner held as part of the Sydney Quilt Show 2009. Come along for great company and a sumptuous dinner as well as an inspiring presentation from guest speaker Helen Godden.
Acceptance letters and drop-off lady details will be dispatched to entrants this week. (The Exhibition Secretary apologises for the delay.) The Guild is delighted to report that, in addition to the record number of 390 quilts in the members' exhibition, there will be many other special exhibits including:
Chatelaine Quilters Inc will be holding their biennial exhibition of members' work at Sutherland Uniting Church Hall, Flora St, Sutherland on May 1st and 2nd between 10 am and 4 pm each day. Entry $5 with proceeds to Cord Blood Foundation.
EASTWOOD PATCHWORK QUILTERS 2009 EXHIBITION
May 1 –3 10am to 4.30pm: Admission $6
Refreshments, light lunches, and quilt and craft stores will be available.
A chance to see a spectacular display of traditional quilts made by the members of Eastwood Patchwork Quilters, while visiting historic Brush Farm House, 19 Lawson St Eastwood.
Over 150 beautiful quilts made by our members will be displayed.
Located on bus routes 545 and 550 Chatswood/Macquarie/Eastwood/Parramatta.
Brush Farm House was built around 1820 by Gregory Blaxland, one of the first Europeans to find a route across the Blue Mountains. It is one of Australia’s oldest and substantial houses remaining from the Macquarie era. It has been, recently restored and renovated as an exhibition space by Ryde City Council. We will also use additional exhibition space in the adjacent Corrective Services Training facility.
The winners of the American Quilt Society Quilt Contest in Paducah have been announced.
Guild member, Mariya Waters continues her success with Renaissance Revival which was awarded American Quilter's Society Best of Show. In addition, Mariya's quilt Bluebirds of Paradise was third in the Miniature category and Nic Bridges and Lisa Walton were awarded third place in the Large Wall Quilts: Longarm/Midarm Machine category with Bushfire Sunset.
The 2009 Springwood High School Community Quilt Show is being held:
390 entries from over 270 individual and group members have been received for the 2009 Sydney Quilt Show. This is an all-time record but the good news is that ALL valid entries have been accepted. Formal acceptance letters with important details about the delivery of your quilts will be posted out at the beginning of May. In the meantime, keep on putting the finishing details on your quilts. We look forward to a great show!
The Guild is taking Community Quilts to the Royal Easter Show in 2009. We require 24 volunteers over four days (16-19 April 2009) to assist in the machine quilting demonstration area where there will be four Pfaff quilting model sewing machines. Attending members can also bring in any project they wish to work on and thus demonstrate another technique we all use in quilt making wheter it be binding a quilt, hand applique or hand quilting.
If your are interested in demonstrating fo rthe Guild during this event, please contact the coordinator Alan Tremain via the office or by e-mail.
All volunteers will receive a full day pass and public transport travel reimbursement. Some onsite parking passes are also available.
Serendipity, the raffle quilt for 2009, was made by Wentworth Quilters Inc. Raffle tickets are $2 each. Tickets were distributed with the March newsletter but you can always purchase more from the Guild office or at the Sydney Quilt Show.
2009 Raffle Prizes:
The 2009 "away" meeting is coming up this weekend:
The March 2009 issue of the Guild newsletter has been posted out. Check your copy for a range of articles and the updated Guild events calendar.
Don't forget to call the office to book your place in the presentation by Vikki Pignatelli at Epping Creative Centre, 2pm Saturday 2 May 2009: 10 Attributes that make a Good Quilter Better’.
The Australian Machine Quilters Exhibition is an exciting new exhibition run by Victorian Quilters and open to ALL machine quilters (domestic and long-arm), with judging predominantly focused on the quilting.
Entries are due on the 1st of June. You do not have to be a member of Victorian Quilters to enter. Entry forms and information can be downloaded HERE.
The first Sunday social meeting for 2009 is this Sunday, 15 March.
The venue is Campbelltown Arts Centre. All members, and friends and interested persons, welcome. Gallery opens at 10.00am , Show and tell at 11.30, Café for lunch or bring your own, Guest Speaker, 1.00pm, Afternoon Tea provided, meeting closes at 3.00 pm, Gallery closes at 4.00pm. Wheelchair access, Sculpture Garden, Art Gallery, Japanese Garden.
This is a quick reminder that entries for the Sydney Quilt Show 2009 close this Friday, 13 March. Here are the relevant forms:
Chris Jurd presents the next Friday showcase at the Guild office at 10am on Friday, 6 March 2009. All welcome! ($5.50 entry fee)
2009 Raffle Quilt made by Chris Jurd
for the Springwood High School Community Quilt Show
Friday April 24th to Sunday April 26th
Springwood High School Hall, Grose Rd Faulconbridge
The Australasian Quilt Convention for 2009 has now closed. Congratulations to Guild member, Merelyn Pearce who was awarded the Australian National Quilt Award, sponsored by Bernina, for her 2008 Sydney Quilt Show Sydney Quilt Show quilt Wheelflower Medallion. If you missed seeing this quilt last year, you will have another opportunity to view it as part of the Best of Australia exhibition that will tour with Craft and Quilt Fairs throughout 2009.
