Guild Daily Door Prizes 2014

The Winners of the 'Daily Door Prize' entries at the Welcome Desk of The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc. : Sydney Quilt Show 2014 are

 

1st Prize : Logan’s Patchwork Fabrics : Surprise Pack 

2nd Prize :  Quilters Companion (Universal Magazines) : Subscription 

Wednesday 1st   Wendy Watson

                    2nd  Betty Simpson

Thursday     1st   Tricia Bowdler

                    2nd  Robyn Shipton

Friday          1st   Connie Harrison

                    2nd  Mary McGowan

Saturday      1st   Chris Mirow

                    2nd  Denise Fagan

Sunday         1st   Bronwyn Barrett

                    2nd  Carol Pike

Congratulations to these recipients! and "thankyou" to the Generous Sponsors. 

Our Quilt Show is Over.

Happy Faces and willing hands brought  

the 2014 Sydney Quilt Show alive. 

Thankyou to all volunteers : partners and packers, stackers, sewers, sellers, and spruikers, demonstrators, designers and 'do-ers', Jelly Roll Racers and Rafflers.

Orange vests to be aired again at the 2015 Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair  June 17 - 21.

The delightful visual bonus of a full moon over a Sydney CBD sky line, as visitors left 

The Sydney Exhibition Centre, Glebe Island, on Friday evening, 11th July.

'Congratulations' to everyone involved : from the Guild Committee and the Exhibition Sub-committee of The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc.

2014 Quilt Show Raffle & Hangers Prize : Results

1st Prize :

2014 Raffle Quilt - Opal Glow

Peel Country Quilters Inc.

And the Winners are :

1st Prize :    Jill Greig

2nd Prize :  Toni Webster

3rd Prize :   Audrie Lai

4th Prize :   Billy Jackson 

5th Prize :   Salley Govey

6th Prize :   Elizabeth Jones

7th Prize :   Wanda Campbell

Congratulations to these lucky recipients. They have all been notified.

'Viewers Choice' has also been announced :

1st Place : Jan Frazer for quilt #280 'Persian Panoply'

2nd Place : Glen Waples for quilt # 249 'Les Fleurs de Jour'

The 'Hangers' Prizes :

Winner : Jan Frazer  'Persian Panoply'

Volunteer Prize : Danuta Aaron.

Detail : 'Persian Panoply' : Jan Frazer

Eyes on the Quilt Show

Just a snapshot of some of the amazing entries at 

The Sydney Quilt Show 2014.

Detail from quilts currently on show for two more days at Glebe Island.

Can you recognise them?

All images from Top Left, clockwise.

'Chelsea'  Dorothy Clee -Hexagon Hype Challenge

'Layers of the Ocean 2'  Catherine Bremmell

'Go for the Straight-Cecily Series'  Jenny Bain

'A Day in the life of Mr Bear'  Kathy Hancock

'Splash'  Denise Sargo

'Birthday Girl'  Raelene Draheim

'Emu - "OMG"'  Ele Hockey

'Red Delicious'  Ann Archer

'Pajaro Precioso'  Joanne Simpson

'Qatar and ----Cairo'  Linda Butcher

'Through Different Eyes'  Material Girls

'Exuberance'  Judi Nikoleski

'My Mon Seul Desir'  Toni Watson

'Indian Bazaar'  Glen Waples

'Fairytale'  Merelyn Pearce

'Childhood Memories'  Eileen Campbell

'Alice'  Michelle O'Brien

'Rainbow Lorikeet'  Helen Godden

'Fairytale' Merelyn Pearce

'Unspoken'  Lorraine Carthew

Stop Press!! - Transport update to Quilt Show

Your preferred time and departure point may have changed.

• There is now an extra early morning ferry from Circular Quay
• There are extra buses from Central
• Buses from Darling Harbour have been cancelled

Please be sure to check the Expertise Events Transport Website  for updated information for any day that you intend to travel to the Sydney Quilt Show.

Sydney Quilt Show 2014 Prize Winner's Gallery

The Sydney Quilt Show opens today and runs until Sunday 13 July (9am to 5pm) at the new exhibition facility at Glebe Island.  You can get to the show by free bus or ferry - see transport information.

Congratulations to Janet Treen who was awarded Bernina Best of Show, along with other prizes, at the Sydney Quilt Show 2014 for her classic quilt Coxcomb and Currants.  Here is an image that you are welcome to copy and share.  Be sure to link back to the Sydney Quilt Show Prizewinner's Gallery which features images of the prize winning quilts.

Here is some code that you can cut and paste into your blog or website:
<a href="http://quiltersguildnsw.com/quiltshow/"><img alt="Best of Show 2014 Janet Treen" src="http://tinyurl.com/sqs2014BOS" title=" Sydney Quilt Show Best of Show 2014 Janet Treen" /></a>

Living Colour!

Living Colour! is a special exhibit at the 2014 Sydney Quilt Show and features vibrant works by many Guild members.  Curator Brenda Gael Smith is presenting a floor talk each day at 1.30pm.  A full colour catalogue is also available.

Jelly Roll Races : On Again!

Remember these gals??

YES!  Back by popular demand!

Sydney Quilt Show Jelly Roll Race programme needs filling.

Can you and pals beat the record of 20 minutes 58 seconds?

Will Keduba Quilters be back to defend their title?

Will there be colourful language quilting on the exhibition floor?

Sign up! Sign up!

Contact the Exhibition Secretary if you want to be part of this hilarious activity, scheduled for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, at 12.30pm.

Quilt Show Volunteers Still Required

2013 Quilt Show- hung by an army of volunteers - always a day of camaraderie and fun 

Lynn : White Glover Stalwart and provider of wonderful 'set-up day' lunches

Our 2014 Sydney Quilt Show is fast approaching, and we are in need of more volunteers for all areas of the Show.  

 If you have entered a quilt in the Show, it is expected that you will volunteer for at least two shifts during the exhibition.

 The particular time slots where extra people are required are:

Tuesday Set Up Day *** – the afternoon shift 3.00pm –  6.00pm 

9.10am to 11.00am Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday

10.45am – 12.30pm Sunday

12.15pm – 2.00 pm Thursday, Saturday & Sunday 

3.15pm – 5.00pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday

Sunday Take Down *** 5.00pm – 7.00pm

***All volunteers at Set up and Take Down must be over the age of 16 years.  Unfortunately children will not be allowed on site at these times.  

The Quilt Show is considered a “construction site” at these times – fluoro vests (supplied by Guild) and closed in shoes must be worn by all volunteers. 

The Guild would greatly appreciate knowing if your husband, son, brother, uncle, cousin – anyone with a bit of extra physical strength can help at Set Up and Take Down. 

Please either complete a Volunteer Form or email your full details to Susan at: quickunpick@yahoo.com.au

Please Reply as quickly as possible to this request

Information we require is:

• The days and times you are able to work,   First Name, Surname, Full Address, Postcode, Home and Mobile Phone numbers, Email.  Please also indicate if you have trouble standing for long periods and we will assign you a sit down job.  
• Please complete a volunteer form if a family member is coming to assist at Set Up or Take Down.

A quick response will greatly assist the Show Committee finalise the rosters, and all volunteers will receive a letter of confirmation of their time slot.  

Our Show volunteers are the eyes and ears of the Quilt Show, and are necessary to help protect the displays.

Living Colour!

Congratulations to various Guild members whose work was selected by curator Brenda Gael Smith for the Living Colour! exhibition including Robyn Eves, Carolyn Sullivan, Caroline Sharkey, Jenny Bacon, Sue Dennis, Dianne Firth, Kay Haerland and Sandy Corry. Living Colour! will premiere this week at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne and the tour program includes the Sydney Quilt Show (9-13 July 2014).  In the meantime, you can view the exhibition in the online gallery and a catalogue is available for purchase.

Sydney Quilt Show 2014 : Entry Deadline

Please have all paper work regarding your Quilt Entry, Payment, Photo, Volunteer Form and any other further additional information into the office on or before March 14 : THIS FRIDAY. 

Thankyou.

Sydney Quilt Show 2014 Button

Preparations for the Sydney Quilt Show 2014 are well underway and entries close on Friday, 14 March 2014.  If you would like to add the button to your blog, website or other social media, here is the html code:

<a href="http://www.quiltersguildnsw.com/"><img src="http://www.quiltersguildnsw.com/quiltshowbutton.jpg" alt="Sydney Quilt Show 2014" /></a>

If you have a Blogspot blog, go to Dashboard>Layout>Page Elements>Add Page Element. Choose "HTML/Javascript" as your page element, click "Add to Blog", cut and paste the code and click "Save Changes". On the "Add & Arrange" page elements page, you can drag and drop the button at the desired place in your side bar. The button should look like this.

Please contact the Guild Webmaster if you require assistance.

Quilt Show 2014 : Entry deadline

A reminder that all quilt entries for this year's Sydney Quilt Show will have an Entry form closing date of Friday March 14th.

Entry forms are available on the website, or can be uploaded here
Entry Forms are also included in the new issue of the Template, currently being delivered by Australia Post.

Please ensure that all parts of the Entry are identified, included and attached securely.

2014 Quilt Show Entry Form

The next Sydney Quilt Show runs from Wednesday, 9 July to Sunday 13 July 2014 (not June) at the Exhibition Centre at Glebe Island Expo facility (not Darling Harbour). Entry forms are posted out to members with the Guild newsletter in February. You can also download:

• 2014 Quilt Show Entry Form (460KB PDF) 
• 2014 Quilt Show Volunteer Form (94 KB PDF).

The closing date for entries is Friday 14 March 2014. Please direct any queries to the Exhibition Secretary.

To enter a quilt in the Sydney Quilt Show, you must be a member of the Guild for the financial year. Membership is due 1 July each year for the year ending the following June.  Download a Membership Application Form (196KB PDF).

This is an overview of the categories and awards for 2014. (And don't forget the Red & White Special Category next year in 2015!)

CATEGORIES
Amateur:
1.  Traditional – Includes wholecloth, crazy, partial appliqué, hand and/or machine pieced and quilted.  Minimum size 120cm x 120cm: maximum size 290cm x 290cm
  1.1  Predominantly Hand Quilted
  1.2  Predominantly Machine Quilted
2. Predominantly Appliqué - Hand and/or machine pieced and quilted. More than 75% must be appliquéd.  Minimum size 120cm x 120cm: maximum size 290cm x 290cm
3. Small or Wall Quilt – Minimum size 40cm x40cm. Maximum size 150cm x 150cm
4. First-time Entrant - First entry into any State/Territory Guild's judged exhibition or competition or any National/International     judged exhibition or competition.  Maximum size 290cm x 290cm
5. Novice Quiltmaker– First time entrant where the quiltmaker started quilting after 1 January 2010.      Maximum size 290cm x 290cm

Professional:
6.  Traditional – Includes wholecloth, crazy, partial appliqué, hand and/or machine pieced and quilted.   Minimum size 120cm x 120cm: maximum size 290cm x 290cm
7.  Predominantly Appliqué - hand and/or machine pieced and quilted. More than 75% must be appliquéd.   Minimum size 120cm x 120cm: maximum size 290cm x 290cm
8.   Small or Wall Quilt – Minimum size 40cm x 40cm. Maximum size 150cm x 150cm

Open:
9.  Mixed Techniques–Anything Goes! Including embroidery, crazy quilting, embellishment, painting, trapunto and felting.  Maximum size 290cm x 290cm
10. Miniature – may be either scaled down patterns or your own original design, including postcards.  Maximum perimeter 200cm
11. Art Quilt - to be of an original design.  Maximum size 290cm any one side
12. Pictorial Quilt - To be of an original design and a representation of a person, place or thing.  Maximum size 290cm any one side
13. Group/Collaborative Quilt – made by 3 or more people  Maximum size 290cm x 290cm
14.1 Commercially Machine Quilted Quilt:Large- the entrant’s top, commercially machine quilted by another. Maximum size 290cm x 290cm
14.2 Commercially Machine Quilted Quilt:Small- the entrant’s top, commercially machine quilted by another. Maximum size 200cm x 200cm
15. Modern - New Traditions From Old Favourites - Modern quilts including those inspired by traditional block structures but  reinterpreted using non-traditional layouts. Maximum size 290 x 290 cm

Junior Quiltmaker:
16.   Junior Member A (up to Year 6) – Maximum size 290cm x 290cm
17.   Junior Member B (Years 7-12 including Year 12 work from 2013) –     Maximum size 290cm x 290cm

Special Awards include :

• Best Of Show
• Bernina Amateur Encouragement Award
• Bernina Junior Encouragement Award
• Retaining The Tradition Award
• Best Quilt Inspired By An Antique Quilt Award
• Creative Use of Colour
• Contemporary Art Quilt Award
• Best Hand Made Quilt
• Best Use Of Dyes & Pigments
• Excellence in Quilting Awards: - Hand Quilting (Amateur), Hand Quilting (Open), Amateur Domestic Machine Quilting, Domestic Machine Quilting (Open), Long Arm Machine Quilting
• Viewers’ Choice
• Hangers' Prize

Welcoming in a New Year of Creativity

The Guild Office is once again "Open for Business", and visitors in the near future can treat themselves to the loan of these library books...

With "Modern" quilts being the buzz word of late, it is worth exploring just how some quilts are attaining this new label.

The 9-13 July 2014, Glebe Island, Sydney Quilt Show has a rephrased Open Category Exhibition component : Modern - New Traditions from Old Favourites.

How can we as exhibitors or attendees accurately interpret and appreciate the subtleties of these entries?

Here are some identifying features of a "Modern Quilt":

• Big boxy pieced shapes in fresh colour palettes
• Graphic and dynamic designs using solid colours with contemporary flair
• Think "Modern Art"
• Pared back colour schemes : Less is More!
• Off center design construction 
• Dominant shapes using bright pops of colour, to provide stark contrast against "new" neutrals

The Guild Library is bursting with ideas. 

"Old" and Traditional designs can become Modern and Dynamic, just with a shift in interpretation , and these publications can spin one's thinking into new directions.

Please visit!