Needlework Tool Collectors Society 2014 Conference.

Enjoy Needlework?
Then the following information might interest Quilters and Textile Artists alike.
Members of the Needlework Tool Collectors Society are busily preparing for their 2014 Conference and invite all interested parties to attend on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of October.

A German made Edwardian Basket with glorious silk lining, showing pockets and loop attachments for needlework tools   Photo - Kerry Easton

This group has meetings in 3 States, plus a Conference every second year. Many members are involved in a broad range of sewing, embroidery and craft areas, and the experience of working with useful and well-made tools often grows into a fascination with needlework tools of all kinds.

Information about the Conference can be found on the website  of the society, however briefly, information that should be noted includes

• Tickets need to be pre-booked.
• The closing date for Ticket  sales is October 17th
• A Sales Mall will be open only to attendees . . not the General Public
• The Conference Dinner on Saturday evening will have Claudia Chan Shaw (from the ABC Programme : The Collectors)  as the After Dinner Speaker. 
•  A Pincuchion Competition and Raffle are on offer, along with Members' own, sales tables.

The 2014 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 

in Sydney, Australia 

at The Harbourview Hotel

Blue Street, North Sydney, NSW  

                                                                  October 25-26 2014

Conference commences Friday afternoon with 
Conference registration 5-6pm, and an informal dinner in the evening.

Refreshments are available Saturday and Sunday morning when the

Registration desk opens at 8:00am

For Further information please contact   webmaster@needleworktoolcollectors.org 

Or Phone : Kerry 0421 998 136

                  Marlene 02 98162574 

All Welcome!

BOQ : Broken Wheel

Broken Wheel : 9 1/2  inch (unfinished) blocks, as seen in the Guild Office this week

This 9 inch block, so easily rotary cut, is the Block of the Quarter and any delivered to the office of The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc by  Tuesday 14 October , or brought to the Annual General Meeting at Burwood on Saturday 18 October, will go into "the winner takes all" draw, at the meeting. 

Dont forget to add an identifying name to each block on a scrap of paper. "No name" will mean another block will be drawn, for a member to "win".

Fabric colours need to be red prints set against a white background. 

As can be seen, once many blocks are put together, a stunning Red and White quilt is produced, and this could be the beginnings of an entry (for the winner) in the 2015 Challenge : "Red and White"

Scraps dont have to match, therefore there is bound to be plenty of variety available in everyone's stash.

Members are encouraged to make as many as wished.

The block diagram, cutting and piecing directions are in the August 2014 edition of The Template.

Darwin Patchworkers & Quilters Inc. : Challenge

Cyclone Tracy 40 Year Anniversary Quilt Challenge

Quilters around Australia are being invited to make a quilt that reflects their memories of the devastation of Darwin when Cyclone Tracy unleashed her destructive force on Christmas Eve 1974.

Participants in the challenge need not have lived in Darwin at the time nor experienced the Cyclone, but will have perhaps remembered it through media and other's accounts.

4 Prizes are being offered : First -                 $250.00

                                           Second -             $150.00

                                           Third -                $100.00

                                           Viewers Choice  $200.00

Quilts must be A4 Size (29.5cm x 21 cm) and in portrait profile.

Quilts must be 3 layers and must be quilted.

Any technique or combination of techniques can be utilised.

Finished quilts must have hanging sleeves both top and bottom of the back of the quilt.

Quilts will become the property of Darwin Patchworkers & Quilters Inc.

Quilts will be joined together to create a community art piece.

Further information may be obtained from : 

Jan Cashion   0418 894 131 or 

Pam Hamill  0412 213 600

Entries close  on the 1st December 2014

Please post to : 

Cyclone Tracy Challenge

Darwin Patchworkers & Quilters Inc.

PO Box 36945

Winnellie

NT   0821

October 2014 Friday Showcase

Member's 'Show and Tell'

Small wholecloth : Designed by Keryn Emmerson, Quilted by Jan Foster 

Members and friends of The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc are invited to the October Friday Showcase in the Guild's Office to view this quilt and hear Jan Foster's story about the walking foot and freemotion quilting expertise she applied to bring the above wholecloth quilt "alive" with line, pattern and texture. 

Jan is another of the guild's volunteers working in conjunction with the committee to deliver interesting events for members. Jan is one of the Friday Showcase team who arrange the ongoing programme of introducing quilters to the guild 's Showcase attendees; quilters who may have a long involvement in the industry or who are experts in their creative field. Almost every month there is a new and exciting story to be heard from the quilters that Jan has arranged to talk about and share their work.

October Friday Showcases however, are an opportunity for all members to have their own "Show and Tell"

Perhaps there is a wholecloth, "flimsy", Applique, Friendship pieced, Antique or even a recent workshop project in your sewing space that other members would enjoy seeing at this meeting. 

Please come and share your stories, your quilting journeys and 'show us your quilts'!

Date : Friday October 3
Time : 10am start

Venue : Guild Office 

All Welcome.

Workshop : Wendy Williams : Woolwork

PLEASE BE ADVISED : There are only a few spots available in this upcoming workshop

Vibrant sewing accoutrement receptacles, as being taught by Wendy Williams.

Wendy Williams is a well-known quilting teacher. This workshop is a great introduction to working with wool. Wendy makes wonderful vibrant award winning quilts from wool felt. She won fourth prize in this year’s Sydney Quilt Show in the Mixed Techniques -Anything Goes category. 

In this workshop, make a cushion or a beautiful sewing case and take away ideas and inspiration for more projects.

A workshop Application form is on Page 34 of the August edition of The Template.

Please call the Guild Office immediately should you be interested in joining this workshop.

Saturday, 22 November: 9.30 for 10-4pm
Epping Creative Centre, Dence Park, Epping

Cost :  Members $65.00

           Non Members $100

Quilt Shows October 2014

School House Quilters
Bi-Annual Quilting Exhibition
Saturday - Monday 4th - 6th October
Opening Hours : Saturday - Sunday 10am - 4.00pm
Venue : Kenna Hall, 84 Hill Street Orange
Entry : $5.00
Enquiries : Mary 02 6362 1239

Novocastrian Quilters
30th Annual Celebration Exhibition of Quilts
Saturday - Sunday 11th-12th October
Opening Hours : Saturday 9.00am - 4.00pm
                            Sunday   9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue : Police Citizens Club, cnr Young and Melbourne Roads, Broadmeadow
Entry : $5.00
Enquiries : Catherine 02 4920 6382

Illawarra Quilters Inc
 2014 Biennial Quilt Exhibition.
Proceeds to support Southern Youth and Family Services

• Three Raffle Quilts
• Display of Memebers' work
• Trading tables and Cafe
• Handmade gift boutique
• Christmas stall

Friday - Saturday 17th - 18th October
Opening Hours : Friday 9.30am - 6.00pm
                            Saturday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue : Ribbonwood Centre, 93 - 109 Princes Highway, Dapto
Entry : $6.00
Enquiries Helen 0412 006961 or Rebecca 0403 173616

QSG of NSW : September Meeting

This Saturday afternoon the 20th September Ros Moules, the Community Quilts Co-ordinator, will give a talk about the history of the Community Quilts program of the Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc. She will also show us a number of the quilts and quilt tops that the group are currently working on.

We have a new venue for the QSG of NSW talks now at The Glover Cottages on Kent Street in The Rocks area. The cottages were built in the early 1820s and it is a wonderful light filled venue in an historic section of Sydney. It's easy to walk there from both Wynyard and Circular Quay train stations, and is also a short walk along Kent Street from the bus terminal in Argyle Street (catch any bus along George Street with Millers Point as the destination). Don't forget to stop at The Rocks Markets on the way and see what takes your fancy.

Everyone is welcome to attend (Guild members pay $5, non-Guild members pay $10 for entry) and afternoon tea is provided. Bring along any of your quilts for show and tell at the end of the talk. All the details can be found on -
http://australianquiltstudygroups.blogspot.com.au/ 

Members presenting the gift of a Community Quilt to a worthy recipient

September 2014 : Friday Showcase

Gums At Uluru

Linda Akehurst, Textile designer and quilter is the next presenter for Friday Showcase at the Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc.

She lives in Colo Vale and is a valued member of Southern Highlands Quilters.

Come and listen to Linda's journey from Homemaker Sewer to Quilter, Designer and Teacher. 

Date : Friday 5th September

Time : 10am start.

Venue : Guild Office

             Level 5

             276 Pitt St, Sydney.

All are Welcome!

Spring Quilt Shows 2014

 

With Spring just around the corner, now is the time to diarise all of the wonderful local Quilt Exhibitions that involve quilters across the state showcasing their creativity.

Moree Quilters                                                                           

Quilt Show - Rapt in Fabric                                                                                                      

Dates : Friday - Saturday 16th August - 13 September                                      

Opening Hours : Monday- Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm, 

Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm               

Venue : Moree Plains Gallery; cnr Frome & Heber Streets, Moree     

Enquiries: Helen 02 6752 2127

Berry Quilting Exhibition                                                                                                                        

                 Venue : Berry School ofArts, Alexandra Street Berry, NSW 

                 Dates and Opening Hours : 30 & 31 August 2014 : 9.30 - 4.00pm each day.

                 Berry Textiles Art Prize - One Red Thread "Moulin Rouge"

                 " A World of Colour" Textile Art Prize

                 "Desert Threads" Exhibition

                 "The Sentinels" Exhibition

                 Admission $5.00

In conjunction with Berry Patchwork & Children's Medical Research Institute, Gerringong Committee.

Macleay Quilters' Inc.                                                                                                                            

Friday - Saturday 5 - 6th September                                                                                        

Opening Hours : Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm , Saturday 9.00am - 4.00pm

Venue :  Kempsey Showground, Sea Street, Kempsey                                                                                          Enquiries : Ruth Allsopp 02 65617113 

Quilts on The Downs                                                                                                                          Saturday - Sunday 6 -7th September                                                                                      

Opening Hours : 10.00am - 4.00pm

Venue : Heatherton Manor, 108 Sanctuary Drive, Windsor Downs                                                                                                                   

Entry : $5.00                                                                                                                                 Enquiries Heather 02 45740032                                                                                                                                                             

Guild Retreat

. . . 'Show's Over. . . . 
. . . Mini Mod's been put to bed  . . . .

. . . . What's next?

The Guild Retreat, of course!

Catherine Porter is another of those Guild Members who quietly go about creating and administering the amazing calendar of events that The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc offer each year.

The Guild Retreat is Catherine's "baby" and as Retreat Co-ordinator she is hoping to meet many more members at this years' weekend away in The Hunter Valley.

Last year's happy quilters at Blackheath still smiling after two and a half days of grinning, chatting and concentrating!

Catherine promises a weekend of comfortable accommodation, shopping, laughing, wining and dining, and....oh yes....quilting!

The venue, The Hunter Valley Hotel Academy is only 2 hours from Sydney, has plenty of room for the quilter who brings a mountain of stash who needs space to create, and professes to offer lovely food, wine tasting and  ground floor access to all rooms.

This will be the room for sewing at Kurri Kurri, sporting plenty of power outlets for the machine enthusiast as well as for those who like to bring extra lighting. Tables will be provided.

What to sew? Well, any of your own personal projects. Maybe now is the time to break the back of the 2015 Red and White Challenge. All members are welcome: beginners, experienced and experts, and when Catherine uses the words "friendly" and "productive" when describing previous retreats, it is obvious that attendees are in for a treat - at this year's retreat!

Details about the weekend can be found on page 10 of the May issue of The Template.

The booking form needs to be filled out promptly and returned with payment to the Guild Office

Retreat Dates : Friday - Sunday 12-14 September 2014

Final Payments are due August 29

Reef Dreamscapes Exhibition: Gosford Regional Gallery

Reef Dreamscapes: Gosford Regional Gallery,

2 August- 7 September 2014

Gallery hours: 10am-4pm daily Free Admission

Guild member Maureen Locke-Maclean and Helen Lancaster transform the Foyer Gallery into an underwater world. Corals, seaweeds, jellyfish, starfish, sea anemones and a variety of sea slugs are brought to life through sculptural textile installations using a range of techniques including machine embroidery, dyeing and the ancient art of Japanese Shibori.  See more at www.reefdreamscapes.com.au

Suitcase Challenge 2014

Dont despair!

Many a quilt has been produced in far less time than currently available for entry into this years'  Suitcase Challenge.

In three and a half weeks the 40cm x 40cm Mini Modern quilts being collected in the Guild Office will 'disappear' for judging.

Will yours be there?

For those who are wont to leave it "down to the wire" there is still time to peruse these books in the Guild Library for inspiration.

Entry Forms are available for downloading on the website .

'Mini Modern'  : Due Date : 5 September 

Completed quilts to be sent to Guild Office.

Please ensure to post early.

All quilts will be displayed at The Annual General Meeting of The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc on the 18 October at Burwood and Viewers' Choice will be selected at this meeting.

Canberra Quilters Exhibition.

Canberra Quilters Inc members are in the organisational throes of mounting their Annual Exhibition  at Exhibition Park Canberra

If you are planning a trip to Canberra soon, why not have your visit co-incide with the Craft and Quilt Fair

Dates : Thursday 21st - Sunday 24h August 2014
Times : 10am - 4.30pm
Venue : Exhibition Park Canberra

BOQ : Old Maid's Puzzle

Old Maid's Puzzle blocks, as seen in the guild office this week.

This 10 inch block, so easily rotary cut, is the Block of the Quarter and any delivered to the office of The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc by this Tuesday 12 August, or brought to the guild meeting at Burwood on Saturday 16 August, will go into "the winner takes all" draw at the meeting.

Fabric colours need to be one light yellow and a variety of pinks. The block diagram, cutting and piecing directions are in the May 2014 edition of The Template.

Guild member Erica Spinks  is the volunteer who is responsible for creating the design and publication of this regular activity. Erika is one of many "behind the scenes" volunteers who offer their expertise and commitment to the varied facets of administering our large organisation.

Thankyou Erica!

Guild Meeting : 16 August 2014 : Market Day

Belinda Betts, will be the Guest Speaker at the Market Day August 2014 General Meeting of The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc.

Detail : 'Data Garden' Belinda Betts 2014

Excellence in Longarm Quilting (Open) Award, Sydney Quilt Show 2014

Belinda was The June Friday Showcase Presenter who "wowed" everyone with her beautifully quilted tops, both hers and client's. Her Long Arm Machine Quilting Business Eucalypt Ridge Quilting is patronised by quilters across Australia. She offers an Award Winning 'Custom and Edge to Edge Service' and the Guild is very fortunate that Belinda, who lives in Orange, has agreed to come and share her stories to a larger group of Guild Members. 

There may still be time to "host" a Stall at this Market Day Meeting, so please phone the Guild Office to ascertain availability.

Date : Saturday August 16 2014 

            11 am - Market Day Stalls

            1pm - General Meeting :   
                                                 Guest Speaker : Belinda Betts

Venue - "The Dome"
                  Burwood RSL
                  Shaftsbury Rd, Burwood

Don't forget your completed yellow and pink "Block of the Quarter" Old Maid's Puzzle - 10 inch  blocks, to leave at the Welcome Desk.

Living Colour at Coffs Harbour 8 August-13 September

Did you miss the Living Colour! travelling textile art exhibition at the Sydney Quilt Show?! You are invited to its first gallery outing at:

Bunker Cartoon Gallery
John Champion Way, Coffs Harbour, NSW
8 August – 13 September 2014
Gallery Hours: 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday

There is an official opening at 6pm on Friday, 8 August 2014 with local artist and Guild member Sandy Corry in attendance. All welcome! Please share this invitation with friends and textile enthusiasts on the Far North Coast.

ATASDA Textile Exhibition

'Future ...Past' is the Exhibition soon to be mounted by 

Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association Inc.

ATASDA is and has been a strong and vital textile Association since inception (formally the Batik Association) and celebrates its 40th Ruby Anniversary this year in Sydney with Future . . . Past – a non-juried group exhibition open to all members nationally.

Visitors to the exhibition will see a variety of materials and techniques.

Future . . . Past showcases diversity within the textile art world, including dyeing, felting, weaving, machine embroidery, surface embellishment, discharge, cloth construction, knitting, hand embroidery, printing and more. 

Members have created utilitarian, decorative, wearable, two-dimensional or three-dimensional works that are meaningful and definitely audience worthy.
Future . . . Past is an opportunity for members to exhibit as a group – some may never have exhibited their work before – others are known nationally and internationally. 

Works are inspired by the member's past – music, a textile, a memory or perhaps an influence of a ‘time’ in their life. Works will be exhibited with an inspirational photo referring to the artist’s Past perhaps inferring the Future. Some exhibition works, objects and wearables will be for sale.

Venue :        The Palm House Gallery

        Royal Botanic Garden

        Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney

Dates :          August 14 – 26 2014

Hours:           10am – 4pm daily

         (Closing Tuesday 26th August at 2pm)

Cost:    Free entry

AMQA Inc Quilt Show – Entry deadline extended

This is a message from the Australian Machine Quilting Association:

Due to an overwhelming number of requests to extend the deadline for entry to the AMQA Inc. Quilt show the new entry deadline is the 14th August 2014 for online entry.

Please ensure all entries are submitted by midnight on the 14th August 2014. If you are posting your entry please post it a few days earlier to allow for delivery. If we have not received it by the 14th we will not be able to accept your entry due to printing schedules.

We acknowledge those entries who adhered to the original date for entry and thank you for your promptness.

If you had considered entering but did not complete the entry, you have a new deadline. Enter by the 14th August 2014 to be a part of the AMQA Inc. Quilt Show.

Download  AMQA Show 2014 Entry Form
Link:  Online Entry Form

Hunters Hill Quilters : 2014 Exhibition

Hunters Hill Quilters Exhibit every Second Year and the count down is on for their 16th Biennial  Show.

Opening night tickets ($20) are available
Details on the quilt show and images of the two Raffle quilts that have been made by members can be found on their website Quilt Show page.

Points of Interest :

• A diverse range of members' quilts exhibited in the main hall, 
• waggas in the 'wagga room', 
• quilts for sale on the stage, 
• Material Obsession quilt shop in the foyer, 
• old quilts from Jenny Burton, 
• two raffle quilts, 
• 'tea room' refreshments

Opening night, Thursday 7^th, August 2014:   

                      7.30pm to 9.30pm   $20 entry ticket

Friday 8^th to Sunday 10^th, August 2014:   

                    10am to 4.30pm    $6 entry fee

Venue : Hunters Hill Town Hall

              Alexandra St., Hunters Hill