Classic Oz Rocks! Art to Wear 2010 @ Gosford Regional Gallery

The exhibition of Classic Oz Rocks continue at Gosford Regional Gallery until Sunday 25 July.

Based on the colours of the Australian Outback, this exhibition of fashion design draws on some of Australia’s most talented textile artists. All garments designed for this exhibition have been created using a limited colour palette. Held annually as part of the Sydney Quilt Show in Darling Harbour, this is the first time that the Art to Wear section has travelled outside Sydney. This year’s exhibition features guest artist Cheryl Bridgart from Adelaide.

The New Quilt 2010: Artist Floor Talks

The New Quilt 2010: Contemporary Quilt Textiles exhibition continues at Manly Art Gallery & Museum until Sunday 25 July (open Tuesday-Sunday 10am - 5pm).  For extra insights into the exhibition, you are invited to join the artist floor talks at 3pm on Sunday, 18 July and 3pm, Sunday 25 July 2010.

Desire Lines #5: After the Rain

53cm x 112cm ©2010

Brenda Gael Smith

Market Day @ Burwood: 17 July

The next Guild meeting is on Saturday, 17 July at the Burwood RSL ( 96 Shaftsbury Avenue Burwood). It's market day so there will be lots of quilting and other goodies for you to peruse, and maybe buy! (Please call the office if you wish to book a sales table - $5 fee.) Market day commences at 11am. In addition:

• 11am demonstration by Catherine Porter from The Craft Mailbox, a generous quilt show sponsor.
• 1pm: Guild general meeting followed by guest speaker Carole Douglas: Carole is an artist, writer and community educator who also specialises in Indian textiles and in particular those from Kachchh in Gujarat. She works as a designer and her products are found in the Victoria and Albert Museum shop in London, the Manly Art Gallery and Museum as well as other outlets. She regularly conducts tours in India, also works with artisans on product development and issues of sustailability. She will talk to the Guild about traditional and contemporary quilting in Kachchh.

Visitors are welcome!

Viewers' Choice: Sydney Quilt Show 2010

The votes are in! First place viewers' choice was awarded to Rachelle Denneny for Royal Amethyst and second place was awarded to Mineko Kikuchi for Anenome.

     
You can view images of all of the prize winning quilts on the Guild's website gallery. In addition, you can download:

• Sydney Quilt Show 2010 prize winners list (PDF 22KB).
• Sydney Quilt Show 2010 catalogue - 27 pages( 255KB PDF)
• Sydney Quilt Show 2010 catalogue - 14 page version - 2 pages to a page (260KB PDF)

Weekend Activities: 19 & 20 June 2010

The following activities take place each day this weekend Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20 June at the Sydney Quilt Show:

• 10am:  floor talk by guest exhibitor and Best of Show winner Kay Haerland;
• 11.30 am: floor talk by guest exhibitor Gai Haines;
• 2pm: floor talk by guest exhibitor and Best of Show winner Kay Haerland;
• 10-11am, 12-1pm and 2-3pm demonstrations of techniques used in the Art to Wear garments; and
• Kidskills: 10am and 1pm, a free activity aimed at introducing children to the delights of colour, fabric and block designs.

In addition, at 3pm, Sunday 20 June 2010, you are invited to join Dr Dianne Firth, exhibition curator for a floor talk about the exhibition and the selection process for The New Quilt 2010 Contemporary Quilt Textiles at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, the Esplanade, Manly.

Opening of The New Quilt 2010: 18 June-25 July 2010

The New Quilt 2010 is an exhibition of contemporary Australian quilt textiles presented by The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc in partnership with Manly Art Gallery & Museum. The exhibition will be launched officially on Friday 18 June at 6pm by its curator, leading textile artist and art academic Dr Dianne Firth, Associate Professor & Head of Landscape Architecture in the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Canberra.

See Public Programs for further details about accompanying events and programming associated with this exhibition. A colour catalogue, sponsored by Brother International Australia, is available from the Gallery or the Guild office for $4.00 or you are welcome to download any of the following documents.

 New Quilt - invitation - 255 KB
 The New Quilt 2010 - Media Release - 59 KB
 The New Quilt - catalogue - 2,364 KB

This exhibition is proudly sponsored by:

                

Sydney Quilt Show 2010 Prize Winners List

s part of the awards ceremony we remembered the late Narelle Grieve (1939-2009).   Not only has her contribution to the quilting community been recognised with the Narelle Grieve Award for Amateur Hand Quilting which was won by Shirley Merriel,  but Narelle's own quilt Legacy won the Retaining the Tradition Award sponsored by Australian Patchwork & Quilting.

                    Purple Magic                                                    Legacy                       by Shirley Merriel                      by Narelle Grieve  & Maree Gebhardt

Narelle completed the magnificent appliqué and hand quilted around each appliqué design before her sudden illness. The background and border quilted by Maree Gebhardt. Original design inspired by an antique quilt.

Download the Sydney Quilt Show 2010 prize winners list (PDF 22KB).

Sydney Quilt Show 2010 Online Catalogue Update

Apologies to anyone who encountered difficulties in downloading the online catalogue - the selected hosting platform did not work out as expected. Accordingly, the online catalogue can now be found in a new location at:

• Sydney Quilt Show 2010 catalogue - 27 pages (  255KB PDF)
• Sydney Quilt Show 2010 catalogue - 14 page version - 2 pages to a page (  260KB PDF)

Here's a preview:

Sydney Quilt Show 2010: Best of Show: Kay Haerland

At this morning's awards ceremony, Bernina Best of Show 2010 was awarded to talented pictorial quiltmaker Kay Haerland for her work Under the Canopy (119 x 154 cm) :


Kay remarks:  There is a magic in the sun-dappled  Australian Rainforest. Life is abundant, things fluttering, buzzing, rustling, croaking, warbling, rippling and whispering just out of sight. Yet there is a stillness... A suspension  of events until you look away.

As it happens, Kay is also one of the guest exhibitors at Sydney Quilt Show 2010.  She will be presenting daily floor talks reviewing a selection of her works at 10am and 2pm. Come along and learn more about how Kay creates her wonderful quilts.

A website gallery of 2010 prize winning quilts will be available online shortly at www.quiltersguildnsw.com/quiltshow/index.html

Sydney Quilt Show 2010 Catalogue Information

The Sydney Quilt Show 2010 opens on Wednesday, 16 June with an awards ceremony at 9.30am. A complimentary short-form catalogue will be available at the show. This flyer contains special award and category details, sponsor information, an exhibitor listing and a layout diagram. A label setting out a short quilt description will also be attached to each quilt in the members' exhibition. In addition, more detailed catalogue information may be downloaded in the following documents:

• Sydney Quilt Show 2010 catalogue - 27 pages (  255KB PDF)
• Sydney Quilt Show 2010 catalogue - 14 page version - 2 pages to a page (  260KB PDF)

Photography Policy: Please respect the copyright of our members. You are welcome to take photos of quilts in the Guild area for personal use only but please do not publish any images online or in other media unless you have obtained the consent of the relevant quiltmaker. If you wish to publish images from the show for commercial purposes, you must obtain the prior consent of the Guild.

Opening of the New Quilt 2010

The New Quilt 2010 is an exhibition of 26 contemporary quilt textiles presented by Manly Art Gallery & Museum  in partnership with The Quilters’ Guild of NSW, Inc.  Featured textile artists are:

Geri Barr, Mog Bremner, Anna Brown, Beryl Brooks, Marion Curry, Sue Dennis , Pamela Fitzsimons, Margery Goodall, Helen Gray, Camille Lord, Nichole Lubcke, Valentina Maximova, Thelma McGough, Deborah McArdle, Gloria Muddle, Alison Muir, Judi Nikoleski , John Parkes , Cath Phillips, Brenda Gael Smith, Greg Somerville , Carolyn Sullivan and Ruth de Vos

The New Quilt 2010 opens at 10am on Friday 18 June (with an official opening event from 6-8pm) and continues until Sunday, 25 July 2010. The gallery is open Tuesday -Sunday (10am-5pm) and offers an comprehensive program of activities including a curatorial floor talk by Dr Dianne Firth at 3pm, Sunday 20 June 2010.  

Quilt Image: Anna Brown, Bushwalk, Flora, Cotton, silk accents

Machine appliqued, pieced and hand quilted. Image courtesy the artist.

Art to Wear 2010: Classic Oz Rocks!

As part of the annual members' exhibition, The Quilters Guild of NSW is proud to present Classic Oz Rocks! extraordinary garments in a palette of ochre (70%), teal (15%), indigo (10%) and the artist's choice of colour (5%).

Featured artists are: Anne van der Kley, Carroll Pichelmann, Carole Redlich, Cheryl Bridgart, Elaine Sale, Grace Levis, Helen Lancaster, Helen McGavin Smith, Julie Thornton, Kerryn Taylor, Lynda Worthington, Rosemary Long, Shirley McKernan, Toni Evering, Virginia Koster,  and Maureen Locke-McLean.

Demonstrations of techniques featured in the Art to Wear garments will take place daily at the Sydney Quilt Show: 10-11am, 12-1pm and 2-3pm

Following the quilt show, Classic Oz Rocks will be on exhibition at Gosford Regional Gallery from 26 June - 25 July 2010.

Sydney Quilt Show - one week to go!

The Sydney Quilt Show is an annual members' exhibition presented by The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc in conjunction with the Craft & Quilt Fair at the Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney.  The doors open at 9am on Wednesday 16 June 2010 with an official opening and awards ceremony at 9.30am.


Highlights of the Sydney Quilt Show in 2010 include

• an exhibition of around 300 member quilts;
• What Tickles Your Fancy 2010 Guild challenge quilts;
• Art to Wear 2010 - Classic Oz Rocks extraordinary garments in a palette of ochre (70%), teal (15%), indigo (10%) and the artist's choice of colour (5%). Demonstrations of techniques featured in the Art to Wear garments will take place daily: 10-11am, 12-1pm and 2-3pm;
• Art to Wear Retrospective Guest Exhibitor - Cheryl Bridgart;
• Best of Australia quilts sponsored by Bernina;
• a selection of traditional style quilts by guest exhibitor Gai Haines - daily floor talk at 11.30am;
• a selection of pictorial quilts by guest exhibitor and Guild accredited teacher Kay Haerland - twice daily floor talks at 10am and 2pm;
• Snapshots an exhibition of contemporary quilts by ZIG ZAG ;
• Community Quilts - demonstrations of the process of making a quilt from start to finish will take place in the community quilts demonstration area throughout the show; and
• Kidskills: Saturday 19 June 10am and 1pm and Sunday 20 July 10am and 1pm. The Sydney Quilt Show is a source of inspiration for many a would-be quiltmaker including children. The weekend "Kidskills" program is a free activity aimed at introducing children to the delights of colour, fabric and block designs.

The quilt show will be open from 9am-5pm daily, 16-20 June 2010.  The Guild welcomes all members and visitors.

Wanted: Photographer for Quilt Show Archives

The Guild has secured a photographer to record images of the prize winning quilts as they are selected on judging day.  However, we still require a photographer for the balance of approximately 200 quilts for the Guild's archive records.  If you are available on set-up day, Tuesday 15 June and have the capacity to take reasonable (straight and square!), high resolution quilt images, please contact the Guild Webmaster.

12x12 Artist Floor Talk @ Gosford: 2pm 5 June 2010

The exhibition of the Twelve by Twelve Collaborative Art Quilt Project continues at Gosford Regional Gallery until 23 June 2010. One of the Australian "Twelves", Brenda Gael Smith will be presenting an artist floor talk at the gallery this Saturday, 5 June at 2pm.  Free admission - all welcome!

Sydney Quilt Show 2010 Countdown

In less than two weeks, Hall 3 at the Darling Harbour Exhibition Centre will be buzzing with Guild volunteers setting up for Sydney Quilt Show 2010. It's not too late for you to send in your completed Volunteer Form or to contact the office on (02) 9283 3737 with your availability. The quilt show is a significant undertaking and a strong pool of volunteers will ensure that the team is fresh and enthusiastic to carry out the following important tasks:

• set up (Tuesday 15 June) especially in the morning;
• floor monitoring/white glove duties;
• membership renewals and inquiries;
• raffle ticket sales;
• demonstrating quilting skills;
• treasurer assistance; and
• take down (5.00-7.30pm Sunday, 20 June).

We are especially looking for assistance with take down.

If you are entering a quilt in this year's show, it's time to check that your quilt is correctly labelled with a hanging sleeve/velcro strip (as applicable) and to make contact with your "Drop Off Lady" regarding delivery of your quilt. Quilts must be delivered to Drop Off Ladies by Wednesday, 9 June.

Finally, this week is your last chance to purchase tickets for the Gala Dinner with guest speaker Jocelyne Leath. Don't miss out!

2010 Quilt Show Raffle

Attention all Guild members, if you haven't already done so, please return raffle ticket monies or unused raffle tickets to the Guild office.  For everyone else, it's not too late to purchase your ticket in this year's raffle. Ticket are $2 each and available from the Guild office and at the Sydney Quilt Show. The fantastic 2010 Raffle Prizes are:

• 1st Prize: Winner's choice of "Blue Mountains Rhapsody" raffle quilt or Bernina Aurora 440QE sewing machine valued at $3199, sponsored by Bernina;
• 2nd Prize: The remaining item from above;
• 3rd Prize: A collector's box of sewing threads sponsored by Perivale Gutermann;
• 4th Prize: a Sew-Ezi table sponsored by the Just Patchwork;
• 5th Prize: A magnifier lamp sponsored by the Scissorman; and
• 6th Prize: 10 metres fabric sponsored by PK Fabrics.

Blue Mountains Rhapsody - 2010 Guild Raffle Quilt

The raffle quilt design is based on the pattern "Prairie Primrose" from the book "Simple Traditions". Copyright 2006 by Kim Diehl and permission granted by Martingale and Company for one time use only.

QS 2010 Gala Dinner: Saturday 19 June

It's time to book your place at the Gala Dinner held as part of the Sydney Quilt Show 2010. Come along for great company and a sumptuous dinner as well as an inspiring presentation from guest speaker Jocelyne Leath

2010 Gala Dinner
6pm for 6.45pm dinner: Saturday 19 June 2010
Venue: Novotel Rockford, 17 Little Pier St, Darling Harbour
Cost: $55 per person.  Disabled access is available at the venue

Bookings with payment must be received by Friday, 28 May 2010 at the Guild office. See the March newsletter for the booking form. (Please contact the venue directly on (02) 8217 4000 regarding any specific dietary requirements.)

Burwood Meeting: 22 May 2010

Join us tomorrow for the general meeting at Burwood RSL and help raise funds for cancer research and the Biggest Morning Tea.  The program for 22 May includes:

• 11am demonstration by Gai Rayner: Fabric colouring product-Liquid Radience from Genesis Creations
• Shop: Patchwork Plus from Jackson Avenue Miranda NSW 2228. A generous quilt show sponsor.
• Guest speaker: Brenda Gael Smith will share a slideshow presentation of works from the Twelve Collaborative Art Quilt Project together with insights of her experience belonging to a dynamic,online international art community.  Bring along your own 12x12in quilt to share.

Note the meeting will be held in the function rooms.  Turn left at the top of the stairs.

Social Meeting at Campbelltown: 16 May

The next Sunday social meeting for 2010 is this Sunday, 16 May. Judy, from the local shop, ‘Sew Many Stitches’ , will be our guest speaker.


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.