Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Quilt Delivery Day - Saturday 30 July 2011

This Saturday is delivery day for items entered in our Annual Members Exhibition. Items can be dropped off at Canberra Quilters headquarters at Cook, between 9am and 6pm. If you can't deliver personally then get a friend or family member to drop off your items.
All quilts must have a sleeve attached to the back of the quilt for hanging and/or security. Please refer to the latest issue (June) of Connecting Threads for the details.
Liz Rose
Exhibition Secretary

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Members' success at Sydney Quilt Show - June 2011

Several members of Canberra Quilters Inc are also members of the Quilters Guild of NSW. At the recent exhibition at Darling Harbour three members enjoyed success in the judged part of the show. Congratulations to Helen Godden ( Art Quilt, Colour and Viewers' Choice), Ineka Voigt (Junior Quiltmaker A) and Beth Miller (Mixed Media).
Here is a link to the website with images of the quilts that won awards and prizes - www.quiltersguildnsw.com/quiltshow

Friday, 1 July 2011

Twelve by Twelve @ July Evening Meeting

Twelve by Twelve:The BOOK!Come along to the evening meeting at Cook on Thursday, 7 July to hear CQ member Brenda Gael Smith share insights and inspiration from her experience with the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge which is also the subject of a new book.

Brenda will give a slideshow presentation and also bring along an extensive collection of 12x12in quilts including her contributions to the group’s current Colourplay challenge.