Quilting Sale Day - 7 September

Don't forget the second Sale Day this year on Saturday 7 September from 1.30 until 4 pm, in the CQ room at the Cook Community Hub.
Members will have fabric, thread, tools and gadgets, books and magazines for sale. These are good quality items that are no longer needed by their owners.  Fill the colour gaps in your stash, find that gadget that makes life so much easier and get some bargain books and magazines.

Yes- it is the date of the Federal Election, so why not vote and then continue on to the sale!

The Last of the Flyer Competition Entries

The Exhibition may be behind us but there's still more flyer photos to share.

These photos come from Di Ballantyne.  Di took our little flyer on a big adventure on board the Trans Siberian Train Trip. The flyer went to Sydney, Singapore, Beijing, Ulan Bataar, Irkutsk (Russia), Moscow and St Petersburg and back via Singapore and Sydney.

"The most isolated was the steppes on Mongolia, the most remote was the ger camp in northern Mongolia, the closest connection (to patchwork and quilting) was the Mongolian Quilt shop I found in Ulan Bataar, and the most distant from Canberra was the Field of Mars Park shot taken in St Petersburg."

We also had 2 more photos from Patricia Branford:

Opposite the Matterhorn. At a place called Rotenboden

The following photos are from Dell Armistead's children:

Thank you to everyone that entered.  Prizes will be awarded at the Thursday 5 September Meeting. 

Presentation Night- 5 September

The upcoming evening meeting will be the night presentations are made to award and prize winners from our recent exhibition. Come along for another view of the quilts and meet some of the makers.

The usual evening meeting activities will also occur - library will be open, show and tell, tea and coffee, raffle and door prizes, name badge draw.

Meeting starts at 7.30 pm in the Cook Community Hub Hall.

Members on show at Mandelson's of Goulburn 31 Aug & 1 Sept

Several members of Canberra Quilters will be showing quilts at Mandelson's of Goulburn this weekend,  31 August and 1 September. These are the members of tACTile and the quilts are part of their recent exhibition, 100,  at the Belconnen Arts Centre.
Claire Ayling, joint owner of Mandelson's, is one of our sponsors through her Bali Batiks fabric business. Here is a message from Claire:

ICONIC EXHIBITION OF ART QUILTS

DIRECT FROM CANBERRA

The tACTile group comprising Jenny Bowker, Dianne Firth, Helen Gray, Beth Miller, with Beth and Trevor Reid working in partnership, are well known throughout Australia and internationally for their innovative art quilts.

They created 100 art quilts to provide a range of perspectives on Canberra as people, place and designed city.

We are fortunate to have 64 of these magnificent art quilts on display in Mandelson’s Ballroom.

                    DOOR DONATION TO CanTeen

HUGE SALE OF FABRICS, THREADS and PATTERNS

Date: Saturday 31^st August and Sunday 1^st September 2013

Times: 10am – 3 pm

Venue: Mandelson’s of Goulburn – 160 Sloane Street Goulburn (corner of Clinton Street)

Goods for Sale:

·         Claire Ayling Bali Batik Fabrics – with a HUGE selection at $10 per metre and remainder at $15 per metre.

·         Julie’s Superior Threads – selling a large selection with MANY on special.

·         Beth Miller Quilts By Pattern – ALL half price

Cash sales only – ATM’S are in walking distance

Morning and Afternoon Tea: served in Mandelson’s glorious Dining Room

Small Japanese projects meeting - 28 August: folded kimono

Here is a message from convener Wendy:

This month Edith is going to show the group how to make a folded kimono. I've included a picture of one - not sure if this is the exact model Edith will demonstrate. 

She may reply to this message giving you details of what's needed. 

Unfortunately I won't be able to make it but I'm sure you'll have an interesting morning. 

Bring along any Japanese goodies you bought at the quilt show. I know I found some lovely things

Connecting Threads via email

Are you interested in receiving the Canberra Quilters' newsletter, Connecting Threads, by email?

If so, you can give your name and email address to Jakki Cashman or use the Contact Us section of the website to indicate that you would like to join the trial group. The committee will  monitor the response, collect any feedback and consider issues associated with emailed newsletters. 

Wonderful Wednesday meeting 21st August: our exhibition quilts

At the Wonderful Wednesday meeting on 21 August the special show & tell is our quilts which were in the recent Annual Exhibition. Please bring along your quilt for everyone to enjoy again.

This is a sit & sew meeting, held in the hall at the Cook Community Hub. Meeting runs from 9.30 am until 12.30 pm.
Afterwards there is drop-in in the CQ room until 4 pm. The library is open straight after the meeting.

Viewers' Choice results

At the annual exhibition we have three categories for Viewers' Choice. Here are the results:

Quilts:  35, Cinzia White's "Raconteur- The Storyteller's Collection".

Other (Challenge & TT):136,  Colleen Reed's Challenge - "Night D'lite"

Creative Clothing: 157 Dell Armistead's "These Boots are Made for Walking"

All these exhibits were award-winners in their respective categories, so you can see images in the Exhibition album - here

tACTile exhibition is open at Belconnen Arts Centre, 9-25 August

the tACTile group is holding an exhibition at the Belconnen Arts Centre. If you are interested in quilts, particularly art quilts, this is the exhibition to see. There are 100 pieces in the exhibition. Members of tACTile are also members of Canberra Quilters.

Normal Service resumes at Canberra Quilters

Now that the Exhibition is over the normal program of meetings resumes.
First up is the ROWmakers group tomorrow (2nd Wednesday).
 Here is a message from convener, Joanne:

Hi Ladies

Sorry I'm a bit late with my reminder for our meeting this Wednesday, but I've spent five out of the last six days at the quilt show.

I thought it was another quality show with quite a variety of quilt styles and very well organised.

The Sales Room was very successful too.

 I might be able to get a chance to just play around. I know exactly what I want to do for the the last three months - I just have to sit down and do them! Just please don't make this month's too "out there".

See you on Wednesday - same place, same time.

Joanne

Check the calendar for information on further meetings and drop-ins.

Canberra Quilters Exhibition - raffle results

At 4.00 pm Sunday we drew our Exhibition raffle.
We don't nominate first, second and third prizes, but allow the first-drawn ticket buyer to choose their prize. The second drawn ticket-buyer chooses between the remaining prizes and the third-drawn ticket buyer get the remaining prize.

1. M. Christopherson,#623, of Nicholls, chose the quilt

2. J. Green, #1000,  of North Lyneham, chose the 'Kingfisher Design Wall' from Brindabella Quilting Systems

3. P. Matthews, #1486, of Goulburn, wins the Bernina 700D overlocker.

Exhibition images available on website

The images of the quilts that won awards are now available on the website, in the album on the home page.
Here is a link.

Did you see the exhibition on ABC TV news, Saturday night?

On ABC TV news last night in Canberra there was an item about our quilt show. President Michelle Law and Best of Show Winner Jenny Bowker, were both interviewed.
You can watch it here

Exhibition opened today, results of the judged portion of the exhibition

The Canberra Quilters Members' Exhibition opened today, in conjunction with the Craft and Quilt Fair, at EPIC in Canberra.
The judging portion of the show was held on Tuesday, 6 August. Images of these quilts and clothing will be on the website soon. Here are the results (long):

Category 1

Bed Quilt (non-professional)

1          23- Snowflake, Lynda Nikolovski

2          2- Big Blue, Joanne Barraclough

3          20- Spinning Tops, Gwen Leonard

Highly Commended -24- Cooper's ABC, Robyn Oats

Category 2

Bed Quilt (professional)

1          35- Raconteur- The Storyteller's Collection,

Cinzia White

2          34- Summer Trails, Anne Haddad

3          97- Fond of Flora, Cindy Watkins

Category 3

Wall Quilt (non-professional)

1          43- Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane

2          36- Canberra Warmth, Dell Armistead

3          38- 17-5641 Colour of the Year, Joanne Barraclough

Highly Commended -54 -Tree of Delight, Kathryn Labour

Category 4

Wall Quilt (professional)

1          70- Bottles, Nobuko Miyake

2          69- Baltimore or Less! The Stately Eight, Helen Godden

3          72- Blue Wren, Cindy Watkins

Highly Commended- 68- Wind Over Katatjuta, Jenny Bowker

Category 5

Mixed Media Quilt (open)

1          81- Silent Killer, Robyn McPherson

2          82- Meadow Argus, Stephanie Newman

3          79- Disappearing, Annette Horvath

Highly Commended -77- Waterway Warfare, Patrise Dowling

Category 6

Art Quilt (open)

1          86- Earth, Air and a Memory of Water, Jenny Bowker

2          96- Flying Colours: Eclectus Parrots- An Eclectic Pair, Brenda Gael Smith

3          90- Canberra, Helen Godden

Highly Commended- 95- Riparian Zone, Judy Robinson Whitty

Category 7

Group Quilt (open)

1          100- Only Way We are Going to Get There, Ann-Maree Jacobs

2          101- Barrier Reef, Beth Miller

3          98- Serengeti, June Browne

Category 8

Commercially-Quilted Quilt (open)

1          126- The Feather Beast: Slayed, Angie Wilson

Quilted by Sunflower Quilting - Raylee Bielenberg

2          113- Flying Free, Robyn McPherson

Quilted by Kay's Quilting - Kay White

3          125- Santa and Friends, Margaret Vinning

Quilted by Altogether Quilting - Helen Smith

Category 9

Challenge Quilt (open)

1          130- Canberra Narrative - Celebrating a Century, Frances Buscombe

2          136 - Night D'lite, Colleen Reed

3          138- Celebrating the Canberra Way, Elizabeth Rose

Highly Commended- 135- Moonlit Backyard, Kay Provins

Category 10

Tiny Treasure Quilt (open)

1          146- Colour Swirl, Patricia Butron

2          156 - Snails in the Storm, Sue Wood

3          151- Tako Bowl, Wendy Saclier

Highly Commended- 155-Triangle Tangle, Sandy ThompsonCategory 11

Creative Clothing - Classic

1          157- These Boots are Made for Walking, Dell Armistead

2          161 - Poppy Parade, Kay Provins

3          158 - East Becomes West, Louise Fredericks

Category 12

Creative Clothing – Art to Wear

1          163- Remembering Virginia Avery, Sandra Farley

2          166- Cleo's Collar, Helen Rose

3          167- Garden Border, Dawn Wilson

Category 13

Creative Clothing - Accessories

No awards made

Category 14

Creative Clothing - Challenge

1          176- My Centenary Garden, Donna Sunderland

2          174- Canberra- It Takes All Kinds to Make This City, Elizabeth Rose

3          172- Celebration, Sandra Farley

Highly Commended- 170 -Time is Something Money Cannot Buy, Dell Armistead

Category 15

Quilts by children in primary school

1          178- Autumn Breeze, Kristina Butron

2          181- Owls Are in the Air, Caylin Thompson

3          180- Brick Path, Hamish Newman

Highly Commended- 179- In the Garden, Gabbi Ciacia

Category 16

Quilts by youths in secondary school

1          183 - Sunrise Birds, Emma Hodgkinson

2          184 - My Dream Beach, Talitha Thompson

3          182- Mother Nature, Maddy Ciacia

SPECIAL AWARDS

Bernina Best of Show

86-  Earth, Air and a Memory of Water, Jenny Bowker

Bernina Amateur Encouragement Award

43- Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane

Best Use of Colour

126- The Feather Beast: Slayed, Angie Wilson

Chiatanya Designs Embellishment Award

138- Celebrating the Canberra Way, Elizabeth Rose

Retaining the Tradition

115- Retreat Station, Janelle Noack

Excellence in Hand Quilting

70 - Bottles, Nobuko Miyake

Claire Ayling Batik Award

8- Not Quite a Rainbow, Janet Cruise

Modern Quilting Award

19 - Across the Universe, Michelle Law

Bernina Excellence Award for a Junior Quilt Maker

183 - Sunrise Birds, Emma Hodgkinson

Margaret Armistead Award (for a first-time exhibitor)

43 - Street Art #1, Laraine Culnane

Allan Armistead Award (for a first-time junior exhibitor)

182- Mother Nature, Maddy Ciacia

No Modern Quilt Group meeting this month

Our rooms are a little sparse this month with everything at the show including tables, so we will cancel this month's meeting and just have a double-fun meeting on September 12.

If you have any suggestions for demonstrations that Jenny and I can do, let us know in the comments or by email. We will also do a scrap swap next month, which was discussed at the July meeting.

We will swap sets of 49 2 1/2 inch squares of different fabrics a la Block A of the Scrap Vomit quilt (see http://gnomeangel.com/crafty-samuels-technicolour-yawn/ if you don't know what I am talking about).

Even if you don't want to make a scrap vomit quilt, you can use these little squares for a million other things. Look forward to seeing you all the exhibition. Lots of modern quilts on show this year!

 - Michelle and Jenny

Thank You to the Library Display Teams

Image source: Ronnie Chow

Hello Again, it's your friendly Exhibition Coordinator here.  The Exhibition is only 4 sleeps away now! 

If you've been to one of Canberra's great libraries recently you may have caught a glimpse of the fabulous displays that our ladies have put together to help spread the word about the Exhibition.

The displays are so lovely and bright and do a great job of showcasing the fabulous work that Canberra Quilters does. (The picture above is of the display at the Erindale Library.)

I wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all the ladies that helped put together the displays.  I really appreciate the time and effort you all went to to make them look so fabulous.  Thank you!

A quick reminder, if you have raffle tickets they need to be returned to Melinda Coupland Thorne (our Raffle Coordinator Extraordinaire) by Saturday August 10.

A Quilt for All the Senses

"Celebrating the Canberra Way" - Liz Rose
Image source: Melinda Coupland Thorne

Only 7 sleeps until The Canberra Quilt and Craft Fair! Are you as excited about it as I am?

If you want to get a little bit of a preview of the amazing work that's going to be on display you can read about Liz Rose's quilt, "Celebrating the Canberra Way", that has been featured in the Canberra Times.  (You can read the article by clicking on this link.)

The quilt in question makes great use of an unusual embellishment; condoms.  It's an inventive way to add some excitement and colour to a quilt that's for sure.

Early bird tickets will be available at this evenings meeting for $11.  Tickets are valid for entry on any day of the Fair.

Raffle tickets need to be returned by 10 August and can be returned at this evening meeting (or at the Exhibition) to the Raffle Coordinator, Melinda Coupland Thorne.

If you're available on Wednesday to help with the set up of the Exhibition we'd love to hear from you.  Please let Raylee Bielenberg know.

Last Monthly Meeting before Annual Exhibition

Hello Everyone, your friendly Exhibition Coordinator here with a couple of reminders for the August meeting this Thursday.

Can you believe it's just over a week to go before the Exhibition is officially opened?

Now's the time to make that final push on selling your raffle tickets as the books need to be returned to the Raffle Coordinator, Melinda Coupland Thorne, at the August meeting.  (If you can't make the meeting books can be returned to Melinda over the course of the Exhibition however all books need to be returned by Saturday 10 August!)

If you're wanting to get an early bird ticket to the Canberra Quilt and Craft Fair the August meeting will be your last opportunity.  You can purchases tickets from myself (Angie Wilson) or Liz Rose.  Tickets are $11 (that's a saving of $3 which is the price of some of those fabulous Fat Quarters that will be available in the trade hall!) and valid for use on any of the 4 days of the Fair.

We're still looking for able bodied men and woman to help with the assembly of quilting frames and quilt hanging on Wednesday 7 August.  If you're able to help (or wish to volunteer your partner to help out) please let Raylee Bielenberg know.  (It's a great way to see the quilts before the general public!)

This years Exhibition is shaping up to be a great one.  The quilts and creative clothing that has been submitted is so wonderful, varied and sublime that I hope you can all get a chance to see them displayed in all their glory at the Exhibition.

If there's any information you'd like, or anything that I can help with, please feel free to drop me an email (angie[at]gnomeangel.com) and I'll do my best to help you out.

See you all at the August Meeting!!!

Exhibition Flyer Competition Entries

The Exhibition is less than 2 weeks away and entries for the Flyer Competition are still coming in.  (Have you got an entry to send in?)

Today we'll be sharing with you the entries from 4 of our wonderful members; Tracy Houston, Lisa Teasdale, Kathryn Hailey and Helen Rose.

Tracy has submitted an entry for the weirdest place to see one of our Exhibition flyers; Eurovision! Eurovision was held in Malmo, Sweden.

Tracy's second photo is for the furtherest location from Canberra. It's a sign on the Norway and Sweden border. The frozen lake in the background is Krutvatnet.

The next entries we have are from Helen Rose. Helen sent these 2 photos from Italica, which is a Roman city that was established in Spain in about 206BC. It's the birth place of Emporers Trajan and Hadrian. The flyer is sitting beside 2 of the many (almost) intact mosaics in the city.

This next photo from Helen is from the Renaissance palace, Casa Pilatos and, according to Helen, looks like a quilt. (Can't argue with her on that one!)

Helen has also sent in this amazing photo of the flyer next to the tiles from the Alhambra in Grenada, Spain. (Isn't it amazing!)

Kathryn was lucky enough to visit the New York and sent some amazing photos of a quilt store called "The Brooklyn General Store".

Kathryn wrote:

"Last week I visited a beautiful quilt shop here in Brooklyn called "The Brooklyn General Store" It was wonderful - a very old building with oak floor boards (which creaked delightfully), original fittings, etc. And the fabrics were really different. Not the usual run of things I've seen - lots of stuff from the fifties, and reproductions from earlier days! And not to mention the knitting wools!!!

Anyway the lady who waited on me was really lovely - so I asked her if she would agree to put a Canberra Quilters flyer in the shop and she agreed and did so while I was there. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to give her a coloured flyer but the black and white one was fine! (didn't have access to a colour printer)!

One fun thing though - as I was looking through the fabrics she had a beautiful one there from Australia with Fairy Wrens on it! That was great fun to see." 

And rounding out our jet setting quilters is Lisa's entry. While Lisa didn't actually traverse the globe, her friend Nancy did and she was kind enough to take a Canberra Quilters flyer with her.

Nancy took our flyer to Arizona, Niagara Falls and Toronto. Thank you ladies for your entries, they're all fabulous and make me long for a holiday.

If you'd like to enter our flyer competition there's still time. There are 3 categories you could enter:

- the furthest geographical (as the crow flies) place from Canberra,

- the weirdest place possible, and

- with a celebrity.

There will be a prize offered for each category. The competition is open to all Canberra Quilters Inc members. Prizes will be awarded at the September Canberra Quilters Meeting. Entries to be emailed to angie@gnomeangel.com

Small print: Winners will be decided by the Exhibition Committee. Judges decision is final and discussion will not be entered into. Closing date is 7 August 2013.

CQ Library - new books

Periodically our librarian Beth will update the website with details of new purchases. You can check out the latest additions here.  These books are generally available for loan to members at the following evening meeting.

The library is also open after the ROWmakers and Wonderful Wednesday meetings and at the Friendly Friday meeting. Check the calendar for details of these meetings.