Small Japanese Projects meeting 24 July - change of venue

The convener of the Small Japanese Projects meeting, Wendy, has advised of a change of venue for next week's meeting only. This means that the Canberra Quilters' room will not open for drop-in until 1 pm.

Here is the message from Wendy:

Hi everyone

Wintry weather means a little shopping would be good to cheer us up. So we are NOT meeting at Cook this month. We are meeting at Addicted to Fabric, 25 Dundas Ct, Phillip, at the usual start time of 10 am.

We want to explore modern  Japanese fabrics. They are very different to the ones we normally use for quilting. Great inspiration for small items suitable for presents for friends, nieces and granddaughters.

To start you thinking, here are some sites using modern Japanese fabrics:

http://www.kelanifabric.com.au/?PCID=10820

http://www.japanesesewingbooks.com/category/japanese-fabrics-2/

http://www.fabricworm.com

http://pinterest.com/sallyb1234/japanese-patterns-and-sewing-style/

http://www.tessuti-shop.com/collections/pattern-books

http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2013/06/japanese-sewing-books.html

http://www.flickr.com/groups/731888@N24/pool/

http://luckylantern.com.au

Addicted to Fabric is a long-term sponsor of Canberra Quilters. They give Canberra Quilters a 10% discount, so bring your membership card. And it's also a great shop, with inspirational classes and fabrics.

Come along prepared to review your ideas of 'Japanese' fabrics. Afterwards, we will adjourn for coffee to a Bite to Eat in Chifley.

It's going to be fun!

Delivery Day for exhibition approaches- 27 July

Delivery Day for items to be exhibited this year is from 9 am until 6 pm on Saturday 27 July, at our premises in Cook. That is just over a week for those of you counting down-or counting the stitching hours to get your items finished.

The exhibition roster has been finalised and a copy will be available for checking on delivery day. Everyone who is on roster should have received a copy via email, or notification of your roster shift.

Wonderful Wednesday meeting 17 July : Antique buttons

At the Wonderful Wednesday meeting on 17 July Marie Reed will talk about her collection of antique buttons. Come along and see these beauties from the past.
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.

ROWmakers set an interesting challenge for next round

ROWmakers met today and here is a message from convener Joanne:

Another pleasant meeting this morning. There weren't as many blocks as normal - but I can't talk, I've still only done three.

But I do know what I'm going to do for the next three (thanks to my friend Annette for a brilliant idea for today's "quite interesting" challenge).

Now I just have to get the designs from inside my head to fabric. I'm not sure that will happen before the Quilt Show, but hopefully I'll manage one.

Now for the "quite interesting" ingredients:-

. PINK (Jenny Reynolds)

. PICTORIAL/SCENIC (Val McGregor)

Have fun!!!

Hopefully I'll see lots of you at the Quilt Show - I'll be in the Sales Room most days.

If not, our next meeting will be straight after on Wednesday 14 August.

I'm looking forward to seeing the quilts that some of our members entered in the Exhibition.

Cheers, Joanne

Modern Quilting meeting on 11 July

The Modern Quilting group has their meeting this Thursday, from 7.30pm.
Here is a message from conveners Michelle and Jenny:

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all staying warm! I know I'm very happy to be binding quilts at the moment - another extra warm layer to snuggle under while I work!

This month at the modern quilt group we will have a catch-up session. Bring along your machine to work on the blocks you've worked on the last few months, or finish off quilting your exhibition quilts, or just bring hand sewing along (that's what I'll be doing).

Sit and sew and cups of tea with friends. Sounds like a pleasant way to spend an evening. :)

Don't forget your show and tell! Quilts, books, mags, stories ...

Look forward to seeing you Thursday - from 7.30 but I'll probably get there around 7.15.

Cheers

Michelle and Jenny

Canberra Quilters Members' Success at NSW Guild Show

Some members of Canberra Quilters are also members of the Quilters Guild of NSW. Congratulations to all who exhibited in the recent quilt show at the Sydney Quilt and Craft Fair.
The following CQ members (listed alphabetically) were awarded places and prizes at that show:

• Joanne Barraclough- 1st place in Traditional 1.2 - Predominantly Machine Quilted, for 'Big Blue';
• Lucy Carroll - 1st place in Pictorial Quilt, and Viewers' Choice, for ' Soldier On';
• Lucy Carroll - 2nd place in Art Quilt for ' Bark Life';
• Pat Godden - Judges Commendation in Commercially Machine Quilted 14.2: Small, for 'I Never Promised you a Rose Garden', quilted by Helen Godden;
• Beth Miller - 4th place in Art Quilt for 'The Rain';
• Lynda Nikolovski- 2nd place in Traditional 1.2 - Predominantly Machine Quilted, for 'Snowflake';
• Elizabeth Rose - 3rd place in Art Quilt for 'Pathways'

You can view images of these and the other award winning quilts here.

International Quilter Dena Crain speaks on 4 July

Visiting international quilter and teacher will be the guest speaker at our monthly evening meeting on Thursday, 4 July. Meeting starts at 7.30 pm.
Here is a link to Dena's website.

Dena is also teaching workshops for Canberra Quilters on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so the CQ room is not available for normal use.

ROWmakers chooses purple and extra meeting scheduled

Here is a message from our convener, Joanne:

Hi Ladies

It was a relatively quiet meeting on Wednesday - thanks to the horrible weather and the Sydney Quilt Show.

However it was nice to see how some quilts are starting to take shape.

We'll be holding our weekend get-together on Sunday 30 June for ladies who can't make our regular meetings and anyone else who'd like a social afternoon. The more the merrier.

It will be 2.00-4.00 in our room at Cook. Bring a plate if you're feeling so inclined, but there's no pressure.

I'll send out a reminder the week before.

The INGREDIENTS chosen for this month are:-

 . PURPLE (Beres Senden)

 .CRAZY PIECING (Kay Provins)

Have fun,

Joanne

QFO extra working bee on Saturday 29 June

Quilts For Others have scheduled an extra working bee for Saturday 29 June from 10am until 2.30pm. If you can't make the usual weekday bee why not come along and help out this Saturday.
Here are some images of a recent get together so you can see what everyone gets up to:

Quilt has been pin-basted, ready for quilting

Pat is cutting strips for a kit

Using the design wall to keep track during construction

Hand sewing the binding down

More hand sewing...and some unpicking?

Pin-basting another quilt

See you on the 29th June or 9 July. There is always prep work to be done, ready for demonstrating at the exhibition in August.

Small Japanese Projects meeting - 26 June

Grace is going to show us how to make the small pop-open thimble holder. On the internet, it seems to be called a ‘thimble pipkin’ – the name is as pretty as the item. It would be a wonderful project to make in silk, if you’re feeling adventurous.

Your tasks:

·         bring some show and tell, for example the rollup thread and needle case from last month

·         bring three 6” squares, or scraps, and handsewing gear, if you wish to start sewing the thimble pipkin on the day

See you at Cook on Wednesday 26^th, between 10 and 12.

Wendy 

Wonderful Wednesday 19 June: Kid's quilts

At the Wonderful Wednesday meeting on 19 June the theme of special show & tell is kid's quilts. This could be quilts made for children or quilts made by children.
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.
Elizabeth Rose will also have pre-paid entry tickets for the Craft and Quilt Fair. These are available to members at the discounted price of $11.
Afterwards there is drop-in in the CQ room until 4 pm. The library is open straight after the meeting.

Don't forget activities this week...

Today is QFO working bee from 10.00am until 2.30pm.

Tomorrow is ROWmakers meeting from 10.00am until 12 noon, followed by drop-in.

Thursday is Creative Clothing between 10.00am and 2pm and the Modern Quilting meeting from 7.30pm until 9.30ish.

Some entries in the Exhibition Flyer competition- look where they have been spotted.

Entries have started to come in for the Exhibition Flyer Competition and they're brilliant.
Today we're sharing with you the entries from Irene Hine. Irene has been traveling and sending in photos from every port

Emirates Palace Hotel Abu Dhabi

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Taken in the female toilet of the Emirates palace Hotel Abu Dhabi

The picture was one of four on the wall and thought they would be good idea for a quilt one day." - Irene. (Proving that you can take the quilter out of Australia, but they're still looking for quilt inspiration!)

Mallorca

Barcelona

Athens (& Helen)

Katakolo, Greece

Kusadasi, Turkey

Vogel, Slovenia

Vogel, Slovenia

Thanks Irene for sending these in, it's been great to see your adventures!
If you'd like to enter the Exhibition Flyer Competition entry is open until 7 August 2013. 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.

Vacancy on committee FILLED

Good news - the casual vacancy of the secretary position has been filled by Jo Barraclough. Congratulations and thanks Jo for stepping up to fill this position.

Pre-paid Craft and Quilt Fair entry tickets available at 6 June meeting

Here is a message from our Exhibition Co-ordinator Angie Wilson:

The Canberra Quilters Member's Exhibition is rapidly approaching and to help you avoid the long queues for tickets Canberra Quilters will be selling prepaid entry tickets at the June Meeting.

Tickets cost $11 and will be available from Angie Wilson and Janet Gahan (Treasurer) on the night.  

If you are unable to make the meeting but would like to secure your prepaid ticket please email Angie at gnomeangel@iinet.net.au 

Guest speaker at 6 June evening meeting: Fiona Hammond

At the evening meeting on 6 June our guest speaker is CQ member Fiona Hammond.
Fiona is a quilter and beader who loves combining mediums and techniques to create her own textile, jewellery and sculptural beadwork pieces - usually with a contemporary feel.
Fiona’s quilts and beadwork have appeared in several Australian quilting, textile art and beading magazines and has also been seen in exhibitions, and won numerous awards and prizes.

This is also the day before the exhibition entry deadline. You can hand in your entry forms at the meeting to  Exhibition Secretary, Elizabeth Rose. Also, Marie Reed will be accepting 'Intention to Sell' forms for the Sales Room (and for selling of exhibition pieces).

The meeting room opens at 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start. The library is open before and after the meeting in the CQ room in the adjacent building.

Working with pre-cuts - 5 June

At the drop-in on the first Wednesday of the month the group explores working with pre-cut fabric.
These take many forms, including the jelly-rolls, layer cakes, honey buns and dessert rolls by Moda fabrics. Other manufacturers and fabric stores have variations on these - charm squares in different sizes, strips etc.
You don't have to buy pre-cuts, you can cut your own or just use scraps.

The pre-cuts drop-in runs from 10 am until 1 pm, then regular drop-in from 1 pm until 4 pm. Some of us are using the space of the CQ room to work on our exhibition quilt at the drop-in.

Call for Entries - Living Colour!

Canberra Quilters' member Brenda Gael Smith is curating another travelling textile exhibition. You may recall "Beneath the Southern Sky", the first such exhibition Brenda organised.
Information from Brenda:

Following the fantastic response to "Beneath the Southern Sky", I am curating another travelling textile art exhibition that will premier at the Australasian Quilt Convention in 2014.  ALL textile artists are invited to submit an entry exploring the theme "Living Colour!" Each work will be in a 100x40cm (L x W) vertical format and up to 30 works may be selected. To submit an entry, please review the Conditions of Entry and complete the Online Entry Form at http://www.livingcolourtextiles.com

The closing date for entries is 31 January 2014. No entry fee is payable unless your work is selected. International entries are welcome.

Please help spread the word.  I can't do it without you!

Please consider being part of this exhibition. With a title like that it promises to provide a wonderful exploration of colour.

CQ member Dianne Firth wins award at Quilt National 2013

Quilt National is a prestigious art quilt exhibition held every two years at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. It is considered by some to be the premier international showcase for contemporary quilts.

It started in 1979 and to quote from the Dairy Barn Arts Center website, "Quilt National was intended to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the world of quilting. Its purpose was then, and still is, to carry the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what it always has been -- an art form."

To be selected to exhibit is quite an achievement. This year "there were 851 quilts submitted by 458 artists from 44 states, 17 countries and five Canadian Provinces. Jurors Linda Colsh, Penny McMorris, and Judith Content selected 85 quilts by 85 artists. The exhibitors represented 27 states and 7 foreign countries. In this exhibition 20 percent of the exhibitors are first time Quilt National artists."

Canberra Quilters member Dianne Firth has been awarded the McCarthy Memorial Award for her quilt Storm. This award is funded by the family of Cliff McCarthy and honours an exceptional level of achievement.

Congratulations Dianne.

Please go here for more information about Quilt National.
Or you can go to a post on Deidre Adams' site here and see images of some of the quilts, with their maker(s). This includes Dianne and her quilt.

Exhibition flyer competition

 The Canberra Quilters Member's Exhibition is rapidly approaching and we'd love for you to help us promote the event. This year we're offering a prize to the person (or persons) who can get a photo of their flyer (pictured above) in one of the following categories:

- 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. So get your thinking caps on and get out there and start snapping photos of your flyer! 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.