Out and about

Hello there. 

Upcoming quilting events for this weekend are:

**STAWELL QUILTERS BI-ANNUAL EXHIBITION**
When:  31 October - 2 November; 10am - 5pm daily
Where: Stawell Entertainment Centre, 63-65 Main Street, Stawell
What:  Amazing quilts, merchant stalls, a quilt raffle, trading tables, and more with morning tea/afternoon tea available. Entry: $5.00

**WESTERNPORT QUILTERS INC. QUILT SHOW**
When:  1 & 2 November; 10am - 5pm Sat; 10am - 4pm Sun
Where: Tyabb Community Hall, 1535 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Tyabb
What:  Display of members work, raffle quilt, caring quilts, special exhibition of our challenge mini quilts "Guess the Movie", handmade goods for sale, merchant's mall, light refreshments available. Entry $5.00

**MANSFIELD HIGH COUNTRY QUILTERS - QUILT DISPLAY**
When: 1 & 2 November; 10am - 4pm
Where: MACE Mansfield Community education Centre, 145 High Street, Mansfield
What:  Over 140 items on display. Entry $5

**BELLARINE QUILTERS - BIENNIAL QUILT SHOW**
When: Saturdays and Sundays during 18 October - 9 November
12pm - 4pm
Where: The Old Mill (National Trust Building) Turner Crt, Portarlington
What: Beautiful quilts, members boutique quilt shop, raffles for local charities. Entry fee: $5.

**CRAFTY BUSINESS IN THE GARDEN presented by RUTHERGLEN AND DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB**
When:  Sunday 2 November; 10am - 4pm
Where: 274 Main Street West, Rutherglen
What: stalls, demonstrations, food, plants for sale, Kids' Corner and a children's' scarecrow competition. Entry $10.00 per family

And one other post for you.  We have had a request from the Doreen Branch of the CWA for Scent Blankets for premature babies.  Click on the following document which lists the requirements for the blankets - they must be made according to these requirements:

Enjoy the rest of the day and thanks for reading.

Out and about

Hello there. 

 

It's Thursday again and I have two offerings for you this weekend:

**THE STITCHES AND CRAFT SHOW**
When: 23 October - 26 October, 10am - 4.30pm each day
Where: Caulfield Racecourse, Caulfield
What: Craft shopping, daily classes/workshops, textile art & cake displays and fashion parades. Adults: $16
See the website for further details.

**BELLARINE QUILTERS - BIENNIAL QUILT SHOW**
When: Saturdays and Sundays during 18 October - 9 November
12pm - 4pm
Where: The Old Mill (National Trust Building) Turner Crt, Portarlington
What: Beautiful quilts, members boutique quilt shop, raffles for local charities. Entry fee: $5.
And one last item worth a mention is that one of our members highly recommended visiting a quilt shop - SA Mallee Country Connection in Karoonda South Australia - if you are over that way. Click on the website if you would like to have a look and get their full details. 

 

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

October 2014 group meeting

Hello there.

The group met up today in Lower Plenty and we had a little bit of show and tell:

 First up the group got to see the first prize raffle quilt for our exhibition next year (held in March 2015)

 

 Christine had this gorgeous quilt designed by herself and her 4 year old grandson which features lots of his drawings!

 

 Helen E had a Christmas quilt (already!)

 Helen E also had her 2014 challenge quilt all sewn up and ready to go

 

 Yumi showed us her blocks for the Naturally Australian II quilt (which is a TPG class)

 

 and some more of Yumi's beautiful blocks

 

 Ruth had this bright and fun children's quilt which is going to be a wall hanging

 

 Linda showed us her Monochromatic Moments quilt which is nearly finished (also a TPG class)

 

 Therese had a stunning elephants quilt where she did hand applique and hand embroidery - the detailing was amazing

 

 Robyn's finished UFO

 

 and another finished UFO of Robyn's

 

 Helen G's strippy jelly roll quilt

 

 Judy's completed Rainbow 56 mini quilt (another TPG class)

 

and Judy's two for one flower quilt which she made in memory of her mother

 

We also got to see lots of knitted and sewn pieces which have already been made for our trading table at next year's exhibition (to be held in March 2015) which is a fantastic start. Visitors to our show will definitely be spoilt for choice.

There are a few other things to post about but they will have to wait for another day as it's getting late!

Thanks for reading and have a great rest of the weekend.

Out and about

Hello. I'm a day early this week just to keep things interesting!

There are a few quilting events on this week:

**BELLARINE QUILTERS - BIENNIAL QUILT SHOW**
When: Saturdays and Sundays during 18 October - 9 November
12pm - 4pm
Where: The Old Mill (National Trust Building) Turner Crt, Portarlington
What: Beautiful quilts, members boutique quilt shop, raffles for local charities. Entry fee: $5.

**GOLDFIELDS QUILTERS 12TH EXHIBITION**
When: 18 & 19 October - Sat 10am - 5pm; Sun 10am - 4pm
Where: St Marys Hall, Cnr Hargraves & Lyttleton Sts, Castlemaine
What: Exhibition of members work, members challenge, raffle quilt, 2 traders, trading table, light refreshments available. Entry $7.

**KANIVA WINDMILL STITCHERS BIENNIAL QUILT EXHIBITION**
When: 18 & 19 October - Sat 10am - 5pm; Sun 10am - 4pm
Where: Kaniva Shire Hall, Baker St, Kaniva
What: Quilt display, trading table, visiting traders, morning/afternoon tea and lunch. Entry $5

**SEYMOUR QUILT AND CRAFT FAIR**
When: 18 & 19 October - Sat 10am - 4pm; Sun 11am - 3pm
Where: Anglican Church and Hall, Anzac Ave, Seymour.
What: Entry $5 adult, concession & child $2.

**ARARAT REGIONAL ART GALLERY**
What: "Integrate / Separate" presents contemporary quilts by Western Victorian textile artists; and "Organic Intimacy" pays tribute to the delicate and tender stitched works of Louise Bourgeois. A quiet and intense approach to the exploration of the relationship between stitch, thought and word is revealed by 10 women artists working with a range of textile related processes.
When: 16 October - 30 November
Where: Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Vincent St, Ararat

For non-quilting but textile related events that are also running, have a look at last week's post.  

And last but definitely not least, the group is meeting this coming Saturday, 18 October from 10am at the Lower Plenty Senior Citizens Hall, 86-88 Lower Plenty Rd, Lower Plenty if you would like to come along and join in.
Have a great weekend and thanks for reading.

Out and about

Hello there.  I have come across one quilting event on this weekend:

**KILMORE QUILTERS INC. - QUILT-IN**
When: Saturday, 11 October; 10am - 4pm
Where: Kilmore Memorial Hall
What: $5 entry. All welcome. Quilts on display, guest speaker, morning and afternoon tea, BYO mug and hand stitching, raffles and door prizes, trading table. Enquiries: kilmorequilters@live.com

Other non-quilting events include:

**BUTTONFEST**
When: Saturday, 11 Oct; 9.30am-3.30pm
Where: Burwood Heights Uniting Church, cnr Burwood Hwy & Blackburn Rd.
What: Annual exhibition & sales day. Further queries: http://www.vicbuttonclub.com.au/buttonfest-2012

**THE BIRREGURRA FESTIVAL**
When: 11 and 12 October
See: http://www.birregurra.com/index.php/weekendfestival/festival for details

AND for other textile related events, as detailed on The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA) website (http://tafta.org.au/vic-news-events/):

The Basketmakers of Victoria (BOV) - Biennial Victorian Basketmaker’s Exhibition at Quadrant Gallery 62 Barkers Road, Hawthorne from 2-25 October 2014. The exhibition is titled Natural or Knot.

COLLECTIVE NOTIONS will hold an exhibition of works by their 14 members at Steps Gallery, Carlton from Oct 4-15. The show is titled ‘Point of View’ - a new show of diverse art work in fibre, textile and mixed media in 2014 where we continue to push boundaries of concept and art.

UNDRESSED: 350 Years of Underwear in Fashion is at Bendigo Art Gallery until October 26th. Featured are highlights from the V&A Museum’s extensive collection of underwear, dating from 1750 to the present day. “The exhibition looks at the history of private and intimate clothing from corsets to court mantuas and boudoir wear to bustles exploring underwear’s function in decorating and manipulating the body.”

FROM THE HOME OF MIRKA MORA is showing at Heide Museum of Modern Art until 9 November. Drawn from the treasure trove of her private collection of paintings, soft-sculpture dolls, tapestries and sketchbooks, the exhibition brings a sense of Mirka’s home to Heide II, the modernist home of the Reeds.

TEXTILES @ WANGARATTA ART GALLERY To 19 October - Material Edge: Contemporary Textiles. The gallery is open 12-5 Mon/Tues; 10-5 Wed/Fri and 12-15 on Sat/Sun.

TarraWarra Biennale 2014: Whisper In My Mask. Curated by Natalie King and Djon Mundine.  On until 16 November 2014 at TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville Victoria.

Manningham Art Gallery is staging a Touring Exhibition, Ten Years of ‘en plein air ‘ tapestries by Cresside Collette – this show of Australian Sri Lankan and French landscapes will be at Manningham Art Gallery until 15th November. An artist floor talk is set for Saturday 11th October at 2pm and on the Saturdays of 1, 8 and 15 November you can be present at the gallery, learn how to weave a tapestry and contribute to a panoramic tapestry of the view from Doncaster Hill.

Vanished Into Stitches at the National Wool Museum, 26 Moorabool Street, Geelong until 7th December - textile works by Ruth Marshall.  Australian marsupial skins (knitted, and life size) are included among the other knitted animal pelts that will be shown, all of them representing endangered species as well as being ‘objects of wonder’.

You may want to check related websites to confirm details regarding the above events.

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

Out and about

Hello. 

 

It's Thursday already and the week is nearing it's end. I haven't come across any quilting related events this weekend but there are a couple of things on that may interest people:

**VICTORIAN FELTMAKERS PUBLIC DAY**
When: 4 Oct 2014 - 9am-5pm
Where: Abbotsford Convent, Collingwood

**ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2014 EXHIBITION**
When: 4 Oct 2014 - 16 Nov 2014
Where: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Dunns Rd, Mornington, Melbourne Victoria 3931 Tel: (03) 5975 4395 (website: http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/EXHIBITIONS/Archibald_Prize_2014)

and don't forget this is still running:

**STITCHING STORIES QUILT EXHIBITION**
When: until 24 October 2014
Where: Media House Gallery, 655 Collins St, Docklands
Description: Stitching Stories is an inspiring exhibition which shows how beautifully quilts can tell stories through stitching. This exhibition features diverse quilting techniques and unique stories from 11 outstanding Victorian quilters who will display their top creations, ranging from traditional through to contemporary.

Also, I thought I would share a website I found in the search for audiobooks. An audiobook is a great way of having something on in the background whilst sewing without any visual temptations (ie - telly!). If you are after any classics, like Jane Austen and Dickens or The Wizard of Oz etc in particular, I came across http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/ - you can easily download your preferred book for free in the file format you require (MP3 player, iphone etc) and away you go. (I'm sure there are plenty of other free sites for audiobooks as well if you have time to look - this isn't an advertisement as such for the site - just an opportunity to share info!).

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.