January 2015 Group Meeting

Hello there. 

Today the group met up for our first 2015 meeting.  There was plenty of discussion about the group's upcoming Bi-annual show on 21 - 22 March (save the date!) and it was good to catch up on what everyone has been doing over the Christmas and New Years break.

There was plenty to look at during show and tell:

 Helen's leaf quilt

 

 Pencil case made by HelenD

 

 Ruth's completed challenge quilt

 Ruth's finished UFO

 

 Ruth's scrappy bargello quilt

 

 Helen E's slashed squares quilt

 



 Helen E's quilt as you go quilt

 

 Helen E's technicolour quilt

 

 Sam's children's quilt

 

 Sam's nearly completed challenge quilt (from a couple of years ago!)

 

 Linda's underwater quilt undertaken at a Caroline Sharkey workshop

 

 Therese's charity quilt top #1

 

 Therese's charity quilt top #2

 

 Therese's charity quilt top #3

 

 Jen's TPG class "Rainbow 56" quilts

 

 The beginnings of a quilt by Jen

 

 Jen's machine quilted sashiko panel quilt

 

 Helen G's mini mouse quilt top

 

 Helen G's WIP challenge quilt

 

 Helen G's purchased quilt that needs a bit more finishing

 Christine's recycled jeans bag

 Judy's "Lava Flow" quilt

 

 Judy's completed TPG class "Calypso" quilt

 

 Helen D's quilted cushion #1

 

 Helen D's cushion #2

 

Helen D's quilted cushion #3

Helen D's quilted cushion #4

Also, another event was mentioned at today's meeting as a "must go to see" before it ends:

**THE FASHION WORLD OF JEAN PAUL GAULTIER - NGV MELBOURNE**
When:  Until 8 February 2015
Where:  National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
What:  The first international exhibition of the unconventional and playfully irreverent designs of Jean Paul Gaultier. See NGV website for details.

TPG members are reminded to get in your quilt registration forms for our March exhibition as soon as possible, along with the volunteering forms.  The group's AGM takes place at our next meeting on 21 February and all Committee members are reminded to forward their role reports in time for this meeting.  New nominations and re-nominations for various roles within the group will also need to finalised at this meeting.  Memberships also need to be paid up in full at the February meeting (fees have not increased and an email will be forwarded reminding members).

And last but not least, at our February meeting we will have a guest speaker from Banksia Palliative Care attending which means there will be a morning tea/brunch if everyone can bring a small plate of food.

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.

September group meeting

The group got together today and the following was on show:

 Dot had her challenge blocks for 2014 already sewn up into a quilt!

 

 Some of Sue's challenge blocks

 Ruth had hers all sewn up as well

 Sarah had also done the same

 

 Sue had some finished quilt tops

 

 and another

 

 and another.

 

 Ruth had a lovely scrappy bargello-esq quilt top

 Yumi brought in her completed mini quilt which had stunning quilting on it

 



 Nellie brought in this little beauty

 

 Robyn had a crocheted cushion cover

 

 and the beginnings of another

 

 Di brought in this amazingly vibrant Material Obsession Block of the Month quilt!

 Therese had a panda bag

 

 Jen had some knitted cushion cover panels

 

 Deb brought in a quilt which she only recently finished.  It was begun back in 1999!

 and Deb also completed a quilt which had been commenced by a past member, Glenda

Deb also had some re-visited blocks from her "Naturally Australian" quilt class

We had a very special guest, Margaret Rowe - textile artist, quilt maker and author, come and speak in particular about The Australian Challenge Quilt Series of books which she has written and published.  It was such a pleasure to meet her and listen to the stories behind the books and see the quilts that were inspired from them. 
We also finalised our Christmas meeting (as it will sneak up on us in no time) and further discussed our bi-annual quilt exhibition which will be held in March 2015. 

And just to let you know there is an upcoming sale at Patchworks Unlimited (of 25 Pascoe Street, Pascoe Vale) if you are around that way.  There will be various celebrations during the week commencing on Monday 22 September, as well as a monthly special of 20% off all bolted Bali fabrics. 

Well that's about it for now.  Have a great weekend and thanks for reading.