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Modern quilt show – 3-4 May

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The Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild is holding what they say is Australia’s first modern quilt show.

It will be on 3-4 May at the Berry School of Arts, NSW.

One of the Wollongong members has posted on our Facebook page, (Canberra Modern Quilt Guild) saying that more details will be available soon:

This is just a teaser so that you can get stitching your entry to a deadline and book the weekend into your calendar.

Sponsorship enquiries are welcome.

Please contact us at modernquiltshow.au@gmail.com.

We hope some of you will be able to enter your beautiful quilts and maybe pop up to visit the show?

 

There’s been a lot of interest on Facebook already – maybe we’ll have to hire a bus!!

We’ll let you know when we have more details – such as how to enter a quilt in the show.

 

Secret partner name tag swap

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We’re going to organise a name tag swap.
 
If you’re not sure what a name tag / badge is or want some inspiration, you can look here: http://pinterest.com/phxmqg/quilty-name-tags/ or http://southsoundmqg.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/name-tag-resources.html and there are many other examples online.
 
This will be open for all CMQG members and you’ll need to register by Friday 7 February 2014 to participate. I’ll aim to send the name of your partner by Sunday 16 February and name tags will need to be finished by the March CMQG meeting Thursday 27 March.
 
Guidelines:
 
As this is a secret swap, you won’t know who’s making your name tag until the March meeting when you receive it. 
 
You can include a preference of colour or something (eg an object / animal or something) you would like on your name badge. 
 
You can also ask to include your blog/Instagram/Flickr/twitter address on the name tag but as the name tag needs to be wearable and able to be seen, nothing too long / too much info. If there isn’t space on the front of the tag, your swap partner may include this on the back of the name tag.
 
The name tag is to be no larger than 9cm in any direction – shape is completely up to you. 
 
The tag must have a fastening / pin on the back and the recipient’s name to stand out clearly. 
 
Some kind of patchwork or quilting in the construction and be “modern” in theme.
 
This is a secret swap so make sure you keep the details of your swap partner a secret until after your tag has been received by them.
If your swap partner has provided this, I will also send you their Blog, Instagram, Flickr, Twitter addresses so you can get some inspiration of what they might like.
 
Photos of the badges will be put up on instagram @canberramqg and CMQG webpage.
 
We will have angel quilters available if needed. What this means is if you’ve signed up but realise you can’t finish the badge in time, please tell us at least a week before the March meeting and the angel quilter can make the badge for your partner. 
If you can’t make the March meeting, can you please send your finished badge to the CMQG PO Box address so it arrives before the March meeting.
 
To register, click on the link to open the Google form I’ve created. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r0MDFbVRbfVgUax7FVLQb3dHBHTOIOmF6nHWKlg7Xi8/edit?usp=sharing

 
I hope you all have fun with this, and if there are any questions or issues talk to us.
 
Thanks
Carolyn

 

 

Name tag swap

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Name tag swap

We’re planning a name tag swap. Carolyn will talk about it on Thursday. Have a look at the link for some inspiring ideas.

http://www.pinterest.com/lawbrarian/quilted-name-tags/

Thursday night – labels

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Posting a note from Nicole –

Hi quilting peeps, I’m going to be doing a little demonstration on Thursday night of making hand-embroidered labels for quilts or anything else. I thought I’d do a ‘Canberra MQG’ label as a demonstration. So, if anyone would like to have a go on Thursday and make one with me, you will need to bring a few things:

  • Iron on transfer pencil (if you have one)
  • Piece of hard, clear plastic (such as a container lid) for tracing against
  • Square of fabric approx 8 by 4 inch (pale colour is best)
  • Needle
  • Embroider thread
  • Scissors

 

Cheers Nicole xo

First meeting for 2014

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I hope you’ve all had a wonderful start to 2014 and have managed some time for quilting.

Letting you know that we’re back in business for meetings for the new year. As with last year, we’ll be meeting at the civic library on the fourth Thursday of each month, from 7.30pm.

The first meeting will be on Thursday 23rd January. We’ve had a few enquiries from newcomers. If you haven’t been before, you will see that there is a back entrance to the library – its opposite the main entrance to the library.

We’ll be running our usual ‘share our skills’ workshop at the meeting – more details coming. And there should be lots of great show and tell on the night.

Look forward to seeing you there!

End of Year Celebration

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Come along and make merry to mark the end of the year in which we began our Guild. A Guild which could not have been possible without all of you, our amazing members! The people we’ve met, the quilts we’ve shared and the laughs too, a fabulous excuse for celebrating!

From 7pm, Thursday 12 December 2013
Satis Vegetarian Cafe/Bar
Watson Shops, Windeyer Street Watson

Please RSVP in the comments by 8am, Wednesday 11 December

It’s time for a sewing day!

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Before we hit the silly season head-on, we thought it would be grand to get together for a sewing day! Hurrah! Hopefully you will have all seen the announcement on Facebook recently and saved the date.

When: Sunday 3 November, 9 am – 5 pm (or as long as you can stay in between)

Where: Calwell Community Centre (opposite the Calwell shops, corner of Were and Webber Crescents)

What: BYO sewing (or other crafting) project – whatever you like!

Please bring: your lunch, plus something to share for morning or afternoon tea (if you like!)

Also: Bring your own equipment, sewing machine, cutting mats etc. There are plenty of tables and chairs for us to set up and use as we like. Obviously we won’t want twenty ironing boards and irons set up in the room though, so if you’re needing this it might be a good idea for us to coordinate so we can share.

Destash: We’ll have a destash market at morning tea time, so if you’ve got some fabric goodies you’d like to re-home, please feel free to bring them along (and some $ so you can go home with just as much as you brought with you in the first place, maybe. Or is that just me?).

Cost: $20 for MQG members, $25 for non-members (please feel free to invite crafty friends along – make sure you RSVP for them here, numbers are limited to 22).

Please RSVP here on the blog or on Facebook so we know how many people are coming. Payment to the bank account by 31 October would be appreciated. If you need the details, please send an email to canberramqg (a) gmail dot com and we’ll get back to you.

We hope to see you there! (And also tomorrow night at our regular meeting, 7.30 pm at the Civic Library).

Next meeting – Thursday 22 August

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We can hardly believe it’s already time for another meeting! This month we thought we’d try out a clever method of hand applique. It’s not quite needle-turned, but is easier and looks just as nicely finished.

 

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We’ll make a little orange peel block like the one in the picture. If you catch the bug maybe you’d like to make a lot more and turn them into a quilt. Or just sew a back on and turn it into a pincushion. Either way, you’ll love it!

 
We’ll supply the ‘orange peels’, but it would be great if you could bring along the following:
 
  • A square of light or neutral coloured fabric (a light print such as a dot, stripe or text is fine too) – it should be at least 6 inches square (to be trimmed back later).

(On the square, lightly mark with a pencil a 4.5″ square (you don’t need to mark all four sides of the square, just where the corners are). Then mark a little cross in the centre where the two diagonals from corner to corner meet. These marks will be the guides for placing the orange peels.)

 
  • Thread – a neutral colour is best.
  • Needles – we recommend size 9 or 10 applique needles (these are also known as straw needles) – available at Addicted to Fabric for around $5 a packet (see picture below – don’t worry if you don’t have any or don’t have time to find some, we’ll have some spare). By the way, these needles are also perfect for English paper piecing!
  • A gluestick – a small kid’s gluestick is fine.
  • Sharp small scissors for trimming the orange peels.
  • Pins – short ones are better.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday at 7.30 at the Civic Library. Don’t forget to bring some show and tell, and your raffle quilt blocks!
 
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Next meeting!!!

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Hi All

After much searching and many calls, Danielle has managed to secure meeting rooms at Dickson and Civic Libraries over the coming months for our meetings (so we can hear each other – yay!!!). 

The next two Canberra MQG meetings will be on Wednesdays due to Easter and Anzac Day and then we will be meeting on the fourth Thursday of each month.

The meetings details are as follows:

Wednesday, 27 March, 7:45pm, Dickson Library
Wednesday, 24 April, 7:45pm, Dickson Library
Thursday, 23 May, 7:30pm, Civic Library
Thursday, 27 June, 7:30pm, Civic Library

Thank you all for being patient with us while we have been sorting venues and getting established. 

For the coming meeting, don’t forget to bring along your green block. For those that weren’t at the first meeting, we challenged each other to make a block in Emerald, the pantone colour of 2013 (or any green that we had in our stashes for that matter). Also bring along something you’ve worked on this month for a show and tell, we are nosey like that!

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

 

First Meeting :: Venue and other information

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Thank you everyone for bearing with us while we tried to finalise a suitable venue for our very first meeting. We are now able to let you know that the meeting will be next Tuesday 13th oops, 12th February at 7.30 pm, at the Canberra Labor Club, Teesdale Close, Stirling. Drinks and food will be available for purchase.

We want this to be a very relaxed meeting.  Please bring along something to show the group (finished or in-progress, everything goes!), and by all means bring something to work on while we chat. For our first meeting we would like to do some planning of what everyone would like to get out of the group, the types of topics you want to discuss, projects we could work on, any ideas at all really! We have a few ideas to share with you but would really love to hear about anything you think would be good to do in the group.

We also want to discuss meeting arrangements. We know it’s always going to be difficult to find a day of the week that suits everyone, but we’d like to try our best. We’re likely to not continue meeting on the second Tuesday of the month as it’s close to the meeting of the Canberra Quilters modern quilt group, and some of you may wish to attend both and not find it easy to have two commitments so close together. At this stage, the third week of the month will be when the meetings occur, however we will need to discuss which day is best for the majority.

We thought it would be a great idea to run a little fabric swap too – if you want to participate just bring along a sandwich-sized ziplock bag of quilting fabric scraps, these don’t necessarily have to be cut into 2.5″ squares (a la scrap vomit), but should be sized to be useful!

Finally a few people have asked about kids attending. As the meeting is in the evening and at a licensed venue, it’s probably not appropriate that kids come along this time (other than bubs of course). We are looking to organise daytime events (such as a sit-and-sew day) and will accommodate kids for these where possible and/or appropriate. Any suggestions on suitable venues for a daytime event would be most welcome!

We look forward to seeing you all next Tuesday!