QUILT CONFERENCE – Geelong, with main event 24 October Places are still available for anyone interested in quilts, both heritage and contemporary, to attend the 2015 OZQN Conference Gala, Art Quilts: Evolution & Revolution. Two exhibitions, papers by experts and study of historic heritage quilts from the National Wool Museum combine into a unique occasion… Continue reading Ozquilt Network – Conference, Gala and Exhibitions
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Art Quilters meeting – 10 October
The next meeting of the Art Quilters is this Saturday, 10 October, from 1pm in the CQ room. The activity of the day will be mono-printing. Our next mini-workshop/ requirements list from Anieta: “How about we explore monoprints by applying paint to glass, swirling etc with sticks, cotton buds and combs before placing pieces of… Continue reading Art Quilters meeting – 10 October
Busy Week for Canberra Quilters
The second week of the month is always a busy one for Canberra Quilters. Here is a list of what is coming up: Tuesday, 8 September : QFO working bee 10am-2.30pm Wednesday, 9 September: ROWmakers design group 10am for 10.30am until 12 noon. Followed by Drop-in until 4pm, incorporating ‘Bill’s Girls’ – the William Morris… Continue reading Busy Week for Canberra Quilters
Art Quilters Meeting – 11 July
Next meeting this Saturday, 11th at 1pm in the CQ room. Wilma will show how to develop an artist’s project notebook with drawing of plans and the recording of process. Don’t forget show and tell, interesting books, magazines and websites. Opportunities: A Matter of Time/ Brenda Gael Smith see www.amatteroftimetextiles.com deadline for entry 15th January… Continue reading Art Quilters Meeting – 11 July
Quilting and the Tour de France
Within the quilting community there is a small, almost-secret society, of lovers of the Tour de France. Le Tour runs for three weeks, starting this year on 4 July, and always includes Bastille Day (14 July). Le Tour offers quilters some wonderful inspiration. There are the colours – team uniforms, cycles, and the French countryside.… Continue reading Quilting and the Tour de France
REMINDERS- 2nd week of the month
The second week of the month is always a busy one with a number of regular activities on the calendar. QFO on Tuesday, 10am till 2.30pm. Help sew quilts for charities. ROWMAKERS design group on Wednesday, 10am for 10.30 until 12 noon, followed by the drop-in until 4pm. This incorporates the William Morris interest group… Continue reading REMINDERS- 2nd week of the month
Call for entries: A matter of time – exploring the 4th dimension
Canberra Quilters’ member Brenda Gael Smith has issued a call for entries for an exhibition she is curating. This will be the 4th exhibition that she has curated – Beneath the Southern Sky (2012/2013) and Living Colour! (2014/2015) have a similar format. The latter is still on tour and after the current showing at Gosford Regional… Continue reading Call for entries: A matter of time – exploring the 4th dimension
Art Quilters meeting – 9 May
This Saturday is the meeting of the Art Quilters group from 1-4pm in the CQ room. Please bring along anything you are working on to show everyone and hang on the walls during the meeting. Perhaps you can ask the others for help if you are stuck with a piece. Buffy is returning from her… Continue reading Art Quilters meeting – 9 May
Art Quilters- 11 April
The Art Quilters group are meeting this Saturday from 1pm, in the CQ room. Here is a message about the activity for the day: Bring all those precious scraps of fabric, yarns, glitz, threads that you keep in a container next to your work table … we’ll share them and create a postcard to send to… Continue reading Art Quilters- 11 April
Art Quilt Australia 15 – Call for entries
ART QUILT AUSTRALIA 15 Advance Notice Ozquilt Network Inc, through its Art Quilt Australia exhibitions, seeks to promote the best of Australian art quilts and has joined with the National Wool Museum to present Art Quilt Australia 15. The exhibition will be held at the National Wool Museum, Geelong from Friday 23 October 2015 to… Continue reading Art Quilt Australia 15 – Call for entries