October QNews web version

October 2013
Can you spot yourself at our recent September sewing day?
A
warm welcome to SEWING DAY/NIGHT. There is no shop this month as it is our members
Bazaar, so be tempted with the goodies fellow quilters’ have on sale. A big thank you to
our hostess groups for SEWING DAY “Creative Threads” who will be looking after us and
“Loose Threads” on SEWING NIGHT.
VISITORS AND NEW MEMBERS
If this is your first visit and you don’t have a group, please feel free to sit at the “Loose Threads” table
to meet us. We are delighted that you have joined us. Visitors are welcome to attend three times after
which you are required to join as members in order to continue enjoying the benefits that membership
provides.
The West Australian Quilters’ Association Inc.
Email: [email protected]
Website: waquilters.com
Quilt Detail: Blooming Azalea - Yvonne Skodt
MEMBERSHIP
COMMUNITY QUILTS
Membership renewals are now due. Please forward
your completed renewal form along with your
payment to the Membership Secretary at Sewing
Day, Sewing Night or by post to the WAQA mailing
address found on your renewal form. You can also
renew via email and pay with your credit card.
Please contact the Membership Secretary, Shari
Jamieson, at [email protected]
Y
ou can now find Sept’s BOM , Bento Box and Split
4 Patch, on the website under CQ patterns. Please
return these and any other outstanding blocks as
we are hoping to put them together at Oct 27 CQ Bee at
Alexander Craft House. We would be delighted and
grateful for your help at this the last bee for 2013. There will
be no BOM in Oct or Nov but we will have some UFO’s
and projects ready for you to take to finish off.
Do you have a favourite charity? We have quilts ready to
offer for charitable fundraising.
CALLING BERNINA SERIES 7 AND 8 OWNERS
Ocean Keys Sewing Centre is presenting a Bernina
Special Presentation
Friday 18th October
PMH, foster kids and womens’ refuges are in need of quilts
suitable for teenagers. We are still collecting manly quilts
for St Barts.
9.30am - 12noon
CQ will be having a stall at the Oct members bazaar. We
have fabric, books, magazines and a few notions for sale.
Brad from Bernina Special Presentation
B
Plus a silent auction for magnificent men’s suiting fabric
rad will do a presentation on the new paintwork
swatches .
software available for the Bernina 8 or 7 series
Melbourne Cup Race Day: We have a few places left for
embroidery machine and afterwards a chat on
our inaugural
CQ sewing
racing day to be held
in
these machines.
Palmyra,!0-3pm, with all the usual fun and silliness of a
Brian Burnell has been kind enough to allow his head
race day with lunch, raffles , prizes all the while producing
technician ‘Brad’ to come up to Ocean Keys Sewing
community quilts .
Centre so that all you ladies in the northern suburbs’ that
Please see Gwen or Prue at sewing day and Lesley at
can’t get into the city or down to Cannington can also
sewing night or email Gwen at :-
have the opportunity to learn about their machines.
[email protected]
This is an ideal time to hear from Brad who knows all about
the machines and hopefully you will learn some of the
workings of these great machines. A short question time
will be available after the event.
Even if you don’t own a Bernina 7 or 8 series machine but
would like to attend to see and discover what they can
do you are very welcome.
To allow for catering etc please be kind to register your
interest or book your place.
Cost $5.00 includes morning tea (on arrival) and lunch
afterwards
Snapshot of WAQA members after admiring the community
quilts destined for St Barts seen in the background.
PERTH ROYAL SHOW 2013
Sewing Day Party
Tuesday 19th November
Evening Christmas Party
Wednesday 4th December
Come and enjoy an early Christmas
with your Quilting friends.
Prizes will be given for “Best Christmas
Hat/Fascinator”
Thank you to all who entered items into the
Patchwork/Quilting Classes in this years Perth
Royal Show - an interesting and colourful display was able
to be mounted.
Congratulations to the following prizewinners:
Best Exhibit in Patchwork/Quilting Classes: Tracey Bareli
Exhibitor gaining the most points in the Patchwork/Quilting
Classes: Lesley Fry
Novice Class:
1st, Tamara Kowald
2nd, Aletta York
3rd, Alice Dimoff
Open Classes:
Bag featuring a Cow
Quilt, Hand Quilted:
st
1 , Norma Nielsen
1st, Wendy McPhail
2nd, Lesley Fry
2nd, Kaye Gauci
rd
3 , Val York
Quilt, Predominantly Applique:
Quilt, Traditional
1st, Lesley Fry
1st, Tracey Barelli
2nd, Megan Byrne
2nd, Lesley Fry
3rd, Philippa Thomas
3rd, Philippa Thomas
Highly Commended, Kaye Gauci
Highly Commended
Wall Hanging or Small Quilt:
Lynley Davey
1st, Tracey Barelli
Kerry Moore
2nd, Hilary Arber
Kaye Gauci
3rd, Kaye Gauci
Patchwork/Quilted Article
Miniature Quilt
1st, Ross Elliss
1st, Kasia Shegedin
2nd, Hillary Arber
In addition, Kaye Gauci received a Special Judges
Commendation for her excellent stitching on her entry in this
Quilt Traditional Class
Lesley Fry
Perth Royal Show Representative
Entertainment will be provided.
Bring a plate of goodies to share with
friends and don’t forget those Christmas
projects to inspire us all.
Donations:
** small gift for a Mother in a Women’s
Refuge (Please leave unwrapped)
** a non perishable food item for a
person in need.
We encourage ALL MEMBERS to come
to both parties and celebrate Christmas
with your Quilting Friends.
QNEWS:
The QNews databate will be updated during next month. If
you would like to have the QNews emailed please advise
Sheila at [email protected].
It is anticipated that the QNews will be available on line in
the very near future.
PLEASE NOTE
CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH
Sewing Day:
10am - 3pm
Tuesday 15th October
Stirling Adriatic Club, Jones St
Stirling
Sewing Night:
7.30pm - 9.45pm
Wednesday 16th October
Stirling Adriatic Club, Jones St
Stirling
Quilt Detail: The Farmers Wife Sampler - Val York
DEAR JANE GROUP - Leader: Jan Reid [email protected]
Our next meeting is one week earlier (October 13th) than usual due to hall
bookings. If you are interested, come along and be inspired by some
amazing quilts and ‘works in progress’ by this enthusiatic group of ladies.
Cost – $5 – tea, coffee and biscuits provided.
Jan Reid and Ellie Cross
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Congratulations to Bev McGrath who received Life Membership at the
recent AGM, presented to her by immediate Past President Barbara Daniels
on behalf of WAQA.
Committee Meeting.
Thursday 24h October: 7pm
Alexander Craft House.
Hexagon/Crazy Quilt Club.
Friday 25th September
11am – 3pm
Wembley Downs Uniting Church
House
Applique Junkies
Sunday 3rd October
Contact: Rebecca
[email protected]
Roleystone Friendship Day
Wednesday 13th November
10am - 2.30pm
Roleystone Country Club
Wygonda Rd Roleystone
Contemporary Quilt Group.
Friday 11th October
10am - 3pm
Speaker: Helen Rhodes.
Friday 8th November
10am – 3pm
Alexander Craft House,
Clyde St, Menora
Dear Jane Group
Sunday 13th October
12 midday - 5pm
Alexander Craft House,
facebook.com/waquilters
facebook.com/stitchedbound.
Clyde St, Menora
WAQA COMMITTEE 2013 - 2014
President
Sheila Pye
Vice President
Phil Thomas
Correspondence Sec
Lesley Fry
Minutes Secretary
Judy Campbell
Treasurer
Moya Streek
Membership Sec
Shari Jamieson
[email protected]
Editor QQ
Mylene Pypjers
[email protected]
Workshop Convenor
Dawn Trainor
[email protected]
Publicity Officer
Norma Nielsen
ACQ Rep
Stephanie Knudsen
Librarian
Jean Wills
Committee Officer
Dianne Phillips
Association Archivist
Norma Nielsen
Association Historian
Phil Thomas
Buyer of Books
Liz Burrowes
Library Cataloguer
Thea Williams
Challenge Quilts
Meg Cowey
[email protected]
Community Quilts
Gwen Parry, Prue Linge
[email protected]
Contemporary QG
Stephanie Knudsen
Country Liaison
Jan Reid
Country Librarians
Judy Clayden, Katie Hill
Royal Show Rep
Lesley Fry
Hostess Group Co-od
[email protected]
[email protected]
Day: Wendy Blackmore
and at Night Trish Yensch
Insurance Liaison
Dianne Phillips
Judging Convenor
Stephanie Knudsen
Keeper of the Goods
Eleanor Shapiro
Assistant Librarian
Lisa Repsevicius
Retreat Convenor
Carol Brady
Small Groups Co-od
Robyn Grubb
S and B Exhibition
Stephanie Knudsen
Mail Clerk
Lesley Fry
Teacher Accreditation
Jocelyne Leath
Valuation Convenor
Robynne Vallence
Website Author
Phil Thomas
Qnews Editor
Sheila Pye
Quilt Historian
Margaret Manson
QuiltWest Convenor
Marion Steed
[email protected]
[email protected]
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