The Quilters’ Guild of the
Made for ‘In
the Spotlight’ and recently exhibited at the Festival of Quilts
The Region 1
Team 2007/8
Updated 26th
July 2008
Jane
Steward: Regional Co-ordinator steward.jane@btinternet.com
Pauline Stevens : Treasurer Aandpstevens@aol.com
Margaret Cooter :
Members representative (Publicity) mcooter@bmj.com
Linda
Libby: Members Representative
L.a.libby@btinternet.com
Rita Dockery : Members Representative (Young Quilters) rita@mlr.demon.co.uk
Lucy Poloniecka: Newsletter Production Editor and QG Website Co-ordinator lucy@poloniecka.co.uk
Maxine March : Members representative (Newsletter Contributions) maxinemarch@waitrose.com
Carole Thompson : Members representative (Membership)
Vacant : Sales and Meetings Secretary
Brenda Woodward : Members Representative bm.woodward@btinternet.com
Jean Martin : Members Representative jeanjbmartin@tiscali.co.uk
Region 1 (
Team
members can also be contacted through our email address
Hello Everyone,
June Regional
Day was a lovely day. The weather was
fine, allowing us the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful, secluded gardens at
the Maria Assumpta Centre during the lunch break.
The day included
two short presentations by quilters from the region. The first was by Margaret Ramsay, our
featured individual quilter, who represented this region for the “In the
Spotlight” challenge at the Festival of Quilts in August 2007. Later in the day, Dulwich
Quilters told us about their group and the quilts they have made both
individually and as group projects. Both
talks were very interesting. The
opportunity to gain an insight into the different ways people work is always
fascinating and inspiring.
For part of the
morning, we watched a number of demonstrations showing a variety of P&Q
techniques, with the opportunity to try them for those who wished to do so.
During the
afternoon, we held a Show & Tell session with plenty of quilts to admire,
and then we settled down to listen to and learn from a Quilt Forum led by two
well-known and experienced teachers, Jennifer Hollingdale
and Grit Traum.
Those who had brought items for the Forum received advice and guidance
on their work, whether they were “stuck” with their project or, needed advice
on how to make their quilt more interesting.
We all learned a lot, especially those whose work was being
discussed. We certainly all went away
filled with ideas to try out in our own work.
As always, our
thanks go to all the demonstrators, teachers and volunteers who gave their time
freely and made the day a success. Thank
you also to those who came to the day and, from the enthusiastic feedback we
received both on the day and afterwards, really enjoyed it.
Our next
Regional Day will be held on Saturday, 1st November. Our speaker in the morning will be Alysn Midgelow-Marsden and, in
the afternoon, there will be another opportunity to watch a variety of
demonstrations and “have a go” at those you fancy trying. There will be a Show & Tell, so do bring
along your latest quilt and join in. We
will be particularly interested to see the end results of all the items
discussed at the Quilt Forum in June.
Full details of
the day are given in the Quilt
Related Events section of the website, but please make a note of the
November date in your diary now.
If you would
like further information about the event, or would like to book tickets in
advance, please contact me by email in the first instance at reg1@quiltersguild.org.uk
I’m looking
forward to seeing you all in November, but in the meantime,
Enjoy your
quilting.
Jane
Only one
additional notice at the moment in that the V&A
Quilt Exhibition dates are now on their website as 20th March – 18th
July 2010
The Quilters'
Guild of the
The
Quilters' Guild of the
We will endeavour to raise the standards of workmanship and design
whenever and wherever we are involved.
We are dedicated to the further understanding, appreciation and
knowledge of the art, techniques and heritage of the quilting world.
7th
June- 28th September
Quilts in Time: Journey from Bed to
Wall. Opening exhibition at the
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further information including membership details contact them at
The
Quilters' Guild of the
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Anthony’s Hall
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YO1 7PW
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613242
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632394
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FOR THE REGIONS
Sarah Griffiths, 8 Twyn Gwyn Terrace, Newbridge,
Tel 01495 245997
nationalorganiser@quiltersguild.org.uk
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