Geelong Get Together

When: Saturday 30th January, 9.30 am to 2.30 pm (or thereabouts)


Where: Masonic Rooms at 27 Regent st. Belmont


What: Tea and coffee provided, bring some hand sewing, show and tell. Bring your lunch or buy from near by shops.

All welcome!!

Vic SCQuilters Carrum Downs Get Together

The next Meeting of the Carrum Downs SCQuilters Group is on Wednesday February 2nd from 10am – please note our new start time – can’t wait to see faces old and new.


Where: Lyrebird Community Center, Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs


If you have any quilts for Quilts of Valour Australia please bring them along for Wyn.


Also any Quilts of Love (24”x 24”).

We have some really interesting guest speakers lined up this year, in between plenty of our sit and sew days and our biggest morning tea, to be held in May. Hope to see you there.
BYO Lunch, sewing and show & Tell.


Morning Tea Provided
Looking forward to seeing you there.

Vic SCQuilters Carrum Downs Get Together

When: Wednesday, 02 December 2015 09:30 AM to 02:30 PM
(GMT+10:00) Canberra / Melbourne / Sydney

Where: Lyrebird Community Center, Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs


Notes: Just some updates on the reminder for Carrum Downs Scquilters next week.

Because it is our Christmas extravaganza it is not a BYO lunch day.

You are to bring the following:

A small plate of Christmas goodies to share to lunch

A home-made KK gift to swap (or if you bring a note: pattern WITH kit)

Wear something Christmassy (can be small and subtle or large and loud)

A spare pen for our quiz

A decoration we can put around the room if you have one - I am bringing the
tree, table cloth etc.

Some show and tell of course!

There will be surprises and door prizes and lots of fun.

See you there,

BYO Lunch, sewing and show & Tell.

Morning Tea Provided

And while we're talking about Victorian SCQuilters...

The Vic SCQuilters Carrum Downs group is meeting Wednesday next week.

That's Wed 4 November.
9.30am  - 2.30pm

Bag by Wyn

Lyrebird Community Centre, Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs

BYO Lunch, sewing and show & Tell.
Morning Tea Provided

If you can't make it, you can always catch up with their latest activities on their blog.

Carrum Downs October meeting - late notice!

When?

Tomorrow Wednesday, 07 Oct 2015
9:30am to 2:30pm

Where?
Lyrebird Community Centre, Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs

Bring a plate of lunch to share, plus your sewing and show & tell.

For more details about these girls and their activities, see their blog here.

Victorian Quilters Winter Gathering

Saturday August 8th

Where: Box Hill Town Hall

When: 9.30 am to 4.00 pm

Two great Guest Speakers -

Andrea and Cathy from Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild to tell us all about modern quilts &

Kathy Doughty from Material Obsession in Sydney to talk about her quilts and quilting journey


BYO lunch, mug and hand-sewing

Show and tell most welcome

Entry fee - $5.00 - everyone welcome, you don't need to be a VQ member

Several shops attending for retail therapy

Carrum Downs Group

 

What a fun day at the Carrum Downs group in June! Lots of beautiful quilting, embroidery, bag making, sashiko - you name it, those clever girls are making it!

If you'd like to have a look at what they've been up to, check out their blog.

 
Carrum by the Sea,  by Sally (detail)

 

 

 

 

AQA Symposium - Victoria

The Australian Quilters Association Inc (AQA) is holding their SYMPOSIUM in August in Melbourne.

SYMPOSIUM

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 August 2015

Box Hill Town Hall

1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Victoria

The Symposium is open to all AQA members and visitors.

The weekend will have exciting workshops, door prizes, delicious food, great company and lots of fun.

Bookings are now open for classes.

Tutors include Di Ford Hall, Irene Blanck, Julie Haddock, Mary Hitchens, Leonie Bateman, Fiona Schiffl, Bronwyn Van't Hof, Julie Adamson and Chris Serong.

Please visit the  AQA website for the flyer and registration details

AQA - Quilt-In (Victoria)

The Australian Quilters Association Inc (AQA) is having their Quilt-In in July. 

Friendship Day

SATURDAY 11 JULY 2015

10am to 4pm

Surrey Hills Uniting Church Hall

Cnr Valonia Avenue & Canterbury Roads

Surrey Hills, Vic 3127

Melways Map 46 J11

Guest Speaker

Door Prizes, Silent Auction, Traders, Show & Tell

Delicious Morning & Afternoon Teas

Free Gift for all attending

Entry Fee: $5

BYO Lunch & Mug

A Quilt In is where members, their friends and other groups gather for a day to work together on their own individual projects. This activity recalls the days when women gathered for quilting and socialising. We come together for a day without interruptions from the world at large and indulge in our "pleasure".

Often members from other quilt groups are invited to join AQA members for the day. There is a cover charge, and morning and afternoon teas are provided.  Just bring a mug and your lunch. All are welcome - bring along some Show & Tell and handwork to work on or just chat. There is a door prize, raffles and a guest speaker.  Stall holders are also in attendance.

AQA Website

Carrum Downs Group meeting

Next week's monthly meeting at Carrum Downs, Victoria will be their annual Biggest Morning Tea to raise funds for cancer research.
When?

Wednesday, 06 May 2015
9:30am to 2:30pm

Where?
Lyrebird Community Centre, Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs

Bring a plate of lunch to share, plus your sewing and show & tell. There are some wonderful raffle prizes, including complete quilt kits, and some beautiful fabrics to buy. There will also be a quilty lucky dip - who can resist?

All funds from the trading table will also be part of our donation, so if you have anything nice to donate, please bring it along.

Carrum Downs group

Don't forget the monthly meeting of the Carrum Downs SCQuilters, if you're in the area.


When:

Wednesday, 01 April 2015
9:30 AM to 0:30 PM


Where
Lyrebird Community Centre, Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs

BYO lunch, sewing and, of course, show & tell.

Morning Tea Provided

Carrum Downs group meeting

Our Carrum Downs girls had another busy face-to-face meeting in November, which was also their AGM. (SCQuilters is a virtual entity but our real world entities have to follow the rules for groups!) A big thank you goes to Ramona who has been keeping this group (mostly) on the straight and narrow for ages! She hands the baton of group management over to Simone and the two Marilyns.

Wyn's wholecloth bed runner (used with permission)

Check out more of their adventures on the Carrum Downs blog.

Their next meeting is their Christmas/end of year meeting on Wednesday December the 3rd.
Helen says: "It will be our “All singing, all dancing Christmas extravaganza”; CDs from the official “Evans Daggy Christmas Collection” will be played for your listening pleasure.
A Christmas quiz may take place. There may be a special prize for the Christmas quiz, which may take place."

As well as normal show and tell, members will bring Christmas themed show and tell – it can be a little decoration or a huge quilt – anything you have made especially for Christmas.
There will be a Kris Kringle pressie swap – a gift of around $15 –$20, home made or purchased.

Please bring a small plate of food to share for the special lunch.  If anyone has some special Christmas decorations, please bring them along on the day.

Sounds like they'll have a fun time as always!

Carrum Downs SCQuilters

Handwork from Helen

After a short gap, the Carrum Downs group blog is underway again, with details of their May and July meetings.

In May they held their Biggest Morning Tea, to raise money for Ovarian Cancer.

July included a Big O morning tea for those members celebrating significant birthday. Lots of interesting hand work going on, plus fabulous show and tell.

More information and images on their blog. 

Carrum Downs group meeting

Next week on Wednesday, any SCQuilters, local or visiting, will meet for a day of fun at Carrum Downs.

"This meeting 7th May, is special," Helen assures us, " as we are having Australia's Biggest Morning Tea/lunch. Together with Vic Quilters this year, we are raising funds to help research into Ovarian Cancer. Everyone is requested to bring a plate to share for morning tea/lunch and there will be a gold coin donation box for us to donate."

Also, we're all going through our patterns for the trading table. Funds from anything sold on the trading table will also go to the cause. So please bring your spare cash along to donate, spend on the trading table and also buy lots of raffle tickets for the lovely raffle prize.

When?
9.30am  - 2.30pm
Where?
Lyrebird Community Centre,
Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs
Melbourne

Carrum Downs SCQuilters

Our group at Carrum Downs also had an enjoyable meeting this month. Their speaker was Lee Vause, of Zentangle fame, who talked about her quiltmaking and showed lots of lovely samples. http://carrumdownsscquilters.blogspot.com.au/
 You can also see some of the Zentangles that the group made, under Lee's instructions.
The members' own show and tell will be uploaded soon too, so there'll be lots there to look at this time!

SCQ Carrum Downs, Victoria meeting for August

Lee Vause, from Zentangles is the guest speaker for the August 1st meeting of SCQuilters Carrum Downs.
Her talk and trunk show will start at 10.30 am. She will have a 2 hour class starting at 12.30 pm.
To participate in the class there is a cost of $5.00 per person for the kit.
If you would like to do the class please let the coordinator know ASAP, so they have an idea about numbers.
Date: Wednesday August 1st 2012
Time: 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
The Lyrebird Community Centre, Lyrebird Drive, Carrum
Downs
BYO lunch, morning tea provided.
Don't forget the groups also has a trade table, so if members have anything they'd like to sell, they can bring it along.
As always, guests and new members are always welcome, so come along and join in the fun, bring your S&T, sewing and lunch, and relax with a great group.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Please contact Ramona on  trgizmo@alphalink.com.au or Helen on helen.evans@nanderil.com.au or phone 0417263958

Happy stitching and hope to see you

Gatherings and groups today Pt2

Another long running SCQuilters group in the Melbourne area occurs at Carrum Downs on the first Wednesday of every month. The group has a blog http://carrumdownsscquilters.blogspot.com/ which records (loosely) the facts and frivolity that take place  when Scquilters from around the south/east of Melbourne, as well as any who happen to be visiting the area, get together.  Coordinator Helen says, "I think one of our best meetings ever was the one before the Bendigo retreat several years ago when we had visitors from all over Australia. Anyway, we have been meeting for over 13 years, sharing our highs and lows in quilting and in life in general."


Kate's Bedford mystery quilt - aiding the Bedford foundation in S.A. which helps disabled children

"We try have regular charity days, including the "biggest Morning Tea" for cancer research, visiting speakers, travelling "suitcase" quilt shows and occasional classes."

working on Breast cancer comfort cushion and bag sets

"We have a fabulous lending library too. It is a very welcoming group and we willingly share our expertise (or lack of it) with other members of the group. And our Christmas parties each December are really something special. Read our blog and see what you think."

Gatherings and groups today Pt1

Seventeen years later, SCQuilters continue the great tradition of gatherings and groups.  Some states have formal groups that meet regularly; other gatherings occur when someone decides to organise something. 

Our longest running SCQuilters group is probably the SCQuilty Tarts, in Melbourne. This group meets on the third Tuesday of the month in Glen Waverley in Melbourne. It is a lovely well lit room and parking is no problem. Unfortunately at the moment we are quite a small group, but the numbers do fluctuate. The group has a blog http://www.scquiltytarts.blogspot.com/ and a Yahoogroup.

You will see that as well as sewing, we usually have a good supper with our tea/coffee.