Tomorrow is the annual general meeting of The Quilters’ Guild of NSW and yours truly will be in attendance. In addition to putting myself forward as the candidate for Exhibition Secretary for a third and final year, I am doing a demonstration before the meeting. It’s not required, but I have been working on some […]
Quilters' Guild of NSW
Time to Take a Bow
Between our time in the city and attending to some guild Exhibition Secretary business, I haven’t done any sewing this weekend. However, while I was on the train travelling home, I had time to read the current issue of Quilters Companion: This Collector’s Edition showcases ten great Australian quilts and I especially enjoyed the three […]
Going to Pieces
No, I am not referring to ring-Mom Diane‘s blog. “Going to Pieces is the theme of this year’s challenge of The Quilters’ Guild of NSW. It is also a reflection of the my current state of organisation. Here was I thinking that the challenge deadline was 30 September. Then I checked the guild website and […]
No Prizes for Guessing
what I’ve been doing for the past 48 hours. Quilt show stuff, quilt show stuff, quilt show stuff…but it’s all been worthwhile as our awards ceremony and opening day of the Sydney Quilt Show went extremely smoothly. You can now view images of the prize winning quilts online HERE. Although more traditional style quilts seem […]
Incidental Exercise
I am the kind of person that takes stairs rather than escalators; walks down (and Up!) stairs to get between floors in office buildings; and will take the stairmaster home from popping down to Copacabana shops. So I embrace incidental exercise but I got more than I bargained for yesterday printing prize certificates for the […]
A Quiet Weekend – Well Kind Of
Twas a quiet weekend – at least all quiet on the sewing and packing front. Back in Guild Exhibition Secretary land, it was a flurry of activity as we have allocated quilt numbers for this year’s record 377 (count them!) entries and I am now able to generate a bunch of different spread sheets, letters, […]