I'm just back from a lovely visit to the Buderim Craft Group Quilt Show.  It was nice to see the range of quilts - traditional, modern, scrappy - you name it and there it was.  I also had a chance to catch up with Sheila who dropped off the Buderim quilts for QuiltConnect and I also ran into Jacqui who

Bundaberg Quilters Inc 30th Anniversary Sat 17th June 2017

"Thank you to the Bundaberg Quilters for making me feel so welcome at their 30th Anniversary celebrations.  This group was keen to focus on their history and how far they had come, the present group and the wonderful work it is doing in the community, and looking ahead to the future thinking

A busy day machine quilting with Jane Rundle!
We had a full class and the ladies all learnt how to freemotion quilt using guides, either by using the seams on their quilt, or by marking some lines. They learnt how to do circles, feathers and lots of other little techniques to help with the freemotion quilting. At the end of the

It was wonderful to attend the opening of the State of the Art Quilts Exhibition in April, at the Wellers Hill Bowls Club. What an amazing range of stunning art quilts.

I particularly enjoyed Sue Dennis's potted history of 2QAQ, from her description of early meetings in her kitchen, accompanied by food and wine, planning for guest speakers and ways to

In April, Kaye Sauer, of Apatchy Quilting, delighted us with her quilting journey, comparing it to a walk she took with her husband along Hadrian's Wall - not exactly sure where it is taking you.

The quilts she showed us told her story - a story of attempting anything regardless of whether she thought she had the skills to do it

Congratulations to Jeannie Henry, runner up in the AQC Challenge, with Hello Possums!!
Hello Possums!!: The Brushtail Possum, a cat sized mammal, is indigenous Australian fauna and likes to live in our iconic flora, the gumtree. “Hello Possums!!” – is a boisterous Australian made greeting popularised by our very own Aussie ambassador to the world, Dame Edna Everage.

Winner of the AQC

Queensland Quilters can be justifiably proud of the wonderful work of our Affiliated Groups in supporting Queensland charities and women and children in need.

This year we have provided funding to Affiliated Groups for the making of Raffle and Charity quilts in support of:

Redlands Womens's Refuge
Quilts for Teens, a dialysis unit, Carinity girls school and victims of domestic violence

In March, we were delighted to see Lyn Crump's quilting journey through her trunk show.

She started by showing us the quilts for the beach house - she transposed her children's drawings into art quilts. What a wonderful idea!  Lyn also machine quilted a verse for each of her children on their quilts!

We were then treated to a display of Stack'n'Wack,

Congratulations to the winners of our annual Challenge!
1st Sue Elliott - 2nd Christine Dowell - 3rd Bernardine Hine

Junior winner: Eithne Walker - Traditional Winner: Verna Hunt
Artistic/Quirky: Jenny Swenson - Viewers Choice at IntoCraft Show: Pat Jefferies

Please contact Loretta for further information
https://www.qldquilters.com/events-activities/challenge/

Queensland Quilters is hosting 2 workshops with Bryan Whitehead: 22-23 July,  and 24-25 July in Brisbane - Indigo,  stencils and rice paste.

The workshops will be held at the Lavalla Centre, 58 Fernberg Rd, Paddington.

Workshop Description: “Indigo” with Bryan Whitehead
Size: fabric for a quilt approx. 210cm x 210cm (82″ x 82″) will be dyed.
This wonderful class will begin with an introduction