If any of you know the EPQ Exhibition Secretary, Robyn, you will know that she loves patchwork and she especially loves colour. Perhaps that love started at a very young age. 
Robyn and her mum in front of a very patchwork-like wall made by her dad to match his wife’s umbrella.
EPQ raffle quilt at Material Obsession, Drummoyne
The raffle quilts are looking beautiful and have been displayed in various locations about the city. Currently they are located closer to home- the first prize can be seen at Material Obsession in Rosebery Street Drummoyne. You can link to Kathy’s blog here
Second prize raffle quilt at Hobbysew, Top Ryde
The second prize quilt can be viewed at Hobbysew, Top Ryde.
Proceeds from the raffle of both quilts will benefit Special Olympics.
Eastwood Patchwork Quilters love to see beautiful quilts and this is a quilt show that we would not miss!
Eastwood Patchwork Quilters Exhibition Flyer
Here is the flyer for the Eastwood patchwork Quilters 2013 Exhibition – you will find them at your local patchwork and quilting shop, group and EPQ members
SALE IN STORE AND ON-LINE.
Tickets and Packages on sale March
Quilts are evocative symbols of our collective past — stimulating our earliest memories of security and comfort and awakening the senses through touch and smell. They resonate with historical references, revealing the social and cultural significance of what has often been simply perceived as ‘women’s work’.
‘Quilts 1700–1945’ explores the personal and social histories embedded in both highly decorative and homemade bed covers that reveal the maker’s complex engagement with the wider world. Exploring over 200 years of British quiltmaking, every quilt has a hidden history, an unspoken story concealed within its layers. The exhibition features works from the V&A’s collection and loans from selected UK museums, as well as one of the world’s most important textiles, Rajah Quilt 1841, from the National Gallery of Australia.
This information was sourced from the website for the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions
Eastwood Patchwork Quilters 2013 Raffle Quilt at Craft Depot
Both of the Eastwood Patchwork Quilters Raffle Quilts are out and about, first prize is at Craft Depot in Pennant Hills and second prize is at Logan’s Patchwork in Leichardt.
All proceeds go to a very worthy cause – Special Olympics.
Wednesday night members have taken on the (insert word ENORMOUS) task of making enough bunting to stretch around the perimeter fence of Brush Farm House at Eastwood where the Eastwood Patchwork Quilters 2013 Biennial Quilt Exhibition will be held.
Wednesday night members busy working
The dates for the exhibition are Friday 3rd May – Sunday 5th May 2013 10am-4.30pm at Brush Farm House, Lawson St, Eastwood NSW
I am not sure if the ladies realised the enormity of the task until it was begun! The members of the 3 groups contributed rectangles of fabrics, cut to a specified size.
The sets for each banner section selected and then busily stitched to ties.
One section finished . . how many to go?
Here are some very easy instructions for making a quilt hanging sleeve
This is the way all EPQ members will be required to make the hanging sleeve for any quilts entered in our 2013 Eastwood Patchwork Quilters Biennial Exhibition. There is also a You Tube video if you are like me and need to actually see how this is done. Thanks to Maureen for these great instructions.
| Here is a link to a great video by AQS Executive Show Director Bonnie Browning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Vd82aSiAA&feature=player_embedded |
Attention : Confirmation of Date
Please be advised that the next meeting for interested members of The Quilt Study Group will be held on 9 March 2013
The Guest Speaker will be Lyn Dennis.
She will give an illustrated talk about her May 2012 United Kingdom Quilt Research Trip.
Whilst there she was able to study some of the quilts in the collections of Norwich Guild Hall and (Lancashire) Gawthorpe Hall.
Lyn will share detailed information on approximately 10 – 12 quilts from each of these collections.
If you have any old English quilts or ‘heritage’ reproductions of such, to show, then please bring them along to share.
Venue : Powerhouse Museum
Date : 9 March 2013
Time : 2pm – 4.00pm
Entry : Meeting cover charge of $5.00 for members and $10 for non-members
Free Entry to Museum for all.
Afternoon Tea will be provided.
Eastwood Patchwork Quilters Inc. 
