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QuiltNSW: The Quilters' Guild of NSW

QuiltNSW: The Quilters' Guild of NSW

The official website of The Quilters’ Guild of NSW Inc, operating as QuiltNSW

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Member Services

QuiltNSW provides a range of services including:

Country Tutor Workshop Program

The Country Tutor Workshop Program was established for the benefit of country and regional members of QuiltNSW. The program aims to provide access to instruction and ideas to enhance and develop the quilting skills of those members who cannot easily attend the city workshops and showcases.

At the time of application the applicant, ie the group, must have been a QuiltNSW member for at least two full years. It is preferable that any workshop participants outside the group are also members but this is not mandatory. After receiving funding for a workshop the group may not apply again for two years.

Tutor fees are the responsibility of the quilting group. The CTP funding is to assist with travel, meals and accommodation. Motel or B&B style accommodation is eligible however this funding will not cover billeting costs.

Follow the link to the accredited teachers list.  However, it is not essential to choose an accredited teacher.

Applications close on 31 August each year. Contact the Vice President for more information.

Download Country Tutor Application Form.

Frame Hire

QuiltNSW owns most of the frame equipment used at their annual Sydney Quilt Show at Darling Harbour. This equipment is available for hire by both individuals and groups. You do not need to be a member of QuiltNSW to hire the frames.

As planning a Quilt Show takes a lot of coordination it is advisable to book the equipment early, anything up to 12 months in advance, not to be disappointed.

To make a booking please contact the Frame Hire Coordinator by emailing framehire@quiltnsw.com or telephoning the office. Along with the booking a $100 deposit is required to secure your dates.

The Frame Hire Coordinator will check the date availability and send to you a number of forms including a Confirmation Form, a Hire Policy, Instructions for Use and Assembly of the Frames and a list of equipment for hire (including prices). When hiring the equipment you need to arrange your own helpers to pick it up  from its storage site in Rydalmere.

Groups that are QuiltNSW members receive a 20% discount.

Library

An extensive library of books, magazines, videos and slides is available to members for borrowing at the QuiltNSW office. An Australia-wide mail service operates. See the Library page for borrowing procedures and the current library catalogue.

Meetings

Members are invited to attend meetings to discuss QuiltNSW business and to socialise. A guest speaker is invited to most of the meetings and have in the past included local, interstate and international speakers. Meetings are held at Burwood with one meeting a year held at a country destination. See the QuiltNSW Meeting Program.

Quilt Appraisal

A quilt appraisal service is available with a discount to members. 

Teacher Accreditation

The teacher accreditation program is organised to recognise the proven skills of present and future teachers in basic patchwork and quilting and specialist techniques. See the Teacher Accreditation Page for further information and a current list of QuiltNSW accredited teachers.

The Template Quarterly Newsletter

Each quarter, members receive a copy of The Template, QuiltNSW’s own colour newsletter packed with valuable information including reports from subcommittees, QuiltNSW workshop program, book reviews, the Block of the Quarter and a calendar of events. See The Template page for information about advertising and submitting news items.

QuiltNSW Scholarship

QuiltNSW, through its committee, has $5000 annually to award to scholarship recipients (maximum of $3000 per application) to advance the objects of QuiltNSW.  Members are only limited by their imagination as to the project for which to make an application.

Members (whether an individual or group) would need to define their proposed project, detail relevant expertise and describe intended timelines. Applications should not exceed 5 pages and should be sent as a hard copy to the Vice President. Applications close on 31 August in each year for awarding of scholarships at the Annual General Meeting held in October each year.

Download Scholarship Guidelines. Questions can be directed to the Vice President.

Workshops

QuiltNSW organises regular workshops with a focus on experienced and interesting local and interstate tutors.  See the Workshop Program (or the newsletter) for more details and the Workshop Booking Form.

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The New Quilt - Save the dates!

MEET THE NEW QUILT ARTIST Habitat Drift 1,2&3 (tri MEET THE NEW QUILT ARTIST
Habitat Drift 1,2&3 (triptych) and Restless Fiery Night by Judi Nikoleski

Judi Nikoleski immersed herself in the making of creative textiles after a career change from an extensive period working in publication and internet design. She had always loved working with fabric and sewing as a creative interest and the change was a natural progression. She built upon a solid foundation in graphic design and illustration by attending multiple courses in creative textiles. This was the impetus for her many series of unique art textiles which incorporate felting, dye painting, printing, silk screening, quilting and many other textile techniques.

Since 2007 Judi's creative art quilts have been exhibited in twenty five group shows in NSW, Victoria and the USA, including two juried shows at the Manly Art Gallery NSW and two solo shows at Timeless Textiles Newcastle. Her work has received multiple awards for surface design, creative use of pigments and dyes and textile portraiture. Two of Judi's art quilts have won the Best of Show Acquisitive award at the Australian Cotton Fibre Expo. Many of her wall hangings have been purchased by private individuals. She works from her studio in Charlestown NSW.

Judi Nikoleski online: Webpage 

The New Quilt, on exhibition at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW from 5 February – 11 April 2021. 

Gallery hours: Open 6 days a week Monday, Wednesday-Friday 10am-4pm Saturday-Sunday 10am-3pm. Closed on Tuesday and public holidays. 

#thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #quiltnsw @quiltnsw @thenewquilt @hawkesburyregional_gallery #artofquilting  #judinikoleski
MEET THE NEW QUILT ARTIST Comfort and Feeding the MEET THE NEW QUILT ARTIST
Comfort and Feeding the aquifer by @textile_expressions 

Water is the driving force in Alison Muir’s world. She had developed an individual style using layered 'vliesofixed' strips of cloth in the early 2000’s. 

The thesis and accompanying exhibition 'Fathoming the depths: informative textiles' presented social & environmental issues: the politics of water and an MDes (Hons) was awarded in 2010, using experimental works, questioning the audience about the messages in the textile and remaking new works for the 4 out of 12 messages which were not clear.

For the last 10 years, Muir has experimented with natural dyes and mordants, using indigo and Australian flora as the source material. Exhibitions include Quilt National 2011 and 2019 in USA, Australia Wide travelling exhibitions, Art Quilt Australia since inception and various International textile exhibitions in Europe, USA and Australia.

Muir starts with a 'water message' and the design is generated using appropriate research, techniques, colours and stitching with unconnected traditions such as dyed textiles and political comment, scientific details and text in natural dyed textile landscapes/seascapes.

All deliver messages, sometimes political and always passionate about our water environment

The New Quilt, on exhibition at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW from 5 February – 11 April 2021. 

Gallery hours: Open 6 days a week Monday, Wednesday-Friday 10am-4pm Saturday-Sunday 10am-3pm. Closed on Tuesday and public holidays. 

#thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #quiltnsw @quiltnsw @thenewquilt @hawkesburyregional_gallery #artofquilting
It's just two weeks until The New Quilt exhibition It's just two weeks until The New Quilt exhibition opens at @hawkesburyregional_gallery 

Book now for these virtual and in-gallery public program events. All booking links are on the @quiltnsw website.

◾️Meet the Artist Zoom Event: 7-8.30pm Thursday 18 February: join more than a dozen TNQ artists on Zoom as they talk about their artwork followed by Q&A. All welcome! 

◾️Sunday 28 February 11am-12noon Artist Floor Talks at HRG: @brendagaelsmith , @amiendrews & Marilyn Andrews, @birdie_beetle , Barbara Gower and @carolyns2809 will talk about the inspiration and process for creating their works. 

◾️ Saturday 6 March 1-3pm: Quilting Basics Workshop – English Paper Piecing with @my_suu_kyi 

◾️Meet the Artist Thursdays 1-3pm
Each Thursday throughout the exhibition, apart from 1 April, an artist (or two!) will be in attendance at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery from 1-3pm.

#thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #quiltnsw @quiltnsw @thenewquilt @hawkesburyregional_gallery #artofquilting
MEET THE NEW QUILT ARTIST Memory Crosscut by @jill MEET THE NEW QUILT ARTIST
Memory Crosscut by @jillmigliettitextileart 

Jill Miglietti is an artist with a long-established practice in contemporary fibre and textiles. She holds a Diploma of Textile Art and her work is held in public and private collections. Working from the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, she translates memories and environments from her encounters with diverse locations.

Working in two- and three-dimensional modes, from layered, textured surfaces to soft sculptural forms, Jill Miglietti is concerned with psychogeography. Thematically and materially, her practice explores the many interactions between the environment and our formations of identity and memory. From slow observation and detailed recording, natural colours, textures and forms are all abstracted in the process of mapping personal experiences and narratives of specific places. Highlighting the difference between just being in a place and properly dwelling in it, her work is at once personal and universal, evoking familiarity and sparking a return, of sorts, to those treasured places where the spirit rests, the heart slows and the senses sharpen.

The New Quilt, on exhibition at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW from 5 February – 11 April 2021. 

Gallery hours: Open 6 days a week Monday, Wednesday-Friday 10am-4pm Saturday-Sunday 10am-3pm. Closed on Tuesday and public holidays. 

#thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #quiltnsw @quiltnsw @thenewquilt @hawkesburyregional_gallery #artofquilting

on exhibition 5 February – 11 April 2021

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