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AucklandQ U I L T G U I L D I N C.

August 2015www.aqg.org.nzwww.facebook.com/AklQuiltGuild

Next meeting:Saturday 1 August 2015.

Time: Doors open 10am

Where: Freemans Bay Community Centre, 52 Hepburn Street,Ponsonby.

Show & Tell:Bring along your latest quilt

Speaker: Belinda Simpson Occupational Therapist and Training Manager

Market DayMembers clearing their stash - grab yourself a bargain 10am to 11.30am.

Group Raffle:Counties Country QuiltersChecklist:

Bring to the meeting….Mug - $2 charge for tea or coffee.

BOM – and perhaps take home this month’s pattern.

Library books & Card.If you can’t show your library card - you can’t take out any books!!

Quilts for Show & Tell.

Money for Suitcase sale/Raffles/Merchant.

Reminder:Perhaps you could put your name on next month’s helpers roster?

Hello everyone,

Have you, like me without Skye, been glued to the pop-up channel to watch the tennis at Wimbledon? I know it’s not live but great anyway. I’ve been easily swayed from doing proper “stuff”.

Jack Frost has been into many of our gardens this week and certainly laid a few of my plants low. However although the vegetables have been covered in white they pop their heads up to say ‘we’re okay’. The days have been warm once the sun gets up and I’ve been out the front repotting bulbs, planting out some plants from their containers into the garden and giving all a dressing of Blood and Bone.

The 12” squares displayed at last month’s meeting showed just how imaginative our members are. I do hope more of you are able to make some before the October hand-in-day to make a great display at the new venue, the AMI Netball Stadium in St Johns.

The fabrics for the “On the Move” challenge have proved just that, a challenge, but I’ve mastered the moment, found co-ordinating fabrics and drawn up the design. Can’t believe I’m this far ahead!! Still have to make it of course. Have ideas swimming around my brain for Mixed Media, just have to figure out how to achieve it.

By the time you read the newsletter I will have been to see the new exhibition at the Pah Homestead which houses the Wallace Art collections and exhibitions that always evoke discussion between my artist friend and myself. Also I will get to see the Fencible Quilters tri-annual exhibition in Howick which is always an interesting show. Do remember that August is our Market Day so bring extra cash in case you find just the fabric, book or embellishment you are needing.

I did mention the 2019 Symposium which we will be hosting at the last meeting and for those of you who were unable to attend we are asking for volunteers in all areas. Please put your names forward wherever your interest lies. Nothing is too small. There will be a clipboard on the education table for this. We need to start this sooner rather than later. We thank you in advance.

Happy quilting Trisha

PS: A winter dessert recipe is on the next page....

MARKET DAY - AUGUST MEETINGFor those who have booked a table to sell your wares please arrive to set up at 9.30am - please no earlier! Unload your car and then park it elsewhere. NOT in front of the hall entrance. Thank you.Doors open at 10am for the bargain hunters. Bring cash or cheque book and score yourselves some fabulous bargains in fabric, books haberdashery, patterns, WIPs etc.

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August1 Auckland Quilt Guild meetingFreemans Bay Community Centre. Market day at Guild

8 - 16 Keirunga Quilters’ annual exhibition at the Havelock North Function Centre, Hawkes Bay10 to 4 daily. Entry is by gold coin donation.

15-16 A Touch of Coast Quilt Show 10am - 4pm. Entry $4, children free. Orewa Community Centre, Orewa Square, 368 Hibiscus Highway, Orewa.

22-23 Fencible Quilters Tri-annual ExhibitionHowick Bowling Club, Selwyn Rd, HowickSat 10am - 5pm and Sun 10am - 4pm.

September5 Auckland Quilt Guild meetingFreemans Bay Community Centre.5 Auckland Fabric-A-Brac. 9am until 12.30pm St. Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby.

18 - 20 Counties Country Quilters Exhibition.Pukekoke Indian Hall, Ward St, Pukekohe.Friday – Sunday. Hours 10.00am to 4.00pm. Entry $5.00. Merchants, cafe, raffles, trading tables, Hoffman, and Dorothy Collard challenges.

19 - 27 “New Quilts for Alberton Beds” by Monday Modern Quilt GroupAlberton House, 100 Mt Albert Road.Activities on 26th & 27th.Open Wednesday to Sunday 10:30am - 4:30pmAdult: $10 Child: Free or $3.50 if unaccompanied October3 Auckland Quilt Guild meetingFreemans Bay Community Centre.Hand in day for Festival of Quilts.

November6 - 8 Auckland Festival of Quilts.AMI Auckland Netball Stadium, St Johns

December 5 Auckland Quilt Guild meetingFreemans Bay Community Centre.Our Guild Christmas party.

201611 - 13 March Wine Country Quilts ExhibitionPukeora Estate, Waipukurau, Central Hawkes Bay 10am - 4pm daily. $5 admission.

11 - 13 March Quilts across the Ranges. Western Quilters Circle annual quilt show.

14 - 18 July Blenheim. Mini-symposium hosted by Marlborough Quilters. Register at www.sewmarlborough.com

2017 5 - 10 October National Symposium Christchurch. Register at www.quilt-symposium2017.org.nz

What’s happening…… in 2015 and beyond?

If you are travelling around the country and want to find out if there are current quilt exhibitions or quilt shops in the places you are visiting then a quick check on this website means you will never drive past a quilt shop or quilt exhibition again - it even has a link to google maps!

www.quiltingfocus.com

Raffle quilt 2015I would like to thank Jan Cleary, Wendy Johnson, Tricia Durovich, Susan Wade, Sue Flego and Val Williams for volunteering to do the appliqué for the raffle quilt. They did a wonderful job and the quilt is now with Judi Schon who is going to quilt it. Chris Behersing

Here is a winter desert for you to enjoy, very quick and easy.Rhubarb Pudding

Beat 1 cup of sugar with 2 eggs.Fold in 4 tablespoons of flour.

Then fold in 3 cups of chopped rhubarb.Bake for ¾ hour at 180 deg c.

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Greeting Table 10.00am – 10.45am Rose May Scott 10.45am – 11.30am Svetla Marinova 11.30am – 12.15pm Shona McElroy

Raffle Selling 10.00am – 10.45am Jill Haddow 10.45am – 11.30am Marie Brunton 11.30am – 12.15pm Melva Schon Hostess(Please wear the yellow sash) 10.00am – 10.45am any volunteers? 10.45am – 11.30am Sue Flego 11.30am – 12.15pm Marian

Photocopier 10.00am – 10.45am Marg 10.45am – 11.30am Judy Peace 11.30am – 12.15pm no one required

Sewing Machine for Community Quilts 10.00am – 10.45am any volunteers? 10.45am – 11.30am any volunteers? 11.30am – 12.15pm any volunteers?

Thank you for your help. Please let Jane know if you can’t make it. See committee contact details below.

Helpers for Auckland Quilt Guild 1 August 2015 meeting

Community QuiltsHello We had a busy day at our last meeting in July.Thank you to the members who came down to help us sort out the donated fabrics and pin a quilt. We really appreciated your help. We still have a lot of quilts to be quilted. We really need your help to complete our task each month.

I need a couple of people to sew our old stock of fabric (which is rather ugly and too old to use for quilt tops). They can be pieced and used for backing fabric. Please come and see me if you want to do this.

We have given 25 quilts to Dallas Pickering, Auckland Regional Coordinator for Fostering Kids. They support caregiver families who open their homes and hearts to Children and Young People in need of care and protection.Dallas said that some children arrive at a caregiver’s home with nothing of their own belongings. Now some children will have our quilts.

We should have enough quilts to give away to one of the Women’s Refuges in Auckland this month.

Can you please let me know if anyone still has our pinned quilts at your home as we aren’t getting our safety pins back?

With our best wishes from Community Quilt Team and Chiz

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New VenueAMI Auckland Netball Centre

7 Allison Ferguson Drive, St Johns

DATES & TIMESFriday 6th November, 10am – 5pm

Saturday 7th November, 10am – 5pmSunday 8th November, 10am – 4pm

Welcome Ladies to the AUGUST show update!! Wow, one minute it is January and now by the time you get this, late July/early August!! Where does the time go?

I hope you’re all well rugged up (in quilts!!??) and keeping very warm, but haven’t the days been glorious, clear skies & sunshine. A great time to work on your beautiful quilts, challenges etc. for our show in November. As always, I really look with anticipation to see what fabulous work you will all submit. With our new venue, the display of your workmanship will, along with the special displays, merchants, Quilt Sales and working Community Quilts area, be a great spectacle.

For your information again, our Judges this year are: Jenny Hunter NZ, Karen Merciades Australia, and Ann Groufsky NZ. If you Google their names you will be able to see their quilting journey/experience, but they will be fabulous and no doubt give valuable insight into our quilting.

CHALLENGESPlease note ladies, because we’d love to have more participants, the hand in dates for the Challenge “Being Fabulous” is now extended to Hand in Day at the October meeting. As Val has said in her report, we need more, to make a fabulous visual display. These 12”x12” quilts always generate a lot of interest & discussion and are a winner with the visitors to your show. So if you feel so inclined, we’d love some more for this challenge display.

This is a Mini Challenge being put out to you all from the Festival Committee. We’d love to have some “Please Don’t Touch the Quilts” mini quilts, rather than the laminated boring signs used over the last few years. If you feel so inclined, please make a small quilt 8”x6” A5 (portrait or land-scape configuration that we can pin next to the quilts on display. There are no hard & fast rules, up to you re design/words. If you’re unsure, be in touch for clarification. Thank you all and we look forward to seeing the results. These will be kept, for use at future shows. PS: There could be a prize for those submitted!!?? Up to you all.

ROSTER/SHOW VOLUNTEERSThe volunteer sheets/rosters for helping at the show will be at the September & October meetings Love to have you help us! Because of the new venue, there will be a few different positions requiring your volunteer help. I will let you know at the August meeting what we will be asking members to help with, so you can decide what area you’d like to be involved with, mull it over in your mind and then commit on the roster in September. Thanks to you all for your consideration.

TICKET SALESFrom the August meeting onwards, we will be pre-selling tickets to the show. A ONE day pass is $12.00, or you can purchase a TWO day pass for $20.00 (these can be used on any of the 3 show days and a $4.00 saving)

Auckland Festival of Quilts 2015

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Ticket sales will be at the back of the Hall, in our usual spot!! You will need to have either cash/cheque as we do not have Eftpos. If you have pre-purchased your show tickets, you will not need to queue to enter the show; there will be a dedicated entry for you all. No queuing!

Also at the show this year, there will be a “Door Prize” of a Husqvarna “Opal” machine. Thank you Husqvarna :-) You will need to fill out the entry form with your details and email address and pop it in the box at the show (down near the Quilt Sales/Community Quilts area). You can also increase your chances to win by going to the Facebook page & “liking” your Guild’s page as well. Facebook page is: Auckland Quilt Guild

CARD INITIATIVEWow everyone, thank you for such a great response! We have now distributed all packs of cards, and the ones that have been returned to date are just fabulous. Thank you so much ladies, a job so well done. A great fund raising effort by you all for your Guild

ENTRY FORM, CONDITIONS OF ENTRY ETC...The new website is now in action, and what a wonderful job Mary Metcalf has done, getting this up and running for the Guild. The site is fabulous Mary, thank you.The website address remains the same: www.aqg.org.nz and you can go there to download the Show Entry form, and also see the Conditions, Categories and Mixed Media ConditionsFor those ladies who do not have access to the website, there are Entry Forms available on the Show table at the back of the Hall.

I would also like everyone to think about coming to the Prize giving at the show, on the 7 November 2015. It would be great to see you there. Entry is free after 4.45pm, with bar service and nibbles before the awards presentation. It would be great to have you support our prize-winners and our fabulous merchants who have sponsored the prizes.

I have this month included a map & directions from the Greenlane Turnoff, to the new venue. There are lots of alternatives for those of you coming from different directions, but for those of you who are unsure, this will hopefully give you a bit of guidance.

IMPORTANT!To exhibit in the Auckland Festival of Quilts 2015, you must be a financial member by 15 July 2015 (now passed at printing date, but still on a need to know basis)This makes it so much easier at Hand in Day to have an up-to-date list of members. Thank you

Hand in day this year is the 3rd October 2015 Guild meeting. Categories, Entry Form, Conditions available on the Guild website www.aqg.org.nz Quilt Entry Forms are also available at the Education table at Guild

Thank you Everyone, Happy Stitching Ladies Judi & the Festival of Quilts Team 2015

Sorry the map isn’t brilliant, will try for a clearer copy next newsletter. I do have a large map at the Guild meeting you can alsolook at.

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EDUCATIONHello Members!Our next workshop is a one day, technique workshop, tutored by Diane Anderson, to be held at the Onehunga Community House.The class is filling fast if you would like to come along please act now! Class: Hand Quilting the Amish Way Tutor: Diane Anderson Date: 12 September Venue: Onehunga Community House Cost: $40.00I will have a sample, application forms, requirements list and more information at the Education Table at the August Guild Meeting.

Coming up our November workshop will be:Gloria Loughman - Confident Colour - 14-15 November 2015

I’m looking for expressions of interest in a Midnight Madness get together - take the opportunity to complete your handmade Christmas gifts - let me know if you are interested.

I still look forward to meeting you at the next meeting so come and see me at the education table and tell me what you’d like to have for future workshops? Perhaps a different venue? Do you want to join in on a Midnight Madness event this year?? Come and have a chat, or feel free to email me gaye.teague@gmail.com

Happy Stitching Gaye

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August 21st - 23rd, 2015

Mixed Media and Textile Art by the Sea retreat. Tutors include

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8ply wool neededI knit baby beanies for neonatal and pasifika babies which I give to my sister who is a public health nurse. These babies are often in sub-standard housing so I make sure I use good quality 100% wool. I was wondering if anyone had some leftover wool lying around that they could donate. It is possible to make a beanie from a 50g ball, leaving some over for stripes!I’m often down the back with the greeting card project for the Festival of Quilts.And many thanks to all those who donated wool last month… Debbie Jones

Rotary Cutter problems??Do you have a problem with your rotary cutter? Does it cut for a short time and then feel like it’s running over a small stone?Already replaced the blade? How old is the rotary cutter? There is a possiibility that the hole for the screw has worn a fraction causing this problem - very frustrating!Time for a new cutter. Sent in by Marj

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EDUCATIONRegistration Form

for Diane Anderson’s Hand Quilting the Amish Way

Saturday 12 September 2015

Cost: $40.00 Venue: Onehunga Community House

Tea, coffee, morning and afternoon tea provided. Bring your own lunch.Bring your own mug and your name badge to all classes.

Name:_________________________________________________________________________

Address:_______________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ Postcode _______________

Phone: (Home) ____________________ ( Mobile)____________________________________

Email___________________________________________________________________________

AQG Membership no: __________

I wish to enrol in this class, and understand that my place will not be confirmed until I am notified by email. Payment of $40.00 made by cash / cheque / direct credit .

Signature: _________________________________

Registration & Payment Options:● Register and pay at a Guild Meeting.

● post your cheque made payable to AQG Inc with this form to AQG Inc c/-Gaye Teague, 717 Kaipara Coast Highway, RD1 KAUKAPAKAPA 0871

● Email the completed form to gaye.teague@gmail.com and pay by Direct Credit (using your Name, Membership No and reference EDUC) to account 12 3011 0816236 00

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Retreat YourselfNatalie Murdoch has been sharing the good things for over nine years and has

established a sewing room quilters love to escape to, a dining table foodies liketo be at and a self-indulgent, quiltie

break from every day living.Less than an hours travel from both Auckland and Hamilton it is meeting-central for friends (3-8 catered for).

All quilting and dietary requirements met.

email patchnat@nataliemurdoch.co.nz for details

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Our Speaker this month....Greetings all ...and having just arrived back from Melbourne, I can report that it was no warmer there. By the time you get this newsletter, I hope it will be a lot warmer.

First of all, I trust that you enjoyed our last speaker regarding good posture for all those long days or nights sewing. She has subsequently reported to me that she thoroughly enjoyed herself and was very impressed by our gathering.

This time we have a bit of a change in direction, but let me assure you that we will not be straying too far from our core interest i.e. anything to do with patchwork, quilting, textiles and fabric part. This is in response to feedback from members to keep that on track.

Having said this, we have another inspirational speaker this month. Belinda Simpson from Perfect Partners Assistance Dogs Trust (PPADT). Belinda is an Occupational Therapist and Training Manager. She is also a volunteer for PPAD, which is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2007 to oversee the training and certification of Disability Assist Dogs in New Zealand. These specially trained dogs enable people, with a wide range of medically diagnosed disabilities, to enhance their quality of life using the human-animal bond.

Disability Assist Dogs form a dual function for their handlers: providing practical assistance in the form of tasks specifically aimed at mitigating the client’s particular disability, while also performing a valuable emotional and social role providing a social bridge to the client’s community. The relationship between a Disability Assist Dog and its owner helps to overcome many physical, emotional and social challenges. PPADT is excited to watch lives change through these special dogs.

Belinda is looking forward to speaking with us and demonstrating some of the life changing tasks that the Trust dogs perform.

I look forward to being back with you at our next meeting. Ann

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AQG Committee & Coordinators 2015/2016 Committee

President Trish Downie 09 535 2062 patriciadownie1942@gmail.com Treasurer Shelley Sylvia 021 259 3800 s.psylvia@xtra.co.nz Secretary Pauline Peters 022 026 2492 bunter20022002@hotmail.com Librarian - Vice Ansa Breytenbach 09 235 5169 ansa.b@xtra.co.nz Speaker Coordinator-Vice Ann Batten 09 530 9339 anbatten@ww.co.nz Membership Lynn Eising 09 630 3179 eising@xtra.co.nz Education Gaye Teague 09 420 5971 gaye.teague@gmail.com Community Quilts Chizuko Hoy 09 832 8616 chizukohoy@hotmail.com Venue Organiser Jane Taylor 09 528 9489 clivet@orcon.net.nz Challenges Val Williams 09 534 4031 val.williams@slingshot.co.nz Festival of Quilts Judi Schon 09 478 9397 judi.schon@vodafone.co.nz Coordinators

Block of the Month Patricia King/Ellen Roy Almoner Val Williams 09 534 4031 val.williams@slingshot.co.nz First Aid Jane Taylor 09 528 9489 clivet@orcon.net.nz Archivist Catherine Young 09 576 5163 cajyoung@xtra.co.nz Newsletter/Website Coordinator

Mary Metcalf 09 486 7474 info@marymetcalfdesigns.co.nz

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Saturday 22 August 10am - 5pmSunday 23 August 10am - 4pm.

$3 entry.

Tea, coffee and refreshments available.

Pick up some great bargains on the Trading Table.

Purchase a ticket in our Raffle. 1st prize is a beautiful single bed sized quilt

proceeds to Perfect Partners Assistance Dogs Trust.

Come and view quilts and handwork made by the Fencible Quilters.

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Challenges12” x 12” Mid-year Guild Challenge “Being Fabulous”What a great show of personality on display at the July meeting! There were only 18 entries for “Being Fabulous” but, Oh, they were great!

A Great Big Thank You to all who entered and thank you to the three new members who did the spontaneous judging for us.

We are extending the hand-in day to the October meeting because we need more please!!If you did one already, please feel free to do another one. There is no limit!If you had an idea for a small 12” x 12” Challenge, but had not got a ‘round tuit’, then please find that ‘round tuit’.

“Being Fabulous” is a very open theme, lending itself to anything at all, really. There are plenty of fabulous things around us to give you inspiration.

We will be showing them at Auckland Festival of Quilts, so please sew some HOOK Velcro to the top of the back. And of course a label with your name, address, Guild membership no and phone number.

Happy quilting – see you at the next meeting in Freemans Bay.Val

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Guild Members’ Sales TableDuring Festival of Quilts the Quilt Guild operates a Sales Table where Members’ items can be sold on your behalf. These could be quilt tops, finished quilts, toys & other patchwork or embellished items. The Guild takes no commission on goods sold.We ask that all items be clean and in good condition. If your item is a UFO with extra fabric or a pattern attached, these are to be put in a clear plastic bag & labeled. Customers are often very interested in these to finish off the project themselves. This year we ask that you enter the type of quilt rather than size e.g. King, Queen, Double, Single, Cot, Wall hanging etc. This makes it so much easier for the ladies selling the items.

Members will be able to submit a maximum of 8 items each. There will be a surcharge of $2 per item to cover expenses. Non refundable. Any surplus funds from this sales fee will be given to Community Quilts.

Justine Jones, Chris Behersing & Ruthena Clement will collect these items from 10.30-12.00 at Freemans Bay Community Centre at the October meeting, issue receipts and advise members on an appropriate asking price (if you are unsure of what to ask).We request that you make the price reasonable in line with other quilt items offered for sale. Your Membership Number for 2015-2016 is required on your Sales Sheet

Members can collect their sale monies at the end of each day at Festival of Quilts from 4.00pm onward and 2pm on Sunday. Don’t forget to present your receipt for both money and any unsold items. Uncollected money together with unsold items may be collected at the December Guild meeting. Your receipt must be presented before items will be returned or monies paid out.

Insurance. The AQG Inc. will take all reasonable precautions to protect sales items while stored for sale and while on view during Festival of Quilts. The AQG.Inc. or any of its members cannot be held responsible for any damage to or loss of items during the period of Saturday 4 October to Saturday 5 December 2015, or until the time the items are picked up by the owner.

Guild members shall be responsible for insuring their own sale items.

There is a form that you can download from the website www.aqg.org.nz and we will have some forms on the table down the back of the hall. Perhaps in the next newsletter we can fit a form as well. Please print clearly, write in your Guild membership # and sign the form.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact any of the ladies listed below.

Justine Jones Phone 521-1512 jonesrj@xtra.co.nz

Chris Behersing Phone 535-9155 thebehersings@xtra.co.nz

Ruthena Clement Phone 525-1731 ruthena.clement@yahoo.co.nz

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Guild post should be sent to: Auckland Quilt Guild PO Box 74112, Greenlane Auckland 1546

Newsletter ContributionsYour contributions to the Guild Newsletter are most welcome.Please email them to: Mary Metcalf info@marymetcalfdesigns.co.nz

The Editor reserves the right to defer late copy to the following issue. Please phone if you have a late contribution to confirm acceptance. Some articles may be deferred to a later edition and/ or edited. Copy deadline for next issue is: Monday 11 August 2015.

Change of detailsIf you have moved or any of your details have changed, please send details in writing via email or post but please not by phone. Please quote your membership number on all correspondence.Send to: Guild Memberships C/- Lynn Eising 7 Ashton Road, Mt Eden Auckland 1024 Or email: eising@xtra.co.nz

www.aqg.org.nz

If undelivered return to:Lynn Eising, 7 Ashton Road, Mt Eden, Auckland 1024

Next Auckland Quilt Guild meeting

Saturday 1 August 2015