‘Looked At… And Overlooked’ pays homage to remarkable women whose achievements have been excluded from successive histories written by men. Curator Mary Brown has brought together a phenomenal group of creatives and thought leaders to produce stories about fascinating women, spanning ancient Byzantine to the present, and share them through this exhibition of spectacular textile art. Gallery 76 76 Queen Street Concord West 2038 Annandale. Community Centre (‘Back Hall’) 79 Johnson Street Annandale  www.craftalive.com.au/events ..read more

Lynette is a prolific quilt maker, many of them for our  community collection, but she bought this beauty during a recent trip to Hawaii. It is hand appliqued and quilted. Lynette was told that the demand for Hawaiian quilts is now such that some of the work is outsourced to stitchers in The Philippines (and acknowledged on the quilt labels).  Jeni’s very stylish bag is hand stitched in Japanese Kogin stitch (counted Sashiko) using beautiful soft dark grey Japanese linen with leather handles.  A pretty hydrangea print pouch, made ..read more

AQC (Australasian Quilt Convention) is in full swing in Melbourne over four days including this weekend, and there is so much to see and do. For those of us not able to be there, some of the quilt exhibitions are previewed online, with great photography. Check these out, click on the thumbnail images to see the full design.. ‘Oh My Stars’ 2024 Challenge - award winners and finalists A Travelling Selection of QuiltCon - spectacular quilts from QuiltCon – the largest modern quilting event in the world, hosted by the Modern Quilt Guild, in Raleigh, USA in 2024. SAQA (Studio Art ..read more

Many of us really enjoyed the first New Quilt exhibition in 2021, a beautifully curated show in the fantastic Hawkesbury Regional Gallery. This year we have additional pleasure of seeing our Life Member Val Nadin’s work in the exhibition - congratulations on being juried into this exhibition. Well worth a visit to historic Windsor. From the Quilt NSW Newsletter, April 2024 THE NEW QUILT 2024, HAWKESBURY REGIONAL GALLERY QuiltNSW proudly presents The New Quilt 2024 at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW from 4 May to 23 June 2024.  The New Quilt i ..read more

Laura contributes so much to our community quilts collection by longarm machine quilting so many of our quilts, it is a pleasure to have one of her own quilts to showcase. Her spectacular version of ‘Antelope Canyon’ (designed by Laurie Shifrin) was made for a family member. It was quilted with a design developed especially for the quilt pattern. The dramatic pieced design, for which there are a number of layouts, is made without curved pieces, using a modified log cabin process Pat has worked on this beauty on and off for several years. The appliqué centre ..read more

The elongated hexagons between the tumbling blocks  in Julie’s latest quilt make its construction more complex  than it looks. It provides negative space that gives the  design lightness and highlights the use  of tone in the tumblers. Then they had to be aligned in the regular  sequence Julie preferred. It’s all worked beautifully, complimented by  Sue Olma’s quilting. ‘It’s just clamshells’ said Marilyn.  It’s a bit more than ‘just’ clamshells! The clamshells are dainty (more than 500 of them!) but the ..read more

Some reading, listening and viewing for the Easter long weekend, or the cooler weather coming. Let’s talk about sewing to survive, with Lucy Adlington Most of us sit at our sewing machines for pleasure. Now try and imagine sewing because your life depends on it? Today’s guest, Lucy Adlington is the author of ’The Dressmakers of Auschwitz’. It’s a chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps … Interview, Karen Brown, Just Get It Done Quilts ..read more

A small pile of 5” squares and some complimentary border strips became this sweet, gentle quilt under  Lynette’s sure hand. A scrappy floral binding is the finishing touch. 2 1/2” strips were the ingredients for small log cabin blocks made by several members at our last AGM, at Lynette’s suggestion. She then organised them into rainbow order on the diagonal for a very appealing quilt, Sue used Miriam’s design of squares with two corner triangles, and a collection of her many blue fabrics for her blocks. And they became stars. C ..read more

Pictured: TEXStyle 2023 exhibits. (Grey Photography: Phong Lam and  Annie Nguyen - Principal Photographer.) TEXStyle 2024  Presented by the Technology Educators Association of NSW Gallery 76 76 Queen Street, Concord West 2038 3 March - 27 April 2024 The TEXStyle exhibition is an annual showcase of excellence in HSC Textiles and Design, enjoyed by both the education sector and wider community. A range of school excursions is offered to high schools Free entry to general public during regular gallery hours (weekdays 9-4 and weekends 10-2). Community ..read more

We’re only half way into March and already there are many events scheduled for 2024 that will interest quilters, and our ‘events’ page has become a little unwieldy to scroll through - a delightful problem to have as we choose what to see, visit or participate in! So we’ve divided our listings into three separate pages, all linked from the tags just under the blog banner at the top of the screen: 2024 Quilt Shows and Exhibitions Needlework, Textile, Fibre Art and Craft Events 2024 Call for entries to competitions, exhibitions and art prizes We will continue to post a monthly reminde ..read more