Tasmanian Quilting Guild Inc

Calendar of Events and Activities

2012

General meetings - Usually [but not always] the third Saturday in months of March, June & September & first Saturday of December, at Punchbowl Christian Centre, 100 Punchbowl Road, Launceston. Details here
Next General Meeting 16 June to be followed by a suitcase exhibition
Meeting dates for 2012 are 17 March, 16 June, 29 September, 7 December.

Southern members - there is a bus from Hobart so you don't have to drive - details to be advised later

Committee of Management (Usually third Saturday in months of January, April, July and October)

at Punchbowl Christian Centre, 100 Punchbowl Road, Launceston. Next committee meeting - 21 July.

Retreats: May 2012 - Poatina - First retreat 16-20 May, and second retreat 24-27 May.
There's still a few vacancies if you want to go, absolute deadline 1 May. Booking forms here.
All enquiries to Zoe Johns. Contact by email - info@tasquiltguild.org.au with "Poatina retreat" in the subject line.

TQG Friendship Day - 11 August - venue - Richmond Primary School. More details closer to the time.

Workshops - 3-day Master Class machine quilting with Deb Louie, 29, 30 June, & 1 July, 2012.
Venue - Grindelwald, north of Launceston. Details in Members' section. A few places still available.

Valuation Days. Punchbowl Christian Centre, 100 Punchbowl Road, Launceston. 24 March and 6 October.

Application forms click here.
Applications must be in the hands of the Convenor at least 2 weeks / 14 days before date of Valuation Day.
Next one planned for 6 October, 2012. Forms due by Friday 21 September.

Island Threads Newsletter - .Next issue due for mailing in May. Current and past issue now available in the Members' section. Send written articles to the TQG Newsletter Editor, P.O. Box 181, NORTH HOBART, 7002.
Deadlines for articles for each newsletter, are the dates for each General Meeting, and the newsletter will be posted out a month or so before the next following meeting. Important information between newsletters will be posted in the Members' section of this website. Articles to be posted here on the website can be sent to the Web Manager.

OTHER QUILT SHOWS AND QUILT RELATED EVENTS

Around Tasmania

Sommers Bay Quilters afternoon tea for the Cancer Council, 12 May, Dunalley Hall at Dunalley, 1 pm.
There will be quilts on display, a trade table, traders and demonstrations. Afternoon tea included in the price $7.
Come along, sit & chat, enjoy refreshments, do some sewing and enjoy the demonstrations and displays.

Shop Hop 2012 - Southern Tasmanian Patchwork Shop Hop - 18 May to 2 June. details here.
Calling all quillters to shop and save by visiting your local patchwork shops.

Wrapped in St Marys - 2 & 3 June - Textile art competition to Wrap a Power Pole. Entries (free) by 18 May. Information here.

Stitching & Beyond Workshop with Jenny Bowker, 9-11 June at Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart. Details here.

Rotary Hoffman Challenge 2012 - Challenge fabric, rules and entry form available from here. Entries close 30 September. Generous prizes are on offer, and finalists will be exhibited at the annual Tasmanian Craft Fair in Deloraine, on 2 - 5 November 2012. The winner will also qualify to enter the Premier's Award, which is a $10,000 acquisitive award for the best work at the Fair. (Several TQG members were winners in the 2011 Hoffman Challenge .)

Travelling Exhibitions -

** NSW Quilts 2010 Challenge "Spot the Spots" can be seen -
3-31 May, Gone Rustic Gallery, St. Marys.
6-12 June, St. Barnabas Church Hall, King St. Scottsdale.
14-end July, Watch House Gallery, George Town.
1-31 October, Courthouse Gallery, New Norfolk.

** Circles by Stitching & Beyond textile group can be seen -
1-28 May, Creative Art Space, Emu Bay Road, Deloraine.
6-12 June, St. Barnabas Church Hall, King St. Scottsdale.
15 June - 9 July, Kettering. Venue to be advised.
11 July - 9 August, Kempton/Bagdad. Venue to be advised.
13 August - 7 September, Dunalley/Sorell.
11 September - 8 October, Lovett Gallery, Cygnet.
12 October - 8 November, Straitworks Gallery, Whitemark, Flinders Island.
15 November - 7 December, Port Sorell/Shearwater, venue to be advised.
12 - 31 December (or early January), Watch House Gallery, George Town.

Mainland events
Other Australian Guild shows to visit Perth Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Canberra Darwin Adelaide

International
An opportunity for Australian quilters - World Quilt Competition. Sue Dennis is the contact person. Details here.