Inspiring highlights of the Festival of Quilts for 2019
Quilter in Residence 2019: Rachelle Denneny

Rachelle Denneny is no stranger to the South Australian quilting community.

Her passion is machine quilting on a domestic machine and she has won

at many quilt shows, both nationally and internationally. 

In recent years Rachelle has released her own range of patterns: Rachelle Denneny Designs.

 

Challenge Theme: Tropical Vibes

Create a quilt that reflects the theme, no side longer than 100cm

 

Hexies Honeycomb Project:

Create a 15” “Tropical Vibes” square, and we will cut it into a hexie to display our honeycomb at the Festival of Quilts 2019.

Squares may be delivered to the Festival of Quilts table at any Guild meeting.

 

Festival of Quilts 2019 Raffle

net proceeds to beyondblue

This year’s quilt, “Sea Change” was created by Prue Wheal and quilted

by Heather Hopkins. It is a very vibrant quilt, in line with our “Tropical Vibes” theme. 

Tickets will go on sale early in 2019 when we launch the Festival of Quilts 2019.

 

The beneficiary of this raffle is “beyondblue”, a national organisation which

provides services to the many Australians who suffer from mental illness. 

Did you know that over 3 million Australians suffer from anxiety or depression?

 

 

Jackson Cook

Jackson is a young man, age 17 from NSW, who is excited to share his passion and talent, introducing classes for children and beginning quilters.

 

QGSA is fortunate to have Jackson Cook, the talented young quilter at the Festival of Quilts to teach two of his most popular classes.

 

Workshops Saturday & Sunday at 10.30am

Bird’s Nest Bowl

 

In this workshop students will learn basic free motion embroidery with Solvy to create a bowl.

To make the bowl students can use any colour thread to create their own unique bowl.

2 hours All materials supplied Price $20

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Workshops Saturday & Sunday at 2.00pm

Improv Sampler

 

In this workshop the students will learn that patchwork does not need to be perfect

to look good.

They will also have fun exploring colour and how they can mix different colours to achieve a nice result.

2 hours All materials supplied Price $20

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