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The Quilters’ Guild Needs Your Help for the Final!
Hi everyone. Thanks to the votes of thousands of quilters across the world The Guild's Heritage Lottery-Funded project 'Unfolding the Quilts' is one of three projects to reach the final of the 'Best Heritage Project' in the National Lottery Awards. Voting has started now for the final and it would be great if you, and all your friends, would go to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards/best-heritage-project. You can see a short film about the project and vote.
Thanks everyone - and pass it on! Liz Whitehouse
The Quilters’ Guild Needs Your Help!
Our project “Unfolding the Quilts”, based at the Quilt Museum and Gallery, York, has reached the semi-finals of the National Lottery Awards for ‘Best Heritage Project’. Vote for our project now and help us reach the televised finals!
This is the last day to vote! Go to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards and click on the Best Heritage Project link, or phone 0844 836 9716 to cast your vote from 31 May to 20th June. Ask your friends and family to vote too!
Unfortunately, the advertised speaker, Helen Howes, is unable to attend next Thursday's meeting of Hexagon Quilters (16th June 2011). Instead we have invited Delia Salter to speak to us and her talk will be titled 'From Thought to Stitch'. Delia is a local quilt artist and a former member of Hexagon Quilters, perhaps best known for her 'Shipping News' series of quilts that were exhibited at the Festival of Quilts in 2007. Her last exhibition (with Lynne Seaman) consisted of pieces inspired by music - see the review in the May Newsletter. She will also be exhibiting on the Whiteknights Studio Trail on 18/19 June. Please see the Future Program page here.
The workshop on Friday has also been cancelled. Members who had booked this will be contacted separately about refunds/return of cheques. We are arranging another time for Helen Howes to visit some time next year so there will be another opportunity for those disappointed this time.
As the Cornerstone has already been booked for the workshop, it has been decided to use the venue for an impromptu sewing day. Bring a packed lunch but there will be tea, coffee and biscuits available as usual. It would be particularly good to see new members and those new to patchwork and quilting, to meet new people and share knowledge and skills. This is an ideal opportunity for anybody with a quilt to be layered as they have plenty of big tables, or just come along with your latest sewing project. You don't have to come for the whole day, just drop in for some sewing and chat. The cost will be £5 for the day or £3 for a half day.
Finally, please spread the word about the change of speaker to anyone you know who does not use email or who does not look at the website regularly. And of course any non-members that you know who would like to visit to hear Delia's talk.
The April workshop with Joanna O'Neill is filling up fast, but there are still some places left. Details can be found on the Program page. If you are interested in attending, please fill in the application form in the newsletter and send it with your cheque to the workshop secretary.
The membership application form for new members has been added to the Visitors page.
Links to some of the traders who are coming to the meetings have been added to the Future Program page and to the Links page in the Members' Area.
Information about the cost of workshops has been added to the Future Program page.
A list of the traders who will be at the meetings in 2011 has been added to the Future Program page.
Information and a downloadable booking form for the Malvern trip have been added to the Members' Area pages.
A FavIcon (the little logo appearing to the left
of the web address) has been added to the website.
A link to the Macmillan Cancer Support Charity website has been added to the Raffle page in the Members' Area.
Links to the Quilters' Guild and the Loddon Quilters websites have been added to the Links page in the Members' Area.
The notices from the meeting on 17th February 2011 have been added to the Noticeboard page in the Members' Area.
Information about Doughty's Annual Fabric Sale at Charvil Village Hall has been added to the Members' Area Noticeboard page.
New links added to the links page in the Members' Area.
Information about Project Linus has been added to the Members' Area page, with a link to the Project Linus Berkshire Area leaflet, and a link to the Project Linus website has been added to the Links page.
After a wonderfully entertaining talk on February 17th by Dawn Cameron-Dick, links to her website have been added on the Program page and also on the Links page in the Members' Area. Just click on her name to be transported to a world of well-loved quilts.
The good news is the website is back up and running again. It's being updated section at a time, so check back regularly for all the latest news. Meanwhile feel free to explore by clicking on the links.
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