Waverley Patchworkers at Showcase 2022

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Waverley

Members of our group entered many quilts in this event which was held in real life after delays and a virtual showcase last year. Waverley Patchworkers also provided support in the form of sponsorship of major awards including Excellence in Domestic Machine Quilting won by Best in Show “Dresden Dancing” by Robyn Coots.

Dresden Dancing – detail

Congratulations to all members who exhibited, and to those who also won ribbons in the following categories. What a talented group!

Judges Commendation from Julie Adamson – Heather Cartmel

Bathwick Revisited

3.1 Mainly Pieced – Amateur – Highly Commended – Val Jackson

Pineapple Log Cabin

3.2 Mainly Pieced – Professional – Highly Commended – Desley Maisano

Starburst

6 Group Quilts – Runner Up – Waverley Patchworkers

Chasing Rainbows

8 Pictorial Quilts – Runner Up – Linda Crouch

The Doors of Old Lyon

Highly Commended – Karen McGregor

William the Echidna

10 Miniature Quilts – First – Suzanne Moore. This quilt also won the Narelle Grieve Excellence in Hand Quilting – Amateur – Award

Ring of Roses

Runner Up – Linda Crouch

Pinwheel

Highly Commended – Karen McGregor . This quilt also won the Morna Sturrock Excellence in Embroidery and Embellishment Award.

Rockpool Garden

11.1 Modern Quilts – One Person – Runner Up -Desley Maisano

Stellar

Highly Commended – Helen Hayes

Leftovers

12 Other Techniques – Highly Commended – Eileen Campbell

Building a Dream

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They came for the scones and stayed for the quilts

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Waverley

What an amazing weekend for quilt lovers.

The 2022 Quilt Show exceeded all expectations of both the organisers and the viewers. Here is a little sample of what went on at the Show.

Set up on the Friday went very smoothly thanks to many, many willing volunteers.
A little hiccough with some last minute scaffolding out the front was creatively disguised.

Given Waverley’s reputation it was not surprising that the cafe was very busy from opening to closing time.

Then inside the hall it was beautiful quilts in every direction as far as the eye could see.

The display of work from Waverley Art Quilters created a lot of interest.

And of course the Bright and Beautiful Challenge gave voters a very hard time.

The winning entry was by our busy librarian Wendy who was delighted to receive viewers choice, named the Morna Sturrock Award in memory of our founding Patron.

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Quilt Show Award Winners

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Waverley

The Waverley Quilt Show is an exhibition of members work. Each member is encouraged to exhibit their recent work. Given that it has been four years since our last show the number and size of quilts was very impressive. It was not possible to hang all entries given space constraints, but every member who submitted work was able to see it hanging in all its glory.

Choosing quilts that stood out from the others was difficult.

The June Lyons Award is selected by the Quilt Show Committee and is the work of one person. This year the award went to Endemism by Karen McGregor, both original and thought provoking.

President’s Choice is named in honour of Dawn Burrows our founding President. This time it was selected by Heather our immediate Past President and current Vice President. Jan Smart’s needle turn appliqué version of the Caswell Quilt that was quilted by another member, Naomi Hynes was a popular choice.

The viewing public voted for Linda Crouch’s amazing Fibonacci Fandango as show favourite.

The Marie Hart Award which goes to a quilter who has been quilting for less than five years was selected by Marie’s dear friend Ronnie, who chose Campagnia by Heather Stephens because she knew Marie would have loved it.

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Raffle Winner

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Waverley

The winning ticket in the raffle conducted in conjunction with the Bright and Beautiful Quilt Show is number 2465 held by Susan Kefalianos of Hawthorn.

Susan is thrilled to be the lucky winner of the quilt Chasing Rainbows.

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Bright and Beautiful

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Waverley

Our 2022 Quilt Show is nearly here! Make sure you visit our wonderful
Bright and Beautiful show on Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5.

Over 100 member quilts on display plus a challenge, special Art Quilt display and demonstrations from the Gift Quilt team. Shops are in attendance too and best of all the fantastic cafe with home made goodies to tempt and refresh. Find all the details on the Quilt Show page.

Entry $8, plenty of on site parking at Mulgrave Community Centre, 355 Wellington Road, Mulgrave.

Raffle Quilt – Chasing Rainbows
pieced by members and quilted by Naiomi Hynes

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40th Birthday Celebration – updated with Award Winners

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Waverley

It was a long time coming but at last we were able to celebrate and we did so in style.

In the beautiful surrounds of the Box Hill Golf Course we caught up with friends, stitched, laughed, stitched some more and had a wonderful time. It was lovely to have a fully catered event.

The Ruby Surprise Challenge had to be a highlight of the event. There are so many talented people who had such clever responses to the theme. Two were selected on the day for prizes and a final vote took place at the March Monthly Meeting.

  • Presidents Award ‘Ruby Surprise Challenge’ by Heather
  • Committee Acquisition Award ‘The Ruby Surprise’ by Mariya
  • Viewers Choice ‘Ruby Surprise’ by Val
  • Lyn
  • Jan
  • Linda
  • Suzanne
  • Val
  • Margaret
  • Maryia
  • Margaret
  • Anne
  • Dell
  • Christine
  • Marlene
  • Heather
  • Cheryl
  • Jenny
  • Norma
  • Jenny
  • Linda
  • Jenny
  • Karen
  • Eileen
  • Christine
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Events in 2022

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Waverley

Planning for the year has taken place and already changes have had to be made. First up for the year is a picnic.

This will be held at Nortons Park, from 10.30 to 2.30 on Monday 7 February. Entry from Nortons Lane, Wantirna South.

In line with Park Victoria requirements, QR coding and proof of double vaccination required.

Please bring and wear a mask. BYO chair, lunch, drinks and sewing.

The mobile library will be available for loans of magazines and books.

The event will be cancelled if the forecast for the day is for a maximum temperature of more than 30 degrees.

This is a new tradition that started last year out of necessity and was so successful it was decided to make it a regular event.

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Waverley at Showcase

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Waverley

Like many events in the past two years, Victorian Quilters had to radically change the way Quilt Showcase was presented. In 2020 it was cancelled and in 2021 it became a virtual show.

Congratulations to Victorian Quilters and convenor Linda Steele for this remarkable show in difficult times.

As a long time supporter of Showcase Waverley Patchworkers sponsored a significant prize and many of our members entered the quilt show. We were delighted to receive the following letter from Julie Adamson who won Best Original Design. Julie is well known at Waverley having been a guest speaker and taught a wonderful class in silk appliqué.

Dear President, committee and members, firstly my apologies for taking so long in sending my thanks for your generous sponsorship of Showcase.I was honoured to be awarded “Best original design” at the Victorian Quilters Showcase late last year.  Waverley Patchworkers were the major sponsor for this award.
I am absolutely thrilled with the $500 and will be putting together an extensive sewing shopping list!
Your ongoing support of Victorian Quilters is greatly appreciated, especially given these challenging times.
I have attached an image of the quilt but hope to be able to bring the quilt to show the members in the near future and to thank you all personally.  Take care.
Yours faithfully
Julie Adamson

Old Favourites

Waverley Successes

Congratulations to all who entered, and for those who received ribbons and awards, we are so proud.

Morna Sturrock Award

Excellence in Embroidery and Embellishment

Linda Steele

The Great Barrier Reef

Excellence in Domestic Machine Quilting Professional

Runner Up

Innovative – Contemporary Quilts

Linda Crouch

Fibonacci Fandangle

First

Modern Quilts

Heather Cartmel

Star Garden

Excellence in Use of Colour

First

Innovative – Contemporary Quilts

Linda Steele

Connections

First

Other Techniques

Annie Andrews

Pretty As No 1

Judges Commendation

Michael Hammer

Mother Nature

Highly Commended

Mainly Pieced Traditional professional

Annie Andrews

Pretty As No 2

Runner up

Mainly Pieced Traditional
two person amateur/professional

Quilter: Naomi Hynes

Dinner Plate Dahlia
pieced by Gayle Adlington

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Glorious Landscapes

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Waverley

In November we had to meet virtually once again and our wonderful speaker Gloria Loughman made sure we ended the year in a spectacular fashion. The presentation on creating landscape quilts was a true master class. Gloria uses photography as a starting point and has developed a number of strategies to interpret these images as quilts. She generously shared many of her ideas, leaving everyone inspired. We were also taken on a trip around the world as Gloria uses images from her travels in her work.

After making a number of realistic landscape quilts, one made by a six year old grandchild opened Gloria’s eyes to what a landscape could be. What follows are some examples shown of that journey of exploration.

In this abstract landscape Gloria used a photo of the Loddon River in Kerang. She picked out the elements she wanted to include then arranged them in a pleasing way.

This linear landscape of the Arctic Circle in Canada has two layers for each element, cutting back to reveal the darker lines. Colour value is used to show distance and the water reflects the sky.

Photographs of both the natural and man made world can inspire a landscape quilt.

Gloria has developed a distinctive technique using strips or tiles to create the background for appliqué. This image of wind turbines off Bruny Island combine painted and print fabrics in the sky to create movement. The quilt also shows Gloria’s mastery of colour.

Student work using the one design shows the huge variety of effects that can be achieved using Gloria’s techniques.

During the talk Gloria took us through the many decisions made on the path to an award winning quilt. We saw this in the one from the cover of Radiant Landscapes hanging behind her in the wonderful studio she has created on the Bellarine Peninsula. More information on her work, publications and online workshops can be found at glorialoughman.com

Update

Congratulations to Gloria Loughman in winning Best of Show at the Victorian Quilters Quilt Showcase 2021

Reflecting the Kimberley

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A New Committee

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Waverley

This time last year we thought it would just be the one time that we would have to hold our AGM remotely. But here we go again.

A good attendance once again as the group has really embraced virtual meetings. The very smoothly run meeting resulted in the election of a new President, Jenny who was Vice President and Heather is now our immediate Past President and Vice President. A very orderly transition. We also welcome Ann back to the committee, this is her second time as Membership Secretary. If you join Waverley Patchworkers she is the first person who will help you get to know how you can become involved in our activities.

Speaker on the night was Waverley Patchworkers member Denise Muschamp who is a long arm quilter. She spoke of the pathway that lead her from passionate sewer and knitter to maestro of the long arm machine. Her business is The Quilt House located in Narre Warren.

Denise explained the various quilting options using her own quilts.
Kaffe and Co is an example of a carefully chosen and sized “edge to edge design” enhancing a busy pieced quilt.

On the other hand Strawberries and Cream has custom quilted blocks and borders to enhance this very pretty border print. Accurate piecing is the key to success here.

Denise also explained why it is important to have batting and backing larger than the quilt top.

Other tips for preparing your quilt for professional quilting included

  • Press very carefully, generally to the dark side.
  • Measure border size from your quilt top, do not rely on pattern dimensions.
  • Leave embellishments until after the quilt is quilted.

If all her clients followed her advice Denise would be a very happy quilter, so she has provided a comprehensive list of suggestions, many applicable even if you are doing your own quilting.

Tips for preparing quilts for longarm quiltingDownload

A most enjoyable and informative meeting.

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