January 2019 Show and Tell
A warm night in January, a quiz, mini pavlovas and something to stick. So started the year for Waverley Patchworkers. It was lovely to catch up with everyone and return all those books that we have been storing for so long to the upgraded library. The quiz had an unusual twist, the answers were provided, […]
November meeting
It was a full house for the last meeting for 2018. Always a popular sit and sew night enhanced by the seasonal fun and jollities. Instead of gifts members brought grocery items complete with reusable shopping bags for the Waverley Benevolent Society to distribute. Luckily Jill has a very big car – there was […]
Changing the Guard
Our Annual General Meeting is a time for reflection and renewal. Looking back on the past year and looking forward to another fantastic year at Waverley Patchworkers. We were much relieved when President Jill confirmed she would take on a second term, she has been a great asset to the organisation, reviewing past practices and […]
Birthday Meeting
Waverley Celebrated 37 years with a Sit and Sew meeting, lots of chatter and certificates for members who had reached 10, 20 and 30 year milestones. The present went to Waverley Benevolent Society in the form of a cheque for $5,000 from our recent Quilt Show. Waverley Patchworkers have a very long history in supporting […]
Back to Mount Waverley
The renovations to Mount Waverley Community Centre are almost complete and we will be back there for our August meeting on Monday 27. The set up will be a little different, and still no library, but we will still have a fantastic meeting. Our guest speaker is Christine Lethlean, originally from Western Australia but now […]
July Meeting
We had the full multimedia experience when Neroli Henderson spoke at our July Meeting. Her quilts are not overly large but she was able to show us the detail on screen as well as seeing the quilt ably held by her assistant, Taylor. Neroli is an artist who has come to working in textiles […]
June Meeting
We had a most interesting presentation at our meeting from Sisterworks. This is a not-for-profit that exists to help women migrants, asylum seekers and refugees become financially independent and happily settled in Australia. Luz Restrepo told us how when she arrived as a political refugee in 2010 with her life in tatters and no English she felt […]
May meeting
We may be in the throes of preparing for Quilt Show 2018, but that doesn’t provide an excuse for missing Monday night’s meeting. We are very privileged to have Julie Adamson as our guest speaker. Julie specialises in hand appliqué and hand quilting and is an Accredited Teacher in Specialist Techniques with Victorian Quilters. She […]
March Meeting
Remember we will be at the temporary venue, Glen Waverley Community Centre, 700 Waverley Road Glen Waverley, for the meeting on Monday March 26. Guest Speaker is Jan Frazer who will be talking on Colour by Design. Jan is an award winning quilter whose work has been successful in many international exhibitions. Visions Arts Museum […]
Coming up in February
The guest speaker at our next meeting, on Monday February 26, is Leslie Edwards of Quilting Fabrications. Leslie was born in California and following her major in African History travelled to that continent. There she was blown away with the vibrantly coloured textiles. She also met her Australian husband and took up quilting after relocating […]