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Let us know about your upcoming event – email details to

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Homespun Diary Dates, Locked Bag 154, North Ryde, NSW 1670.

Please notify us at least four months before the event.

diary dates

NSW – Sydney

August 6-

Camden Camden Country Quilters’

Guild Exhibition; AH & I Hall, Argyle

St. Open 9.30am-4pm. Entry $6.

More information: Phone Chris

on 0413 762 028.

NSW – Country

July 15-

Port Macquarie Port Macquarie

Timeless Quilters’ Biannual Quilt

Show; Port Macquarie Panthers

Club, 1 Bay St. View quilt display,

participate in a raff le, purchase craft

goods and attend craft workshops.

Open Fri & Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 10am-

3pm. Entry $5. Funds raised will be

donated to the Neo-natal Unit at the

Port Macquarie Base Hospital.

More information: Phone Lee

McGlashan on 0402 437 604, email

[email protected] or contact Sue

Richardson, [email protected].

July 22-

Wagga Wagga CraftAlive Wagga

Wagga; Wagga Wagga Showground,

Bourke St. Bringing together

both talented interstate and local

exhibitors, focusing on creative hand

finished products, DIY products, craft

supplies, homewares and creative

workshops. Open 10am–5pm.

More information:

http://www.craftalive.com.au.

Vic – Melbourne

July 9-

Wandin Tea cosy exhibition and

sales; Warratina Lavender Farm,

105 Quayle Rd. Open 10am-4pm.

Proceeds go to cancer research.

More information:

Phone (03) 5964 4650.

August 6

Mornington Mornington Peninsula

Patchworkers’ biannual PQPQ Quilt

In; Peninsula Community Theatre,

61 Wilsons Rd (cnr of Wilsons Rd &

Nepean Hwy). Guest speaker is quilt

artist, Lisa Walton, from Dyed and

Gone to Heaven. Editor of Embellish

magazine, Lynda Worthington, will

give a talk. Also, same-day service

for scissor sharpening, scissor fob

display, ‘Hexie’ challenge, trading mall,

raff le, show bags, lucky door prizes

and morning and afternoon tea. BYO

lunch, mug and some stitching. Open

10am-4pm. Entry $15 ($10 prepaid),

visit website to book.

More information: Visit http://www.mppi.

org.au or email [email protected].

Vic – Country

August 5-

Hopetoun Hopetoun Patchwork

Group Biennial exhibition; Memorial

Hall, Austin St. Quilts, table runners,

bags, toys and cushions on

display. Shops in attendance. Light

refreshments. Open Fri & Sat

10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Entry $5.

More information:

Phone Joan on 0488 978 039 or

email hopetounpatchworkgroup@

yahoo.com.au.

Qld – Brisbane

July 16-

Brookfield Schoolhouse Quilters

Biennial Quilt Show; Brookfield Show

Ground Hall, Brookfield Rd. Quilt

display, challenge quilts and gifts,

soft toys, etc. for sale. The proceeds

from the raff le quilt will be donated to

Qld Women’s Historical Association,

Miegunyah House Museum.

Refreshments available. Open

10am-4pm. Entry $5.

More information: Phone Pat

on (07) 3379 1318.

Qld – Country

July 21–

Warwick Jumpers and Jazz in

July Festival. Yarn-bombed tree

jumper exhibition, jazz acts, textile

workshops, craft markets and more.

More information:

http://www.jumpersandjazz.com.

IT’S SHOW TIME!

PLUS

PLUS

Only a few more sleeps until

Sydneysiders can enjoy the three-

day 17th biennial Hunters Hill Quilt

Show, which opens on August 11.

Here’s what to expect:

• Fun


• A gallery of great
  quilts


• Special new exhibition
  of baby quilts to be
  donated to the Grace
  Centre for Newborn Care
  at Westmead Children’s
  Hospital


• Quilts to buy


• Coff ee, tea and
  homemade goodies


• Proceeds to Dr Elizabeth Scott for
  the Brain & Mind Research Institute
  Where? Historic Hunters Hill
  Town Hall, 21 Alexandra St.
  More info? http://www.huntershillquilters.
  org/p/2016-quilt-show.html.

Quilters deserve a night of

glamour just as much as anyone!

Well, you can enjoy a fun cocktail

party to launch the 2016 AMQ

Festival (Australian Machine

Quilting Festival), held from

August 25-28, 2016. The event

includes a presentation of the

Minda Benefit Quilt Challenge

winners, a special presentation

b uest quilter Claudia Pfeil,

entertainment, prizes, cocktail

food and a complimentary drink.

Date: Thursday, August 25, 2016

Time: 4.30pm

Venue: Hall G, Adelaide

Convention Centre

Tickets: $70 pp, available online

and at the registration desk until

noon August 25, 2016

Dress: Smart casual

Website: http://www.amqfestival.com.au

Making the Australian Quilt:

1800-1950 is a wonderful

exhibition due to open this

month at the National Gallery

of Victoria. You’ve got some time

to catch up on this, since it will

be open from July 22 through

to November 6, so interstaters

don’t necessarily have to miss

out. This is local quilt heritage

in a nutshell (albeit an

impressive gallery nutshell!).

Go to http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au

for full details.

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