Feast Your Eyes on Quilts.

Yesterday I went to the Mt. College Hall to the Papamoa Patchers Quilt EXHIBITION.
 It is still on today and tomorrow 1st and 2nd of October if you are near by. 10 till 4 each day.

 Labyrinth Walk was at the far end of the hall as you walked in your couldn't miss it!

 Yes the colours tell you it's a Ngaire Brooks' Pattern - Silvereye's Fantasy by Raewyn Wilson.

 Val Parry's Meandering Batik was lovely.

Kay McNeill used NZ Batiks to make New Zealand Aura.

 I have seen this McKennna Ryan Faith, Hope, Love as a quilt but I thought Fran Osborne"s idea of mounting the blocks separately really displayed it better than as a quilt.

 I think this masterpiece by Carol Andrews was getting the most attention and discussion. Rightly so. 

 Jacobean Journey was machine embroidered on a Pfaff machine and is made up of 120   8" blocks which were joined using the quilt as you go method.( each 8" block took about 3.5 hours to stitch / quilt! ) 

 Some of the detail ( an there was a lot! )

 There were many many more lovely displays of frocks quilts wall hangings cushions and toys . If you get the chance go and visit.

Still More Quilts.

Jenni who was the Convenor of our Exhibition made this lovely Activity quilt ( or mat )

 It has many  detachable parts.

 Here the arms move so the doll may be taken out.

 The rabbits may be taken out of the pram.

 The dresses come off and they have pretty under garments.

 Lots of the flowers and other shapes were attached with Velcro and pull off.

 I guess if any parts got lost new ones could be made.

 I think for an older child zips and laces and things to tie could be added.

Beth's Peacock on black had  lovely colours.

 The appliqué she added made the quilt.

Jocelyn's French General fabrics were well used. ( there are lots of paper pieced points in there. )

 Some quilts had to be hung along the railing.

 The display of baby quilts. Can you see my little owl quilt? I bet you can't because unless you looked right in the cot it wasn't visible.

 It got folded in half and wrapped around the mattress. I was not pleased about that. The quilt on the pram didn't get noticed either.

 The tones in Sandra's quilt were subtle but interesting.

 On the Sales Tables there was little rhyme or reason as to what sold.

 Only one clown toy sold. They were cheaply priced too, so C and J had to take them home again.

 Things had to be a almost give away price to get bought. While I was working there I sold 2 matching car quilts for $50 each and the next day a quilt for $75. The fabrics involved couldn't be replaced for that. The owners said they would give them to charity if they didn't sell. In each case the quilts were bought by quilters from elsewhere who recognised the good value.

 Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the Comments- I am glad you enjoyed a few of the quilts from our Show.

Starting Today.

 This is the Raffle quilt at Our Exhibition which starts today.

 ( see back 2 posts for details ). 

 There is a Christmas Sales table.

 An ANZAC display.

 A very, very old Quilt. ( from 1700s !!! )

 And lots of Quilts. Many more photos to show you over the next few days. I am off now to work on the sales table.

Venues & Organising Quilt Exhibitions.

Every year since I have been a member of the Tauranga Patchwork and Quilters Group there has been an Annual Exhibition. It is quite a big group; this year at present with 90 something members; some years we have had over 100. 
   Lots of members will help but very few will take the responsibility. ( of running an Exhibition )-   in our group anyway, ( or taking office in the general Committee ) that is heading the Committee to organise the show.( I have been on the General  Committe the last 3 years but asked for time out this year to be OE and take a back seat. )
   For our group that is usually the first hurdle. Getting someone to be Ultimately in Charge. This year someone who has done the job many times before said she would do it, cause nobody else would do it. She did have a mainly new committee. They have got to be able to work together and get along with each other. They have put on a fine show at a new venue. There is in my opinion no such thing in our area as the ideal venue.

 As you can see in the photos , QE Hall  is mainly used for sport and therefore has multicoloured sets of lines on the floor. It is big and airy with backboards for basketball and too many signs on the walls, both old and new. There was also construction noise outside. So you work around those things.
 The pluses at this venue I can see are:-
 *There was more parking space (  free ).
*There was kitchen facilities  - so we invited Save the Children to cater and make some  money . ( they had fabulous cheap homemade goodies )
*Along the right side of the area there was room to sit and eat. ( and in an area above )
* The Merchants Mall could be in the same hall around the edges, so they felt part of it. 
* There was more space to exhibit.

 After this weekend when it is all over for another year members will be asked to say what they think about the venue. The price to hire and rules of use were about the same as last year. Display boards had to be hired - they were included when we used Baycourt.

 I am interested to know how other groups get on Holding their Exhibitions.( will you share your experiences with us? )

I spent a large part of yesterday helping with the Sales Table. It was a general sales table where members could sell their own work.  Last year they sold only cushion covers for the group. The year before we sold only aprons for the group. So consequently a very large number of items  for sale turned up. (Quilts big and small; aprons; table runners; dolls;  oven mitts; novelties; bags; needle cases; unfinished kits; ruler holders; fabric panels; casserole carriers and wall hangings.) ( I am sure I forgot some items on that list )

After these 2 good smiling friends had maned the raffle table I did that job for 2 hours. We has as usual a raffle quilt, seem behind in this photo. There were also 5 other $1 a ticket "goodies collections,"  which merchants donated.Some very exciting and generous prizes.
 Our show was NZ $2 to get in, so most folk took some raffle tickets too.

 Yes, of course there were lovely QUILTS on display. Here is Muriel's quilt  to whet your appetitie. I am back there tomorrow to work so will show more of the quilts that took my eye on Monday.

Hanging Quilts.

Today we hung the quilts for our Exhibition. ( Tauranga Patchwork and Quilters Group Exhibition runs for the next 3 days at Baycourt in Tauranga )

 This is the raffle quilt.

 Here is the cushion cover sales area.

Kathryn's beautiful quilt.

 This quilt is going to live in a church.

 A lovely idea for a Christmas tree.

 One of Denise's lovely quilts.

Julie's quilt was made from a panel and was very vibrant.

 Lots more to show you over the next few days. I'm off to bed.