A great day was had on Saturday with our February Applique-In and AGM. Many thanks to those who were able to make it along and contribute so much to the day; and if distance or prior engagements kept you away, I hope you enjoy the update and photo's. Let's start with a little Show and Tell... I'm afraid I was busy with holding up quilts for the morning Show and Tell session so these are only from the afternoon session...Be sure to pop over to our TAG Facebook page to see more pics that Bev has posted. The AGM was short and sweet as intended, your new committee was duly elected. They managed to stay reasonably still and sensible for a quick photo call. I'm not sure what was quite so funny at the far left :-O  A really nice part of the Applique-In this time was an afternoon of Applique tutorials. Muchas Gracias to our four tutors who gave so generously of their time Irene Blanck Focus on Quilts Veronique Diligent Wattlebird Designs Joanne Lawrence Made Studio Textiles Chris Serong Chris Serong Designs I know how much everyone enjoyed learning your special tips and tricks, the feed back was wonderful And of course our shops are such an important part of the day too. Many thanks for your generous support and for helping to make the day a success Sharon from The Quilt Shop in Eltham, Vic and Kaye from Needles and Pins in Warrandyte, Vic We have a date for our next Applique-In... it's Saturday the 21st May in Long Gully, Bendigo, Vic. pop the date in your diary and stay tuned to the website calendar and Newsletter for more details. Til next time happy stitching Margaret Read More

The Show and Tell at our recent Applique-In was varied and impressive, many thanks to all who brought along quilts for us all to enjoy. Again many thanks to Robyn Roberts who took all these photo's for us :-) Fiona's quilt (above) has been recenty featured in Elly Sienkiewicz's newest book  ‘Spoken Without a Word:30th Anniversary Revised Edition-A Baltimore Album Revival Commemorative’. Congratulations Fiona, we are very proud of you. Above is Julie Adamson's quilt Precious Paisley which is one of our Applique Academy classes, along with Irene Blanck's Botanika. And I had my Applique Academy quilt (albeit in progress) Miss Hitchens' Whimsy And Chris Serong had her Academy quilt 'Alice Bray' for her talk but we'll show it again here as it's divine. I hope you've enjoyed the Show and tell, as always it was wonderful. Many thanks to you all for making the day a great success and again a special thank you to Robyn for the photography and documenting all the pics. We have booked our next Applique-In Saturday 23rd May at Mount Eliza on the Mornington Peninsula. Mount Eliza Community Hall, 90-100 Canadian Bay Rd, Mount Eliza. Irene Blanck of Focus on Quilts is our guest speaker, Irene will be fresh back from her Quiltmania book launch in France and we look foward to hearing her story. Shops to be confirmed but stay tuned here and our calendar for all the details as they come to hand. See you soon :-) Read More

Many thanks to everyone who came along to our AGM and Applique-In at Moonee Ponds on Saturday.  A lovely day was had with lots of stitching and chatting. Award winning quilt designer and tutor Chris Serong was our guest speaker for the day, she wowed us all with her  charm and of course her beautiful quilts. Robyn Roberts very generously took oodles of photo's and has uploaded them for me to use so please enjoy the photo's of Chris Serong's beautiful quilts.  Thank you Chris and thank you Robyn. and last but by no means least, the quilt that Chris will be teaching at our Applique Academy  in October this year...'Alice Bray' Thank you Chris, your quilts are very inspiring and beautiful. As well we had two fabulous shops attend, it's always great to see what new things are on offer and we appreciate that you brought your shops along and also generously contribute to our raffle prizes. Carol and Margaret from Sewn and Quilted and Pauline from Patchworks Unlimited, (Patchworks Unlimited will be the venue for the Pascoe Vale TAG Chapter starting in March, many thanks Pauline for making the shop available.  Details on Chapters page.) Our AGM was  kept short and sweet so as not to cut in to our precious stitching and chatting time.  A new committee was elected and a couple of items of biz, job done lol. Many thanks to Heather Bonney who officiated once again for us. Many thanks indeed to the outgoing committee who have given their time so generously over the last 12 months. And welcome to the incoming committee. And after we thought the last pic had been taken... I will get the President's report, the Treasurer's report and the AGM minutes up on the Members Document page this week. And I'll be back again in a day or two with the gorgeous Show and Tell from the day. Happy Stitching. Read More