Monthly Archives: December 2013

In September 2013, KT, mother of one of the Kindy students, contacted Community Quilts through the website, requesting assistance in making a quilt for their kindy teacher, Mrs Forsburge, who had recently lost everything in a house fire. KT wanted … Continue reading →

The QuiltWest Handbook is now available to download Go to the Quilt West Documents page. The beautiful quilt on the left is the main prize for the 2014 QuiltWest Raffle.

Kate is having a good look at the 20 quilts going off to the Royal Flying Doctor Service to complete their request for 2013. Many thanks to the makers. They are a particularly lovely lot of quilts and are very … Continue reading →

Recently, the WAQA Quilt Collection was brought from storage to be checked and rerolled. Volunteers, led by WAQA Quilt Historian Margaret Manson, spent a busy day photographing and looking at all the quilts.

Our two festive parties helped get us in the mood for Christmas earlier this month and looking at the photos it seems everyone had a good time! Look out for WAQA President Sheila masquerading as a Christmas tree… shy and … Continue reading →

We had a bumper crop of Community Quilts on show at the Daytime Christmas Party. Thanks to everyone who contributes their time, fabric and enthusiasm to CQ each month!

The Contemporary Quilt Group meeting in November was busy as ever. ‘Show and Tell’ included the 12×12 challenge with the theme ‘Time Flies’, plus some ‘Bird on a wire’ themed quilts. After lunch we had a presentation of bird quilts … Continue reading →