A Link to the April Newsletter.

Enormous thanks to Glenda for another fabulous, fun and informative NOTYQ newsletter.  You can read it HERE.

What's New

A Meeting

The May Guild meeting will be held on the evening of Thursday 17th May with Leanne Church as our guest. Leanne is from Echidna Embroidery and will share her knowledge and expertise in the area of machine embroidery.  Her brother, Brad, will also be available to talk to members about sewing machine maintenance.

A Newsletter

The next edition of our wonderful newsletter is now available and can be read HERE

 A Flickr Stream

I've set up a Flickr stream called North of the Yarra Quilting Guild.  I've popped on a few photos to get it started.  Please join the group and start posting pictures.

April Guild Meeting and Newsletter

Join us on Saturday for Aprils' Guild meeting - our guest Lyn Wright will be attending with her Fat Quarters, I'm sure there will also be another delightful show n tell.

Sit back and read the April Newsletter and be inspired by the beautiful quilts made by our members - also be tantalized by the upcoming Symposium workshops available to our members. Print off, fill in and take part in the Symposium in September, it is a wonderful weekend of new techniques to be learnt and friendships enjoyed.

Happy Sewing

March Newsletter and Guild Meeting

What a great newsletter this month - lovely show n tell and a great holiday experience from Adrienne, on her trip to Houston - it sounded like such a wonderful experience.

Make a cuppa and enjoy the read. The highlights of the show n tell have to be the lovely display on quilts made during the January workshop - Seattle Streets, designed by Laurie Biethan, such an array of beautiful colour schemes, well done ladies.

Hope to see you all at next Thursday's Guild meeting, Thursday 15th March, and at the additional Sit n Sew day at the rooms on Saturday 17th March.

Happy Sewing, Jennifer

February Guild Meeting and Newsletter

Welcome to the first official Guild meeting for 2012, this Saturday. Join us for a wonderful day of sewing friendship. I'm sure there will be an abundance of show n tell. Items made over the Christmas/New Year break and from the January workshop where participants took part in making their own version of the the Seattle Streets quilt design - see previous blog entry for details.

Enjoy reading this months newsletter, a bumper edition, this is definitely worthy of a lovely cup of tea and biscuit and time to read and enjoy.

While here on the NOTYQ blog take a look at some of our members blog sites, many of them have been very active - blogwise and craftywise.

Hope you've all had a wonderful break, and enjoyed some time sewing.
Jennifer

November and December 2011 Newsletters

Image courtesy of http://medepage.com

My apologies for not posting these on time. Here is the November and December Newsletters from 2011. No excuses except that time got away.

Enjoy the bumper post - two newsletters to sit and enjoy.

Happy Sewing Jennifer

Viewers Choice Awards - Exhibition 2011

First things first - Octobers newsletter here for you to read and enjoy, plus don't forget the guild meeting this Saturday - read the newsletter for more details...

NOW - Welcome to the results of the Exhibitions Viewers Choice Awards 2011. The exhibition was a huge success. You can see a slideshow of the quilts on the right. There are also more winners over at one of our members blogs - Hillside Quilting - beautiful photos of the winners and their beautiful work. Take a look at other members blogs - we've all enjoyed the quilt show immensely.

To the winners - congratulations - click on the images for a larger view of there exquisite work.

The mystery pincushion prize is the lovely witch. What an amazing design and creation by Adrienne.

The viewers choice for best small quilt. This lovely Japanese design made by Sandra.

The viewers choice for best large quilt, goes to Marilyn. Also this months newsletter has a profile on this talented lady.

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Well done to all our talented NOTYQ members.

AGM 2011 and September Newsletter

One of many of Debby's bags - one of Melly's patterns

Welcome to the AGM month - the meeting is always very entertaining, and it's lovely to know "first hand" who will be steering the ship in the upcoming year. Read the latest newsletter, and check out the lovely show n tell.
All visitors are always welcome, and don't forget that this Saturday is our extra sit and sew day, so if you can't get to the AGM on Thursday night, try for Saturday. It's nice to spend the day with fellow quilters.

Enjoy the newsletter and hope to see most of you on Thursday night. Don't forget...

NOTYQ Quilt Show 2011
8-9th October 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Eltham Community Centre
801 Main Road, Eltham.
Stalls, Refreshments & Quilt Raffle
Admission $8 children under 14 free

Happy Sewing, Jennifer

The Retreat, August Newsletter and the Upcoming Guild Meeting

Well this has been an exciting few weeks. We've taken part in the Annual Retreat to Myrniong - just out of Bacchus Marsh, a wonderful guild meeting in July and there is going to be another great meeting coming up on Saturday. Take a look at the August newsletter and see what fun we have had.

 The retreat had a party theme - and what a party we had, full of lots of sewing, laughter, great food, and wonderful friendships enjoyed. Much creativity was shown, such a talented bunch of ladies - the favourite theme would have had to have been Jackie's 1600 quilt made from a jelly roll, many were created over the weekend. The variety can be endless - such a great idea. Have a look at this YouTube video, it shows just how easy it is. Take a look at our member blogs for more images of the fun time we had at retreat.

On Saturday, 20th August, Bill Westalee will be demonstrating the wonderful adjustable rulers they designed, and having seen a presentation at the Phillip Island Retreat two years ago, I know we can all pick up some great tips and tricks to improve our piecing.



Image courtesy of http://www.westalee.com.au/

 

Come along and enjoy the fun.

Happy sewing, Jennifer

July Guild Meeting and Newsletter

Our next Guild meeting is on Thursday night. Come along and see some of our members talented work - show and tell is always a delight.

Sit with a cup of tea and enjoy our latest newsletter - once again Glenda has excelled herself - a wonderful account of the Guild's happenings including a lovely pictorial display of last months Show n Tell.

Looking forward to next Thursday.
Happy Sewing, Jennifer nnn

June Newsletter and Upcoming Guild Meeting

Welcome,

Photo courtesy of breadexperience.com

Sit and enjoy our wonderful newsletter, full of our Guild meeting activities from last month. We got into the pink theme for Cancer awareness and had a lovely display of quilts celebrating Library week.

Sit back and enjoy the latest newsletter as well as the visual display of our members Show n Tell, it was truelly inspirational once again. Such beautiful work and creativity.

Pop along and see us at our next Guild Meeting on Saturday 18th June. It's our Soup n Roll day, so bring a mug and enjoy the friendship.

Happy sewing, Jennifer

April Newsletter and Upcoming Guild Meeting

What a fabulous read - sit comfortable, take a break from the sewing machine and have a look at the Guild's latest newsletter.

Idea only - from the alibaba.com website

During our April Guild meeting - Saturday 16th,  12 participants will be taking part in a workshop with Lyn Easton. Lyn is one of our members and has kindly offered to run a workshop for us. Lyn can be seen sporting her Denim Jeans bags and several ladies have asked how they go together.

Lyn will be running this workshop from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Then at our meeting we can look forward to some lovely show and tell and some general information for the rest of us. Check the newsletter, link above, for further details.

You will need to start collecting those old denim jeans from the cupboard or the op shop and look out for groovy details that you can incorporate into the bag design. You will be told what to bring when you book in.

Come along and join us - it is a wonderful day. All visitors welcome.

Happy sewing
Jennifer

Guild Meeting - Saturday 19th February

Welcome to the Guild's first official meeting for 2011. Come along on Saturday and enjoy what I am sure will be a wonderful Show n Tell. Catch up with sewing friends we haven't seen over the Christmas/New Year period, unless you were fortunate enough to join in on the sewing day in January.

Here is our latest newsletter, jammed packed full of the latest Guild news and Show n Tell photos from our Christmas meeting as well as travel stories from Lois and Jackie.

We've just had news that our community quilts have arrived in both New Zealand and Toowoomba.We are pleased that we are able to help those needing comfort.

Look forward to seeing you all on Saturday
Happy Sewing
Jennifer

Christmas Guild Meeting and Newsletter

Come along and enjoy a shared lunch to celebrate Christmas with fellow NOTYQ members. Come along as a visitor and see what we get up to - all are welcome. Saturday 18th December 2010 at the Diamond Creek Citizens Centre, Gipson Street from 10am.

Read our latest newsletter and see what we have been getting up to and what we are getting up to in the near future. Also what you can bring along to share at the meeting.

We are in for some sewing fun, even over January - read and see, and join in the fun.

Happy Christmas to all - wishing you a season full of sewing.
Cheers Jennifer

Happy 18th Birthday NOTYQ - November Newsletter

Come along and help us celebrate our 18th birthday...

The next Guild Meeting is on Thursday the 18th of November. From 7:30pm we will enjoy a lovely evening of friendship and sewing. The meeting will include a lovely array of Show n Tell as people finish of projects started at this years Symposium.

Then on the Saturday following (20th November) there is an extra Sit and Sew day - come along and enjoy this opportunity to sit and watch, or assist in, the making of the Exhibition raffle quilt, it is coming along nicely.


Take a look at the lovely work our members have recently finished in our November newsletter.

Look forward to seeing you all next week.
Happy Sewing - Jennifer

[Photo from Sue Polhill Cakes]

October 2010 Newsletter

Welcome to the October 2010 Guild newsletter - make a cuppa and sit back and enjoy a lovely read. This newsletter is jam packed full of all the news from the Symposium held in September and a lovely array of Show n Tell from the September meeting - enjoy.

Guild Meeting Thursday 16th September and Newsletter

Sorry for the late post but the internet hasn't been too happy with me of late.

Come along tonight for the AGM and remember - many hands make light work - get involved, meet other lovely ladies and enjoy yourselves as part of the club.

Have a look at the latest newsletter - full of news and show n tell - enjoy.

Happy Sewing, Jennifer

August Newsletter 2010

Here is the August Newsletter - it includes some lovely show n tell from the July meeting and photos of our Retreat. Link to Newsletter.

July 2010 Newsletter

Here is a link to the July 2010 Newsletter

May NOTYQ Newsletter 2010

Good morning ladies and gentleman,

Here is a link to the latest NOTYQ newsletter which gives our members news about upcoming events and show n tell from the April meeting.

Enjoy the read - click here

It is in a PDF format so you need the latest Adobe Reader installed - click here if you need to download Adobe Acrobat