Capital Quilters

Welcome to Capital Quilters

We're a quilting guild who meet on the last Saturday of each month at Waterloo School Hall in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

When: the last Saturday of the month
Time: from 1:30pm until about 3:30pm

Where: Waterloo School Hall, Hardy Street, Waterloo, Lower Hutt (near Waterloo Station).

Visitors and new members are always welcome. 

At our guild meetings we have guest speakers, show and tell, raffles, block of the month, library and afternoon tea.  You're welcome to bring some hand sewing or knitting.  

We also:

- organise quilting exhibitions

- organise classes with guest tutors

- hold quilting retreats at Silverstream Retreat

- hold Sewing Days where members can bring their machines and sew for the whole day in the Waterloo School Hall. 

- run In Stitches on the third Wednesday of each month at the Hutt Arts Society where members meet and sew for the day.

- make community quilts which we donate to local charities. 

You can follow us on Facebook or Instagram 

or email us at capitalquilters@gmail.com

Capital Quilters Exhibition is Postponed until Sat & Sun 3-4 October 2020

Due to the return to COVID Level 2, we have made the very difficult decision to postpone our Quilted Exhibition planned for next weekend 22 - 23 August 2020.

The Lower Hutt Events Centre has worked closely with us in the last 24 hours, and we are happy to say that we have a new date of 3-4 October 2020. 

We were all really looking forward to this event, and while this is disappointing we know it is the right decision.

We do apologise to anyone who has made plans to travel to our exhibition from outside of the Wellington region.  We do hope that you will be able to join us on 3-4 October.  

Block of the Month

We love to see Block of the Month quilts at our Show and Tell. 

Wendy won these blocks in April last year, and one year later she's turned them into this lovely quilt. 

Some close ups:

Each month our members are given a pattern for a block, and each block they bring back equals one entry in the draw to win them all.

Here's another example of a block of the month being turned into a finished quilt.

QUILTED by CAPITAL QUILTERS - our exhibition

Updated 11 June 2018

QUILTED by CAPITAL QUILTERS

Hutt Exhibition Centre, Lower Hutt, 11-12 August 2018

Categories

President’s Challenge - A Capital Day (maximum size 1m x 1m)

Churn It Up Challenge (maximum 2.4m square)

Small Bed Quilt made by one person (under 1.6m wide)

Large Bed Quilt made by one person (over 1.6m wide, maximum 2.4m square)

Group Quilt made by 2 or more people (maximum 2.4m square)

Wall Quilt made by one person (maximum size 1.5m x 1.5m)

Textile Art piece (maximum 1m x 1m x 1m)

Conditions of Entry

You can enter quilts into the exhibition online at www.capitalquilters.co.nz (prefered) of by filling in an entry form.  The information that is on the entry form will be used for labeling your quilt for display so it is essential that the information is correct.

1. Entry is only open to financial members of Capital Quilters as at 28 July 2018.  Only financial members of Capital Quilters are eligible for prizes.

2. All entries must have been completed since January 2016.

3. Quilts must have

○      10cm deep hanging sleeve attached to the back (top). Please add hook side velcro to hanging sleeves of quilts under 1m wide. Note that pins may be used to hand or label your quilt.

○      Label on the lower back (RHS when viewed from back) with the quilter’s name and quilt title with a piece of fabric pinned over the top of the label to cover label during judging.

○      A named bag.

○      Hanging rod labelled with name of quilt and quilter.

4. The exhibition committee and judges reserve the right to change the category in which any item is entered if it is deemed necessary.

5. Insurance is the responsibility of the quilt owner.

6. Every submitter is to rank their entries in order of preference for hanging.  Challenge quilts will all be hung so do not need a preference, just choose challenge if using the paper form. You may enter up to 3 non challenge quilts.  If exhibition space is limited the lower ranked items may not be hung (last resort only).

7. President’s Challenge - A Capital Day - Make a fabric item that reflects the theme ‘A Capital Day’.  The item can be 3D but must be able to be hung for display. It can be made by more than one person. All makers must be named on the entry form. You can create an original design or use a pattern designed by someone else. If the design is not original, you must acknowledge the designer on the entry form. Quilting can be done by hand or machine.

8. Churn It Up Challenge - You must make a quilt (ie three layers secured by stitching) which features a pieced Churn Dash block. The quilt can be 3D but must be able to be hung for display. It can be made by more than one person. All makers must be named on the entry form. You can create an original design or use a pattern designed by someone else. If the design is not original, you must acknowledge the designer on the entry form. Quilting can be done by hand or machine.

9. Group quilt is a quilt made by two or more people. This category includes any quilts which have been commercially quilted, quilted by someone other than the maker, quilts made by more than one person or group quilts like Block of the Month.

10. Textile Art piece can be any item made with fabric, for example decoupage, bags and dolls.

11. Quilt Design. You will be asked to reference your quilt design. It can be an original design, from a pattern or kitset or Block of the Month or inspired by a photo or quilt. It is important that you correctly answer this question.

12. Quilt story. You will be asked to supply a brief explanation (maximum of 75 words) of your inspiration for the quilt and any other interesting details e.g. who it was made for. We suggest you have this in a document ready to paste into your online entry.

13. There will be an option to select for display only - this means that you do not wish to have your item judged, and it will not be eligible to win any prizes.

14. Delivery of quilts.  Entries to be delivered to July Guild Meeting at Waterloo School Hall, Lower Hutt on Saturday 28 July 2018 between 1pm to 4pm. Entries will close at the end of the meeting.

If you have any questions, please contact;

Anne Read                          annejread@gmail.com

Helen Malanchak                 helen.malanchak@gmail.com

August club meeting

The winner of our August Block of the Month was Janet Evans, our new President, and the blocks couldn't have gone to a better person.  Janet loves pink, and she looked just right standing beside them all.

 

We had some lovely quilts for Show and Tell, including this one by Cathy Linney, made from a block of the month pattern she would have loved to have won. Unfortunately Cathy didn't win them, so she went home and made her own blocks.

Here are the blocks Cathy would have liked to have won, back in October 2015.

Wendy Welsh bought her la passacaglia along to show us her finished quilt.  Here it is hanging beside Anne Read's beautiful Cotton + Steel quilt, and a fraction of Cherie Gurney's Tula Pink 100 blocks quilt.

Here are some of our faithful committee members who handle membership, name tags and the finances, surrounded by all the beautiful show and tell quilts.

Our second jelly roll race

At our July 2017 we held our second jelly roll race.  Everyone enjoyed the first one so much, we just had to do it again.

These quilt tops were all made in less than two hours, and once quilted, they will be donated to the Cosy Kids charity.  They will donate them to children in New Zealand who are in need of extra support.

Two quilts didn't quite get finished on the day, but it was worth the wait to see them the following month.

You can read about our previous Jelly Roll race here.