MPPI QUILTING EXHIBITION 2015

Hello, I am back with a new blog after two years of silence. I have this year been on the MPPI Quilting Exhibition Committee and have enjoyed, together with the whole committee, preparing for our Bi-Annual Quilting Exhibition.

The purpose of this Exhibition is to raise money for local charities, this year being Peninsula Youth Enterprises and the Peninsula Surf Life Saving Club. As well as exhibiting beautiful quilts made by our members, the Committee, led by Sarah Simcock , together with the help of many contributing MPPI members, have been busy creating beautiful crafts to present at the Exhibition for sale. These are some photos of the items we have made:

Handbags, heat packs, trivets, pincushions, needle & pinholders and many beautiful aprons

The following photo is of our main Raffle Prizes:  

1^st Prize    - a beautiful King Size Bed Quilt made by various members of MPPI

2^nd Prize   -  an original painting made and donated by Andrew Page-Robertson

3^rd & 4^th Prizes  -  Two more smaller quilts made by MPPI members

As well as this we have once again invited local patchwork/quilting traders to sell their products which will be very exciting. The traders involved are: 

1.      Lloyd and Ethel Walton - Woodcraft

2.      Bob and Dot Keating – Jarrah Lacky Geelong

3.      Lynda Sibbald – Mornington Embroidery Centre

4.      Catherine Clark & Marian Parker–Tasselart Diamond Creek

5.      Sarah Griffiths – Sewmaterialistic Frankston

6.      Jennifer Warburton – Embelishalittle Wonthaggi

7.      Lyn Wright – Snugglelyn Quilts Dromana

8.      Maureen Miller - Palm Beach Quilting Carrum Downs

9.      Karen Burns – Katie’s Patchwork Packs

10.    Estelle Cadd – Craft Quarters Koo Wee Rup

The Traders are offering a generous 10% of their sales to our charities – so we thank them very much in advance and wish them a successful weekend with us.

People coming to the Exhibition will have the option to buy morning or afternoon tea in our small café inside the Marjorie Williams Centre, with yummies and especially made Gluten Free items .

On the Sunday at 2.00pm the Frankston Ladies Choir will be there to offer some entertainment in the Café (I am lucky to be one of them).  The Choir are doing this as a donation  and have offered their usual fee to be given directly to our charities.

The receivers of this blog are very welcome to provide the details of the Exhibition to friends and family.

Looking forward to a high attendance, and lots of support.

My next blog will be following the end of the Exhibition.

Thank you very much.

Kathie Page-Robertson

NORIKO ENDO CONFETTI NATURESCAPES

NORIKO ENDO’S CONFETTI NATURESCAPES CONTINUES ITS POPULARITY

I’ve just got to do a post on my blog regarding the excitement Margaret Roberts and I have had conducting the Noriko Endo Confetti Naturescapes workshop for a group of the Patchwork Ladies at the University of the 3^rd Age in Mornington.

The whole initial aim of this programme was to expand it as much as possible into our community, and it is our pleasure to announce that we conducted two days of tutoring and fun at the U3A and the ladies there have made us feel very welcome. Thank you Jeannie Bridger and Margaret Thompson for organizing us all.

Our first class was held on 18 July 2014 and the ladies taking part were so enthusiastic that, following an introduction of the workshop the week before, they had already prepared their landscape picture and confetti.  The  day went very well and we continued a week later whilst celebrating Christmas in July with a delicious High Tea. 

Here are some photos of Week 1, the beginning of the workshop with obvious enthusiasm and confetti by the ladies taking part. 

WOW what an amazing result after only 3 hours - well done ladies! Looking forward to next week!

This is now week 2 of our workshop and we start off with a "High Tea" to celebrate Christmas in July.  Unfortunately there is no snow outside but the atmosphere is here and the hospitality is superb.

  

 

Our  entertainer Jo Newman

Our delicious Christmas spread

Yours truly Tutor Kathie with Helen Sedick

The quilters, Cherie Jacobs, Cathryn Hart, Elaine, Helen Sedick
Margaret Thompson and Jeannie Bridger with the start of their Naturescapes

It's the end of Week 2 and the ladies have made huge progress with their confetti naturescapes.  Margaret and I are very proud of them but as we have not finished the quilts we invited the group to my home in Mount Eliza to complete the workshop. 

Welcome to our final gathering.  Most of the quilts are almost complete with only finishing touches and the binding to do.  So we are gathered here all working together in between morning tea and lunch breaks. Helen Sidick even managed to prepare a second little quilt which is very cute. Below are the final photos.

Cathryn Hart

Cherie Jacobs

Margaret Thompson

Elaine

Helen Sedick

Jeannie Bridger

Kay Mackay

Helen Sedick

Noriko Endo we would all like to thank you for the inspiration and excitement you have brought to us with your confetti Naturescapes and shall look forward to more involvement with your work.

I hope you are all as impressed as Margaret and I are.  We'd like to advise that U3A will be holding an Expo at the Wilsons Road, Mornington Hall on November 9, 2014 and all these beautiful confetti Naturescape quilts will be exhibited together with lots of other art. We are sure the ladies will make everyone welcome.  

Thank you ladies for the opportunity to extend this workshop to you all and also for the friendship and fun we have had together.

Sincerely,

Kathie Page-Robertson and Margaret Roberts