New year, new committee, new venue, new time!!! We will be meeting on 28 July 2013, 2pm – 6pm at Rod Evans Community Centre 160 Hay St East Perth (Cnr Plain St) **Please note 2pm start for MORE sewing time and NEW LOCATION!!!** Please make sure you are on our mailing list to ensure you get news…
Hello everyone, This month it was my turn to choose a BOM project… so, I turned to the Modern Blocks book to peruse the choices. I have to say, there were some that I was *so* tempted to pick, until I read the instructions and discovered they involved foundation paper piecing. Having not attempted that…
By Beverley Power In a time when many of our fabric transactions take place within the cyber world, it is lovely to find a local quilt shop, especially one which is quite a lovely as Handcrafters House. Located in Midland, WA on the Great Eastern Highway, from the outside, you would be forgiven for thinking…
In which we vote in a new committee and show you our knickers… Our AGM and first birthday on 30 June was marked with a LOT of cake! The new committee was sworn in: President – Laura Lochore Vice President – Membership – Karen Sewell Vice President – Education – Gina Coetzer Secretary – Janine…
Hurrah! We have a new committee! And are in the process of drawing the Wonky Star challenge which was sponsored by Handcrafters’ House and Sew Sweetness. But it’s definitely past time for a PMQG Member Spotlight, so before we make that post, let’s … Meet Kate. Tell us a little bit about yourself – where you are from,…
A year ago, we were meeting at new VP Membership Karen’s house and deciding to formalise as a Guild, with Bob the farting dog keeping us entertained throughout the evening. (This is Bob). A year later, we’ve almost outgrown our first hall and are trying out our second. We welcomed Elizabeth, Di, Kerrie and Sue…
Our June meeting and AGM are just a few days away, so it is time to showcase the entries received for our Wonky Star challenge. The winners will be announced at the AGM. Don’t forget to bring your entry along for show and tell. The entries are in no particular order. Thank you to everyone…
Time is running out to get wonky! Our Wonky Star competition closes on 21 June. Why get wonky? There are wonderful prizes on offer from Handcrafters’ House and Sara at Sew Sweetness You can make anything at all and Sara is offering members 20% off her patterns with the code emailed out to you! Kate has made a head…
PMQG Members As discussed at our last PMQG meeting on 26 May, I’ve posted details and instructions on creating a block for our Knickers Quilt charity project. Get those knickers on! Knickers Quilt Instructions
We had a great turn out at our latest meeting with lots of new faces and fabulous quilts. Along with good food and good conversation we had Gina give us a lesson on bag making And Emmy demonstrated and showed off blocks from our our latest BoM entitled Fussy Cut Critters and Bugs….