Presentations

Yesterday we had a celebratory morning tea in our meeting rooms prior to the presentation of prizes from our Exhibition and 2014 Art Union.  Details of the winners were provided in this blog on 1 October.  Today: photos of the presentations to those winners who were able to attend.

Betty with TQs President, Janice Becker

Betty Hindmarsh accepted the Art Union quilt (on display in background) on behalf of her granddaughter, Toni, for whom she bought the ticket.

Lyn with Brian

 

Lyn Virgo who organised the Art Union this year  was delighted to present a cheque for over $5000 to Brian Egan, the founder of Aussie Helpers.

Valderie Machin, who also made our Club's 30th birthday cake, organised the Club's multi-draw raffle baskets and she presented the prizes yesterday.

Judy Nothdurft (1st prize) with Valderie

Linda Vandersee (2nd prize) with Valderie

Helen Vetter (3rd prize) with Valderie

Trish Prowse organised the Viewers' Choice voting at the Exhibition and presented cheques to the winners. (Pictured with their quilts in the background.) Queensland Quilters Inc kindly sponsored "Viewers' Choice."

Trish with Betty Fawcett (1st)

Trish with Marion Johnson (2nd)

It was great to see so many members attend yesterday despite the extreme heat we are experiencing this week. Thank you to everyone who contributed to a wonderful presentation day.

(There are more photos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TQ.Exhibition/timeline)

Winners!

We are delighted to announce the lucky winner of our 2014 Art Union quilt.  Toni Hindmarsh (ticket no 2462) will receive her prize at a special presentation on 28 October.  On that day we will also present a cheque to Brian Egan, the founder of Aussie Helpers, the charity organisation we chose to support with our Art Union this year.

Winners of our club raffle baskets are:

First - Judy Nothdurft

Second - Linda Vandersee

Third - Helen Vetter

Fourth - Jeanette Barnsley

Visitors to our Exhibition were invited to vote for their favourite quilt. (Not an easy task.) The quilt that won our Viewers Choice vote was Betty Fawcett's Pickled Geese and Marion Johnson's Insanity came second. We thank Queensland Quilters Inc for providing for these prizes.

Pickled Geese by Betty Fawcett

Insanity by Marion Johnson

 

 

 

 

Our display of owl banners was very popular, particularly with the younger visitors, with Christine Hayward's Bad Hair Day being voted the most popular in that section.

Bad Hair Day by Christine Hayward

Further photos of quilts from our Exhibition will be posted over the next week. Remember that Sheila has been busy posting photos on Facebook (Toowoomba Quilters Club Annual Exhibition.)

Exhibition this Month!!

We're in "countdown mode" for our annual Exhibition being held during Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers week. (Details in red to the right of this blog.) There is also a photo of our beautiful Art Union quilt. (Right click on it for an enlarged image.) Tickets will be on sale at the Exhibition. You can check out our Facebook page to see how everyone is getting involved. https://www.facebook.com/TQ.Exhibition

 

Lynn R-S completed this beautiful quilt last week as part of her huge contribution to our community quilting group.

If is has not been donated to someone or a community group beforehand, it will be on display with more of our "community quilts" at the Exhibition. 

Irene has been having a purple time lately! Check out these purple quilts!

Purple Patch by Irene H

Remnants of Purple by Irene H

Last month Nikki Tervo came to a Tuesday meeting and entertained us all with her wares and tales.  By her own admission she can "talk under wet concrete with a mouth full of marbles!"

Nikki from Nikki Tervo Designs

It was a fun morning with much laughter amidst the sharing of techniques and experiences.