Member Services

The Template
Members receive the quarterly publication The Template, a 32-page colour newsletter with feature articles, news of Guild activities and events, and quilt-related advertisements from interstate guilds and commercial enterprises. In addition to the colour cover quilt, there are seven pages of colour reproductions of outstanding and prize-winning quilts.Visit The Template page to find out about the latest issue!

Meetings
Members are invited to attend meetings to discuss Guild business and to socialise. A guest speaker is invited to most of the meetings and have in the past included local, interstate and international speakers. Meetings are held at Burwood with one meeting a year held at a country destination. The dates of upcoming meetings and further information can be found on our Activities page.

The Sydney Quilt Show & Gala Dinner
The members exhibition is held in conjunction with the Craft & Quilt Fair at Darling Harbour in June each year. Click here for more details about the Sydney Quilt Show.

Workshops
The Guild organises one and two day workshops, which are typically held at the Epping Creative Centre. Well-known local, interstate and overseas tutors are engaged for these workshops. Forthcoming workshops include:

Creative Beading Part 1 with Lisa Walton, Saturday 12 July 2008;
Stack and Wack with Anne Perry, Saturday 2 August 2008;
Creative Beading Part 2 with Lisa Walton, Saturday 9 August 2008;
Creating Realistic Landscapes with Kay Haerland, Sat/Sun 13-14 September;
Reversible Jacket with Lynn Hewitt, Sat/Sun 27-28 September;
Fibonacci with Amanda Daly, 19 October;
Quilts on the Double with Judy Hooworth, Sat/Sun 1-2 November 2008;
Arty Postcards with Style with Kay Haerland, 23 November 2008; and
Junior Workshop - Paint n Patch Bag, 17 January 2009.

Click here for more details.

Library
An extensive library of books, magazines, videos and slides is available for borrowing at the Guild premises. An Australia-wide mail service operates. Our library list is online and available for viewing here, however you must be a Guild member to take advantage of this service. Our membership page has all the details about becoming a Guild member.

Click here for a pdf version (90KB) of the library list current as at July 2007.

Quilt Valuation
This service is available on request to members and non-members for a fee. If you wish to insure your quilts, many insurance companies will require a valuation.

The Quilters' Guild Scholarship
A scholarship is awarded annually to provide the opportunity for Guild members to further advance their expertise and in turn their quilting endeavours. Multiple awards may be given, up to a total combined value of $5,000 per annum.

The scholarship guidelines have been widened to be available to groups as well as individuals, from within Guild membership. The scholarships are announced at the AGM in October. It's a great opportunity for personal and skill development. Contact the Guild for more information.

Teacher Accreditation
Teacher accreditation is not a training program, but rather recognition of proven skills of present and future teachers. The Guild now offers three programs of teaching accreditation to Guild members:

Program A - this is the full three-stage program for those people considering teaching, or relatively new to teaching traditional patchwork and quilting. Participants need to demonstrate broad knowledge and good technical skills in the basics of drafting, template making, piecing and applique, quilting and finishing methods. (Application fee $60);
Program B - this is a fast tracking version of the above program for teachers of traditional quiltmaking and is available to those who have established careers as teachers and those holding accreditation from an interstate Guild. (Application fee $30); and
Program C - this program is for those teachers who specialise in various advanced techniques used in innovative, art or traditional quiltmaking, without ever teaching the basics of patchwork and quilting. Of course, the work demonstrated should still demonstrate a broad knowledge of basic techniques in assembly and finishing. (Application fee $30.)

On successful completion of either Program A or Program B, the applicant will be awarded Accredited Teacher of Patchwork & Quilting. Those completing Program C will be awarded Accredited Teacher - Special Techniques.

For more information, please see this brochure (57KB pdf) or contact the Teacher Accreditation Coordinator at accreditation@quiltersguildnsw.com

If you would like to become a member of the Quilters' Guild Inc. you can find a membership form on our Membership page. If you have any questions about these services then please contact us.

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