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President's Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Good Hope Quilters' Guild website. banner

I hope that you find the information useful and if you have any comments or news that you wish to have put on the website, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I am extremely fortunate to have a dedicated committee who are constantly thinking of ways to enthuse the quilters of the Western Cape with workshops, exhibitions and festivals. Their names and details are at a click of the “CONTACTS” button on this home page and remember that we are here for YOU.

Good Hope Quilters' Guild was founded in 1987 and now has more than 260 members. We meet four times a year at Northlink College (about 15 minutes north of Cape Town City Centre) and it is a day of being inspired, meeting quilting friends, learning new techniques and keeping up to date with what’s happening in the global quilting world.

Come and join us on 12 May at 12:00 noon.

Quilting is the best therapy – keep those hands busy.

Simmy Schofield

Next Quarterly Meeting

The next quarterly meeting of the Guild will be held on Saturday 12 May 2012 at Northlink College, Rothschild Boulevard, Panorama. The meeting, which is also our AGM one, starts at 12:00 am, but do come early to see exhibited quilts or just sit and stitch and chat. The Vendors Mall is open from 9am - wonderful fabrics, notions and books. Members may browse and borrow from the Library of quilting books. Tea, coffee and sandwiches available. Free entry for Members - all visitors welcome at R40.

Youth Quilt Block Challenge 2011 Results

YOUTH QUILT BLOCK CHALLENGE 2011

SOUTH AFRICA

When the first Youth Quilt Block Challenge was launched in 2009, the organisers expected it to grow year-on-year, but during 2011 the amount of entries really surpassed the organisers’ wildest expectations. The returned blocks grew from 64 in 2009, to 116 in 2010 to 307 in 2011. We received entries from 7 of the 9 provinces in South Africa. Come on Northern and Eastern Cape quilters, why are you not entering for the challenge?!

Diary Dates

Dates for your 2012 Diary:

4 February 2012 - Quarterly GHQG meeting
17 March 2012 - International Quilt Day
12 May 2012 - AGM and Quarterly GHQG meeting
27-29 July 2012 - International Quilt Convention - Johannesburg
4 August 2012 - Quarterly GHQG meeting
4-7 October 2012 - Fynbos
3 November 2012 - Quarterly GHQG meeting

Deadlines for newsletters:

One month prior to quarterly meetings - send your group news and info to tracy at papershop dot co dot za

Youth Quilt Block Challenge 2012

Calling all QUILTERS

Help to get the Youth of South Africa sewing again! Do your part by mentoring one or more young quilters and both you and your protégées stand a chance to win prizes worth over R26 000. Enter today!

Organised, administered and co-sponsored by "Kwilts innie Bos" in association with the National Quilt Museum of the United States, the Youth Quilt Block Challenge is open to young quilters throughout South Africa. The theme for 2012 is "Nature’s Wonder… / Wonder van die Natuur…"

Last Updated (Wednesday, 28 September 2011 14:28)