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The New Zealand Quilting ConferenceBrought to you every second year by Quiltique, the next Machine Quilters’ New Zealand Conference is to be held in Cambridge, New Zealand, from 25-28 July 2010. This is getting closer so you need to get organised – get these dates in your diary and book to come along to the Quilting event of the year! Print off the Expression of Interest form to ensure your place at this important event. Venue and DatesAlf Walsh Lounge, Cambridge Raceway, cnr Taylor and Vogel Streets (see the enlarged map), Cambridge, New Zealand.
Sunday 25th July
Monday 26th July
Tuesday 27th July
Wednesday 28th July
Tutors and SessionsWe are pleased to announce that the following tutors will be offering classes: (click here for more detail) Pam Clarke, Pam Clarke, Pam Clarke is coming!!Pam Clarke (Spokane, Washington, USA) is an internationally acclaimed tutor who will be our leading light at this year’s conference. Pam has been machine quilting and teaching machine quilting, piecing and appliqué classes since 1988. She is the owner of Homes Stitches - see www.homestitches.com/index.html. Her work can be seen in several published magazines and books. In 2009 Pam was voted Teacher of the year at the Home Machine Quilt Show in Salt Lake City, Utah. We are just so rapt to have secured her services. Nic Bridges (Sydney, NSW) is well-known for her work as a top Australian longarmer and quilt artist. Involved in patchwork and quilting since 1992, she became a professional longarmer in 2002. In addition to her longarm quilting business and artistic endeavours, Nic has established herself teaching contemporary quilt making techniques. Nic’s website www.nicquiltz.com is well worth a look. We are just so thrilled to be able to offer lots of really talented New Zealand tutors this time. It has been our hope and aim over ten years to "grow our own" local tutors. Much as we love having overseas tutors come and will always try to get internationally-recognised names, New Zealand longarmers are coming of age and are well able to feed something back into our industry. Jenny Allen (Omokoroa) runs a thriving business in longarm machining and supply of wide backing materials. She is also sells for well-known brands of templates and rulers. Jenny teaches wannabee longarmers on her second machine with the object of hiring it out once they learn the skills. Sharon Bradley (Te Kuiti) is relatively new to longarming but hasn’t let that hold her back. She has recently moved her machine out of the lounge and into a fantastic new studio where she can indulge her passion for innovative patchwork and teaching. Colleen Burr (Tamahere) was one of the first New Zealanders to own a computerised quilting machine. Colleen is well known for her immaculate quilting and has won many awards. She will to present a half-day class on the use of the AutoSketch graphics software which is used by pattern designers to create patterns. Diane Caskey (New Plymouth) worked in partnership with Colleen for many years until Colleen moved to the Waikato. An attendee at all previous conferences, Diane will share her long experience of longarming with us. Carol Fearon (Onehunga) is another of the same stamp as Sharon Bradley but has had her longarm since 2004. Specialising in wearable art, her vibrant works have won major recognition. Ross Munro (Hastings) will run a course on maintenance/trouble-shooting for Gammill machines. He will also demonstrate the Statler computerised quilting system. Lori Neels (Cambridge) picks up the reins on pantograph quilting. This basic but essential skill will be of particular interest to all beginning quilters and wannabees. John Nielsen (Baylys Beach) has been captivated by the powers of PreDesign Studio software for the production of patterns. John operates an IntelliQuilter on his machine and is offering an overview of PreDesign. Cynthia Read (Cambridge) has an awesome bag project to share with those attendees who would like some time-out from all those longarm classes. Clive Sandham (Auckland) presents a session on the use of Home Quilting Frames. Working with a Juki machine on his latest SwiftQuilter frame, Clive will demonstrate techniques to get the best from such set-ups. If you own a SwiftQuilter or similar and use it for quilting with a domestic machine, you won’t want to miss this! Sally Smith (Auckland) is going to be teaching us about pattern making. Helen Townend (Taupo) has been entranced with Karen McTavish’s trapunto technique - especially on whitework. She will be presenting a course on this valuable technique. Julie van der Putten or Puddle as she is known (Cambridge) is one of New Zealand’s best known demonstrators of craft work. At this conference she will be telling us all abount chenille work and mesh work. Donna Ward (Hamilton) taught quilting skills for the domestic machine at our first conference way back in 2002. Already then a legend in NZ quilting, she now has her own shop and longarm machine and another eight years’ experience. She will be presenting skills and techniques for both shortarm and longarm machines. Linda Young (Hamilton). Linda has been doing some amazing work with her threadplay. Inspired originally by Libby Lehman’s book "Threadplay", Linda’s style of quilting is now much in demand. Linda will also be offering a class on Feathers. CostThe attendance fee of $380NZ ($310AU) covers all tuition, wine/nibbles at the opening ceremony, five morning and afternoon teas, lunches for three days, and the conference dinner. Attendees are expected to make their own arrangements for accomodation and meals other than those stated. Class sizes will be limited to 20 students. From July 1st 2010 payment in full is required. Payment of dues must be settled before the conference starts. Direct credit with identification is our preferred method of payment. The NZMQ Conference account is 03-1568-0220510-00. Australian attendees may make payment to BSB 063-108 account 1043-5632 to avoid difficulties with exchange. Please ensure that it is clear who the payment is coming from and advise us by e-mail as well. Cheques are acceptable. We do not have Visa facilities. There is no GST component. NetworkingThere will be opportunities for attendees to network with other attendees and with tutors and session leaders. It is a prime opportunity to spend some time with other quilters, share ideas and swap techniques! This has been a major source of satisfaction to attendees at all our previous conferences. Unless privacy is requested, your contact details will be made available to other attendees after the conference. MerchantsSeveral longarm-related businesses have expressed interest in having a stand at the 2010 conference. See merchants selling thread, patterns, templates, books, accessories, right up to longarm systems (with or without computer guidance) and most things quilting in between. AccomodationThere are several excellent options in and around Cambridge. The Cambridge Information Centre website www.cambridge.co.nz provides full coverage. It is really quite a good resource. Contact by e-mail at info@cambridge.co.nz or phone +64 7 823 3456. There are also some local patchworkers who would be interested in hosting attendees on a B&B basis. Proximity of Motels to the Venue
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