2nd General Meeting 2026

The second general meeting for 2026 was held on the 30th of May and was hosted by the Gouedrade.

All attendees were welcomed with a friendly smile

and received a set of potholders

which were all stitched by one member of the Gouedrade.

Chairperson, Esta Knoetze welcomed all 

after which the meeting was officially opened.

Our SAQG representative, Christa Gouws, brought all up to date with all the relevant SAQG news.

Vendors for the day included Quiltalk,

Clover and Stitch

and Pramberg Quilting.

Prize winners from Bloemshow received their winnings.

Wilna Geel received the trophy for the most entries at the show

whilst the Sterre group entered the most quilts for their group.

Marie Coetzee, our local Pfaff/Husqvarna dealer, presented a Stitch and Slash demo.

During tea time, soup and "vetkoek" were served.

All the Bloemshow quilts were on display, but this beauty was the Show and Tell winner.

Look out for the next post of the Bloemshow quilts and winners.

National Quilting Day 2026

This year we incorporated National Quilt day into a mini break away at A Lodge situated on the outskirts of Bloemfontein.

All were blown away by the peaceful and tranquil atmosphere a mere stones throw from home.

This year's block chosen by the South African Quilters Guild is the curved log cabin.  Dewald Compion prepared a foundation paper piecing pattern illustrating various ways the blocks can be laid out as well as a short history of the block.  The pattern is available for free on the website mentioned above.

Iessie Steenberg, one of our Guild's teachers, took the lead and prepare different items using the block which she then demonstrated on the day.

About 20 ladies attended the day which included a sumptuous lunch as well.