General Meeting 23 February 2019

Meet our Chair Person - Mariëtte Venter

My thirty-year quilting yourney.

WOW, when I started quilting 1989 I never thought that it would last this long. 

I was introduced to quilting by my dear friend Rina Bredenkamp who attended the Quilt festival in Bloemfontein. She came back to Bultfontein and got a few of us together to start quilting. My daughter was about six months old and went to all meetings in the carrycot.  We started off by doing Candle-Wick work. So that Christmas all the ladies in my family got a candle-wick something.

Like most quilters I started on traditional work e.g. applique and a sampler. This sampler nearly killed me, I found it very boring and hated the idea of all making the same thing in different colours. So, it was never finished. As also I never finished my hexagons. Luckily, I could sell it at one of our meetings. We learned lots of techniques and I carried on being a quilter. As I finished a quilt it was given away. So, I do not have many quilts in my own home.  This quilting group in Bultfontein was like a second home. We attended festivals and just enjoyed everything that Oranje Quilters' guild offered. We had a quilt show at my house in 2002 and even had the Country Life magazine visit us on that day. Since then we had 3 more successful exhibitions in the country.

I also joined another group called the Aunt Beckeys in Bloemfontein. Here Griet Lombard was our leader, inspiration and teacher. What the privilege to go there twice a month doing more freehand quilting, machine embroidery and hand embroidery. We were such a jolly group and was always on the move, buying fabric where there was a sale. It was also the time of overprints. It was just fun. Time spent there was always so inspiring and I would go home with a head full of too many ideas and too little time. But under the eye of Griet we made wonderful quilts.

I was taught meandering on a big bed quilt by Paul Schutte when he came to Bloemfontein. One of my best ever classes. Then Elaine Barnard came to visit in Bultfontein and she taught us her faces and I made a lot of little quilts with faces. She taught me so many things that weekend so once again I had sooooo many ideas in my head.

At festivals I did classes that challenged me. I was always out of my comfort zone but also enjoyed it very much and learned so much. So I did classes with Rosaly Dace, Elaine Barnard and Odette Tolsdorf and a few others to learn more techniques, use of color etc.  My friend Trienie Krugel taught me wonderful quilting techniques and she taught me about ironing. So, these people formed me as a quilter.

We the Tolbos quilters had the privilege to make a swop quilt in 1997 with a group of ladies, the Jolly Stitchers from Messiah Village, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, America. I cannot even recall how this came about. They made the Texas lone star and we made a wall-hanging with Ndebele woman on. The biggest privilege was when I could give them the quilt myself at the pensioners home where they all lived.

I have been a seamstress since the age of 14 when I made my first dress, but never knew that needlework of all kinds would be my passion in life.  And that I would make so many quilts in my life. I did not even know about quilting then. I teach young girls the basics when we do craft classes and I also teach the new beginners in our group.  I enjoy how they develop and get all excited about their quilts.

During the 30 years of quilting I have been the homegroup leader for Tolbos quilters far too long. I have been the chairlady of Oranje Quilters' Guild 3 or 4 times. So, it is a privilege to be in the chair on our 30th birthday. We are going to have party the whole year round with lots of fun challenges happening. We are a small guild in the Free State South Africa, but such nice and enthusiastic quilters. I enjoy this job thoroughly and hope to be an inspiration to new quilters.

Bookmark these dates for 2019:

23 February 2019 - General Meeting 

9 March 2019 - National Quilt Day

18 May 2019 - General Meeting

24 August 2019 - General Meeting

19 September 2019 - Patchjol

12 October 2019 - Spring Day

9 November 2019 - General Meeting

You would not want to miss any of these as our Guild is turning 30 this year!  

We will be celebrating at every meeting which promise to be lots of fun!

ALG. VERGADERING 3 NOVEMBER 2018

Gasvroue vir die dag:  Die Uile en Kreatiewe Lappies.

Mariëtte Venter  (Voorsitter) open die vergadering.

...beertjies gebrei deur lede van die OKG  wat bestem is vir  pasiente  in Life Rosepark Hospitaal. 

Lede teenwoordig luister aandagtig na die spreker van die dag - Annelize Keeve.

Die spreker vir die dag - Annelize Keeve vertel meer oor hoe om jou tyd beter te bestuur.

Mariëtte Venter by `n klompie beertjies wat deur die OKG aangekoop is, as Kersgeskenke vir die kinders van die  Lerato Kinderhuis, Bultfontein.

Sommige van die kwilte wat  uitgestal was...

Teetyd...

...nog foto`s van die dag.

Voorspoedige 2019 aan al die lede!

Algemene Vergadering 3 November 2018

...onthou!!!

Die laaste Alg. Vergadering vir 2018! ...te Altonasngl. Fichardtpark, Bloemfontein. Bring `n vriendin saam - almal welkom! 

PATCHJOL SMITHFIELD 2018

KYKERSKEUSE  - WENNERS...

1 STE PLEK - LINDA LUBBE

2DE PLEK  - MARTIE BOTHA

3DE PLEK  - ALTA VAN NIEKERK

MEES KREATIEWE KWILT - ADELE SNYMAN

DIE GASTE.

DEMO ...

DEMO - FABRICE  WYS HOE DIE "THROW" GEBREI WORD.

VENDOR - KAROO QUILTING

DEMO - VINNIGE BLOKKE/VARIASIES

TEETYD - HEERLIK!!!

VENDOR - ELNA BLOEMFONTEIN

DAAR WAS BEHOORLIK GEKLETS EN GEKUIER!

BAIE GELUK AAN DIE KREATIEWE - LAPPIES VAN SMITHFIELD VIR `N BAIE SUKSESVOLLE KWILTDAG!

AMAFU "POP - UP SHOP & WORKSHOP" - 28 SEPTERMBER 2018 - BLOEMFONTEIN

AMAFU WORKSHOP 

Appliqué and Trapunto the easy way!

Learn various appliqué techniques for crisp, clean results with beautiful points and perfect curves. Create straight and curved bias appliqué stems. Appliqué circles with smooth edges. Incorporate trapunto into your quilts to really make them POP!

An easy technique to add another dimension to your quilts; puffy, raised areas of quilting add a unique texture to a flat piece of art.

You'll finish class with the skills, confidence and inspiration to add beautiful appliqué and trapunto to your future projects!

1 day class: 28 September 2018; Altonasingel, Fichardpark

Cost: R 350

Teacher : Jane Renton (SAQG Accredited teacher)

Class requirement list to be emailed.

RSVP voor 21 September2018 by Marianne le Roux (0828262128) via Whattsapp alleenlik.

Klasgeld moet inbetaal word met bespreking.

Stuur bewys aan lrouxm@cut.ac.za met voorletter en van as verwysing.

Bankbesonderhede: ORANJE QUILTERS GUILD ABSA 1570160199