During the Education Seminar over the weekend of 25-27 May, there will be a Special General Meeting at 5 pm on Saturday 26th May. That will be to ratify some changes to the Constitution, mainly connected with electronic transactions.

After that meeting, there will be a dinner at the Capital Gateway Motor Inn,  Newlands, Wellington. The dinner consists of 3 courses, with a cost of $45. Guest Speaker – Jenny Bacon speaking about “My Journey into Quilts and Art”

We look forward to seeing you all there!

The Natural Wonders exhibition will be on display for the entire weekend, and you can combine seeing that exhibition with coming to the meeting and the dinner.

RSVP for the dinner, please, so that we can arrange the tables and catering. RSVP using this form

Please make your payment of $45 after submitting the form. Make payment into the Aotearoa Quilters account ( ASB 12-3048-0289863-00) with the reference ‘ AQDinner’ and your name.

Each year up to 30 New Zealand quilts are selected to travel to the US and are exhibited at World Quilt Shows in New Hampshire (New England) , Oaks (Pennsylvania), Santa Clara (California) and Orlando (Florida). The quilts are sent in early July 20-18 and will return home in February 2019.

According to the organisers, our quilts have always been a very popular section of this show.

$9500 (US) is on offer as prize money in two categories – innovative and traditional.

There is also a Best of Country award for each country exhibiting 10 or more quilts.

Entry forms are available here now and entries close on May 14 2018. New Zealand_2018_Entry Form World Quilt Competition

For more information, please email Anne Scott (NZ World Quilt Competition Convenor) at nzquilter@xtra.co.nz.