Entry forms are now available on the website for the bi-annual challenge. We hope to see lots of interesting quilts for this challenge.

It is now time to renew your Aotearoa Quilters subscription which runs from 1 May 2012 to 30 April 2013.

Aotearoa Quilters has a lot to offer members with online challenges, the biennial challenge, the annual exhibition and the new junior challenge. There are special offers, judging mentorships, masterclasses and scholarships.

The committee needs your support to continue growing Aotearoa Quilters. Renew (online) or download the membership form and send your cheque to the address on the form.

Pay before 30 April and go in the draw to win an additional year’s subscription.

We are pleased to announce that Associate Membership will be available for Groups and Guilds at the beginning of the next financial year in May 2012.

Cost to join is $50 for Associate Membership.  Your guild will pay one $50 fee per year to become an Associate Member

Congratulations to our winners:

Best in Show Snakes on Ladders by Helen Beaven prize sponsored by Distressed Threads

Best Traditional On line Flowers by Ruth Wheeler prize sponsored by Patch and Quilt Taradale

Best Innovative Floating Free by Sheryl Anicich prize sponsored by Dye-it Fabrics

Check out the all the entries of the On the Line challenge.

Our judge, Judith Ross, won Best in Show at our Annual exhibition last year, has been a mentored judge through our mentoree programme some years ago, and is an experienced judge and tutor.

Judith was very pleased with the variety and calibre of entries and really enjoyed the experience. She will do a write up for our website in the next couple of weeks on the experience. We will do more of these challenges later in the year and look forward to seeing your entries in these.