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​Shirley Frew - awarded Queen’s Service Medal

30/1/2020

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FOR SERVICES TO TEXTILE CRAFTS AND THE COMMUNITY

Shirley Frew, member of Matamata and Waikato Guild, was awarded the QSM in the New Years honours list for her services to teaching, textiles and craft work in the community. 

Mrs Shirley Frew established the Matamata Patchwork Quilting group in 1986, which continues to this day.

Mrs Frew was inaugural President of the group, which began with 15 members and has since grown to more than 60 members. 

​She taught clothing at textiles at Matamata College for 39 years. She was the wardrobe mistress in every school production, spending hundreds of hours each year creating outfits and dresses for the children. She facilitated her students to compete in the National Fieldays AgArtWear Competition, who earned a number of awards over 10 years. She has taught a patching and quilting night class at Matamata College for more than 30 years. She contributed to the tapestry created by New Zealand embroiderers donated to the Globe Theatre in London and to the ‘United in Memory’ quilt commemorating the victims of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks. She has volunteered as a member of Rotary Inner Wheel, crafted breast cancer cushions, and delivers Meals on Wheels. She has volunteered for the Pohlen Hospital for the past nine years, helping to organise fundraising events and often spending several nights a week assisting patients and teaching crafts. Mrs Frew has been a committee member of the Matamata Society of Arts since 2008 and has helped organise numerous events and exhibitions.
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In memory of Eileen Shaw

20/11/2019

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​Mr Tony Shaw kindly donated over 80 quilt books to the guild library as a legacy from his wife, Eileen, who passed away earlier this year. He also donated several quilt tops, many boxes of fabric, and other quilting accessories. Eileen was obviously an avid and talented quilter.

Below is a picture of Tony with the completed quilt. 
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We are very grateful to Tony for the donations in Eileen’s memory.
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Mid Winter Guild Meeting

23/7/2019

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Guest Demonstrator Libby Crawford

Libby showed us how to make Christmas wreaths and hand held bouquets. She created a circle of old wisteria vine with wire quartered across the vines - some wire hung down to hold onto. Obviously everyone was interested in the bouquet because there wasn't a squeak from members as Libby chattered away whilst creating her bouquet.
​Thank you Libby
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Local Quilter seMIFINALIST IN INTERNATIONAL qUILT sHOW

19/7/2018

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​Congratulations to Betty, Linda and Heather who have been chosen to display the quilt LITTLE BROWN BIRD, along with 300 others in the second contest - American Quilters Society, Paducah, Kentucky. Read more here... semifinalists_paducah.pdf
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Auckland Festival of Quilts 2014

17/11/2014

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Betty McLean and Linda Young's quilts won prizes at the Festival Show 
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Auckland Festival of Quilts 

16/11/2014

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Winners quilts from our Guild 

Julia Vazey's entry to the 2014 "Festival of Quilts" was only her second entry into a competition. .

She titled it "Windmills of My Mind" with the description

"Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel

Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!

Her Quilt was awarded The "Best Amateur Quilt" in Show as you can see by the Blue Ribbon. 
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