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Quilt Symposium - Kawandi Class from Wendy's Quilts and More

My Kawandi is finished!

I took a one day Kawandi class with Lorena Uriarte at Quilt Symposium 2022. We learnt to make Kawandi and here is mine.

Kawandi are meant to be scrappy, but I used a charm pack of Koi Pond by Ruby Star Society. I knew the colours would all work together and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

But the process used up the fabric more quickly than I anticipated, so I ran out of Koi Pond fabrics before it was finished. I had a Ruby Star Society panel in my stash, so I bravely ...

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Quilt Symposium - the shopping! from Wendy's Quilts and More

A key part of any NZ Symposium is the Merchant Mall. More than 20 businesses set up their stalls in the college gymnasium. The Merchant Mall was open all day from before classes started in the morning, until after classes finished in the afternoon. People taking classes had a 90 minute lunch break so they could go to the Merchant Mall (again) or go and look at the exhibitions.

Here's what I came home with.

Day 1 and 2 below:

Dazzle threads from Wonderfil - the ones with the sparkle in them.
2 metre precuts of some woven strips and ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 6 months ago. under lower hutt quilt symposium , merchant mall , quilt symposium , quilt symposium 2022 , symposium merchant mall

Quilt Symposium 2022 from Wendy's Quilts and More

What a week that was! I walked a million miles, I met a thousand people, I shopped til I dropped, and I was inspired to try new quilting techniques.

Yes, Symposium is over and it was great. Here's a photo of me teaching my Millefiori class.

Our committee decorated the school foyer so everyone felt at home as soon as they arrived for registration.

My fiesta flags were hung behind the stage that we used for Happy Hours. I showed some close ups in a blog post during the week, but here's a link in case you missed ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 6 months ago. under lower hutt quilt symposium , quilt symposium , quilt symposium 2022

Quilt Symposium 2022 from Wendy's Quilts and More

I haven't had a lot of time for quilting lately. I've been busy organising my work conference, learning a new system for cricket registrations, and managing the communications for the Quilt Symposium 2022.

The quilters in New Zealand get together every two or three years for a Quilt Symposium. This time Capital Quilters are hosting the Symposium in Lower Hutt. We've been busy booking tutors, setting up the rules the exhibition and arranging social functions. You can read all about it here on our website:

https://www.quiltsymposium2022.co.nz/

Everyone admires our Block of the Month ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 9 months ago. under lower hutt quilt show , lower hutt quilt symposium , new zealand quilter , quilt exhibition , quilt show , quilt symposium , quilt symposium 2022

I'm teaching at Quilt Symposium 2022 from Wendy's Quilts and More

Yes, the Lecture and Class information has been published, and I'm teaching at Symposium in October 2022. You can find all the details on the Sympoisum website here.

I'll be teaching Raindrops are Falling on my Head (2 day class):

Dancing Cheek to Cheek as a one day class:

Finish your Millefiori Quilt workshop (one day class):

This class is for all the people who have started a Millefiori Quilt,
but need help forming a plan to finish it.

and finally, Social media for quilters and quilt guilds.

So, I'm going to be a busy lady because ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 12 months ago. under lower hutt quilt symposium , millefiori quilts , quilt classes , quilt symposium , quilt symposium 2022

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