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Auckland Quilt Guild Inc.

October 2016 Newsletter

Hello Quilters

Hand-in Day is fast approaching. The Festival of Quilt Committee are

working like a well-oiled machine! Be at the October Meeting which is

“Hand-in Day” to observe these marvellous ladies in action.

Have you considered being a part of this illustrious team? There will

be room for new members on the committee, with several of the

ladies having given notice of their intention to stand down. Remember

many hands make light work, don’t leave it to a dedicated few to carry

this load, join in and become part of a super team!

The Education workshops being put together are proving to be a lot of

fun, you need to sign up early to ensure your place in these classes.

Well done to our community quilt class attendees. The photographs

uploaded to Facebook were masterpieces in their own right. How

special the recipients of these quilts must feel! David Kemeys

representing Kids First, received the donation of our beautiful

Community Quilts at the last meeting – he had such heart-wrenching

and heart-warming tales to tell. It takes a special kind of person to do

his job – all power to him!

Our next speaker will be Sheila Christensen, from Masterton. Sheila is

a quilt shop owner and is originally from Scotland. I first met her at the

Taupo Symposium, when she was just starting out. Her shop Quilters

Lane is now the Hoffman Challenge shop for New Zealand. At Sew

Marlborough a talk was given about the origins of Hoffman Fabrics.

I won’t tell you anymore because I hope Sheila will!!

I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting until then remember

to be kinder than you need to…. Gaye

Top photo is of David Kemeys. Other photos are from the ‘Quilting Community Quilts’ class.

Next Meeting: Saturday 1 October at Freeman’s Bay Community

Centre, 52 Hepburn Street, Ponsonby, Auckland.

Doors open 10am and meeting starts at 12.30pm.

What to bring: Cash for coffee/tea, raffles, lunch from our

special caterers and of course for the suitcase sale. Also bring your

coffee mug plus your library card to take out library books. Your

finished BOM - and perhaps take home this month’s pattern. Return

any library books you borrowed last month.

Suitcase sale: Nancy Price. No merchant this month.

Festival of Quilts Hand in Day: Your hard work over the past

year is now to be handed in to be judged! Remember to complete

your entry forms, labels on quilts and fluffy velcro where applicable.

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Quilting Events in 2016 and beyond….

September 9 September - 10 October. Slice Of Life by 8 Per-spectives (Louise Porter, Yoke Helwes, Barbara Kavermann, Kate Howard, Janet Lambarth, Lesley Rawlings, Leanne Rogerson, & Janet Ryan). Plus While we Stitch by Norma Slabbert. Artspost Gallery, 120 Victoria St, Hamilton. 10am - 4.30pm daily. 13 September - 2 October Whangarei. Aotearoa Quilters Flight Challenge quilts. Reyburn House, Town Basin, Whangarei. 22 - 25 September Orchid and Flower Show fea-turing Aotearoa Quilters’ Floral and Yellow 12 x 12 Challenges. ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane. All quilts for sale $125. 10am to 4pm. Entry $10 www.orchidplusflowershow.co.nz 30 September- 2 October Taupo Quiltmakers Exhibition at Taupo Nui A Tia College Hall, Spa Road, Taupo.10am - 4pm daily. Entry $5. 30 September - 2 October. Papamoa Patchers Quilt Show. Mt Maunganui College Hall. 10am - 4pm. Gold coin entry. Merchants/demos/raffles/sales table.

October 1 October Auckland Quilt Guild meeting Hand in day for Festival of Quilts. 14 - 16 October Turua Patchwork Unlimited Bi-ennial Quilt Show. St James Church Hall, Cnr Pollen and Pahau Sts, Thames. Fri. 10am – 4pm, Sat. 9am – 4pm, Sun. 10am – 2pm. Entry: gold coin. Raffle quilt,/sales table. Thames Market is also on Saturday 8am – 12pm. 15 – 16 October. 100 Days of Art by textile artist Marion Manson. Marion made one A5 size textile block every day for 100 days. David Lloyd Gallery, 78 Lake Cres, Hamilton. 10am – 4pm. All proceeds to NZ Breast Cancer Foundation. Fundraising opening on October 14 from 5.30pm.

November

4-6 Festival of Quilts. AMI Auckland Netball Centre. 7 Allison Ferguson Drive, St John’s, Akld. 10am - 4pm daily. Entry $12 19 & 20 Kaleidoscope Quilt workshop with Shirley Mooney.

December 10 (Yes, this date is correct) Auckland Quilt Guild meeting. Freemans Bay Hall

2017 October 5 - 10 National Symposium Christchurch. www.quilt-symposium2017.org.nz

2019 Quilt Auckland Symposium 2019

Roster of Helpers for Guild Day 1 October 2016

GREETING TABLE

10am - 10.45am Patricia Durovich

10.45am - 11.30am Svetla Marinova

11.30am - 12.5pm Clare Dixon

RAFFLE SELLING

10am - 10.45am Mary Anne France

10.45am - 11.30am Margaret Dennis

11.30am - 12.5pm Lorraine Williams

HOSTESS (Please wear yellow sash)

10am - 10.45am Margaret Parton

10.45am - 11.30am anyone ???

PHOTOCOPIER

10am - 10.45am Marie Brunton

10.45am - 11.30am Kathleen Dunn

Thank you for your help. Please let Jane know if you can’t make it . See committee list Pg. 6 for Jane’s contact details. HAND IN DAY HELPERS Please be at Freeman’s Bay Community Hall from 8.45am to 9am. We need helpers for Hand in Day and set up day 2 November or any of the Show days. Please put your name down on the roster.

LOST PROPERTY At the August meeting two red umbrellas were left

behind.

At the September meeting - a bag of magazines and another bag of material.

All are safely stored in the storage cupboard at Freeman’s Bay Community Centre. Please contact Jane at the next meeting to collect them.

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Challenges

12” x 12” Mid-year Challenge “CARNIVAL”

Hi Everyone

Remember, if you want to still be a part of our challenge, (and at this late stage, a challenge it definitely is) you can hand your Carnival quilts to me at the OCTOBER Hand-in Day meeting – we will still take them because we want to make a BIG impact at Festival of Quilts.

i will be in the back room typing for the Festival of Quilts database but, if you hand them to any of our Committee people they will then hand them to me. I’ll also come out to the front now and then to see if there are any for me.

There is no entry form for this mid-year challenge, you just need to put your quilt title, your name and your membership number on the back (and the HOOK Velcro) so that we can ensure it is returned to you.

2017 DOROTHY COLLARD CHALLENGE

“IF I ONLY HAD TIME”

I always like to try and find a different way of looking at the theme title. Perhaps use the words in a differ-ent way. Look up a word in a Dictionary or Thesaurus to find different meanings. Time is something I’m always short of and I’m sure there are others out there who have wish lists, bucket lists, etc.

One of my secret wishes is to go on a quilting cruise. I’ve always thought it would be a great holiday, with no time to get bored. I can’t see it happening for a few years yet but it’s good to keep in mind.

Keep thinking of ideas – something will come to you and you will find yourself finding time to get it done, after all.

Val

Quilt Commission

Fiona has some material from her children’s clothes that she would like to be made into a quilt. She is looking for a quilter to pay to make her the quilt with the supplied material. If you are interested in this commission please contact Fiona directly, either by email moranfrac@xtra.co.nz

or by phone. Phone: 027 452 5376 (8am -5pm)

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EDUCATION

Hello Everyone, We had a very productive weekend learning quilt construction and free motion quilting under the expert guidance of Chris Behersing and also “quilt-as-you-go” at the Community Quilt Workshop on the weekend, with many enthusiastic ladies participating. having the sun shining was a bonus. Thank you ladies and we will look forward to seeing your beautiful quilts finished in December. WORKSHOPS till the end of 2016: B.Y.O. Playday - Saturday 8th October Painting, stamping, dyeing – no tutor just teaching and sharing skills with each other. Six-sided Kaleidoscope Quilt with Shirley Mooney Saturday and Sunday 19 and 20 November - Cost $100.00 for weekend. We nearly have a full class, so be in quick at the October meeting to register if you want to learn this fantastic technique. MIDNIGHT MADNESS - Friday 2 December – 6pm to MIDNIGHT! Join us for an evening of fun and creativity. Above classes are all held at the Onehunga Community House, 83 Selwyn St, Onehunga. REMINDER: HAND IN DAY OCTO-BER MEETING We would love to have a display of fantastic masterpieces, finished or unfinished, from the workshops you attended this year displayed at Festival of Quilts. Please hand them into me at the Education Desk at the October Meeting. Look forward to seeing you,

Karen

Photos show progress being made on

the striped pieced community quilts.

We have had our beginners quilting class taught by Chris Behersing and ‘quilt as you go’ workshop as I write my article for October Newsletter. We had fourteen people for the quilting class and ten for the ‘quilt as you go’ class including three of our Community Quilts ladies. I have attached some photos from both classes. I would like to thank you all for those people who made Community Quilts that we presented to Kids First last month. We had 30 quilts in our stock and 23 quilts came in on the day. So we presented 53 quilts to David Kemeys who is in charge of the Middlemore Foundation. We thank you all for your time, effort and generosity of our members. You are such kind and wonderful people. “Thank you so much!”

With all our best wishes from

Chizuko, Sandra, Judith and Jenny

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Community Quilts

Well done to all you ladies who have already sold some raffle tickets. So

far we have raised $300 towards this year’s good cause – a good start

all be it a modest one. I was a little disappointed though that only a

further 16 books were sold or taken for pre-sale at the last meeting. I

know we can do better than that. Pre-selling is very important as it’s a

chance to get non-quilting friends, family and work colleagues, people

who would not come to our show, involved in our fund raising efforts.

Some of you may have seen the article that appeared in the New

Zealand Herald on 8 September following the release of a survey by the

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust. The report highlights the

tragic circumstances which so often lead to a child or children going into

the care of their grandparents.

“The grandparents often face ongoing sacrifices to deal with the health and education of the children, all

the time their own health may be getting worse, their retirement savings disappear and they have to give

up work, change jobs or reduce hours to meet the needs of the children” Liz Gordon, Researcher

I will have copies of this article at the next meeting if you want to look at it.

So although its hand-in day I hope that lots and lots of you will come and get some books of tickets to pre-

sell. I am counting on you ALL to really get behind this year’s cause!

Thank you, Pauline

Festival of Quilts raffle quilt

AQG Committee & Coordinators 2016/2017

Committee

President Gaye Teague 09 420 5971 gaye.teague@gmail.com

Treasurer Shelly Sylvia 09 625 5543 s.psylvia@xtra.co.nz

Secretary Jill McMurray 09 816 8345 jillandbob@gmail.com

Librarian / VP Ansa Breytenbach 09 235 5769 ansa.b@xtra.co.nz

Speakers Sybil Lightbourne 09 8365144 sybillightbourne@gmail.com

Membership / VP Lynn Eising 09 630 3179 eising@xtra.co.nz

Education Karen Robertson 09 828 4563 karenmary.robertson@gmail.com

Community Quilts Chizuko Hoy 09 832 8616 chizukohoy@hotmail.com

Venue Organiser Jane Taylor 09 528 9489 clivet@orcon.net.nz

Challenges Val Williams 09 534 4031 val.williams@slingshot.co.nz

Festival of Quilts Judi Schon 09 478 9397 judi.schon@vodafone.co.nz

Charities Commission Carole Kenealy 09 524 8422 carole.kenealy@gmail.com

Coordinators

Block of the Month Patricia King Ellen Roy

09 534 2917 09 236 8293

thekingfamily00@hotmail.com

Welfare Officer Val Williams 09 534 4031 val.williams@slingshot.co.nz

First Aid Jane Taylor 09 528 9489 clivet@orcon.net.nz

Archivist Catherine Young 09 576 5163 cajyoung@xtra.co.nz

Newsletter and Website Updates

Mary Metcalf 09 486 7474 info@marymetcalfdesigns.co.nz

Auckland Festival of Quilts 2016

Welcome to the October update.

By the time you receive your newsletter, there’ll be around 1 week till Hand in Day on 1st October 2016!! Last minute rushes, binding and attaching labels and fluffy side of Velcro to quilts will be everyone’s focus – can’t wait to see all the gorgeous Quilts, challenges, Mixed Media etc This is the highlight of our quilting year! Phew everyone!!, what an effort you’ve all put in!!

Our annual show is what sustains the guild, keeps our annual subs at a very low cost, library and fabulous subsidised classes and more. So please, help out both on Hand in Day and at the Show.

For our new members (and those not so new) it is a great way to meet other members and see just what goes on behind the scenes.

Thank you to those who have volunteered to help on Hand in Day, without your help there would be long queues waiting!!

Rosters

All rosters, for Set up Day Wednesday 2nd November, the Show itself: Friday 4th November, Saturday 5th November and Sunday 6th November, will be at the October meeting on the Education table at the back of the hall. We’d love to have you help, so please volunteer to do at least one duty period. This is your show and we need your support to make it successful! Remember, on the day you volunteer, your entry is complimentary as a thank you for volunteering your time.

Everyone is very welcome to attend the Awards event on Saturday 5th November, complimentary drink & nibbles from 4.15pm, then the awards around 4.45pm so thanks for supporting the very deserving prize winners of your Guild and our wonderful sponsors.

The Show closes at 4pm on the Sunday. Volunteers for pack down of the show and members who arrive to collect their quilts, please note: Entry is free after 3.30pm

Entry to Show $12.00 per day

To try to resolve a hiccup from 2015, this year at the ticket booth you will be given a wristband to wear. Just put it around your wrist, ask for help if needed. This will avoid congestion at the entry door, no stamping of the hand, and makes it more convenient to leave the show floor then return.

Drop off points – We have 5 drop off points this year, please phone to make a convenient time to drop off your quilt/s and make sure all your quilts are ready for display. If you need your quilts posted back to you after the show (only for out of town people) please ensure your return packaging is big enough and that you have the right postage prepaid. We do not encourage this but will do it in special circumstances. These drop points are only if you can’t make it to hand in day. Remember, it is a huge responsibility these volunteers take on, to look after your quilts. If you send your quilt to a drop off point, you will need to make contact with that person prior to collecting your quilt at the end of the show, to get the official receipt voucher, this avoids a lot of confusion at the quilt collection point and avoids having to send you to the back of the queue for collection. It is a responsibility, not a right!

North Shore Judi Schon 09 478 9397 021 2508352

West Auckland Jill McMurray 09 816 8345 021 02739139 (see next page)

DATES & TIMES Friday 4th November, 10am – 4pm

Saturday 5th November, 10am – 4pm Sunday 6th November, 10am – 4pm

IMPORTANT INFORMATION October 1st Hand in Day

Fluffy side of Velcro must be securely attached to all quilts. Hook side for challenge quilts.

Auckland Festival of Quilts 2016

SWEET 16 AND PFAFF SEWING

MACHINES FOR SALE AND

SERVICE.

CLASSES HELD WEEKLY ON

DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE

THREADS.

Email Barrie to go on the monthly email list barrie.nz@wonderfil.net

Ring for opening hours as they are flexible 09 828 3187 597 Rosebank Road, Rear Building, Avondale - Park No 30

Drop off points continued. Central Auckland Carol Fearon 09 622 0871 021 1661123

East Auckland Val Williams 09 534 4031 021 1445899

South Raewyn Clark 09 267 8079 027 4887585

You will find the Entry Form, at the end of this “blurb” The entry form can also be accessed from the website or there are copies available from the Education table at Guild meetings.

Pamphlets and Posters – The flyers will be available at the October meeting. The more folk who know about the show, the more benefits to each and everyone in the Guild!! Please take posters and place them in libraries, shops, community centres, display boards in malls, your office or car, where ever it is appropriate. The flyers can be placed in letter boxes, shop counters, at the library. We need as wide a coverage as possible.

If you receive the newsletter via email you will have the Festival of Quilts poster as a separate attache-ment as a .pdf file. You can simply forward this to your friends/family/workers to advertise the show. If you receive a printed copy there is the attached flier for the show. We would like you to on send it to as many of your friends who are not Guild members, we are keen to attract as many people to come to the show and enjoy all the beautiful quilts and our Merchant Stands and the wonderful exhibitions on display. If you are on Facebook, please go to the Auckland Guild page and “share” the flier. This will reach a whole heap of people!! Tell your friends as well!!

We are also advertising on the radio this year – listen out for the advert

Don’t forget to also collect raffle tickets to sell to friends, work colleagues etc. This years proceeds from the raffle quilt are going to the “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren” A lot of us are Grandparents, and some know the demands more than others, that circumstances can be very stressful and distressing, so a wonderful cause to support as they do not get any government funding, for their wonderful work.

Note:

Please don’t forget: on the label which you attach to the back lower left hand side of your quilt, and also on the entry form, to please also add :

Design Source: and who/what was your source

Thanks for that.

Happy Stitching everyone (and finishing like me!!) Look forward to seeing you on Hand in Day!!

Judi and your Show Committee 2016

Auckland Festival of Quilts 2016 Entry Form

MEMBER INFORMATION

Member No: Name:

Current Address:

Phone: Junior Member Age:

QUILT INFORMATION

Quilt Title:

Made By:

Design Source:

Category :

Price (if for sale):

Please tick the boxes if applicable

This quilt was made completely by me Contains Hand Applique

Quilted by Hand Quilted by Domestic Machine

Commercial Machine Quilting – Hand guided Commercial Machine Quilting – Computer guided

Who quilted this quilt?

Size – Please take care with measurements Width : cm Length: cm

COMMENT – PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF (25 WORDS OR LESS), CLEARLY WRITTEN AND INTERESTING COMMENTARY ABOUT YOUR QUILT – INSPIRATION, INTEREST FACTOR, MATERIALS USED ETC. ACKNOWLEDGE SOURCE IF THE DESIGN IS NOT ORIGINAL AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THE WORK.

CONDITIONS

I wish to enter my quilt in the Auckland Festival of Quilts 2016, by doing so I agree to the following:

My quilt must not have been entered into any previous Calico Christmas / AFQ show.

To abide by the rules and decisions of the AQG Inc. Auckland Festival of Quilts Sub-Committee.

The Auckland Festival of Quilts Sub-Committee accepts no responsibility for breach of copyright.

The Auckland Festival of Quilts Sub-Committee has the right to move my quilt to another category if necessary.

That my quilt must measure no more than 2.9m X 2.9m and that the fluffy (loop) side of Velcro must be sewn securely along the top on the back. A hanging sleeve is NOT required.

INSURANCE

I understand that the AQG Inc. will take all due care to protect my quilt while stored and exhibited. I agree that the AQG Inc. or any of its members cannot be held responsible for any damage or loss of the quilt during the period from Hand-in-Day which is 1st October 2016 to 6th November 2016 when the quilt is to be collected.

PHOTOGRAPHY

I Agree to photographs of my quilt being used for publicity purposes YES NO

Signature of member Date

THINGS TO DO...

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established a sewing room quilters love to escape to, a dining table foodies like to be at and a self-indulgent, quiltie

break from every day living. Less than an hours travel from both Auckland and Hamilton it is meeting

centralfor friends (3-8 catered for). All quilting and dietary requirements met.

email patchnat@nataliemurdoch.co.nz

for details 9 Church Rd Mangatarata

Hauraki Plains Ph (07) 867 3085

Mob 0210 2231 678

QUILT EXHIBITIONS 9 September – 10 October

While we Stitch An exhibition of wall quilts and

textile work by Norma Slabbert

PLUS

Slice of Life by 8 Perspectives

Louise Porter, Yoke Helwes, Barbara Kavermann,

Kate Howard, Janet Lambarth, Lesley Rawlings, Janet Ryan

& Leanne Rogerson.

ArtsPost Galleries

120 Victoria St, Hamilton

Open 7 days. 10am – 4.30pm

Free entry

Aotearoa Quilters’ FLIGHT CHALLENGE

Quilt Exhibiton Reyburn House

Art Gallery, Whangarei

13 Sept- 2 October

Reyburn House is next to the Town Basin with several cafes and art and craft galleries. It is also adjacent to the Hatea Loop Walkway which is a popular and scenic 1 hour walkway. The Quarry Arts centre and the Quarry Gardens are worth a visit. Also there are several great patch-work shops in the Whangarei area so why not get a group together and have a day out?

www.reyburnhouse.co.nz. Open: Tuesday to Friday

10am – 4pm

Saturday& Sunday 1pm – 4pm.

Closed Mondays

LIBRARY NEWS

Handfuls of Scraps - Pieced into Amazing Quilts by Edyta Sitar Join established fabric designer, quilter and author, Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts - Reach deep into the corners of your closets and drawers,and pull out those handfuls of scraps you've been saving. From dark to light, batiks to brights, your favorite fabrics come to life in some of the most awe-inspiring scrappy quilts you'll ever make. Book contains 128 full color pages featuring 36 Inspiring Antique Quilts, 15 Scrappy Quilt Patterns, including English Piecing and Broderie Applique.

Summertime Sampler: Colorful Wool Appliqué By Erica Kaprow Turn up the volume on traditional wool appliqué with this brilliant jewel-tone summer sampler. If you can sew three basic hand stitches, you’ll learn just how fun it is to appliqué these whimsical wool designs—at home or on the go! Each of the 12 must-have summer blocks is featured on an individual pattern sheet. With the bonus border pattern, this sampler makes an ideal block-of-the-month class, club project, or personal challenge. Celebrate summer!

Hexie Garden Quilt: 9 Whimsical Hexagon Blocks to Appliqué & Piece by Becky Goldsmith Handstitch hexagons into a stunning, floral quilt with this block-of-the-month pattern pack from best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O' Cake Designs. This take-along sew-ing project includes 9 appliqué blooms that complement each other, yet shine on their own in single-block projects. Graphic, fast, and full of movement, these easy-to-piece wedge blocks and hexie flower settings are appealing to both tradi-tional and modern quilters. Show off your favorite motif in a free one-block bonus pattern!

Pieced Hexies: A New Tradition in English Paper Piecing by Mickey Depre This innovative technique turns English Paper Piecing on its head. Follow Mickey Depre as she twists and turns and just can't stop creating these new hexagon - ahem! Hexie - designs. First learn this technique, which Mickey describes in exacting detail. Then apply it to any hexagon project you see, even if it's in your own imagination. They're bold, they're contemporary. And the possibilities are endless! As Mickey says: "So let's begin ... and don't blame me ... they are addicting. You have been forewarned."

A Simple Life: Quilts Inspired by the '50s by Shelly Pagliai The 1950s' diary of Hazel Hyde inspired author Shelly Pagliai to create 7 projects with ret-ro country flair. The simple step-by-step instructions are great for appliqué beginners. Fea-tured in The Kansas City Star block-of-the-month program, these charming projects will have quilting enthusiasts and vintage lovers alike oohing and aahing in delight!

A selection of new books that will be in the Library from the October meeting onwards.

Guild post should be sent to: Auckland Quilt Guild PO Box 74112, Greenlane Auckland 1546 Newsletter Contributions Your contributions to the Guild Newsletter are most welcome. Please email them to: Mary Metcalf info@marymetcalfdesigns.co.nz The Editor reserves the right to defer late copy to the following issue. Some articles may be deferred to a later edition and/ or edited. Copy deadline for next issue is: Monday 10 October 2016.

Change of details If you have moved or any of your details have changed, please send details in writing via email or post but please not by phone. Please quote your membership number on all correspondence. Send to: Guild Memberships C/- Lynn Eising 7 Ashton Road, Mt Eden, Auckland 1024 Or email: eising@xtra.co.nz

www.aqg.org.nz

Next Auckland Quilt Guild

meeting

Saturday 1 October 2016

If undelivered return to: Lynn Eising 7 Ashton Road, Mt Eden, Auckland 1024

EDUCATION

The Gifting Basket

The committee have been looking at ways of embracing our charitable status and as a charitable trust we need to demonstrate this. Being Patchworkers, Quilters and Textile Artist, we have, at times, surplus or unwanted lengths of fabric. We are going to instigate our Gifting Basket. A basket will be available at each Guild Meeting for you to donate your unwanted or surplus fabrics and notions. Because it is a ‘gift’ there will be certain requirements i.e. the minimum size = a fat 1/8th in size. Please take the time to square it up. Fold it and make it look inviting. When there are enough pieces, we will sort for suitability and donate to groups who will benefit. Please feel free to let us know of a group you feel would like to be the recipient. You can find the basket by the membership area at Guild meetings.