It's Easter, which means not only will you be able to enjoy the fabulous Easter Quilt Show at the Macksville Senior Citizens' Centre but also check out the talent that entered this year's Challenge.
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Coordinated by Diane Banks from The Remnant Basket, 16 creative souls have allowed themselves to be inspired by this year's piece of fabric around which they have built their works.
The winners will be announced on Easter Saturday. The exhibition is open all weekend, 10am to 4pm both days, entry $5.
The exhibition itself is organised by the Verandah Post Patchworkers, a group that have long been sewing, crocheting and quilting together.
As Lorraine Squire puts it: "Quilting satisfies an artistic itch and then there is the companionship and friendship of the group."
This year there is also a special raffle with a magnificent double quilt as the first prize (see photo).
All monies raised will be donated to the Buddha's Smile School in Varanasi, India.
It offers an education to students from untouchable and refugee communities, who are segregated in urban slums and village huts.
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Ute Schulenberg
Journalism was always my plan but plans being what they are, I did not get to realise it until my early 40s ... and have loved every minute since. For me community journalism is the most intimate and honest place to be in this field - telling the stories of people I live with, side-by-side, every day. It is an honour.
Journalism was always my plan but plans being what they are, I did not get to realise it until my early 40s ... and have loved every minute since. For me community journalism is the most intimate and honest place to be in this field - telling the stories of people I live with, side-by-side, every day. It is an honour.
