Araluen Arts Centre, Media Release, 29 September 2023
The Alice Springs Quilting Club Exhibition is an annual exhibition held in Witchetty’s at Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs | Mparntwe. The exhibition showcases the club members remarkable creations of the year and gathers quilters and enthusiasts together to share camaraderie and innovations in quilting concepts and techniques. The quilts presented in the exhibition are handcrafted or machine-made. They explore traditional influences with original designs and new experimentation.
- Opening: Friday, 6 October 2023, 6pm
- Exhibition: 7 – 14 October 3032
About The Alice Springs Quilting Club
ASQC is a not-for-profit organisation first founded in 1981 by Kaye Reust and Constance Price, two American quilt-makers who decided to see how many others shared their love and knowledge of patchwork. The ASQC has been exhibiting at Araluen Arts Centre since 1984 and are well and truly part of the fabric of Central Australia’s patchwork passion.
“Quilting really only refers to the last step. We piece the top together first and that’s where we create our own design. This first step takes the longest then we put in the middle layer which is the wadding and that’s what gives it your quilt the filling. The wadding can be made from all sorts of things from synthetics to bamboo.” Wendy Collits. 2008 Exhibition Coordinator. (ABC Alice Springs 2008.)
