Gunning Patchwork Weekend

**Extra photos have been uploaded in the past few days.** - 2 February

Nomination as the Australia Day Community Event for 2010 was indeed a great honour.  Imagine then, how delighted Margaret and I were to receive the award at today’s presentation. Here is a photo of us with Mayor, John Shaw and Australia Day Ambassador, Marie Kay.

The Gunning Patchwork Weekend has grown in numbers and popularity over our eight years of events and while Margaret, Maree and I do work pretty hard at making it a success, it is because of your continuing support that we keep running GPW every year.

The Upper Lachlan Shire, and Gunning in particular, is a wonderful place to live and raise a family and we are so proud to be responsible for the GPW.  We see it as one patch in the quilt which is our wonderful community.

Thank you all for your ongoing support.

Here is another snap of Marg and I with those shiny awards:

Time to replace the cutting wheels, sharpen your pencils and gaze at your stash, because planning for the GPW 2010 is nearly complete.

Over the next few weeks I’ll be adding photos and information to the various 2010 project pages (check out the fabric painting which already has photos), working with Margaret on the raffle quilt and planing a great new block challenge for you.

Some exciting news for us, the Gunning Patchwork Weekend has been nominated as Upper Lachlan Shire’s Event of the Year.  The winning event will announced on Australia Day - so keep your fingers crossed for your fave patchwork event!

Looking forward to a ‘best-ever’ event this year. Hope to hear from you soon.

Here is a sneak preview of the fabric painting: