{"id":367,"date":"2016-07-18T10:53:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T08:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/bowled-over-by-colour-creation-and-technique-at-the-dias-quilters-guild-spring-show\/"},"modified":"2016-07-18T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T08:53:43","slug":"bowled-over-by-colour-creation-and-technique-at-the-dias-quilters-guild-spring-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/bowled-over-by-colour-creation-and-technique-at-the-dias-quilters-guild-spring-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowled over by colour, creation and technique at the Dias Quilters&#8217; Guild Spring Show"},"content":{"rendered":"  <a title=\"South African Quilters' Guild\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quiltsouthafrica.co.za\/g_details.php?ID=1\">The Dias Quilters&#8217; Guild<\/a> Spring Show\u00a0has become an annual event in the lives of the quilters and this year the event took place in Walmer, Port Elizabeth in early October, giving members the opportunity of displaying the quilts they have made. The public had a chance of naming what they viewed as the best quilt on show-it could not have been an easy task! The creativity, the colours, the stories told in each piece&#8230; knocked our socks off!  The Dias Quilters&#8217; Guild was founded in 1986 and has hosted National Quilt Festivals in 1992 and 1998. It is one of the\u00a0five hosting <a title=\"PE Express article on Dias Quilters\" href=\"http:\/\/netpe-express.co.za\/articles\/articledetails.aspx?id=35599\">Guilds for Festivals<\/a>. Members are from the Port Elizabeth and surrounding area. Members receive monthly newsletters\u00a0two weeks prior to Guild meetings.\u00a0Regular demonstrations are held at meetings with guest speakers, vendors and comprehensive library for use by members. Charity quilts are made annually and The Spring Show is used as a public awareness programme to showcase the work produced by the members during the year.  Chairperson: Joy Williams Tel: 041 360 6675\u00a0\u00a0 or Cell: 082 372 4828  P.R.O: Michelle Victor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: 041 368 3012\u00a0\u00a0 or Cell: 083 548 8923  Newsletter editor: Ineke Hall <a href=\"mailto:inekeh@mweb.co.za\">inekeh@mweb.co.za<\/a>\u00a0 Mobile: 082 669 7756\u00a0\u00a0 or Tel: 041 992 1330  Area : Port Elizabeth \/ Humansdorp \/ Jeffreys Bay \/ Uitenhage \/ St.Francis Bay and Cape St. Francis  Chairperson : Joy Williams Tel: 041 360 6675  Meetings : Monthly &#8211; last Saturday of the month  SAQG Regional Representative : Kristien van Schalkwyk\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:kpvs@live.com\">kpvs@live.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: 041 933-9233\u00a0\u00a0 or Cell: 082 876 8814<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dias Quilters&#8217; Guild Spring Show\u00a0has become an annual event in the lives of the quilters and this year the event took place in Walmer, Port Elizabeth in early October, giving members the opportunity of displaying the quilts they have made. The public had a chance of naming what they viewed as the best quilt &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,11,8,10,9,12],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","tag-dempseys","tag-nelson-mandela-bay","tag-news","tag-port-elizabeth","tag-sights","tag-tourists","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}