Canberra Region Feltmakers, Meet  on the 4th Saturday of the month February to November, 10.30am to about 3.30pm at the Green Room, Lions Westwood Farm, Kambah Pool Rd, Kambah. Contact: Betty Hudson, ph: 6231 2669, email: bettyhudson@dodo.com.au. Ph: 6231 2669. Info: http://crfelters.org.au.

Canberra Quilters; Info: www.canberraquilters.org.au
• Southside Daytime Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of each month from February to November, 9.30am. Weston Creek Community Centre, Parkinson St, Weston Creek.
• Northside Daytime Meetings: 4th Tuesday of the month, 10am to 2pm. Blackfriars Parish Centre (Cnr Phillip Ave and Antill St) Watson.
• Evening meetings: 1st Thursday of each month except January. 7.15pm for a 7.45pm start. Weston Creek Uniting Church Hall, Parkinson St, Weston Creek.

Fibre Basket Makers of ACT, meet on the 2nd Saturday each month, except December and January, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, Downer Community Centre, Frencham Place, Downer. Info:www.cola.com.au/basket/resource.htm. Ph: 6241 0960.

Total Fabrication: Cloth Doll makers, Meet on 3rd Thursday evening of the month, 7.45pm-9.30pm at the Uniting Church 'Genesis Room', 16 Parkinson St, Weston. Contact: Beryl Kelly, Ph: 6286 1018.

ACT & Region Machine Knitters Guild, meet 9.30am to 12 noon on 4th Tuesday of the month, February to November, Downer Community Centre, Frencham Close, Downer.

Canberra Spinners & Weavers, meet on the 3rd Saturday of the month, May – September, 12.30 pm; 3rd Tuesdays, October – April, 7.30 pm, Corner of Angas and Sherbrooke Sts. Ainslie. Ph: 6295 7313. At Kurrajong on Majura Avenue on a battleaxe block, it is a bit tricky to find but enter via the lane at the Cnr Sherbrooke and Angas Streets, Ainslie. Info: Ph: 6295 7313 or www.csw.org.au.

Embroiderers' Guild, Office opening hours Mondays 10am-12pm and 6pm-9pm, Guild activities held at various times during the month. Embroiderers' Hall, Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Ave, Braddon. Ph: 6262 8035, www.embroiderersact.org.au.

Capital Stitchers (the new Australian Sewing Guild) will be meeting 1st Sunday of the month in the Embroiderers' Hall, Gorman House, 10am - 4pm. $10/meeting.

Canberra Textile Centre
As many of you will be aware, Canberra Quilters Inc has proposed that a Textile Centre be established in the ACT to promote excellence in textile-related activities. The proposed Centre, to be known as the Canberra Textile Centre, would provide accommodation for textile-related groups, including ours. It would offer space for group meetings (large and small), administration, libraries, workshops (with facilities for ‘wet’ workshops), exhibitions, and possibly space for sale of members’ work. Some space would be allocated for sole use by individual groups and some would be shared.

The Canberra Textile Centre Inc was incorporated on 2 March 2007. At this stage the application for accommodation is about number 59 on a list of over 100. Accommodation is allocated on a first come first served basis, with the proviso that the accommodation must be suitable. This means that a group seeking a small amount of space may jump ahead of another seeking a larger amount (or vice versa), depending on the space that becomes available. We are hopeful that space in one of the schools that were recently closed will be made available for the textile centre. We have been told that this is not likely to be before June-July 2007.

If you have any questions or suggestions please contact:
Helen Rose, ph: 62315157, email: Helen.Rose@bigpond.com or Jocelyn Green, ph: 6249 1772, email: al.joc@bigpond.com from Canberra Quilters, or your Committee.