by Ana Dailey | Jan 6, 2021 | CQA/ACC Guild Reports
Early in the year we had an excellent Free Motion Quilting Workshop with Nicholas Turcan and an inspiring trunk show given by Wendy Margerm, a local long arm quilter. Two of our members submitted entries to TrendTex, Tri-a-Triad, and CQA Guild Challenges, we had...
by Ana Dailey | Jan 5, 2021 | CQA/ACC Guild Reports
This definition of community is fairly dry: “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common” (in our case, the love of quilting). As we navigate our way through the stresses associated with the pandemic, quilters have been...
by Ana Dailey | Jan 4, 2021 | CQA/ACC Guild Reports
The Thunder Bay Quilters Guild held their December/Potluck meeting in a very different way! Instead of getting together and sharing a potluck feast, we met over Zoom. We were encouraged to wear an ugly Christmas sweater, or some form of festive attire. Our virtual...
by Ana Dailey | Dec 24, 2020 | CQA/ACC Guild Reports
One day in September when I was visiting our member, Phyllis Vanhorne, she showed me a magazine clipping of a quilt she had made. I remembered the quilt because it was very distinctive – it had silhouettes of life-sized cats appliqued all over it. Phyllis said it...
by Ana Dailey | Oct 27, 2020 | CQA/ACC Guild Reports
Since the world hit the pause button in March, we have been thankful for the wonderful Saskatoon Quilters Guild executive team which has been working hard to determine the best way to proceed in a new and safe way. Currently virtual guild gatherings have been planned...