by Leslie Van Patter | Mar 24, 2022 | News
A Dresden Plate quilt made with pieces from three generations of fibre artists. Our Guild leader Marianne had an idea at our regular monthly zoom meeting. She suggested that we look through our individual UFOs and start a new project. The suggestion was met with mixed...
by Leslie Van Patter | Mar 24, 2022 | News
Marianne Parsons creates 3D owls from materials sourced from local thrift stores. For almost 50 years, I’ve shopped the local thrift shops, gleaning interesting textures and fibres that spoke to me. Curtains, men’s suits, saris … nothing is off the table. Clerks often...
by Leslie Van Patter | Mar 18, 2022 | News
Quilt Blocks for the New Millenium The Quilt-Along for 2022 is a Re-Run of the 12 original Quilt Blocks for the New Millenium, first published in the Canadian Quilter in 1999-2000. The blocks were introduced by Dusty Newey, a past President of CQA/ACC and long-time...
by Leslie Van Patter | Mar 14, 2022 | News
Cristina De Miranda’s version of Paeon Now that CQA/ACC’s 2022 Mystery Quilt has been revealed, we can share these photos of designer Cristina De Miranda’s version of Paeon. Beautiful! Cristina recently posted images on Instagram (@shipsandviolins) with the following...
by Leslie Van Patter | Feb 1, 2022 | News
Make a Log Cabin block or quilt In 2020, CQA/ACC set an objective to highlight and represent a more diverse group of quilters and fabric artists, because we recognized the need to better reflect the population of Canada. As a national organization, CQA/ACC aims to...
