by Leslie Van Patter | Jan 25, 2022 | News
Cindy Connell talks with the founder of Quilts for Survivors Late last spring, as the remains of children were being uncovered in the burial plots on the grounds of former residential schools, Vanessa Génier of Timmins, ON, started a new Facebook group. The goal was...
by Leslie Van Patter | Jan 1, 2022 | News
Congratulations to our seventh and last group of Fat Quarter Lottery winners: Valerie H. (MB), Joanne A. (ON), Colleen F. (BC), Patricia O’M. (BC), and Beverly R. (SK). Each will receive a lovely bundle of nine ruby red fat quarters to add to their stash! The lottery...
by Leslie Van Patter | Dec 1, 2021 | News
The fit of your mask does matter. ‘Fit for purpose,’ according to the MacMillan Dictionary, is something that is good enough to do the job it was designed to do. There were four cloth masks in the package I put in the mail, not just the two requested. They were going...
by Leslie Van Patter | Nov 22, 2021 | News
Congratulations to our sixth group of Fat Quarter Lottery winners: Barb C. (ON), Nicole M. (ON), Deborah M. (BC), Mary McD. (ON), and Mary W. (ON). Each received a lovely bundle of nine ruby red fat quarters to add to their stash! The lottery is part of this...
by Leslie Van Patter | Nov 10, 2021 | News
“The reason that your quilts resonate with so many is because it often comes at a time when our service members are the most vulnerable.” In 2006, Lezley Zwaal, a local Edmonton quilter presented quilts to three Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members who were recovering...