When the Canadian Quilter Association (CQA/ACC) launched the True Colours quilt along in January, we didn’t know how many people would participate. What impressed us most of all was the heart and creativity that went into every project. From the designers and...
Talk about a small but mighty crew dedicated to making Quilts of Valour. Sixteen members of the Foggy Bays Quilting Guild in Arnold’s Cove had made 20 quilts for this proudly Canadian cause. “We are quite the motivated crew,” Vanessa Francis wrote from the...
When you’re a quilt ghost instead of one under a sheet, you can go outside in any season. At times, when you venture outside, your batting gets caught in branches. Meanwhile, your lightweight friends find the cool weather gives them a chill, not a thrill. That’s what...
In the midst of a scorcher of a summer, it seems fun to take a look at some temperature quilts. In 2022, Kim Caskey taught a class on this approach at Quilts Canada. This inspired some guilds to make it into a challenge the following year. What is a Temperature Quilt?...
As a Red Cross volunteer, Wanda Lumsden has seen the effects of wildfires in the exhausted faces of the people who have lost it all. For 12 years, she helped evacuees register and connect with essential services and equipment. Likewise, she has watched the forest...
