Black History Month 2022
CQA/ACC Honours Black History Month 2022. A statement and invitation to make a Log Cabin block or quilt to honour Black History Month.
Her Quilt of Many Colours
Myla Borden prefers that people cozy up under one of her quilts to having it hang on a wall. Their colours and stories are meant to spread warmth, be used and loved, instead of passed by.
Stitching Community: African Canadian Quilts from Southern Ontario
It is very interesting to see how quilting was for so many years a part of this community, then faded, and now shines bright again, still telling stories, keeping people connected once more.
Buxton’s Forget-Me-Not Block of Honor Quilt
Skilled quilters from the Black settlement of Buxton, ON, created fundraising quilts like this Forget-Me-Not Block of Honor quilt, to help community members in financial distress.
Deep Connections in Black Communities
Letitia Fraser’s paintings are centred around her experiences as an African Nova Scotian woman.
Quilting Activism
The work of the Social Justice Sewing Academy, and how Canadian quilters can get involved.
The Sew & Sew Program: Reconciliation and Action
Sew & Sew is a reconciliation program of I Love First Peoples that creates sewing labs in northern schools for use by students and the communities.
Pieceful Night Quilters’ Guild – Join us!
Our small guild of 45 members in the big city of Toronto continues to meet on Zoom monthly for speakers and learning, fellowship, and show & share. Most of our meetings begin with a speaker who has been booked far in advance by our program chairperson. By design,...
An Interview with Vanessa Génier
Cindy Connell spoke with Vanessa Génier, to learn more about Quilts for Survivors, and to get to know the woman whose vision fuels this remarkable and important project.
Thunder Bay Quilters Guild – Virtual December Meeting
Our December 2021 meeting was held virtually, and started off with a lecture by Mathew Boudreaux, AKA Mr. Domestic. He spoke about how he got started in quilting, and how to find joy before your creativity can begin. Mathew showed examples of his work, and spoke...
Fat Quarter Lotto Winners, Round Seven
Congratulations to our seventh and last group of Fat Quarter Lottery winners!
Island Quilters Guild – Two Great Meetings!
Well, we started off our quilt guild year a bit late (October) and our meeting limit is 32 with vaccination requirement. But we have had 2 great meetings and at our last meeting in November (December's meeting had to be cancelled), we enjoyed a great fashion show...