Guild: Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild – CAQG Annual Quilt Show in May, 2022 cancelled
With great reluctance, the CAQG Quilt Show Committee has cancelled all plans to host the CAQG Annual Quilt Show in May, 2022. Unfortunately, the minimum number of vendor registrations were not received by the due date. Feedback confirmed that this was largely due to...
Guild: Rayside Balfour Quilting and Stitchery Guild – Back With Quilting Friends
We are glad to be back with out quilting friends working on block of the month lottery and cuddle quilts. Danielle organized a silent auction to raise money for the Infant Food Bank.
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
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 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...