Canadian Quilter Magazine

Canadian Quilter celebrates the rich talent of Canada’s creative quilting culture. We feature all genres and their makers, while fostering the passions and preserving the traditions of our vibrant quilt-making community. Printed copies of Canadian Quilter are available to non-members at a cost of $12.99 each.

Canadian Quilter magazine summer 2024

Autumn 2024

See all of the 2024 National Juried Show, TrendTex Challenge, and JN Harper Youth Challenge award-winning quilts. Make Katie Friesen’s fabric flower book with scraps and appliqué. Catch up with Soaring Circle’s SewCase program, which outfits sewing labs in Indigenous schools. Learn how to become a more inclusive guild from Bill Stearman. Take the Fabric Offset challenge with Bridget O’Flaherty, the Sustainable Quilter. Have fun with fabric paint to inspire quilt design ideas, with Julie Garcia, a member of FAN. Manage that holiday overwhelm with great mindset shifts from Dara Tomasson. Donate your unused fabric to Days for Girls Canada, which makes high-quality period products for girls in Canada and around the world. Help Cindy Connell, CQA/ACC’s Ontario North Regional Representative, to find a permanent home for the Quilt for Canada. And learn more about longarming from the experts: Apple Hill Quilting and DesignsLakeside LongarmerMad Moody Quilting Fabrics, and the Quilting Biker.

Cover Quilt: Weir Fishing, made by Debora Barlow of Saskatoon, SK. Winner of the Best in Show award at the National Juried Show 2024.

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Meet Canadian quilters up close. Learn new techniques and follow emerging trends. Enjoy regular features such as patterns, quilting tips, quilt challenges, and product and book reviews. We are keen to support the next generation of quilters too, so projects, tips and challenges designed specifically for young and new makers are included as well.

CQA/ACC members receive three printed issues a year, and starting October 1, the 2021 issues are also available online. New issues are available in February, May, and October and range in size from 84 to 100 pages. Quilt Canada, CQA/ACC’s annual National Juried Show and conference, is profiled in the Autumn issue which showcases inspiring and award-winning artisans.

Please note: The Summer 2021 print issue is SOLD OUT. Members can access the digital issue in Members Studio.

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Submit Your Quilt Story

Have a story about interesting makers or groups who shape the culture of Canada’s quilting community? We invite authors and designers to submit articles of interest and stories that centre on the five Qs: quilts, quilting, quilters, quilt guilds and quilt events. Information and stories about fibre artists and fibre art are also welcome. To submit material for upcoming issues — both articles and patterns — contact our Editor.

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Reach quilters and quilt lovers across Canada and around the world. The CQA/ACC supports all quilting genres and their makers — traditional, modern, contemporary and art — from novice to professional.