Cindy Connell, CQA/ACC’s Regional Representative for Northern Ontario, is building a digital archive of quilting history, starting with past issues of Canadian Quilter magazine.
I have been having a ball looking through CQA/ACC’s past issues of magazines and newsletters. Last year I was gifted Margaret Conibear’s collection, and I started scanning. And reading!
As I’m scanning, I’ll notice articles about, say, Quilt Canada 2025’s keynote speaker, Kathy Wylie, in an issue of Canadian Quilter from Summer 2015. Hey, I know her! Or two articles on La Courtepointe au Quebec in Summer 2014 and Spring 2015. I got a chance to see these incredible ladies’ work in 2022.
I love being able to learn more about something ‘new’ that I just discovered, only to find it was done before. Now I have more ideas about what to do with this ‘new’ information!
As I mentioned on the blog last year in October, it is important to have a record of what we have done as Canadian quilters. I’m always on the lookout for books, articles, and information on the history of quilting in Canada. I recently found a great book on this topic in Friends of the Library. It only cost me $1, and now I have a month-long project of learning more.
I have been given the go-ahead to upload more issues of CQA/ACC’s past magazines and newsletters. Access is through the Members Studio for those who are individual or professional members of CQA/ACC—a free perk of membership to take advantage of when we are snowed in or have injured ourselves and cannot sew. I have experienced both this year and this is saving my sanity!
These articles are saved in a searchable PDF format in case you are looking for something specific.
Check it out if you are a member, or consider becoming an individual member.
