Better late then never! Here are some photos from Barb’s retreat, on May 31st, at her cottage in Grand Bend. If you have never gone, I highly recommend it! It’s a wonderful relaxing day, in a beautiful setting, with quilting friends, what more could you want?! Thanks Barb!
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Here are some more photos from Cynthia’s trip to Quilt Canada 2008! Here she is with instructor Christine Porter: where she ran into Kay Hannah taking the same workshop! She also found the booth of Guild sponsor Quilts and Calicos from Exeter: The official booth of the CQA: Acknowledgment of our guild’s sponsorship of the
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Paulette started her quest for Canadian quilt designers when she volunteered as a pattern reviewer for the CQA newsletter The Canadian Quilter. Her first review in the Winter 2003 issue, led her to Melody Fairburn from Sudbury. Through her dialogue with Melody, she learned of the difficulties that Canadian quilt designers have getting their work
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From the travellers themselves: On May 17th Mary-Lou V and Cynthia N took a road trip to Michigan for a personalized shop hop of our own design. After crossing the border bright and early we arrived in Richmond before the store opened! That’s ok ’cause Sew Together Quilt Shop, was worth the wait with lots
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This year’s June Banquet is at the Best Western Stoneridge Inn in Lambeth. Doors open at 6:30 PM with dinner served at 7PM. You must have a ticket to attend. Our guest speaker is Paulette Eccleston and she will be talking about Canadian Designers. Paulette is from BC and is described as a “Quilter, Teacher,
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These just in, from guild president, Cynthia M-R: early photos of touring in Newfoundland! These are from a local craft studio: More photos of the show to follow!
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While checking out our members’ blogs I came across these weary travellers: Linda G meets up with friends at the New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale and Quilt Auction, you can read about it here. Meanwhile Cynthia N travelled to the US and made a tour of the quilting shops in Michigan. She says the GPS
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Jill B visited the K-W region last weekend, and here are her quilter’s hot spots: 1) McDougall Cottage in Cambridge: every year they host the Wee Quilt Challenge, and this year features 2 entries by guild members! 2) Joseph Schneider Haus in Kitchener: they were hosting a quilting bee, quilting a quilt made from blocks
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