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* with my apologies for the delay in posting, I was unable to scan these treasures until today. Watch your mailboxes, one of these may end up at your door.

It was a great turn out, despite the weather! There was a lot of calories on the snack table; we had more than enough treats, that’s for sure!Thank you ladies! We started the evening off with our usual Show and Share, with Chrismas as our theme. Beautiful quilts and wallhangings! Cynthia interrupted the evening several

Kathleen Bissett with “Autumn Leaves” Kathleen Bissett was our guest speaker for the evening. An accomplished artist and educator residing in Waterloo; she has published her own patterns, given many a workshop and served as Vice-President and President of the CQA. She has also received the CQA’s 1998 Dorothy McMurie Award for significant contributions to

I hope many of you were able to visit the Russian Quilt Show put on by Cotton by Post in Ailsa Craig! I made it out there and the quilts were amazing! The fabrics and the styles were so different than what we usually see here. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take photos of

This just in! Our UFO Madness day on October 27 will be held at Rowntree Memorial Church, 156 Elliot St at Cheapside instead of St. George’s. This is the same church where our last quilt show was held. Also there is still spaces available in Kathleen Bissett’s workshop “Rhthyms in Stained Glass-Modular Coffee Table Quilts”.

Guest Speaker: Beverly WhiteCurrently residing in Port Elgin, she is an artist and photographer, who has been quilting since 1990. Interested in all aspects of quilting, focusing on crazy quilts and art quilts. She has also been involved in curating and organizing juried exhibitions of fabric art. She has also taught at the Southampton Art

Cynthia M-R writes: I made this quilt in 1977 for my son Donald. My pregnancy was a difficult one and I spent 2 months in the hospital. With much time on my hands I made this hand sewn cathedral window quilt, from a book called Golden Hands. It truly was a labour of love and

Dear Sunbonnet Sue: I would like to try to do mitered corners on the quilt top I am working on. What is the easiest way to do this? The quilt top has a 1.5 inch inner border and a 4.5 inch outer border. Would it be easier to stitch them together before attaching them to

As you read a couple of weeks ago in Carol’s entry, I made my first quilt in 1995 in an introductory class put on by the PUC. I had two toddlers at the time, and was in need of some “outside stimulation”. Carol and I thought quilting would be fun so we signed up for

The June Banquet will be held at the Best Western Stoneridge Inn in Lambeth, off of Colonel Talbot Rd (Hwy 4), just south of the 401. The doors open at 6PM and a cash bar will be open then. You must have a ticket to attend, which includes dinner, and Joan Reive is the guest