raising money for OES rescue.

Dulux and I participated in the first ever Canadian Sheepdog Shindig in Niagara on the Lake this weekend.  I made 2 Sheepdog wallhangings and donated them to the auction which was raising money for OES rescue dogs.  The first one sold for $150 and the second $70.  Here are some photos of the wallhangings.

New Overall Patterns

Here are a few new patterns I have that will complement your quilt piecing.  Already going to use the Batik pattern next week!

Heritage Quilt Exhibit

The Heritage Quilt Exhibit is returning for 3 days this week! Held at Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church in Exeter, Ontario April 11, 12  and 13, this year  features the collection of Jane Egan, owner of Galt House Antiques in Goderich Ontario. The exhibit will have 15 of Jane’s prized quilts on display along with hundreds of examples of early stitching work from regional private collectors.

Besides the collection of Ms Egan, the Heritage Quilt Exhibit will also showcase heirloom needlework with hooked rugs and christening dresses. The heirloom needlework is an added feature this year and samplers from the 1800s, petit point, tatting, and crochet will enhance the  exhibit. An avid collector, Margot Kearney from London will display some of her selected favourites. A tea room, merchant mall and quilt appraisals will be available throughout the three days.

The tea room features home baked pies, cookies, muffins as well as chili, soup, salads and sandwiches! Very reasonably priced with Bach Lunch Combo specials too.

Details of the Heritage Quilt Exhibit including show times, location and the $6 admission are in this poster! See you at the Quilt Exhibit!

Volunteers needed!

Hello to all Ailsa Craig Community Quilt Festival Volunteers

Last year's Festival “Quilts from Denmark” was a great success due to the dedication of many hard working volunteers as well as the support of the public.  Many thanks again to everyone.

Under the Festival's Quilting the Community Grant Programme, cheques totalling $5000 were presented to eight community groups.

This year's Festival : “Quilts of Israel” will be held May 20-25, 2013 and over 100 quilts from Israel will be on display at the Community Centre.  

The Festival opens on the holiday Monday and is open late on Thursday and Friday. 

Lots of volunteer support will be needed again.

Volunteers assist in many ways, for example:

-Quilt Cafe and Kitchen

-White Glove volunteers 

-Parking Support Team  

-Info desk 

-Monitors at workshops

-Monitors at vendor demonstrations. 

-Construction, take down and clean up teams

I'm very much looking forward to seeing you at the Festival in May and hope to hear from you soon. 

Best wishes

Colleen Pavlech

Volunteer Co-ordinator

519 293 3738

email: jocoll3738@hotmail.com 

Quilts of Israel Festival

Quilts of Israel Ailsa Craig Community Quilt Festival May 20-25, 2013 www.ailsacraigquiltfestival.ca   The Ailsa Craig Community Quilt Festival is unlike any other in the world. The week long exhibition is completely run by volunteers. In 2011 we presented the incredible Quilts of the Netherlands, followed in 2012 by the equally exquisite Quilts of Denmark. A Quilter's haven, perhaps, but equally a destination for many individuals who enjoy the artistic beauty of the quilts.   This year we are proud to present the  Quilts of Israel 2013.  Once again we will be exhibiting this unique fibre art in Ailsa Craig from Monday May 20st to Saturday May 25th when we will be hosting a group of Israeli quilters and exhibiting over 100 Israeli quilts. Ailsa Craig Community Centre 155 Anna Ada Shipley St. Ailsa Craig, Ontario Monday - Wed - 9:30am-6:00pm Thursday - Friday 9:30am-8:00pm Saturday - 9:00am-4:00pm

Update from Nicaragua

Here is an email from Nancy who is the sewing co-op coordinator in Nicaragua.  She says our girls are doing very well sustaining their sewing co-op.  Very proud of all our students!

    On a more brighter note I seen Pastor Julio and he tells me he has a contract with someone from Canada to make wall hangings with the Nicaraguan flower and bird on them. They continue to move ahead. I feel very proud of them. Pat yourselves on the back girls. You have given these women a hand up rather than a hand out. They don’t need me much anymore.  BlessingsNancy

Dulux is such a big help when quilting!

Well if you look in the previous post, Dulux is fast asleep while I quilt.  Today-not so much.  It was hide and seek under the quilting table and under the roll of batting.

Time to bring out the baby gate I think!

WELCOME Sir Dulux Lerman- the Earl of Paint

Here's our new dog we rescued from Michigan.  He loves helping me quilt- more like sleeping in my way but that's OK since he is so cute!

Quilt natives’ untold history

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE

Cheap Trick Meet and Greet June at the ACC

Here is one more post about my Cheap Trick quilts.  This summer I bought the meet and greet package for before the concert just to ensure I would meet the band and be able to give them one of my quilts personally, instead of just throwing it up on stage.  Here is the quilt and a photo of myself and my husband and the "BEST ROCK BAND THIS TOWN HAS EVER SEEN!"

Little Uncle Dick

Well after having Rick put my quilt in his exhibit, I wanted to thank him so thought I'd make another quilt for him.  This is the Little Uncle Dick quilt from their Rockford CD.  I was at the Seneca Casino in Niagara Falls, NY and was lucky enough to meet them before the show.  This makes twice this year!  Here are 2 photos, one of Rick with the quilt before the show and the other is him showing the quilt to the crowd after the show.  SO EXCITING!  Thanks Rick for being the nicest guitar player ever.

My Cheap Trick guitar quilt is in a museum!!

OK, so last year I made the Uncle Dick quilt to give to Cheap Trick at the concert in London.  The guitar player seemed to like it as he was hugging it when he left the stage.  The Burpee Museum is having an exhibit of some of Rick's collection- Rick's Picks and he picked my guitar quilt to be included in the fan gift section.
Here is a video that shows my quilt at 1:03 into the video.

VIDEO

and some screen shots of the video too

Such an exciting honour!  I think I will have to get down to Rockford to see it in person!

Remember the Fisher Price doll house toys?

Doesn't the little girl look so happy sewing?  I forgot all about the little doll house I played with until I came across this photo online.  So cute!

War of 1812 Barn Quilts tour

http://www.barnquilttrails.ca/

Today, Longwoods Rd. is a country highway that twists and turns along the Thames River, speckled by small Southwestern Ontario communities, farmland and forest.

But 200 years ago, this scenic drive looked very different.

It was a battleground for British and American soldiers.

To mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812, communities along Longwoods Rd. have banded together to create the Longwoods Barn Quilt Trail.

On barns, posts, and other buildings on the 60-kilometre stretch of road between Delaware and Thamesville, you'll see giant quilting blocks.

Each tells a story about the war, often from a woman's perspective - a voice often overlooked in history books, says Denise Corneil, the project's creative director.

She hopes the trail will help Southwestern Ontarians learn about their past and discover the beauty of rural Ontario.

"The history is there, but it's eroded. We're not like the Americans. We don't preserve our history as well," Corneil said. "Our rural landscape is changing . . . This project has helped glue communities together."

The Longwoods route is a link in a larger network of bicentennial barn quilt tours taking place in five counties across Ontario.

Visit www.barnquilttrails.ca for tour maps for all five counties, or www.obqt.wordpress.com, home of the Wardsville and Longwoods barn quilt tours, to print route maps and guides.

Tech-savvy tourists can also download a War of 1812 app, which gives the story behind each quilt in text and audio form, plus a map and guide to local hot spots on tour routes.