january 2011 comox valley - schoolhouse quilters · writing two "sampler quilt books" (...

Inside this issue:

Presidents Address 1

Executive & FYI’s

Book Rpt / Venue

3

4

Schoolhouse Scrapbook 6

Community Quilts

Sunshine

December Highlights

8

10

12

Block Of The Month

More Community Quilts

Workshops

Websites

Border Prints

Quilt Show

Birthdays & CQA INFO

Quilts of Valour

Calendars

Puzzle Page

14

16

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January 2011

Comox Valley

Schoolhouse Quilters

Comox Valley

President’s Address

CO-CHAIR REPORT

JANUARY 2011

IMAGINE – 2011 ALREADY. I CAN

HARDLY GET MY PEN AROUND IT AS

2010 HAS FLOWN BY. GAIL AND I ARE

NOW ONLY 8 MONTHS AWAY FROM

STEPPING DOWN AS CO-CHAIRS. HOW

MANY OF YOU ARE WILLING TO FILL

OUR SHOES? DON‘T BE BASHFUL, LET

YOUR NAMES STAND WHEN THE TIME

COMES TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE!!

WE HAVE HAD A TERRIFIC YEAR SO

FAR – LOTS OF WORKSHOPS, GREAT

SPEAKERS, A TERRIFIC TURN OUT FOR

NOT ONLY THE GENERAL MEETINGS

BUT ALSO THE THURSDAY –ALL-

DAY—INTO THE NIGHT – GATHER-

INGS. I SEE SO MUCH SHARING OF

IDEAS, HELP WHEN IT IS NEEDED, AND

ENERGY GOING INTO THE COMMU-

NITY CARE QUILTS.

SOON IT WILL BE TIME TO SUBMIT

YOUR PICTURES OF PAST PROJECTS

TO NORMA IN ORDER TO BE AC-

CEPTED TO SELL FUTURE ARTICLES

IN THE CHARLES DICKENS CHRIST-

MAS CRAFT FAIR IN NOVEMBER 2011.

CVSQG - Box 1507, Comox, B.C. V9M 8A2 - [email protected]

http://www.schoolhousequilters.com

Joan Fentiman and Gail Abel

REFRESHMENTS

2011 January - D,E,F,G

February –H,I, J, K

Bring your own MUG And indoor shoes!

WE HAVE THE QUILT SHOW IN MAY

2011, ALONG WITH A TEA, AND A

CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO

ENTER THEIR PROJECTS INTO A

VENUE TO BE HELD AT THE OAP

HALL AND FOLLOWING THAT, THE

NAUTICAL DAYS IN COMOX COME

AUGUST 2011. WOW – A BUSY YEAR

FOR EVERYONE. IF INTERESTED IN

JOINING IN WITH ANY OF THESE

EVENTS, PLEASE CONTACT NORMA

MCNEILLIE AND DISCUSS YOUR OP-

TIONS WITH HER.

A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, PROS-

PEROUS NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

MAY YOUR NEEDLES NEVER STOP

STITCHING, YOUR MACHINE KEEP

ON SEWING, AND YOU COMPLETE

ALL THOSE UFO‘S THAT ARE IN

YOUR CLOSET.

CHEERS!!

THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT

~~~~~~

Addenendum

The holiday season has come and gone. I

have heard that our Christmas potluck was

a huge success. A big thank you to the or-

ganizers and to everybody for pitching in

and helping so that no one person had too

much to do or clean. We hope everybody

had a good time with family and friends

and now can concentrate on making some-

thing for the quilt show in May. While you

are planning, cutting, stitching and quilting

your project give some thought to volun-

teering for an executive position. It won't

be long before we have to elect our execu-

tive for next year!!

We have a lot to look forward to in the next

few months- the bus trip to Langford, re-

treat, the quilt show, the trip to Sister's -

We really are a very busy group. We hope

everybody takes advantage of these oppor-

tunities to get involved in the camaraderie

and fellowship that events like these

offer us. There is a different connec-

tion made with people when you

work on a committee with them and

long lasting friendships are made.

The same is true when you travel

with people or spend a few days at

retreat with them. It is a different

connection that happens than attend-

ing guild each week so if you have-

n't tried these opportunities maybe

2011 is the year to try.

Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters January 2011


Happy New Years to all of you.

Wishing health, happiness and lots of time to quilt in the

New Year.

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Presidents: Joan Fentiman & Gail Abel

Past Pres: Marie Trimmer

Vice Presidents: Florence Labrecque

Secretary: Hope Rychkun

Treasurer: Moreen Reed

Committees:

Block of the Month: Marie Trimmer

Event Coordinator: Norma McNeillie

Hands Across The Water:

Sheila Scrase

In-House Raffle: Shirley Woodbeck

Library: Myra Shearer, Brenda Levirs,

Debbie Maxwell, Jeannette Morneau,

Christa Constable, Hope Rychkun,

Karen Ross, Julie Whitman, Beth Ritchie,

Marilyn Schick

Membership: Myra Shearer, Beth Ritchie

Newsletter: Ardythe Crawford,

N.L. Advertising : Joan Johnsen

Notification: Gail Kirkoski, Gail King

Publications & Communications:

Ellen Bechard

Refreshments: Sheila Scrase, Jennifer

Harrison, Shirley Krotz and Nerissa Tho-

mas

Retreat: Terry Vadeboncouer,

Beverly Luck, Sharron Woodland

Sunshine: Jennifer Harrison

Venue: Norma McNeillie Community Needs: Verna Power - -Margaret Yells, Gladi Lyall, Joy Whitehouse, Marie Trimmer, Nerissa Thomas

Website: Hope Rychkun Workshops: Jan Fraser, Margaret Yells, Hope Rychkun , Florence Labrecque

2010 - 2011 Executive!



FOR YOUR INFO

Our meeting this week will have Barb Round speaking on CQA

and about some spaces left in a workshop running in Campbell

River/Quadra. Please remember that we need to bring our in-

side shoes/slippers and the meeting will be at 7:00pm as usual

SHARING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Thanks you to everyone who donated food, gifts, money,

and time to quilt the big quilts for the hampers and all those

lovely Placemats. We had 152 placemats and table runners

for the unsponsored singles, seniors and couples. Coast Re-

alty actually buys the fresh food (bread, milk, veggies and

turkey) to go with the hampers – enough for a complete

Christmas dinner. In addition, there was enough money for

a $25 gift certificate to a grocery store plus a turkey

voucher from QF – January food supply!

Since teenagers are so difficult to buy for – they got a gift

certificate & a hat or scarf. Hopefully all items were appre-

ciated.

Once again, thank you all for your support!!!

Sharon Latham

LAST reminder regarding the LEAF BOWLS for CQA

2011 — I will be sending them this next week to Christine

Rachar , who is the interim recipient of all of our hard

work. For some it was hard to do and others found it a

breeze — I was one of the harder ones—I fought and

sweated to get those points to co-operate. I know that the

CQA 2011 attendees will each go home with one of our mas-

terpieces and wouldn’t it be great if one of OUR members

brought one home! We will have to have SHOW AND

TELL especially for them.

Another reminder: if you are at all interested in selling your

quilting treasures, be sure to read the Venue report on page

four and then attend the meeting!

COPYRIGHT Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters

All rights reserved - Do not reprint

without permission from the Editor


CVSQ - Box 1507, Comox, B.C. V9M 8A2 - [email protected]

Stash - Buster Quilts

Lynne Edwards

Published by David & Charles 2006

Lynne Edwards has done it again...After

writing two "Sampler Quilt

Books" ( 1996, 2000) in which she

demonstrates some quicker, easier tech-

niques, "Stash-buster

Quilts" main emphasis is

on using some of your fab-

ric stash as quickly and

easily as possible. Lack of

mind numbing technical

information makes this

book user friendly and is a

real inspiration to create

with some of that stash of

fabric. As Lynne says "the

longer a piece of fabric

stays in a stash, the more it

loses its power and attrac-

tion. It needs to be taken

out, shaken, grouped with

others that give it new life,

as it gives new life to them.

In other words we have to

use some of our collection

or it cannot grow and con-

tinue to give pleasure."

Old patterns such as Log

Cabin and Delectable Mountains are

given a new modern twist. All instruc-

tions are clearly given, with assembly

line construction constantly used. In-

triguing is Lynne's fast and accurate

method of making 'corner square'

blocks, two at a time. As well, the two

at a time 'nine patch' cuts construction

time to a minimum!

Throughout the book there are time sav-

ing techniques shown by the use of an

hourglass with a stop symbol printed on

it. Pictures of sewing shears next to

cutting or stitching information

draws your attention to extra advice,

reflecting the experience of the de-

signer, and again, helpful when sav-

ing time and effort.

The 20 projects range in size from

full size scrap quilts to stuffed pigs.

Several variations of each project

are often shown, giving a lot of

ideas on use of color. Directions

and diagrams are especially easy to

follow, and a nice touch for each

project is an explanation as to how

and why this particular design came

into being.

Lynne writes in a manner which is

easy to follow. Tidbits of interest-

ing background information are in-

cluded and a bit of humor adds en-

joyment when perusing this book.

A definite 'thumbs up' for "Stash -

Buster Quilts"!

BOOK REPORT:

By Lois Warner Venue Sales Meeting

Anyone who would like to

offer items for sale in the up-

coming sales venues (May

Quilt Show, Nautical Days

or Charles Dickens Sale) is

invited to attend a meeting

on Thursday Jan. 13th at

11am or at 7pm.

We will be explaining the

way that the sales venue

work and showing some

sample items and suggested

pricing. We would love to

have some new members in

our group so hope to see

some new faces. Please bring

along any items or ideas for

items for sale.

Just a reminder to those who

wish to take part in the

Charles Dickens in Novem-

ber of next year, that jurying

will be done early in the new

year so photographs of some

of your work must be in to

the committee in February.

For further information,

please call Norma McNeillie

at 703-4707.

Hope to see you there!




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Five Earmarks of a Good Com-

munity Research shows the following

characteristics of a good commu-

nity group:

1. The members share common

goals and know what they are.

2. The group enjoys eating and

laughing together.

3. Each member‘s gifts are appre-

ciated and valued.

4. Members participate in and con-

tribute to group projects.

5. There‘s good communication

between leadership and members.

Based on the above, wouldn‘t you

say the Comox Valley School-

house Quilters is a Great Commu-

nity Group? We get top marks in

all categories.

Five More Ways to Make our

Guild Even Better We have a great group, but since

January is a time of resolutions

and beginnings, we offer these ex-

tra ideas, in no particular order of

importance:

1. Say hello to someone you don‘t

know. Get to know them.

2. If you take the last cup of water

out of the kettle on Thursday, fill

it up and turn it on again, so the

kettle is always ready for the next

person.

3. Say thank you to one of our

guild leaders who make things run

smoothly. They put in countless

hours of work so things run

smoothly.

moving here. What she loves

about quilting is the socializing

that goes on Thursdays – but fin-

ishing the project and feeling

good about it is the best. Cur-

rently she is working on place-

mats and finishing up old pro-

jects.

Karen Kruselnicki has been liv-

ing in the Valley for 18 months,

after taking early retirement in

Edmonton so she could be closer

to the love of her life, John. (She

thinks it‘s the best move she ever

made.) Although she‘d been a

piecer for about 15 years, she

never found the time to fin-

ish her projects. Now she‘s

been quilting non-stop, and

John says she has an incur-

able disease called Quilting.

(Fortunately, John, it’s a

common disease with few

negative side-effects, aside

from empty-pocketbookitis,

but it is contagious.)

Karen‘s favorite quilting

activities center around

making gifts for friends and

family, like a recently com-

pleted

4. If you have learned a new tech-

nique or found a very helpful tip,

write it down and pass it on to

Ardythe for the newsletter.

5._______________________???

Everyone has ideas on how to

make a good thing even better.

Share your idea with some-

one else, and put it into

practice.

Members Old and New Our featured members this

month are Carol Metner and

Karen Kruselnicki (new)

and Jeanette Morneau and

Barb Messer (long time

members.)

Carol Metner has lived in

the Valley for 10 months.

She‘s come here from Calgary be-

cause she didn‘t want to spend an-

other long winter in Alberta.

Carol has quilted on and off

(mostly off) for about 15 years,

but has taken it up again since

The Schoolhouse Scrapbook - with Ardith Chambers and Jessie Schut

Cont’d next page



quilt for grandson Nicholas. She

also loves making quick projects

like table toppers and wall hang-

ings. In December she was trying

to finish up a batch of Christmas

projects, but in the new year she

hopes to finally finish a bed quilt

for her daughter, and perhaps

start one for her own place. With

her son‘s upcoming wedding this

summer, there may also be a

wedding quilt in the offing.

When not quilting, she loves

traveling, and has recently taken

up golf. She and John also spend

time with the four grown chil-

dren and 4 grandchildren they

share between them.

Jeanette Morneau has been a

quilter for 21 years and has lived

in the valley for 19 of those

years. Her accomplishments in-

clude winning several ribbons in

past guild shows. Most recently,

she won the Hands Across the

Water challenge with her depic-

tion of the beach at Tofino.

There are many things that she

loves about being part of the

guild: the retreats, sharing ideas

with other quilters, and working

in the guild library. She‘s cur-

rently working on applique, and

also challenging herself to use up

her old stash in interesting ways.

When she‘s not busy quilting,

she‘s busy at many other things:

walking, bike riding, skiing, gar-

dening, entertaining friends and

family, and watching her grand-

daughter play volleyball at tour-

naments.

Barb Messer, aka CozyKittens,

lived in the Valley from 1977-82,

and then returned here in 2000 as

part of her 25 year career in the

military. She learned quilting

while stationed at Cold Lake, Al-

berta, in ‗93 or ‗94 and has never

looked back, although she defi-

nitely prefers making the flimsies

to quilting them afterwards.

What she likes about being part

of the guild is the socializing, get-

ting new ideas, and seeing the

beautiful work of others during

the monthly show and tells. Cur-

rently she‘s working on many

projects, including a baby quilt,

table runners and place mats.

Barb won a blue ribbon (her first

and only!) for her Pineapple

Pocket Quilt last year at the CV Ex-

hibition.

Barb says, ―I have a wonderful hus-

band, Doug (married 33 years) and

two Muted Calico cats; Kelsa &

Spot. I love to travel, read and go

camping. It took me a year to get a

SCUBA diving certificate because I

am claustrophobic and afraid of

deep water. But I try to overcome

my fears.‖

That‘s great advice for all of us as

we tackle a new year with new pro-

jects, techniques and ideas to ex-

plore. Thanks, Barb!

Quilty Quote: ―... I really do believe that

patchwork endures because it

mirrors our lives, especially

women's lives, so well. Our

days are patchworks of activi-

ties and roles. We put a piece

of ourselves into being wives,

mothers, employees, referees,

gardeners, you name it and we

divide ourselves into it. And,

amazingly, it all comes to-

gether to create a unique and

beautiful whole. Well, so does

patchwork. It gathers a little of

this and a little of that, puts it

together with something as

simple as needle and thread

and creates a new, unique, and

beautiful whole.‖ – Malka

Dubrawsky, quoted in Quilting

Daily, an online newsletter that is put

out by Quilting Arts magazine

(Interweave Press) Nov. 18, 2010



The Community Quilts Group presented Jeanann Alderson with a ' Thank You ' Quilt at the Christmas

Potluck. Jeanann donated a lot of her 'stash' to the group. This is truly a community Quilt...It is

Jeanann's fabric, Verna's batting and stitching, Marie's backing, Gladi's binding and June's fabric for

the label.

COMMUNITY QUILTS—DECEMBER 2010 DONATIONS



Maxine McAuley accepts quilts for Cumberland

Lodge from The Schoolhouse Quilters Guild repre-

sented by Nerissa Thomas and Verna Power.

Bernice Loudfoot and Brenda Phillips, Director

of Resident Lifestyles and Community Programs

Extended Care Unit at St Joseph's Hospital, ac-

cept quilts from the Schoolhouse Quilters Guild

represented by Nerissa Thomas and Gladi Lyall.

Gladi, Nerissa and Verna delivered a selection of regular quilts, Christmas

quilts, wall hangings, table toppers and placemats to Lilli House. The regu-

lar quilts will be used as Christmas presents and the Christmas things will

be kept as comforting decorations at the house. We would like to say a spe-

cial thank you to all our 'Quilting Angels' who came forward with donations

to make all of this possible.



[email protected]

If anyone knows a member in the

guild who has been ill or has illness or a

death in their family or who just needs to

be cheered,

please call

Jennifer Harrison at 250-339-4754

so that a card may be sent from the guild.

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Tuesday to Saturday 10 - 4



DAYTIME CHRISTMAS POT LUCK

We ate well, as witnessed above, then we

had the most hilarious rendition of the

Twelve Days Of Christmas, that any of us

have ever seen!, led by Joan Fentiman.

The Five Gold Rings are shown with one

of the neighbouring Calling birds awaiting

the next round, while below the Nine La-

dies Waiting brought down the house with

laughter and delayed the next round with

our Leaping Lords/ladies? Choir was

Beth, Coby, Sandra and Ardythe—

The Ladies of the Night had a catered supper at

Carmie;‘s in Cumberland, - about twenty ladies

participated—Dinner was good , but somehow

there was no dessert! Too many pictures to

print here—I am sure Hope will have them on

the website shortly!



Claudette, Liz and Karrie showing their Christmas Wall hangings

from the Class put on by the Workshop Committee

Patti‘s African Sunshine from Pippa‘s Class

WORKSHOPS—

Part of June Boyle‘s

terrific trunk Show



BLOCK OF THE MONTH

NOT ALTERED IN ANYWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL!



A report on Community Quilts—

given at December‘s General Meeting, (reprinted here to reach those members not attending that meeting)

This is an update on the charity work the guild does & also to inform new members of areas they might find

interesting. First & I think most important - this is strictly a volunteer arm of the guild. Some of us like to

do charity work & find this a way we can do it. Some of us have other charity work we do & like to spend

the time at the guild doing our own quilting. We need to respect each others needs & wishes so we can

have a happy productive time when we meet. There is room for everyone.

This committee used to be called We Care. It is now the Community Quilt committee. It includes making

quilts for Seniors at the various lodges in the Valley, Lilli House where abused women & their children can

find refuge, baby quilts for needy families at St. Joseph‘s Hospital Obstetrics & Pediatrics ward, quilts for

toddlers in the Teddies & Tots program, quilts for families that suffer from a fire, cushions & bags for mas-

tectomy cancer patients & placemats for Meals on Wheels. We also give quilts with our Xmas hampers.

As you can see this covers a lot of ground. In the past an average per year of 50 quilts for babies & 75

quilts for seniors have been donated.

We have a fund that supplies batting & backing for these quilts although many quilts are made using our

own supplies. This is from the quilt raffle at the last quilt show & a wonderful donation from a local Ro-

tary. We will be receiving money from the Quilt Show in May towards our Batting costs.

Nerissa, Gladi & Verna recently took 10 quilts, 4 wall hanging & 4 placemats to Lilli House. They are go-

ing to be used as Christmas gifts for the women. Coby & Joy delivered 25 quilts to St. Joseph‘s Hospital.

In Sept. Nerissa, & Verna took 10 quilts to ―The Views‖ Senior‘s home. They have a welcoming party the

last Tues. of the month & present the quilts or an afghan to each new member. They will be making deliv-

eries to Seniors before Christmas. Marie & Verna went to the Filberg Lodge to look at the room where a

heritage quilt is to cover the bed. They are giving $200-$300 for the making of this quilt.

There are kits made up for quilt tops. Please ask any member of the committee for help in getting kits,

backing or batting. We have easy patterns you can use too. Nerissa looks after senior‘s quilts, Gladi looks

after Tots & Teddies & cancer bags & cushions, Sharon Latham is in charge of the Xmas hamper quilts,

Margaret Yells is responsible for placemats, Joy looks after baby quilts, Verna is responsible for Lilli House

& Marie is in charge of the quilts for fire victims.

If you have any questions please ask one of the above & they will be glad to help you find your niche.

Last but not least. If you have any old blue jeans or blue jean material no smaller than a 10‖ square Marie

has been given 5 bolts of lush cord & is going to combine it with the blue jean fabric to make rag quilts.



Workshops - 2011

January 8, 2011 9:30 am to Noon “Awesome Folding Boxes” Judy Morrison will be teaching a class on folded paper boxes. Cost $10 includes kit January 22, 2011 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. “Cherry Tree” Gladys Love will be teaching a class to learn the techniques she uses to make a tree. This technique is demonstrated in her book “Embellishing with Anything”. Cost $25 February 5, 2011 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Mystery Quilt Janis Davis is presenting a one day Mystery Quilt class Cost $20 April1 & 3, 2011 9:00 am to 4 pm “Seminole Quilt” Two day workshop with Carol Piercy from Vancouver to make a Seminole quilt. Cost $60 plus $6 to the teacher for pattern Contact someone on your workshop committee if you have any questions. Hope Rychkun, Margaret Yells, Florence Labrecque, Jan Fraser

The AWESOME BOXES, results of the class by Barb and Judy,

which took place in December



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Using Border Prints in Your Quilts

The inner border of the quilt below was created with a border print, a special type of fab-ric that usually has several stripe-like motifs printed side-by-side along the lengthwise grain. Stripes are usually coordinated, but are nearly always of different widths to offer

plenty of options for your quilts.

The border print strip is mitered at each end, which means it is cut at an angle--like a pic-ture frame. Before cutting the miters, I cut two straight border strips from the fabric and placed them right sides together, making sure the strips were aligned so that their printed

motifs matched each other perfectly.

The careful placement and angled cut gave me two border strips that were mirror images of each other. When sewn together along the angled edges the mirror images came together to

form a kaleidoscope effect. Remaining strips were cut the same way.

You can see that the print in my border strips ends at the same place in all four corners. That's fairly easy to do with a square quilt, but can be tricky with a rectangle, because the length of the top and bottom borders isn't the same as the length of side borders--so they end in different spots. I made my match-up even easier by inserting on-point star blocks be-

tween border segments all around the quilt to break up the length of the border print.

You'll find border prints from many fabric designers, but Jinny Beyer is considered the Queen of border prints--and a master of color. The border print in this quilt is one of her de-signs. The instructions for this quilt are in my book "Quick Little Quilts." It's out of print, but

usually available from Amazon resellers.

©Janet Wickell 2005

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EMPIRE DAYS – QUILT SHOW

MAY 21, 22, 23

Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s time to finish up and dig out all those special quilts! We should have a great display of quilts if Show & Tell is any indication. Our Quilt Show is to be held during Empire Days using both the upper and lower hall of our build-ing. The show is expected to include: A display of members quilts A display of our many areas of “Community” quilts A refreshment area (tea, coffee, cupcakes) Merchants Mall Raffle of “Goodie Baskets” Venue area The committee heads are as follows: Conveners Marie Trimmer & Margaret Yells Secretary Ardythe Crawford Treasurer Moreen Reed Publicity Hope Rychkun Registration Margaret Yells Venue Venue committee Merchant’s Mall Maureen McCannel Hostess Convenor Barb Messer Set-up & Take Down Marie Trimmer Community Quilt Displays Verna Power Tea Room Shirley Krotz Viewers’ Choice Sharon Latham Raffle Basket Lynda Reid Window Displays Verna Power Registration forms for the Quilt Show will be available at the January meeting. Also, an email will be sent to everyone early in January. Contact Margaret Yells if you do not receive your forms. We will be needing volunteers to help in many areas. Sign-up sheets will be available in the new year. If you are anxious to sign-up in a particular area, please contact Barb Messer. With the help of all of our Guild members, we will put on a great show. Support us with your quilts, your help and your smiles. Happy Quilting!



JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

Davis Janis Jan-12

Pederson Sharon Jan-19

Alderson Jeanann Jan-28

Hutchinson Elaine Jan-28

CQA submission for Guild Newsletters

January 2011

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Season. January, no

doubt, finds you picking up the pieces of projects abandoned

over the holidays, as I am doing.

Reminders for the new year include:

Trend-Tex Challenge

Get a package of 5 fat quarters for $20 (members) or $25 (non

-members) and enter this national challenge and fund-raiser for

CQA. (If you already have a kit, you may order another after

Jan 1.)

See the fabrics at: http://www.trendtexfabrics.com/?

p=sec_32

Challenge Rules and Order forms: http://

www.trendtexfabrics.com/images/pdf/CQAACC-2011

-CHALLENGE/PDF000.pdf

Entry forms for your completed Challenge quilts:

http://www.canadianquilter.com/pdf/2011-trend-tex-

quitlers-challenge.pdf

See last year`s winners at : http://

www.canadianquilter.com/photo-gallery/trend-tex-

quilters-challenge-2010.php

Quilt Ontario – Juried Show, meetings and classes, in London

Ontario May 24-28, 2011. Classes still available. Get all the

info, Juried show entry and class and event registration forms

at: http://www.canadianquilter.com/events/quilt-canada-

2011.php This is a world-class quilting event, and a great ex-

cuse to visit lovely southern Ontario and meet enthusiastic

quilters. Hope to see you there!

Barb Round

CQA BC Coastal Regional Rep

[email protected]

or

[email protected]


Over the many years that I have been quilting, sev-

eral general principles have applied: 1. There is no

cure for the quilting habit. 2. We all buy fabric as

though it will suddenly become unavailable next

week. 3. We spend an irrational amount of time us-

ing as little as possible of one acquired fabric. 4.

Many quilters have a soft spot for cats. We love cat

motifs in all sizes, shapes and configurations.

Linda Denner (off the Net)

Cancer Awareness Ribbon—Foundation Pieced—pattern

on the web



Quilts of Valour, Canada –

New Vancouver Island Contacts I was talking with Debby Gray of Vancouver re-

garding Quilts of Valour – Canada and discovered

that she is the only contact for the whole province

of British Columbia. What a huge job!

After much discussion and thinking about this pro-

gram for many months Judi McCallum and I de-

cided to be the contacts for Vancouver Island. We

have received two quilts already, thanks to Mau-

reen and Betty who have been strong supporters of

this program for quite some time. We also have

two more quilts from Helen in Central Island. What

a great start!

After a discussion with a Veteran about the pro-

gram, he gave me a big hug and cried on my shoul-

der. He didn‘t know that anyone would take so

much time, so much thought, and so much care to

make something so beautiful for someone like him,

who was just doing his job.

INFORMATION FROM THE QoV-

Canada Brochure

QoV Canada started with the delivery of

quilts in early 2006 to three soldiers in Ed-

monton recovering from their injuries sus-

tained in Afghanistan. By mid 2009

quilters across Canada have made over

400 quilts for our soldiers. These quilts

continue to be presented to our military

personnel injured in the line of duty. Quilt-

ing contacts have been organized across

Canada to receive your completed quilts.

These quilters are connected with our mili-

tary contact who are able to distribute the

quilts to our soldiers.

Quilters, whether working on their own or

with guilds and friends can use Quilts of

Valour – Canada as a means of getting

their quilted hugs to our brave men and

women.

QUILT REQUIREMENTS

- Minimum size is 50” x 60”, maximum size approximately 72” x 96”.

- Fabrics must be good quality 100% cotton. This includes flannel.

- There is no set pattern required for the quilts, but do consider a Canadian theme. Including the Maple Leaf motif.

- That backing fabric should also be 100% cotton, including flannels. Coordinating the quilt backing to the quilt top is not essen-tial, but does always look more present-able.

- Please label your quilt.

- Quality in workmanship is a must. Keep in mind these quilts may take extensive use, and frequent washing.

- It is encouraged to include a self-addressed stamped postcard from the quilter or guild to allow for the acknowledgment of the delivery of the quilt.

- May also include a letter of comfort and support to go with the quilt.

- Quilt tops are also accepted. They will be passed along to a volunteer who can finish the quilt.

If you would like more information about

the QoV – Canada program please let me

know.

Contact Marilyn Fuller at 250 478-2191

or [email protected]



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