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The Sunset Gallery in Kenora, Ontario July 4th to July 9th will be hosting a special exhibition of Nancy Bergman’s ‘Shorelines’ fabric and thread work art quilts. The gallery is open 9 am – 5 pm and Nancy will be on site between 11 am and 2 pm daily. Stop in, meet Nancy and see the new spider web photo quilt she’s working on.
This Saturday, Adeline Johnson will be showing different ways to use those selveges you might throw away.
Here are some of her samples.
Our Sewing Saturdays begin at 9 am and are held at the Go-getters Senior Centre in Dryden, ON. Participants pay $10 and bring a potluck dish to share. More details.
We have posted an album of photos of the works in progress at Nancy Bergman’s Landscapes class May 14th & 15th. You can see the students’ work here. Click on an image to enlarge it or click on ‘slideshow’ at the top left of the page to view all images automatically. We may have missed one participant and will add her picture when we can.
An enthusiastic group of quilters gathered in Oxdrfit for the week end. Quilt artist, Nancy Bergman of Keewatin, ON gave a trunk show Friday night (about 40 in attendance). Saturday and Sunday, Nancy shared fabric landscape techniques with 18 students while in another room another group busily worked on quilt projects of their choosing. A number of the quilters literally camped out at the facility and enjoyed evening socialing by campfire light. Special thanks to retreat organizer, Heather and the genuine thoughtfulness of hosts Joan and Bob!
Nancy Bergman, quilt artist from Keewatin, ON will be instructing a landscape workshop in Dryden May 14 & 15, 2011. The class is sold out but everyone is invited to take part in Nancy’s trunk show Friday, May 13th at 7 pm at the former Oxdrift Public School. Admission is free. You can get a sneak peek of Nancy’s work here.
Spring not only brings showers and flowers but quilt shows! One of our neighbouring guilds will be holding their 30th anniversary show April 29-May 1, 2011 in Thunder Bay. Here are details.
At our general meeting (Tuesday, March 22) Adeline Johnson will be showing us how to hand quilt.
- 2 fat quarters (top and back)- scissors- quilt thread- quilt hoop, optional- thimble, optional- pencil or marking pencilThe batting and quilt needles will be provided.
Our annual Valentine’s Tea will take place this month on the 22nd starting at 6:30 pm (Dryden Go-getters Senior Centre). Everyone who appreciates the art of quilting is invited to join us for sweet treats, prizes and a giant Show and Tell. Members will be providing tea, coffee and pie. Everyone is asked to bring quilted projects to show. This is the ’not to miss’ event of our season! Come and bring a friend!
“Love in Bloom” shown here was made by Suzie Mah and displayed in our quilt show last April. For more pictures of the items displayed, click on the Photo Gallery link on the right side of the page or click here.
An “Ugly Fabric Challenge” has begun for members of our guild. Fat quarter sized pieces of ugly fabrics were requested from the membership. A couple of bags of assorted pieces will be circulated with the challenge for recipients to make something useful with the fabrics. More fabrics will be added and the bags passed on. Watch for pictures of the results…
Ugly Fabric Challenge guidelines can be found here.
We’re starting the new year by using some of our old fabrics. This scrap busting quilt is a beautiful way to use up fabrics you no longer love. Instructions will be given at our Sewing Saturday January 22nd. There is a lot of pre-cutting to do so head over to the Events/Guild page and download the information sheet. If you have not yet registered, contact Hellen, staffnh@drytel.net.
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