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.
Hit the road and take in a quilt show on the way…
Thunder Bay, April 29 – May 1, 2011 (scroll down for details)
Morden, MB – Barnswallow Quilt Show - May 6-8, 2011 Morden Recreation Community Centre (Gilmore and 2nd St, Morden), Fri 10 am – 8 pm, Sat 10 am – 5 pm, Sun 12 pm – 5 pm. Website
International Falls, MN - The Sixth Annual Whispering Pines Community Quilt Show. May 6-7, 2011. Friday May 6 – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. & Saturday May 7 – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Family Life Center at the Covenant Church in International Falls. Admission to the show will be a non-perishable food item or monetary donation. Press.
Our friends in nearby Kenora, Ontario with Lake of the Woods Quilt Guild invited Pam Holland, from Australia to attend their quilt show last year. Pam shares a special little video about the event on TheQuiltShow.com!!!
We’ll continue posting details of upcoming shows on the Events/Region & Beyond page. Check back often.
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.
Please bring the following items if you wish to participate:
- 2 fat quarters (top and back)
- scissors
- quilt thread
- quilt hoop, optional
- thimble, optional
- pencil or marking pencil
The batting and quilt needles will be provided.
Should be very interesting, educational and fun!
Our annual Valentine Tea was a well attended and much enjoyed event. Here’s some of the Show and Tell:
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.
Our Sewing Saturday schedule for January through June has been fine tuned and finalized. The complete calendar is available on the events page our website. As our Sewing Saturday chair says,
If you really don’t want to do another full size quilt, any of the Workshops will teach you a technique that can be used to make what ever you want, from a pot holder to a king size quilt and everything in between.
There’s something for everyone! And we haven’t even mentioned the potluck lunch….mmmm!
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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!
