UPDATE on the "STITCHES IN OUR TIME 2021" Quilt Show
The 2021 Quilt Show has been cancelled.
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Are you interested in joining the Quilt Show Committee for Stitches in Our Time 2021? Watch for further information in upcoming issues of our newsletter, Snippets! Listen for announcements at future guild meetings about how you can help to make our Quilt Show amazing!!!
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Would YOU like to be a Sponsor?
As yet we are not accepting Sponsorship Applications. Watch for further information in January 2020! Would YOU like to be a Vendor? As yet we are not accepting Vendor Applications. Watch for further information in January 2020! Would YOU like to enter a Quilt? Why not plan to enter a quilt (or two!) in 2021! 
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Winners at the "STITCHES IN OUR TIME 2017" Quilt Show
GROUP QUILTS
1st Prize Kathleen Seles plus – Aviatrix Medallion
2nd Prize Susan Lauzon + Thursday Morning Quilters – Maple Sugar
LARGE QUILTS
1st Prize Annette Guenther – Gravity
2nd Prize Alison McDonald – Garden Path
3rd Prize Catherine McMaster – Blooming 9 Patch
SMALL QUILTS
1st Prize Sam Halliday – Row by Row 2015
2nd Prize Alison McDonald – Hunter’s Star
3rdPrize Gloria Bilous – Atlantis
MINIATURES
1st Prize Barb Croucher – Without Borders
2nd Prize Carol Goddu – The Grand Tour Moscow
3rdPrize Judy Hakim – Taking Flight
WALL HANGINGS
1st Prize Margaret Messier – Dragon Fly
2nd Prize Pamela Simons - Elephant in Blue
3rd Prize Carol Brown - Flight
USABLES/WEARABLE QUILTS
1st Prize Barb Ross - Oriental Splendor Jacket
2nd Prize Sylvia Jaago - My Favourite Things Tote
3rd Prize Lynne McCulloch - Gingko Jacket
CQA RIBBON WINNER - President’s Choice Alison McDonald – Garden Path
1st Prize Kathleen Seles plus – Aviatrix Medallion
2nd Prize Susan Lauzon + Thursday Morning Quilters – Maple Sugar
LARGE QUILTS
1st Prize Annette Guenther – Gravity
2nd Prize Alison McDonald – Garden Path
3rd Prize Catherine McMaster – Blooming 9 Patch
SMALL QUILTS
1st Prize Sam Halliday – Row by Row 2015
2nd Prize Alison McDonald – Hunter’s Star
3rdPrize Gloria Bilous – Atlantis
MINIATURES
1st Prize Barb Croucher – Without Borders
2nd Prize Carol Goddu – The Grand Tour Moscow
3rdPrize Judy Hakim – Taking Flight
WALL HANGINGS
1st Prize Margaret Messier – Dragon Fly
2nd Prize Pamela Simons - Elephant in Blue
3rd Prize Carol Brown - Flight
USABLES/WEARABLE QUILTS
1st Prize Barb Ross - Oriental Splendor Jacket
2nd Prize Sylvia Jaago - My Favourite Things Tote
3rd Prize Lynne McCulloch - Gingko Jacket
CQA RIBBON WINNER - President’s Choice Alison McDonald – Garden Path
President's Challenge 2019 - 2020
Every member of the guild will have up to 12 chances to participate in this year’s Challenge. I am calling it “Keeping you in Stitches”. It’s simple, so there are very few rules. The prize will be a collection of items that a quilter would enjoy and will be presented at the last guild meeting in June.
When you finish a project, such as a quilt, rug, table runner, tuffet, and the like, and decide to bring it to “Sew and Share” at a guild meeting, you will qualify for one chance in the draw! SO if you finished a Quilt in Process (QIP) over the summer, or started and finished a new one since our last meeting in June, bring it to “Sew and Share”. You will qualify for one of your 12 chances to win a prize package! In other words, we’re backdating projects to July 2019 … AND your Comfort (Outreach) quilts will qualify as well! As you can see, it’s easy as the whole intent is to keep you doing what you like to do, which is quilt!
If you aren't likely to complete a dozen projects, there are two other ways you can earn a chance in the draw:
#1 Lead a workshop, and earn TWO chances in the draw! For example, if you are experienced at making totes, doing paper piecing, Quilt As You Go (QAYG) projects or any other quilting technique or project, consider conducting a four to six hour workshop and SHARE your knowledge. This workshop could be held at someone’s home, or if the demand for it is high, we will try to arrange a larger venue. Talk with us about it and we’ll help set it up.
#2 Sign up a new member. (Editor: Love this idea, Darla. What a great way to encourage our members to spread the word about our awesome guild!)
I look forward to seeing all these projects at our meetings this year! Darla Youldon
When you finish a project, such as a quilt, rug, table runner, tuffet, and the like, and decide to bring it to “Sew and Share” at a guild meeting, you will qualify for one chance in the draw! SO if you finished a Quilt in Process (QIP) over the summer, or started and finished a new one since our last meeting in June, bring it to “Sew and Share”. You will qualify for one of your 12 chances to win a prize package! In other words, we’re backdating projects to July 2019 … AND your Comfort (Outreach) quilts will qualify as well! As you can see, it’s easy as the whole intent is to keep you doing what you like to do, which is quilt!
If you aren't likely to complete a dozen projects, there are two other ways you can earn a chance in the draw:
#1 Lead a workshop, and earn TWO chances in the draw! For example, if you are experienced at making totes, doing paper piecing, Quilt As You Go (QAYG) projects or any other quilting technique or project, consider conducting a four to six hour workshop and SHARE your knowledge. This workshop could be held at someone’s home, or if the demand for it is high, we will try to arrange a larger venue. Talk with us about it and we’ll help set it up.
#2 Sign up a new member. (Editor: Love this idea, Darla. What a great way to encourage our members to spread the word about our awesome guild!)
I look forward to seeing all these projects at our meetings this year! Darla Youldon
THE "STITCHES THROUGH TIME" SCHOOL PROJECT
See the file at the bottom of this page for a more detailed description of the initial year of the "Stitches Through Time" Project.
"Stitches Through Time” was a collaboration between elementary students in the Halton Region and the Halton Quilters Guild in 2016 - 2017. The project was a proposal by guild member, Katherine Hunter, as a way to link the celebration of Canada's 150 birthday with the 40th Anniversary of the guild. The quilts made by the students were then featured as the special exhibit at our 2017 Quilt Show, "Stiches in Our Time".
In September 2016 Katherine visited the interested schools to discuss the history of quilting as well as its importance in the community and as an art form. She then organized a small team of volunteers to work with students from Kindergarten to Grade 7 at Halton schools in Acton, Burlington, Georgetown, Milton and Oakville. The students learned to use a sewing machine, as they sewed a practice strip of material, made a coaster to take home and created a block for their class quilt. Many volunteers from the guild helped with this amazing project - contributing fabric, working with the students in the classroom, assembling the quilt tops, long arm quilting them and then attaching the binding. At the conclusion of the quilt show, the quilts were returned to their respective classes and the students voted on where the quilts would go. Some remained in the schools while others were donated to community charities that offer comfort to those in need.
The tremendous success of this project led to a special project in which Katherine worked with three classes at one Burlington and two Oakville schools during 2017 - 2018. One class with Grade 7 students took a break from their quilt making activities to each make a block for several quilts to go to first responders to the Humboldt tragedy.
Thank you for your leadership and willingness to make a difference. I want to thank you for working with our schools and inspiring numbers of our students. I also want to comment on the heartfelt work you have undertaken to support first responders, their families and the victims of that horrific day in Saskatchewan. (Your) group's dedication and empathy in the most difficult circumstances are and will not be lost on those students you have inspired.
Stuart Miller, Director of Education for the Halton District School Board
"Stitches Through Time” was a collaboration between elementary students in the Halton Region and the Halton Quilters Guild in 2016 - 2017. The project was a proposal by guild member, Katherine Hunter, as a way to link the celebration of Canada's 150 birthday with the 40th Anniversary of the guild. The quilts made by the students were then featured as the special exhibit at our 2017 Quilt Show, "Stiches in Our Time".
In September 2016 Katherine visited the interested schools to discuss the history of quilting as well as its importance in the community and as an art form. She then organized a small team of volunteers to work with students from Kindergarten to Grade 7 at Halton schools in Acton, Burlington, Georgetown, Milton and Oakville. The students learned to use a sewing machine, as they sewed a practice strip of material, made a coaster to take home and created a block for their class quilt. Many volunteers from the guild helped with this amazing project - contributing fabric, working with the students in the classroom, assembling the quilt tops, long arm quilting them and then attaching the binding. At the conclusion of the quilt show, the quilts were returned to their respective classes and the students voted on where the quilts would go. Some remained in the schools while others were donated to community charities that offer comfort to those in need.
The tremendous success of this project led to a special project in which Katherine worked with three classes at one Burlington and two Oakville schools during 2017 - 2018. One class with Grade 7 students took a break from their quilt making activities to each make a block for several quilts to go to first responders to the Humboldt tragedy.
Thank you for your leadership and willingness to make a difference. I want to thank you for working with our schools and inspiring numbers of our students. I also want to comment on the heartfelt work you have undertaken to support first responders, their families and the victims of that horrific day in Saskatchewan. (Your) group's dedication and empathy in the most difficult circumstances are and will not be lost on those students you have inspired.
Stuart Miller, Director of Education for the Halton District School Board
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR 2019 - 2020
The Halton Quilters Guild may arrange some workshops led by members of our guild or by guest instructors from outside the guild. These workshops are promoted both in the newsletter and at our guild meetings, with opportunities to see samples of the projects and sign up. Please drop by the Workshop table to learn more about upcoming workshops or to discuss any workshop you would like to see offered. You may also read all about it on page 6 in the September issue of Snippets.
The Halton Quilters Guild may arrange some workshops led by members of our guild or by guest instructors from outside the guild. These workshops are promoted both in the newsletter and at our guild meetings, with opportunities to see samples of the projects and sign up. Please drop by the Workshop table to learn more about upcoming workshops or to discuss any workshop you would like to see offered. You may also read all about it on page 6 in the September issue of Snippets.