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 2018 - 2019
It’s a UFO Challenge! The main goal of the challenge will be to finish 4 UFOs while having some fun at the same time. As an added bonus, there will be a draw for sewing/quilting prizes in June 2019. To keep it fun, I will ask you to list up to 8 UFOs … which means you won’t know for sure which four projects you’ll be asked to finish over the next guild year!
Here’s how it works: Challenge forms will be available at the September meeting or online at the Guild website. They will include instructions, a project list sheet and 4 blank draw tickets to complete and hand in as you share each completed UFO.
* Participants will identify and list up to 8 UFOs, then hand it in. It is suggested you keep a copy.
* Every two months a number from 1-8 will be drawn. The number drawn will be the UFO project for you to work on over the following two months.
* Completed UFOs and filled in draw tickets are to be brought to the general meetings by the month they are due. They will be presented at that month’s Sew and Share.
* Each UFO will have two months to be completed to be eligible to be in the June prize draw.
Since this is for fun, the only criteria for eligible UFOs are as follows:
1) they need to have been started already and
2) they require 1 hour or more of your time to complete. New projects or projects that need less of 1 hour of your time to complete are ineligible.
… SO four completed UFOs means 4 chances to win!
Here’s how it works: Challenge forms will be available at the September meeting or online at the Guild website. They will include instructions, a project list sheet and 4 blank draw tickets to complete and hand in as you share each completed UFO.
* Participants will identify and list up to 8 UFOs, then hand it in. It is suggested you keep a copy.
* Every two months a number from 1-8 will be drawn. The number drawn will be the UFO project for you to work on over the following two months.
* Completed UFOs and filled in draw tickets are to be brought to the general meetings by the month they are due. They will be presented at that month’s Sew and Share.
* Each UFO will have two months to be completed to be eligible to be in the June prize draw.
Since this is for fun, the only criteria for eligible UFOs are as follows:
1) they need to have been started already and
2) they require 1 hour or more of your time to complete. New projects or projects that need less of 1 hour of your time to complete are ineligible.
… SO four completed UFOs means 4 chances to win!
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 2018 - 2019
May 4, 2019 Join us at St. Stephen United Church from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. for a “Day’s Retreat”, a great day of sewing, laughter and good company! The $10.00 cost is payable to Donna Vetter at our April meeting. Bring a project of your choice, and Happy Sewing!
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.
GENERAL WORKSHOP INFORMATION
May 4, 2019 Join us at St. Stephen United Church from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. for a “Day’s Retreat”, a great day of sewing, laughter and good company! The $10.00 cost is payable to Donna Vetter at our April meeting. Bring a project of your choice, and Happy Sewing!
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.
GENERAL WORKSHOP INFORMATION
- Workshops are $40.00 for guild members and $55.00 for guests (due before the workshop).
- A supply list will be provided at the time of payment (cash, cheque or e-transfer)
- Please plan to bring your lunch to the workshop. Coffee and tea will be provided.
- Workshops are held at St. Stephen United Church, 2258 Parkway Drive, Burlington.