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Prize-winners at the Aberfoyle Fall Fair
Prize‑Winning Quilts and Photos from the Aberfoyle Fall Fair These are photos from the Aberfoyle Fall Fair 2025, where I won several ribbons, including for photography.
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Community Quilts and Other Charity Quilts
Community Comfort Quilts Made from a Never‑Ending I Spy Stash Over the last two years, in an effort to pare down my stash, I did about a dozen child-size comfort quilts, including Spy #2, 2024 – green and orange I Spy “5” 2024 – red and yellow I Spy 2025 – primary colours. Many of them were
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Modern Clamshell Quilt
A Unique Single Bed Quilt Made for a One‑of‑a‑Kind Twin Singlebed quilt for my great grand-niece, one of a set of twins now 10 years old. Top made entirely from my stash, modern backing visible in closeup. She did not want to be “matchy-matchy” with her twin who received a “Squiggles” quilt at the same
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Rose Garden Quilt
A Green Garden Quilt Inspired by Rose Fabric This double bed quilt was made for my eldest daughter, whose favourite colour is green. The “rose” fabrics were actually some drapery remnants given to me by my niece or already in my “stash”. They were the inspiration for using this traditional “Round the Twist” pattern.
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Antique And Vintage Quilts
Heirloom Quilts Reimagined: Vintage Treasures from Sugar Bags, Lone Stars & Irish Chains The finished tops of these quilts contain pieces of fabric identified as being from the 1880’s through to the 1920’s. They were given to my grand-niece by a woman who had bought them either at a flea market or a garage/estate sale. Lone
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Canadian Quilters’ Association Youth Challenge
Young Creators Shine in the CQA 2025 Stargazing Challenge Here are photos of the two small quilts that my grandchildren made for the 2025 Youth Challenge on a theme of Stargazing. Sofia age 9 made the mountain using the challenge fabric as her night sky and called it Star Gazing. Mia, age 11 made the
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York Heritage Quilters Guild
Quilt show, holiday market and café Friday, Nov 14, 10-5Saturday, Nov 15, 10-4 Just in time for the holiday season, the York Heritage Quilters Guild presents A Celebration of Quilts XV: Abstract to Patchwork at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto. For more information visit https://yhqg.org/a-celebration-of-quilts-xv/ Over 200 traditional and modern handcrafted quilts made
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2024 23rd Annual Insights Show at the Wellington County Museum and Archives
Insights Show at the Wellington County Museum and Archives starting this month until end of June. Exhibition of Fine Art located at The Wellington Country Museum And Archives, 0536 Wellington Rd 18, Fergus, ON N1M 2W3 Permafrost Triptych Artist Statement My Permafrost Triptych has been accepted into the Insights art exhibition at the Wellington County
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Open Studio
Display of art quilts and demonstration of longarm quilting by Joan Hug-Valeriote On Saturday, Sept. 23rd, 2023, Joan opened her Studio (and her garage) to visitors to the Ward in Guelph, during the first annual Praise the Ward Festival… www.praisetheward.com Click on any image to see the gallery. It was a beautiful day and all the
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A one-day festival in Guelph’s Grooviest Neighbourhood, Sept. 21st 2024, Studio Tour 11 am. – 4 pm.
Ten am till ten pm – 18 venues all over the Ward Praise the Ward Music, visual art, theatre, workshops, food, a cra5 market, walking and cycling tours, kid’s activities. An evening concert at the Guelph Li3le Theatre featuring ‘The Kramdens’ & ‘The Ward’ Daytme shows with Shannon Kingsbury, Harri Palm, Ben Finley and annais
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