Quilt Tour Hits BC!

It’s Time For Colour! – Travelling the BC Interior in March

“It’s Time For Colour!” is a cross country travelling exhibit of 36 award‐winning Canadian quilt artists. Sponsored by the Canadian Quilters Association, funds raised from the sale of these fabulous poster‐size artworks and their colourful cards will support the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. In March 2015, 18 beautiful pieces will be shown in the BC Interior. These amazing quilts need to be seen to be appreciated at any of the following locations. Ask all your friends to join you and come out to see this fabulous show!

 

Date	City	Venue	Address	Time
March 5	Vernon	St John's Lutheran Church	5151 Alain Road	Noon‐5
March 7‐8	Penticton	Home and Reno Show	273 Power Street	10‐5 Sat, 10‐4 Sun
March 9‐10	Oliver	Beyond Bliss	6250 Main Street	11‐5 Mon, 9‐5 Tues
March 11‐16	Rossland	Rossland Art Gallery	2004 Columbia Ave	11‐5 Wed thru Mon
March 17‐18	Creston	Chamber of Commerce	121 Northwest Blvd	2–8:30 Tues, 9‐5 Wed
March 20‐24	Kelowna	Cottage Quilting	2000 Spall Road	regular business hours
March 25‐29	Salmon Arm	Thread N Paper	650 Trans Canada Hwy NE	regular business hours
March 30‐31	Kamloops	Katja's Quilt Shoppe	1967 Trans Canada Hwy E	regular business hours

For further information contact Catherine Henderson at bcinrep@canadianquilter.com

Lollygagging to Lethbridge - 4

It’s time for the next report on our trip to Quilt Canada in Lethbridge, AB for June 4-6, 2015. We left Brandon, Manitoba in the “coldest” of cold winters and headed into Saskatchewan and right to Regina where there are several shops and a couple of guilds to visit as we lollygag on our way.

"Herbie"

Cindy-rella’s Sewing and Craft Place was our first stop in Regina. They offer a wide variety of sewing machines for purchase, furniture and of course, classes galore - quilting and knitting/crocheting for everyone from beginner to advanced. We would have loved to stay longer here as the “It’s Time for Colour” travelling quilt show was going to be on display from Feb. 14-23rd. We’ve had such rave reviews from our Regional Reps who have travelled with the show. One rep has even named the suitcase that carries the quilts “Herbie” (we’ll have to wait for another blog to find out more about this name).
 
We stopped by Stitchn Be Artisan Boutique  (of course to check out their fabrics and make a purchase or two) before we headed to the Prairie Piecemakers Quilt Guild  for their monthly meeting held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm. The Prairie Piecemakers have been a great contributor to collecting our inches as well - boy are they an active group - Mystery Quilt and lots of quilting and Show and Tell. They just announced a visit by Ricky Tims to their area!
 
Thought we might take a detour to Moose Jaw (of course, weather permitting) to visit The Quilt Place quilt shop and the Moose Jaw Prairie Quilters.

sample of tablet bags that have been made

Then on again heading for the Alberta border where we’ll stop at Medicine Hat, AB. Haven’t found a quilt shop or guild here yet. But no matter, maybe we can catch a break in the weather and also catch up on our sewing. We were hoping to make a “tablet bag” for Quilt Canada 2015 - maybe this stopover is a good time to get that done and sent on the committee for the final banquet.




Stay tuned for our next leg of the trip - hoping to get to Penticton and back to Lethbridge in time for the conference. Don’t forget to keep those inches coming in to the Director at Large (diratlarge@canadianquilter.com). Of course, we might have to wait for some of our “snowbirds” to help us get those extra Show & Share/Tell inches.

It's Time for Colour Hits the Road!

The long-awaited "It's Time for Colour" travelling quilt show is now officially on tour across Canada. A total of 36 quilts have been split up and half has gone to the Northwest Territories and the rest to Manitoba (see below for a specific schedule).
Although many of these gems have been sold, they remain on display with the tour, along with cards of these amazing quilts that are also for sale.

Isla Marsh, CQA/ACC Regional Rep for Manitoba, is really excited about the arrival of the quilts in Manitoba.

She's says "I'm beginning to feel like some sort of a celebrity - whenever I show up, people get so excited!  Okay it's not me. It's the quilts they're excited about. And everyone raves about the quilts."
Turn out to see the display has so far surpassed expectations and there have been lots of good comments.

Isla seems to think that the little "blue suitcase (that the quilts arrived in) needs a name. When I opened the door to find the little suitcase standing there, with no one in sight, it looked like a little orphan. Made me thing of the little robot that hitch-hiked across Canada last summer".

Or perhaps another "Flat Stanley"??

The other half of this show is currently up north in the Northwest Territories (see also their schedule below). Of course, here's a picture of the “little blue suitcase” that arrived for Shona Barbour, their CQA/ACC Regional Representative.

Sounds like a show not to be missed when it comes to a location near you. Keep posted. There will be a monthly schedule here, and of course, a full schedule.








Schedule for Manitoba:
December 30 - small group, Winnipeg - for visiting embroiderer from Ottawa
January 7 - Anglican-Lutheran Centre - Winnipeg
January 9-11- St Benedict's Retreat Centre - Middlechurch
January 12 -  Kenora Quilters - Kenora Ontario
January 13 - Frayed Edges quilt group, Winnipeg
January 19 - Country Lane Quilters Guild - Portage la Prairie
January 22 - Manitoba Prairie  Quilters - Winnipeg
January 27 - Little Britain Quilting group - Little Britain
January 28 - Nifty Needlers quilt group, Brandon Embroiderers group - Brandon
January 29 - February 1 - Quilting Jewels retreat - Winkler
February 2 - Barnswallows - members only meeting - Morden
February 4 - Barnswallows open house - Morden
February 5 - Winnipeg Embroiderers Guild - Winnipeg


Schedule for Northwest Territories:
Inuvik - Jan 16-18 - Centennial Library
Yellowknife Javaroma - Jan 23-25
 

Christmas is coming...

Christmas is coming - and it’ll be here before you know it.


Have you thought about shopping at CQA/ACC for that gift for a certain someone who loves quilting, but has everything or maybe just wants something different? 

Well, we have a few gift suggestions for you to give or maybe even to drop a hint for yourself to receive.

A subscription to our popular magazine, The Canadian Quilter that is filled with tons of reading, quilting ideas - it’s Canadian too - and you get a membership to CQA/ACC thrown in as well.

 
 Or might we suggest a trip to Lethbridge for Quilt Canada in June 4-6, 2015 – this could include admission tickets to the National Juried Show, a workshop or two from well-known teachers, the final dinner/banquet. Registration for members opens Nov. 26th, 2014.

One of 37 quilts in the show

Any quilter would love to receive our greeting cards from the 'It's Time For Colour" travelling quilt show. Buy a selection of 10 cards for $35 plus $5 postage; wrap a beautiful ribbon around 3 or 4 and presto - you have two or three delightful hostess gifts.

Lastly, consider one of the "It's Time For Colour" quilts before they are all sold.  

Cards or quilts - you’ll be supporting the Children’s Wish Foundation too.

Blank cards of the quilts

More blank cards of the quilts

These can all be found available online. For magazine subscription and (gift) membership click here.

For various Quilt Canada 2015 events, click here or for Registration for Quilt Canada 2015 items.

They’re all just a click away! And your shopping is done!

It's Time for Colour - Our Tour

It’s Time for Colour!   

We are pleased to present a Gallery to showcase the quilts in our first-ever travelling quilt show called It’s Time for Colour!   The quilts will crisscross Canada, travelling to most provinces and the Northwest Territories from January 2015 until May 2015.

The quilts are being assembled in Victoria, BC for the cross-country tours. While waiting for all the quilts to arrive, a few pre-tour viewings have been arranged on Vancouver Island.

The travelling quilts were made and donated by CQA/ACC members who have won awards at the National Juried Show within the last three years. Without their generosity – and creativity - we would not be able to host this event.
 
 


In the Gallery you can view the travelling quilts, meet the quilters and see if a quilt is still for sale.  You will also find information on how to purchase the quilts and greeting cards. Touring schedule will be available soon as more details become firm.

Proceeds from the sale of the quilts and greeting cards will be donated to The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada at Quilt Canada 2015 in Lethbridge.  We plan to grant the wishes for several children with life-threatening illnesses.


You can get to the Gallery anytime if you go directly to our blog and press the tab "It's Time For Colour - Gallery" in the pink bar.

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