Community Quilt Day – Pillowcases & More

Our Community Quilt Day on January 29 was attended by over twenty members. On a dark and rainy day, the church hall was a warm and friendly place to hang out and sew together. Placemat kits were available and community quilts were sandwiched, but "Project Pillowcase" proved to be the theme of the day. Linda … Continue reading Community Quilt Day – Pillowcases & More

Community Quilt Delivery

Early in October Les and Marilyn delivered the Hourglass Quilt to the Lynn Valley Legion Branch 114, 1630 Lynn valley Road, NV. Diana Saboe was excited to receive the quilt and told us that it will be used as one of the prizes in a raffle to raise money in December for the hamper drive. … Continue reading Community Quilt Delivery

Community Quilts Day – Slab Quilts & More

Members met at the church hall on March 8 to make community quilts. We cut, pieced, sandwiched and quilted, while swapping stories and sewing tips, truly testing our multi-tasking skills. Several of the projects were slab block quilts for Canada's Big Quilt Bee initiated by the Canadian Quilters' Association to mark Canada's 150th birthday this year. The … Continue reading Community Quilts Day – Slab Quilts & More

Community Quilt Day March 2016

It was a good day making community quilts. Linda's soup was heating on the stove for our lunch. Les was busy keeping all of us busy. Tea, coffee and treats were nearby. Some of us won raffle prizes. Sewing machines were humming, and many quilts were sandwiched. We shared ideas about layering quilts, choosing colours, and other … Continue reading Community Quilt Day March 2016

Community Quilt Day November 2015

Nineteen smiling members participated in Community Quilt Day. A good number of quilts were finished, and quite a few unfinished ones got taken home by our members to be finished in their homes. Lots of goodies as well. All in all quite a successful day! ANNE W.

Community Quilt Day March 2015

With the rain teeming outside, guild members gathered in our meeting hall to work on quilts for the community. Sharing some time with fellow quilters was an enjoyable way to spend time, and cutting, stitching, designing, and other tasks kept everyone busy. Many thanks to Yoskyl for producing custom-designed labels for our community quilts. Thanks also to Les for … Continue reading Community Quilt Day March 2015

Community Quilts Day in May 2013

May 8th was our Community Quilts Day. We had a lot of fun making jelly roll quilt tops and sharing a lasagna lunch. The only quilt I know of where one person can iron the seams while another sews more seams on it across the room! Most people worked in groups. These were l-o-n-g strips … Continue reading Community Quilts Day in May 2013

Community Quilts Day for Fall 2012

Thank you to Connie for organizing another Community Quilts Day. The new venue worked out. There was plenty of room to spread out while we worked on new quilts and on unfinished ones. Near the end of the day we used the design wall and had fun arranging the Northern Lights BoM blocks so that … Continue reading Community Quilts Day for Fall 2012

Community Quilts Day

Thank you to all who came out and lent a hand at Community Quilt Day. It was a successful and fun day. I would just like to remind those who took their projects home to try and finish them and bring them to the next meeting. Quilt projects from this year will be delivered in … Continue reading Community Quilts Day