Quilting in Alberta

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Entries in Alberta (3)

Friday

Jun042010

Friday, June 4, 2010

Heritage Park Festival of Quilts (18)

Sunday last was a day filled with dreary weather but adorable buildings in our local historic Heritage Park bathed in light rain, people absorbing all of the incredible quilt designs, colours and quilting that was around them. The Guild tent was full of Calgary and area guilds showing off all of their goodies through out the year that have been taught, shared, loved, cherished, and best of all...finished :)

This is my Millarville Guild, thanks Janet for posing :)

While Janet was working the booth, she was squaring up these little beauties...

June 12 is our wind-up party and we have an apron challenge that will indeed be judged that day, Yikes, I'm so glad mine is done these look like good candidates!

All 500+ quilts are supplied from Calgary and surrounding areas, the volunteers at Heritage Park lay, hang, display, cover, and many more positions of showing off our quilts for everyone to see in the most historic of buildings on the town grounds at Heritage Park.

One thing Calgary, Alberta, CANADA is famous for besides the Calgary Stampede is their Udderly Art around the city...yes you are reading this right udderly...

So the Quilters cannot be left out, right?

what do you all think?

Until next time, have a happy and creative weekend!!

Valerie | |

Lakeside Quilters Sew Day (entry 8)

The Saturday turned out to be sew fun...there was just 2 of us to start Heather and myself right a 9am...we setup the classroom expecting a bunch of women to show up for our Turning Twenty Again quilt class day

Kathy showed up and entertained us with her fabulous stories follow by June and Suzie.

Heather and her quilt(s) - this is the second one she was working on and has decided she will keep these quilts..

her blocks...

here's the pattern from this book that June chose

and here's her blocks

here's June organizing all of her blocks.

Suzie like me just came to sew on her own stuff and WOW she is making a stunning Bargello

I was working on a border which is still a secret so I can't post anything for it at this time..

With the four of us we had a fab time telling loads of stories...about my DH and I scaring each other on an ongoing basis :) and my cat Tig being the chattiest of any cat I know...we heard about a 6 year old telling her Grandma that she had never seen a bear in her entire life - how great it is to be 6!! June was telling us about her cat that would answer back to "morning" in Catenese :-} what a riot. We ate from the concession downstairs bad food but perfect for us quilters..

Sorry the rest of you couldn't have joined us in our great day...quilts didn't get finished but we sure got in quite a few laughs.

Oh yeah and thanks to the husbands who brought forgotten patterns, missing foot pedals and picked up Halloween candies - you guys are the best!!

Until next time..

PastimesOnline | |

Alberta Quilt Shows

Please click on the image below for a full view of a listing of Alberta Quilt Shows if you would like to add a show or if your Guild has a show you would like posted please send me the information and I will be happy to add it. Email to valerie@pastimesonline.ca

Valerie | |