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June 3-28 /08 Salmon Arm, Filamenta - Fibre Art Exhibits 2008, Grounded at Shuswap Art Gallery Assn. 70 NW Hudson Ave, Salmon Arm. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm Contact (250) 832.1170. Artist Reception – Friday June 6, 2008 7-9 pm
July 26/08 Mayne Island BC A GARDEN OF QUILTS at the Japanese Gardens in Dinner Bay Park. Sat. 10:00 to 4:00. Featured artists, vendors’ market, challenge quilt and lunch in the Park. Admission $4.00 Mayne Island QG. Contact Elaine Marlon-Lambert (250) 539-5698.
Elainem-l@shaw.ca
Aug16/.08 Williams Lake,BC. Hung Up On Quilts An outdoor quilt show at Thyme for Tea, 150 Mile House Hwy 97. Sat 10-4. Adm by donation.
Cariboo Piecemakers QC. Contact Shirley Pascas (250) 392-3932
Sept 19-21/08 North Vancouver Album of Quilts 2008. Lucas Centre, 2132 Hamilton Ave. Fri/Sat 10-6. Sun 10-4. Over 300 quilts, raffle quilt, Boutique, Merchants Mall, refreshments. Adm $5.00. Lion's Gate QG. Pat Gormley
newsletter@lionsgatequiltersguild.com
Oct. 2-6/08 Kamloops Workshops and Lecture by Elly Sienkiewicz—five days of classes by world renowned authority on Baltimore Album Quilts at Quaaout Lodge. Lecture entitled
“What is this Fascination with the Baltimore Album Quilts” Sat., Oct. 4 Calvary Community Church. Marigold Appliquérs Vicki Gray (250) 578-8262
w&vgray@telus.net or Zoë Albert (250) 679-8488
ezalb@telus.net
October 4-5/08 South Delta Quilts By The Bay. Cliff Drive School, 5025 12th Avenue, Delta. Sat.10-4. Sun. 10-4. Our first independent quilt show. Challenge quilts, viewers’ choice, boutique, merchant mall, tea room. Adm $5. Boundary Bay QG. Dawn Fielden (606) 948-0692
boundarybayquiltshow@hotmail.com
October 17-19/08 Castlegar Castlegar - Rivers Run Through It. Castlegar District Recreation and Aquatic Centre, 2101 6th Ave. Fri 12-6. Sat 10-5. Sun 10-4. Display of traditional and art quilts, viewers' choice, merchant mall, lunch/tearoom, door prizes, raffle quilt. Castlegar QC. Jean Schwan (250) 304-2337
jeansmaterialthings@shaw.ca
October 18-19/08 Coquitlam Quilters' Harvest. Montgomery Middle School, 1900 Edgewood Ave. Sat 10-5. Sun 10-4. Merchants Mall, Tearoom, raffle quilt, door prizes. Adm $5. Blue Mountain QG. Wendy Squires (604) 941-5945
wsquires@telus.net
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Manitoba
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July 25-27/08 Altona Manitoba Sunflower Festival Quilt Show. South Park Mennonite Brethren Church, 335-6th St. S.E. Fri 12-6. Sat 12-6. Sun 12-5. Basket Challenge. Sales Room, Tea Room, Raffle, lots of hand quilted items. Adm by donation. Heirloom Quilters QG. Lori Hiebert (204) 324-5952
heirloom_quilters@yahoo.ca
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New Brunswick
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September 18-20, 2008 Kennebecasis Valley Quilting Guild presents "Timeless Treasurers" Quilt Show and Sale, Island View Lions Club, 9 Market Street (Exit 141 off Hwy #1), Quispamsis, New Brunswick, Thurs 1-9 pm, Fri 10 am - 9 pm, Sat 10 am - 4 pm. 28th annual judged show featuring display and sale quilts, raffle quilt, Members' boutique, Christmas Corner, Merchants' Market, hourly door prizes and demonstrations. Awards Gala Wed, September 17th, 7-9 pm. Adm $3 daily, 3 day pass $5 (includes refreshments). Contact
annamarie.hutton@moosehead.ca for more information.
October 2-4/08 Sussex Vale Quilters' Guild AUTUMN SPLENDOR Quilt Show and Sale, Thur. 1-7, Fri. 10-7, Sat.10-4. Adm. $3. Contact person: Vera Turner 506-433-977 or
veraturner@rogers.com
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Newfoundland & Labrador
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Nova Scotia
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August 1-2/08 Pictou Quilt Show & Sale 2008. deCoste Entertainment Centre, 99 Water St. Fri 12-8.Sat 10-6.14th annual show, viewer's choice, tiny treasures, merchant mall, quilt appraiser on site, refreshment. Adm $3. Northumberland QG. Cecile Vigneault (902) 485-1915 cecile at
nqg@eastlink.ca
Aug 8-17/08 Cape Breton. The 3rd Annual Quilting @ the Causeway! Visit Cape Breton to see the show and sale of over 100 quilts and quilted items. Daily: 10:00-6:00pm. St. David's United Church @ the Canso Causeway, Port Hastings. Quilting Demomstrations, traditional & comtemporary quilts along with The United Church "Heritage Quilt" & Anne Morrell-Robinson's "ABC of Quilters" quilts. Cape Breton Tea & Biscuits served all day.
October 03-05/08 Blockhouse Mahone Bay Quilters' Guild Show and Sale. Blockhouse & District Firehall, RR#1, Blockhouse (between Exit 11 & Mahone Bay). Fri 10-5:30. Sat 10-5:30. Sun 1-5. Display of beautiful quilts of all sizes and shapes from wall hangings to full size bed quilts, wonderful quilted items for sale, raffle tickets on fabulous "Bento Box" Bed quilt. Adm $2, kids under 12 free. Mahone Bay QG. Donna Veinot (902)275-5100
donna_veinot@hotmail.com
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May 9-July 6/08, Ontario. The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery invites members of the Canadian Quilter’s Association to attend
The Grand National quilt exhibition Presented annually by the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery and Joseph Schneider Haus Museum,
The Grand National celebrates the beauty and creativity of quilt-making from across Canada, with more than 60 works on display. This year’s theme, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, challenges Canadian quilters to reveal their thoughts on time and its meanings in their lives.Running in conjunction with The Grand National is Janet Morton’s knitted works, Better Homes and Gardens. Morton employs popular craft techniques such as knitting and crocheting on an often massive scale.The public opening for the show is Friday, May 9 from 7-9 p.m. with opening remarks at 7:20 p.m. We hope that you can join us for this opening reception or visit the exhibition from May 9 to July 6. Enclosed are copies of The Grand National postcard to share with friends, colleagues and visitors. You can also visit our web site at
www.kwag.on.ca to download a full exhibition catalogue or to learn more about our Gallery activities.
July12-13/08 Picton A Stitch in Time 2008. Prince Edward Community Centre, Fairgrounds, 375 Main Street East Sat 10-5. Sun 10-5. More than a Quilt Show. Demonstrations, Quilt Sales, Featured Artists, Judged Competition, Merchant Mall, Members Boutique, Silent Auction, Scissor Sharpening, quilt raffle, lunch/tea room. Adm $5. Prince Edward County QG Connie Sirot 613 399-3629
connie.sirot@sympatico.ca
www.pec.on.ca/quiltersguild
July 17-19/08 Mount Forest, Ontario Fireworks Festival Quilt Show Mount Forest Curling Club, 144 Egremont St. S. Thurs & Fri 10-8, Sat 9-5. Over 300 items, merchant mall, tea room featuring strawberry shortcake. Adm $5. Four Corners QG. Linda Hruska 519-323-3804
phruska@wightman.ca,
www.mountforest.ca
July 19, 2008 Quilts in My Garden Tour. Meaford Hall & Culture Foundation fundraiser, 12 Nelson St. Time 10-4. Tour of 7 gardens with quilts. Reserved seating lunch at Meaford Hall. Quilt and garden walk, artist gallery, raffle, trade show. Adm $14 tour only $20 includes lunch. Contact: Beth Evans (519) 538-6766
bevans@meafordhall.ca
www.meafordhall.ca/foundation-about.cfm
July 25-26/08 Haliburton. “Heart of the Highlands”, a bi-annual Quilt Show., Minden Curling Club, Minden Ontario. Vendors, a Guild Boutique, Quilt Raffle, Robbie Preston, scissor sharpener & Rosalie Tennison, Quilt appraiser. A Special Event at the show will be the unveiling of our "Highlands Heritage Dream Quilt" which is a signature quilt displaying names of individuals, businesses and organizations that have a connection to Haliburton County. Donations from the signatures have surpassed $13,000. and the proceeds are for Cottage Dreams Cancer Recovery Initiative, a registered charity which provides Cancer survivors and their families with the joy of a cottage for a week in the Haliburton Highlands area. The cottages are loaned for a week by various cottage owners for this worthy purpose. Haliburton Highlands QG. For more information - Lynda Eaton, 705-489-2435 Email:
lyndaeaton@yahoo.com
Sept.5-7/08 Buckhorn, Ontario, Quilting at the Lakes - Falling for Christmas Quilt Show, Buckhorn Community Centre, Fri and Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4. Only Canadian showing of Hoffman Challenge, feature quilt artist, Sandy Simmelink, quilt appraiser, Rosalie Tennison, large vendor area, children's quilts, members' boutique, large quilt display, tea room, bus tours welcome. Adm$5 Buckhorn Area QG. Contact: Penny 705-652-8597 or
www.buckhornquilters.ca
Sept 19 - 21/08 Midhurst, Ontario, Simcoe County Museum, Simcoe County Quilt, Rug & Craft Fair, 1151 Highway 26 West (5 min. north of Barrie) 9:30 am to 5 pm. Admission: $4.00. The 6 quilting guilds (of Simcoe County) are responsible for the quilt show that has - demonstrations, the Corner Store, a feature quilter and lots of quilts. Also, there are other exhibits and sales, hands-on activities for all ages, merchants' mall and a quilt raffle and Crafters' Gallery Draw. For info call (705) 728-3721 or email
museum@simcoe.ca
September 20-21/08 Mindemoya Hawberry quilt show. Mindemoya Community Centre, Hwy 542 and Central Manitoulin Public School, Young St. Sat 10-5. Sun 10-5. Over 100 quilts. Bed quilts, wall art, clothing, merchants' mall, lunch. Adm $5. Manitoulin Islanders' GQ. Jackie White
onnrep@canadianquilter.com (705) 859-2263.
Sept 20-21/08 Scarborough Toronto. Fall to Pieces 11, Quilt Show and Sale. Centennial Community Recreation Complex, 1967 Ellesmere Rd. Sat 10-5 Sun 10-4 Raffle Quilt, Door Prizes, Vendors, Gift shop, Tea room, Northcott Silk Fabric Challenge, President’s Paper Bag Challenge. Admission $5, Ample free Parking, Buses Welcome, Wheel Chair Accessible. Yorkshire Rose QG Contact Coral Jewell 416 690 0897 e-mail
coral.jewell@sympatico.ca
21 Sept/.08 Ottawa, ON, At Home with Quilts Tickets available at Maki House,17 Leeming Drive. This is an opportunity to visit five West Ottawa homes showing bed quilts and wall hangings; table, kitchen and other household ware; toys; dolls and wearables. Tour:$15. The Little Quilt Sale is at Maki House, admission, cake and coffee are free. Proceeds will benefit Roger's House.
www.OttawaValleyQuiltersGuild.org or
vpprogram@OttawaValleyQuiltersGuild.org
September 25-27/08 Ingersoll Ontario. Pieces of Magic Quilt Show. Trinity United Church, King St. W. and Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre, Victoria Park (Wellington St. entrance). Thurs. 10-8, Fri. 10-8, Sat. 10-4. Hundreds of recent quilts by members of Oxford QG. Merchants mall, Quilt Raffle, Tea and Lunch Room, Colour Challenge. Adm. $5. Oxford QG. Gail Robertson (519) 782-3915
ghrobertson@sympatico.ca
Quilts from East Africa on display from October 20th the 25th 2008 Ailsa Craig Ontario. Over 125 quilts, from Countries in East Africa. Kenya, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Tanzina. Classes with Quilters from Africa, lecture/slide show on quilting in Africa twice daily. Buses welcome. Advance tickets for slide show quilt show $15.00. Quilt show $7.00 dollars at the door. Contact
garnet@cotton-by-post.com for more info.
October 24-25/08 London, Ontario. A Harvest of Quilts 2008. Rowntree Memorial United Church, Cheapside at Elliott St., Fri 10-8, Sat 10-5. Quilts, wallhangings, quilted items, merchants mall and tea room. Adm. $5. London Friendship Quilters' Guild. Rose Bowlby (519) 433-0284
rose.bowlby@sympatico.ca
Oct 24-25/08 Ajax, Ontario, 2008 Quilt Show and Sale Pickering Village United Church, 300 Church St N. Fri 10-8 and Sat 10-5. 1st show in three years. Favourite Durham quilt shop vendors, viewer's choice, raffle of member's quilt, tea room, guild gift shop, miniature quilt auction, quilt appraiser Rosalie Tennison, door prizes. Adm $5, wheelchair access. Rouge Valley QG. More information at
www.rougevalleyquiltersguild.com or
info@rougevalleyquiltersguild.com
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Prince Edward Island
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Oct. 24-26/08 Kindred Spirits QG will hold their bi-annual Quilt Show, Sale & Tea on Fri (10-8); Sat (10-6) & Sun (12-4) at Holy Redeemer Parish Center, Pond St., Charlottetown. Ample parking. Quilts, Wall Hangings, Viewer's Choice, Merchant Mall, Raffle Quilt and Tea Room.
jhebert@eastlink.ca
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Quebec
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August 15-17/08 Rawdon Patchwork Guild Annual Show 2008.Anglican Parish Hall, Metcalfe St.Fri 1-9.Sat 9-9.Sun 10-5
Over 50 quilts.Vendor(s). Demos, Door prize, Tearoom included. Adm $3. Patchwork Rawdon QG. Sue-Ellen (450) 834-2235
sueellej@decolin.com
Sept. 19-20/08 Ormstown A Harvest of Quilts 2008 Ormstown Curling Club, 7 Chateauguay St. Ormstown, QC Fri & Sat 10-4 pm. Viewers Choice, tea room, merchants mall, door prizes. O-Ho Quilters, Sharon Rember 450-829-2408
Le 19-20 sept/08 Ormstown Une moisson de la courtepointes 2008 Club de curling Ormstown, 7 rue Chateauguay, Ormstown, QC Vendredi & samedi 10-4 h. O-Ho Quilters, Sharon Rember (450-829-2408)
Nov 15/08. Montreal Little Sew & Sews’ Quilters Guild Quilt Show, 10th Anniversary, Holy Cross Church Hall, 1960 Jolicoeur St. ,Montreal,QC. Sat 10-4. Vendors, Viewer’s Choice, Raffle quilt, Tearoom, Demos. Adm. free. Little Sew & Sews’QG. Ruby Johnson
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Saskatchewan
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Sept 27-28/08 Regina Quilting Dreams Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Drive. Sat.10-5, Sun. 12-5. Quilt display, viewers’ choice, vendor market, demos, lunch available. Adm $5.00/day.
Judge’s Trunk Show with Elinor Burwash of Edmonton RCMP Heritage Centre, 5907 Dewdney Avenue,. Sat. 7:30. Adm $20. Prairie Piecemakers QG. Diane Secoy-Smith, Chair (306)584-2169 dsecoy@sasktel.net
August 1 – September 29, 2008, Estevan, Filamenta - Fibre Art Exhibits 2008 Life Lines at Estevan Art Gallery,118 4th Street Estevan. Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm Weekends & Holidays 12:30-3:30 pm Contact (306) 634.7644 Artist Reception – TBD
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United States
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July 20 - Aug 1/08 Quilting by the Lake Morrisville, New York. 2-week Quilting Conference offering a choice of over 30 2, 3 & 5-day quilting classes & workshops in quilting design and techniques for traditional and art quilters at all levels of experience. Located on the campus of SUNY Morrisville State College in Morrisville, NY. Sponsored by the Schwienfurth Art Center. Contact person: Karin Steigerwald.
ksteigerwald@schweinfurthartcenter.org
August 8-10/08 Seattle, Washington Pacific Northwest Quiltfest. Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Fri/Sat 10-6, Sun 10-5. A judged and juried show including over 300 quilts and wearables, traveling and special exhibits, a 20,000 square foot merchant mall, lectures, workshops, appraisals and a Gala banquet and auction. Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters, 425-558-1983,
www.apnq.org,
info@apnq.org
August 9-10/08 Seattle, Washington. Canadian Expressions by FAN concurrent show with the Pacific Northwest Quiltfest 2008. Location: The State Convention & Trade Center, main entrance at 7th and Pike Streets. Fri & Sat 10-6 Sun 10-5. Admission with APNQ show: free to members or $10.00/day or $20.00/3days. Fine Art Quilts with a Canadian Flair - the Images of our Lives! APNQ Link:
http://www.apnq.org./ FibreArtNetwork Link:
http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/ contact: Vivian Kapusta 1 604 467 9708
vkapusta@telus.net
November 8-9/08 Shelburne, Vermont 26th Annual Quilt Show - A Kaleidoscope of Quilts. Shelburne Farms Coach Barn, Harbor Rd Sat 10-5. Sun 10-5. Spectacular display of quilts, silent auction, quilt raffle, crafts, merchant mall, theme quilt displays, demonstrations, refreshments and special exhibit of the Ground Zero Tribute Quilt. Adm $6. Champlain Valley QG. Anne Warwick (802) 658-3090
awarwick@mac.com
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International
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