Our mandate is to promote quilting within the guild and community; to preserve quilting as an art form; to establish, maintain and upgrade quilting standards; to encourage an exchange of ideas and methods; to participate in community projects; to research and preserve the history of quilting in Prince Edward County.
On Sunday July 11, 2021 a few Prince Edward County Quilters' Guild members met at the Wellington and District Community Centre (WDCC) to make use of the Dukes' Raffle Barrel. The WDCC normally provides the venue for the PECQG Quilt Shows.
The winner of the Evening Star hand quilted king sized quilt was Cindy Brooks of Picton, ON. (Ticket # 4273)
On Wednesday July 14, 2021 Guild Members Betty Beaumont and Sandy Jeapes were able to meet up with Cindy to give her the quilt.
We would like to thank a few people who made this event a success:
The winner of the Evening Star hand quilted king sized quilt was Cindy Brooks of Picton, ON. (Ticket # 4273)
On Wednesday July 14, 2021 Guild Members Betty Beaumont and Sandy Jeapes were able to meet up with Cindy to give her the quilt.
We would like to thank a few people who made this event a success:
- Cheryl Malkowski for giving permission to use her quilt pattern
- Lee Waterhouse, the Best in Show winner of the 2018 PECQG Quilt Show, for piecing the quilt top
- PECQG friend Daphne Turner for lending us her personal large wooden quilting frame
- Picton Fabric World (now closed) for allowing us to set up the quilt frame in the back room
- Anne House for marking the quilt for hand quilting
- Marianne Sanders for organizing the hand quilting and her team of hand quilters
- friends of PECQG who donated some quilting hours for the sheer joy of hand quilting
- County Magazine for printing the Raffle tickets
- the Municipality of Prince Edward for granting permission to extend our Raffle license an extra year
- the Municipality and the County Foundation for their Municipal Covid-19 Relief Fund
- PECQG friend Stephanie Beare for creating the Raffle sales flyer
- Quilt Show co-chairs Janet Reader Day and Deelia Johnson
- Carole Ostrander and Nancy Westervelt, our ticket sales event coordinators
- Anne Russell, our Raffle ticket sales coordinator, especially for the extra work accompanying on-line sales
- Christine Hays, our treasurer
- Barbara Jordan, our web manager and social media co-ordinator
- Mad Dog Gallery for selling raffle tickets on the premises
- all PECQG Members who sold raffle tickets (who quite often purchased their own tickets to gift to family and friends)
- all the Quilt Guilds whose members purchased tickets and who helped promote our event
- all of the general public who purchased raffle tickets
- the Wellington Dukes for granting us use of their raffle barrel
- the WDCC staff
The next Show and Share Guild Meeting is Wednesday, August 11, at 7pm via Zoom! 'Drop in' and see what people are working on! Send pics of your finished quilts and your Works in Progress to Janet.
Congratulations to Janet Reader Day for winning the Trendtex Challenge 'Friendship' at Quilt Canada!! Her entry is titled 'Even When I Push You Away You Always Come Back''.
Congratulations to Sonia Darby for winning second place in the Traditional - Wall and Bed Quilts category in the National Juried Show at Quilt Canada!!
Lots of fussy cut words and designs. Memories woven from UFOs and retreats where friends would gift me scraps to be put in this quilt.
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Congratulations to Bill Stearman for having four quilts juried into the Quilt Canada show! Apology Quilt 30 Dead and Counting Glass Ceiling Pronoun Quilt |
Congratulations to Janet Reader Day for having her quilt 'Tenacious' juried into the Quilt Canada show.
The Prince Edward County Quilt Show is postponed to July 9 and 10, 2022. Quilt registration for the 2022 show is now open. Register your quilt.
There is a new Challenge! Make a quilt using only blocks already completed and strips or squares already in your stash.
If you would like to work on a Comfort Quilt, contact Betty or Colleen K.
The Days for Girls project needs people to serge long strips at home. Fabric and thread are supplied. Our first ten kits will be going to a women's shelter here in Canada. If you can help, contact Anne Longston.
