2018 Quilt Show

The Prince Edward County
Quilters’ Guild
‘A Stitch In Time’ 2018
Quilt Show
was a huge success with more than 1,400 attendees!

This quilt show couldn't have happened without the hundreds of gorgeous quilts created by the Prince Edward County Quilters' Guild members over the last two years! What a wonderful way to showcase their quilted works, art and love of their craft. The public thoroughly enjoyed the variety of quilts.....definitely a quilt for everyone's taste.

PECQG President and Quilt Show Chair Janet Reader-Day would like to thank the following:

The PECQG 2018 Quilt Show Committee Members

The PECQG Members, their friends and family!
Geraldine Rorabeck of Picton Fabric World for her continuing support in both the PECQG Quilt Show and our Guild.
Helen Fujiki for her quilt rack donations
Dick and Ann Pease for their enormous donation to our guild and the local community
Bill Fairbairn for his donation to our guild and the local community
Walker's Greenhouse for the gorgeous planters
Mary Kay Morris for the loan of Beth Hick's quilts and quilt photographs
Pat Borecky for providing 60 door prizes
Betty Masterson and the Wellington Dukes for the use of their raffle drum
The fantastic staff at the Wellington and District Community Centre
Prince Edward District Womens' Institute Café Volunteers for their tasty sandwiches and goodies
And you, the public for attending the show and buying our raffle tickets, I thank you!

The venue was the: Wellington and District Community Centre
   Essroc Arena
   111 Belleville Street
   Wellington, ON
K0K 3L0
Site Map of the Community Centre

The highlights:
Free Parking
Merchants' Mall
Members' Boutique
Judged Competition
Demonstrations
**Guest Artists
WI Café
Quilt Sales
***Scissor Sharpener
Vintage Sewing Machines
Raffle Quilt Draw
An arena full of quilts!Ju

The vendors were:

The Scissor Man (see *** below)
Taylor's Sewing Centre
Kallisti Quilts
Kawartha Quilting and Sewing
Cotton Mill Threadworks
Picton Fabric World
Pine Ridge Knit & Sew
Your #1 Sewing Centre
The Quilter's Bolt
Fun With Stitches
Hooked on the Lake
Harebrained Happenings
Quilting Stitches
Stitch by Stitch
Valerie Miller Quilted Covers
X's and Ohs
Quilter's Barn and Gifts

**Guest Artists: We are had two very different groups as guests.

1)Two Artists of Tyendinaga:
Maureen Greyeyes-Brant
Kimberley Maracle

2) Four members of the Kingston Heirloom Quilters:
Donna Hamilton
Marg Henshaw
Simone Lynch replacing Mary Ann McAndrews
Phyllis Vanhorne

*** Scissor Sharpener: For a 2018 price list: Click here

2018 Raffle Quilt: Double Wedding Rings of Blue approx. 104"x104"
(permission granted by creative grids)

The last of 5,000 printed raffle tickets "sold out" by 1pm July 8, 2018.
Pattie Quaiffe of Demorestville, ON won the raffle quilt. Her winning ticket was drawn at 3pm Sunday July 8, 2018

Our Raffle Quilts provide funds for Guild Educational Activities and local Charities.

Congratulations Pattie!

Other notable winners:

The gift basket was won by D'thea Webster of Kaladar, ON.
An "in house" draw for a Mary Pease quilt was won by PECQG Member Lyne Lusk.

Lee Waterhouse won Best in Show for her "True Patriot Love" quilt shown below.

Bill Stearman won Viewers' Choice Bed Quilt for his "My Left Brain" quilt.

Ann Fales won Viewers' Choice Wall Quilt for her "Northern Reflection" piece.

Our Boutique showcased some new racks!

In early November 2017, Helen Fujiki gifted the PECQG her personal portable quilt racks! They are gorgeous, thank you so very much Helen!

PECQG Quilt Show Committee 2018

Chair- Janet Reader Day
Treasurer- Christine Hays
Secretary- Alfie Deyo, (Judy Blemkie as backup)
Show Floor- Janet Reader Day, Lee Waterhouse
Robyn Hardman (assistant floor marker)
Admissions-Jane Cunningham
Advertising and Signage- Penny Hopkins, Bill Stearman, Kelly Panacci, Ana Castillo, Jeanne Fraser
Rack Cards & Posters-Maggie Goode
Vendors- Greta Kristiansen, Maggie Goode, Mary Minigan
Quilt Registration- Lisa Castonguay
Quilt Sign In & Out- Patricia Fullerton, Sharon Fabro
Volunteers- Mary Campbell, Carole Ostrander
Judged Quilts- Anne House
Ribbons- Marianne Sanders
Members Boutique- Rosanna Worden Hawker, Colleen Kelly, Betty Beaumont,
Nancy Hicks, Joscelyn Matthewman, Sally Margueratt, Gloria Durell, Ellie McFaul
Raffle Quilt Construction- Janet Reader Day
Raffle Quilt Hand Quilting Co-ordinator- Janet Reader Day
Hand Quilters:
Liz Arnold
Nancy Hicks
Barb Hofstra
Penny Hopkins
Anne House
Anne Longston
Eleanor Macmillan
Kathie Oliver
Linda Pennington
Janet Reader Day
Marianne Sanders
Rosanna Worden Hawker
Raffle Ticket Sales- Anne Russell
Raffle Quilt Event Co-ordinator- Deelia Evans, Marianne Sanders
Program- Sue Case
Labels- Nancy Hicks
Members-at-large- Robyn Hardman, Ruth Richards

The Prince Edward County​Quilters’ Guild‘A Stitch In Time’ 2018Quilt Showwas a huge success with more than 1,400 attendees!

Congratulations Pattie!

Other notable winners:

Our Boutique showcased some new racks!

The Prince Edward County
Quilters’ Guild
‘A Stitch In Time’ 2018
Quilt Show
was a huge success with more than 1,400 attendees!