Martha's Stories

Martha Wiens from Leamington is the guest artist at the St. Jacobs Schoolhouse in two weeks. Yesterday her quilt stories arrived. Martha loves rework, embroidery and fancy stitches... often embellishing with beads and buttons. The quilt stories are exciting...filled with diversity, colour and love. Don't miss this delightful show.

Articles

The Grand Magazine featured an article about JudyGasho-Jutzi, a local fibre artist. This week, Sideroads featured an interesting article about the St. Jacobs Quilt Shows. Gail Martin, Editor of the Elmira Independent has been very supportive of The St. Jacobs Quilt Shows. Good reading...quilters.

27 Days

27 days until the annual St. Jacobs Quilt Festival. The classes at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church are filling up fast. All you have to do is sign up, pay the fee, bring your body and delight in opening the kit. Act quickly!

Machine Applique     Deborah Biernes        May 27

Hawaiian Delight     Quilter's Nine Patch   May 27 

Redwork                    Martha Wiens            May 27

Skyscape                     Judy Gasho -Jutzi      May 28

Transfer Foil                Angela Grassi           May 28

Rug Mug                      Ana- Marie Kramer  May 28

Fabric Stamping   Chantall Guillermet/ France                   May 29

Decolouration of Fabric        Chantall Guillermet/France    May 29

Create a Block   Joanne Duff   Victoria Quilts                      May 29

St. Marys Quilt Show

Yesterday I attended the St. Marys Quilt Show. My favourite things- Judith Elder McCartney's personality dolls, the paint by-number fabric found at Greenwood Quiltery/ Guelph, a modern qui

lt featuring wonky wedges created and machine quilted by Shirley,owner of the Marsh Store/ Coldstream and a clamshell quilt displayed at the Kaleidoscope Store booth/Exeter. Members of the Stone Town Guild and the Perth Huron Quilter's Guild offered a large variety of traditional quilts.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! It is time to get creative. The quilt show is just one month away. Talk to Wendy if you would like to hang a quilt at the Schoolhouse. Kathy Langill has enough vendors to fill all the spaces at the Merchant's Mall being held in St. James Lutheran Church. There will be opportunities to shop for fabrics, notions and even sewing machines. Look for the lunch booth, catered by the ladies of St. James Lutheran Church.

Modern Quilter

Jacquie Gering , a modern quilter from Chicago visited London this week. She is  the  president of 'Modern Quilter's Guild' in the USA. Her trunk show was a delightful experience..full of new ideas.The photo below is an example of her work. Enjoy!

Visit to Home Hardware

The quilt blocks were assembled complete with sashing and a border. The finished quilt top was hung at The Home Hardware Distribution Centre in St. Jacobs for the annual Spring Market. Visitors enjoyed looking at the variety of homes. Sharp eyes tried to spot the HH logos. One man was wearing a tie made from similar fabric found in one of the Bow tie blocks.