Celebrate Mother's Day with trip to spring quilt show

The Stitches From The Heart Quilt Guild will be hosting its bi-annual show this spring with two quilts on offer as door prizes.

The Quilted Garden show will take place on the Mother’s Day Weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 11 and 12 at the Tarentorus Sports Club 56 Avery Rd., just north of Third Line. This judged show will feature pieced, applique, art, and modern quilts, a vendor mall, a sewing room with interactive demonstrations, a New-to-You Boutique with fabric bundles and a silent auction.

Following is the complete news release submitted by Stitches from the Heart.

The Stitches From The Heart Quilt Guild will be hosting their bi-annual Quilt Show this Spring. And we are very happy to announce that we have two full-size quilts which will be offered as door prizes during this year’s Quilt Show - just in time for Mother’s Day.

The ‘Quilted Garden’ show will take place on the Mother’s Day Weekend from 10 to 4 on May 11th and 12th at the Tarentorus Sports Club at 56 Avery Road just north of Third Line. This Judged Quilt Show will feature pieced, applique, art, and modern quilts, a Vendor Mall, A Sewing Room with interactive demonstrations, a New-to-You Boutique with fabric bundles and a Silent Auction.

Guild member, Catherine Hornstein, generously donated a beautiful quilt top that was quilted by Jennifer Freiburger. The quilt has a lovely neutral colour pallet with Japanese Daiwabo Taupes that Catherine has been collecting for years. In Japan, Daiwabo is known for is antique look of prints with delicately mingling colours. Using inspiration from nature, it is the muted hues that change to blend with two or more colour families. This stunning 80-inch square quilt is valued at $1,500.00.

The second full-size quilt top was donated by Karen Madill. It is a festive deep red and green Christmas-themed quilt top which was quilted by Donna St Jules. The quilt is 60 inches x 62 inches and will warm any room during the holiday season. We estimate the value of this quilt at $500.00.

“We are hoping that having two full-size quilts for door prizes will increase our ticket sales” stated Sandra Johnson, Chair of the Quilt Show Committee, “We are planning on using the extra money raised through ticket sales to fund the Guild’s community projects like Comfort Quilts and other special causes so that we can continue to contribute positively to our community.”

Tickets for the Quilt Show are only $5.00 each with the door prizes valued at $2,000.00. And the best part is that people do not have to attend the show to be eligible to win a door prize.

Tickets can be purchased from Life’s A Stitch at 516 Queen Street East, from any member of the Guild or by calling Karen Madill at 705-945-9932.

Stitches From the Heart Quilt Guild has been providing opportunities for quilters to share, learn and gather with other quilters for more than 30 years and has over 130 members. We meet the fourth Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Senior’s Centre (Active Living Centre) on Bay Street and always welcome new members and visitors.