Past Photo Galleries 2006

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December 2006

The art quilts Mr. Gupta’s Magnificent Moustache and Sandish: Man Of Dignity, were designed by Wendy Rao and created in 2004.	Circles In My Mind was designed and created and stitched by Mary Shore, in 2005. It is 51 by 34-inches and is machine pieced and quilted.	Autumn Praise, lower right, was designed by Carol Webb and made by Linda Marr and Ann Anderson in 1997. It is 62-inches square.

The quilt Mariner’s Compass With Hand Appliqué, was designed and created by Sue Dobray in 2006. The quilt is 60-inches square.	Irene Corbett from Fraser Valley Quilters Guild was among those at a Sit-And-Stitch program held at the Surrey museum.

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Page 1 Sunset Lewisia by Judy Leslie of Coquitlam captured the President’s Award For Excellence in Appliqué and Honourable Mention in Large Innovative Quilt category at the 2006 National Juried Show.	Page 2 A curved piecing class including, left to right Nancy Bowley, Merilyn Arms (teacher), Barbara Basaraba, Ruth Cunningham and Artis Williams of Boswell Nifty Needlers, near Nelson, B.C. This technique will be used in their centennial project for the Boswell Community Hall, which will be presented at the centennial celebration July 1, 2007.	Page 2 One of eight quilts headed for Mexico (Cassas d’Esperanza – Homes of Hope) in Vicente Guerrero, Mexico, this group quilt is being held by some of the 12 Boswell (near Nelson, B.C.) Nifty Needlers who worked on it, including, left to right, Barbara Basaraba, Sheila Meier, Muriel Sharatt, Joan MacPherson (representing Homes of Hope), Ruth Cunningham, Jean Stewart and Linda Anderson.	Page 4 Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year the Orchard Valley Quilters Guild in Kelowna was founded by, from the left, Delora Kuyenhoven, Beryl Cook, Charm Gerace, Faith Butticci and Wanda Lebedkin, seen here at the guild's 20th anniversary.

Page 5 Dianne Birnie, a member of the Double O Quilt Guild in Oliver with her quilt, Sun Shining On Nasturtiums, an 87 by 56-inch wall hanging, an original design amidst lots of trial and error, with all components constructed of a top layer (Inset shows some of the details), batting and backing then hand appliquéd onto a pre-quilted backing by Joanne Pick of Penticton.	Page 8 Cathy Miller of Victoria says, “There are 14 new folk-flavoured songs on our new CD, inspired by many of the people we have encountered in over 350 performances for quilt guilds and quilt shows in six countries on three continents."	Page 8 Excellence for Wearable Art was awarded to Calm on the Surface by Janet Armstrong of Vernon at the National Juried Show 2006 held in Ottawa in 2006.	Page 9 Grid #3 by Pat Crucil of Sechelt received judge Margie Davidson’s choice at the National Juried Show 2006. The grid represents the high rise buildings of Vancouver.

Page 9 NRN (No Reply Necessary), Text Messaging PM, an outfit by Kathryn Botsford of Campbell River took first place in the wearables category in the Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters (APNQ) Quiltfest in August.	Page 9 Kootenay Album, by Dawn Fox Cooper of Procter received honourable mention in traditional appliqué in the APNQ Quiltfest in Seattle.	Page 20 Fabric Dogwood flowers will be blooming in Kamloops for Quilt BC 2007 May 2 to 5. Carol Cooney of Armstrong has joined CQA members and other British Columbia quilters making their interpretation of British Columbia's official flower.

September 2006

Quilts and heritage join in a Kelowna fund raiser for a group charged with preserving the city and area history.	Landscaped grounds off a backdrop for creations of the Orchard Valley Quilt Guild.	Long time quilter and heritage supporter Pat McIver buys a chance to win a guild-supplied raffle quilt from society member Gwen Campbell.	Even fences were pressed into service to display mostly donation quilts by guild members.

Seeming to flit away from a bicycle wheel a moth on a quilt is right at home in a xeriscape demonstration garden.	Pioneer pews display quilts in a church now 116 years old.	A city landmark, the first Protestant church in the area, is enhanced for a day with quilts, one of them even older than the church.

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Page 1 Marilyn Rombough of Langley, above left, with her quilt, A Gathering, named best from Canada at the 2006 World Quilt Competition.	Page 2 R.C.M.P. Trauma Quilts are displayed before being presented in Kelowna, where the project was initiated by residents at an adult residential complex.	Page 3 JoAnn Foster, a Comox Valley quilter on Vancouver Island displays the cover of the McCall's Quilting magazine that featured her quilt Homeward Bound (displayed on the bed) recently.	Page 4 Using the tools of her trade New York teacher Esterita Austin helps Kelowna quilter Yvonne Cooper get started during a class on using colour in quilting.

Page 4 Members of the Princeton Bunchgrass Quilters present 35 lap quilts, created this year, to R.C.M.P. Victims Services representatives.	Page 4 A display of some of the quilts created by the Princeton quilters for R.C.M.P. Victims Services.	Page 8 Emily Gaudard, left, presents the CQA/ACC rosette to Mona Todd after her quilt, Portrait Of A CPR Train, was chosen best over all in the Shuswap QG quilt show in Salmon Arm earlier this year.	Page 9 Maureen Goldsmith, Chilliwack, has completed her City and Guilds Patchwork and Quilting diploma course.

Page 11 Her tiny postcard quilt is proving popular for Chilliwack fibre artist Judy Peckham.	Page 14 Cutting the ribbon to open their 25th anniversary celebrations in Parksville in June are Mayor Sandy Herle, first Parksville Quilt House QG president Bette Wood and current president Donna McAskile.?	Page 21 A wealth of donation quilts are displayed at a trunk show to wind up the past quilting season for the Copper Valley Fat Quarters QG in Logan Lake.

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May 2006

Another quilt takes shape on the design wall.	A basting crew sandwiches the batting between quilt top and backing.	Squares begin as strips of fabric that are cut to shape.

Many of the 40 quilters participating pose with some of the quilts they created.	Sewing pieces together is basic but painstaking.

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Page 4 Cheryl Olsson's quilt won a Fraser Valley QG challenge to support Olympic athletes.	Page 4 This maple leaf pattern forms the basis for quilts remembering fallen Canadian soldiers.	Grand Forks quilter Emilie Belak takes inspiration from the natural beauty of her adopted Canada.	Page 5 Wild Canada Geese dominate a Canadian landscape.

Page 5 Sea birds like these Puffins are almost life like in this wall hanging.	Page 10 Kelowna Orchard Valley QG members display 27 quilts donated to the Central Okanagan Hospice Association.	Page 11 Cranbrook QG committee members pose with a centennial quilt now on permanent display.	Page 20 Enid Baker of Penticton had her city scape chose to grace a CQA/ACC greeting card.

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February 2006

At Day’s End Janet Armstrong, Vernon	Alpha-Omega Marilyn Rombough, Langley	Land Of Fey Coreen Zerr, Nanaimo	Snowy Owl Meets West Coast Totem Judy Farrow, Parksville

Looking West I, II, III Donna Pringle, Oliver	Centering 2 Pat Crucil, Sechelt	Abundant Life Pippa Moore, Comox

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Page 2 Betty Hunter Vancouver Quilt Guild calendar celebrates 30 years of quilting with a 2006 colour calendar	Page 2 Cabin Lights One of 27 quilts featured in a fund raising calendar to celebrate a quilter’s dedication to her art and guild.	Page 3 Earthy Shangri-la Susan Martin of Kelowna had the only quilt from Canada accepted by the U.S. Quilting Arts magazine 2006 calendar.

Page 8 Maple Leaf Quilt One of three quilts offered as prizes at the Parksville Quilt House QG initial show, called A Century Of Canadian Quilting, in 1981.	Page 10 Dolls Now Finished Unique dolls created for a group project by the Vernon Silver Star QG are shown off after being completed.	Page 19 QUESTS Retreat Quilters gather at a week long spring retreat on Shuswap Lake at the Sorrento Conference Centre.

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