NEW EXHIBIT for Quilts Kingston 2015 invites children who quilt to join us in sharing their quilts!

The Quilts Kingston-2015 planning committee is introducing a new entry category to the Exhibition for this next year.

 "Quilts by Children". 

We welcome quilts made by children in our community.

There are no rules except that the child must be sponsored for entry by a member of the Limestone Quilters Guild or Kingston Heirloom Quilters Group.

 

Any child may enter a quilted item in the show as long as the item meets the following guidelines:

1)    Child is 14 years or under at any time during 2015.

2)    Item circumference does not exceed 240 inches. (e.g. 60 inches square)

3)    Child must be sponsored by a LQG or KHQ member.  A member may sponsor only one child.

4)    Entry could be done by one child or done as a group entry.

5)    Child must sew the quilt top and the binding.  Quilting does not need to be done by child.

6)    Items will not be judged.

7)    All children, whether as an individual or as a group, will receive a participation ribbon.

 

So hoping for a great response for this exhibit. If your child is making quilts or if you know of a child who has always wanted to make his or her own quilt, please contact the Guild/Group and meet with a member who might provide some help or guidance along the way and sponsor the quilt for our Show.

 

Show Contacts:

Anne Dickson  Limestone Guild  - anne.dickson@sympatico.ca

Margaret Henshaw: Kingston Heirloom Quilters  - henshaw@sympatico.ca

 

The season for FINISHING your Qults is underway... and before the holidays arrive, get stitching!

from Joann Sharpe's free form Lettering, as posted by Cherie Haas,
Online Editor to Cloth Paper Scissors Today Nov. 7, 2014
 



Just a reminder as you go into this slower and more stitch focused season of shorter days and LONG evenings for stitching and 'making' of new quilts or other fibre projects , to take your thoughts, talents and joy each day to the place in your life where you develop new ideas and take the studio focused action that all new stitch work requires.

 

For me... it's taking weaving lessons and learning to bring the new "Fanny" floor loom (actually 14 years old) in my studio become a useful and enjoyable tool for all new art cloth. Finishing a baby quilt for our new grandson Luke, born October 27th. And soon, 'framing in' the two bed quilts I want to submit to Quilts Kingston in February...much work to do.

 

Make QUILTS be the focus ... visit exhibitions, shops, sales and meetings of your favourite groups/Guilds - all abundant in this month of November. Take time to visit websites/blogs of the quilters you love and include them in your lives. Take a friend along on a day trip to see a quilt show, and be sure to say THANK YOU to someone who has been an inspiration to you or helped you out along the way.

Bethany

So here we are - just two days away from NOVEMBER... is your quilt in the frame or on the machine bed??

Quilters across Kingston, ON and area are starting to really begin the "making" required to get their submissions for the QUILTS KINGSTON 2015 Show and Sale underway ... both the Kingston Heirloom Quilters and the members of the Limestone Quilters Guild are working on their quilts, Members' Boutique items and their consignment piecess that could be part of the sale room.

 

Having just come back from the beautiful Quilt Show of the Brant Heritage Quilters Guild in Brantford, ON, I certainly see the excitement that building up to a huge undertaking like a Guild's Quilt Show can be...and just know that the QUILTS KINGSTON 2015 Committees that are planning for our show June 12-15, 2015 are getting many details in place to draw in as many visitors to Kingston and our Show as possible.

Fences and Ladders, B. Garner and friends

 

Developing designs and pulling together the stashes of fabric - maybe using up those hand dyes and the painted fabrics you made in a class, or taking advantage of the year end sales at your favourite shops is a passion that only quilters can understand. Now is the time to get planning, pull out the draft paper and rulers.. get an all new project underway.

 

I have three beautiful quilt kits that I have purchased on our Bus trips to Lancaster and Paducah, and they need to be made up this winter. I bet that many of you have taken classes or also purchased quilt kits that are begging to be finished. No excuses now... the calendar is ticking off days and soon the quilts will be photographed and the submission forms required for the Quilt Show Committee.

 

My challenge to all Kingston Guild members is one quilt EACH... miniature, wall quilt, bed quilt, art quilt, wearable or a consignment project... lets make this the biggest and best show yet!

 

Stay tuned for more news about the Show, timelines for getting your work photographed and submission forms in to the Guild/Group Quilt \show Committee members responsible for collection and processing of entries.

 

Bethany, Publicity Committee

In support of our Quilt Guild members who are also members of the Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners we invite you to visit the FALL SALE of our sister Guild in fibre!

STITCHING fingers are getting a workout as quilters continue the process of creating the beautiful stitch that will be seen on quilts...

Quilters at Gail Garber workshop with the starting pieces from their STAR QUILTS
Hoping for MANY at QUILTS KINGSTON 2015

Having traveled to numbers of local venues and a few quilters homes this fall, we can safely say that there are a number of beautiful quilts underway that are destined for the QUILTS KINGSTON Show and Sale on June 12-14, 2015. The Committee members are busy collecting donations for the members boutique and the donations are WONDERFUL.

 

Workshops with visiting Quilt Instructors have inspired participants to begin all new quilts, and finish those that have been on the design walls and marking tables. Groups who work together are executing plans and setting up work days. Classes have started again at the local shops and the long arm quilters are busy completing work for entries that will be completed for the coming deadline for entry.

 

Hoping YOU are working on your pieces - large and small wall quilts, bed quilts, wall hangings, miniatures, clothing... all are welcome.

 

And please plan your entry for:  The "Sir John A. / Sir John, Eh?" Challenge: rules and entry form for members of the Kingston Heirloom Quilters and Limestone Quilter' Guild ONLY.

 

Watch the circulation of your local Guild Newsletter and our Quilt Kingston website http://www.quiltskingston.org/ for news, entry deadlines and more.

As summer comes to an end, the members of the Kingston Heirloom Quilters Group and Limestone Quilters Guild are back to work...

Fall is that special time of year when the quilts come out of the closets and storage chests, are washed or aired and ready to move back onto the family's beds. Fall is also a big month for Quilt Shows, Exhibitions of contemporary and traditional quilts, and Fall Fibre Festivals that showcase fabrics, embellishments, threads and other necessary items for starting or finishing projects that may become important parts of next year's Show Quilts.

 

QUILTS KINGSTON 2015 will be a premier sharing of the most wonderful quilts and handmade items coveted by the Show goers, the collectors and a special place for you to come to meet friends, shop some impressive vendor booths and just be inundated with the beauty, history and excitement that quilts evoke!

 

All of our Guild and Group members are working seriously now, as the entry deadlines for our June 12-14th, 2015 Quilt Show are on their minds. Some have been piecing and appliqueing blocks for several years and are now at assembly and quilting stage. Others are gearing up for some serious sewing this fall, and those who are the procrastinators have their fabrics, a design or pattern book to inspire, and are reaping all of the best that the last snippets of Fall have to offer.... just waiting for a run of rainy fall weather to get started.

 

We have travelled wide and far this year - from PADUCAH, KY and the AQS Show Bus Trip organized by the Limestone Guild in April, on to the beautiful display of Canadian Quilts at QUILT CANADA in St. Catherines, ON. Local shows have inspired us, and we took our Quilts to Perth's Lanark Guild to share, and visited the Quilt Show weekend at Upper Canada Village. Quilts and quilt making have definitely been on our minds.

 

If YOU are a quilter who still has not found a home with a local Guild or Group, please come join us this fall and become an active participant in the preparations for QUILTS KINGSTON 2015. Our Guild meetings are OPEN TO ALL and you are most welcome.

 

LIMESTONE QUILTERS GUILD opens the fall season with their first meeting:

 

Date:  3 September 2014

Place:  Kingston Seniors’ Centre, 56 Francis St.

Time: 6:30 p.m. (meeting begins at 7)
Time to check in, meet friends, check out the library!

GUEST SPEAKER : CATHY PRICE
She will be presenting a trunk show of wonderful quilts

 

 

 

KINGSTON HEIRLOOM QUILTERS meet the first Tuesday and third Thursday of each month at the St, John's Church Hall, Church St. off  Baiden Ave. in Portsmouth Village. 

 

KHQ 2014-2015 Fall Meeting Dates:
Sept 2, 18; Oct 7, 23; Nov 4, 20; Dec 2.

 

The Kingston Heirloom Quilters provides an opportunity for you to accomplish these objectives. We are a not-for-profit community organization committed to excellence in heirloom quilting. Through our meetings, workshops, guest speakers, and educational trips, we strive to broaden our knowledge and skills in both traditional and contemporary quilting techniques.

NOTES:

We usually meet twice monthly, from September through June:

• the first Tuesday and
• the third Thursday of the month    

We meet 9:30am to 3pm and 6:30 to 8:30pm, at St. John's Anglican Church Hall on Church Street in Portsmouth Village, Kingston. Members bring a lunch and enjoy the stimulation of fellow quilters throughout the day. So be sure to check the dates at the top of this page.
               

Activities center on group projects, workshops, demonstrations and guest speakers. Meeting days without a formal program are spent on a variety of group projects.

Our group quilts are made for charitable purposes. Several have been donated to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. We also provide baby quilts for Kingston General Hospital.

Kingston Heirloom Quilters participate in mounting a major quilt show in Kingston every three to four years. This provides us the opportunity to showcase the finest quilting of our members and our colleagues, the Kingston Limestone Quilters Guild.

Members participate in educational activities in the community, such as fairs and speaking at schools. But most importantly, the organization fosters a spirit of fellowship in the sharing of ideas and talents in the quilting field.

Membership is open to both experienced and learning quilters who support our goals of developing and preserving the skills of heirloom quilting. We welcome visitors to our meetings.

 

Please join us for the love of quilting.

KINGSTON FIBRE ARTISTS invite you to the opening of their Annual Show and Sale - and yes, there are QUILTS!

           

          

                      Our next KINGSTON FIBRE ARTISTS SHOW is scheduled for                     
              August 29 - September 24, 2014
  

Opening Reception is September 4, 2014  6:30-8:30 pm
 Kingston and Frontenac Public Library
   Central Branch, 130 Johnson Street
   613-549-8888

 We will be in both the Wilson Room and the Foyer!

 

A number of our members proudly belong to the Kingston Heirloom Quilters Group

and Limestone Quilters Guild.

 

Hoping you will join us for our upcoming Show and Sale of Fine Art -Textiles.

Artists Walk and Talk will be held Saturday, September 13, 2014 which offers you a wonderful opportunity to meet our artists, talk about their inspiration, techniques and learn more about our professional artist members who have chosen fibre as their medium.