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Quadra Island Quilter's Guild 2011 Marathon
Posted by cindy on Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Photo credit: Marjorie Luce-Haddon
November 2011 Quilt Marathon a comforting success! We had between 45 and 50
participants over the weekend.
A big THANK YOU -
To Barry & Sharron Hatelt, Quadra Island Builders volunteers, Terry
Hooper, and John Baumfield who came to set up or take down tables and
chairs. To John Baumfield for providing the extra 4 tables and running to
town to get more supplies! To Barb Van Orden and Joan Roberts for once again
running the kitchen both days and keeping sewers provided with refreshment
and nourishment.
To Suzanne Chickite at Seams of Cape Mudge for yet again making the
valuable quilt labels on her embroidery machine. The labels say "Made with
Love, by Quadra Island Quilters Guild".
To our co-ordinator, Joan Varley, and our team leaders; Nancy Wersching,
Heather Van der Est, Kate White, and Jackee Thayson who provided sewers with
precut fabric kits, or ideas, and help along the way.
To our acquisitions volunteers, Barb Round and Michele Sjoholm, our
material storage personnel, Jenny and Terry Hooper and our publicity agent,
Terry Phillips.
To the record number of community members who came to volunteer to sew a
quilt, or iron fabric, or hand sew bindings and labels: You are Kristine
Kaskholm, Jan Bain, Robin Beaton, Sue Beattie, Margaret Hussain, Linda Kerr,
Maureen McDowell, Diana McKerracher, and Janet Richardson. Sue Beattie also
lead us in a much needed yoga stretching break. A special thank you to Betty
Thompson for her continued support.
It was also nice to have visitors dropping by to view the quilts, ask
questions, and offer accolades.
Fabric and quilting supplies are garnered by donation from various
companies, stores, and individuals from around BC and even as far away as
Manitoba and Ontario. CR Fabricland, Sew & Sews, Cumberland Quilt Shop,
Honeysuckle Cottage Sales in Victoria, and Patti's Quilts in Vaughan,
Ontario donated bright and cheerful fabric for this year's quilts. For the
past several years batting has been provided at cost through the Cumberland
Quilt Shop. A large variety of threads and needles were supplied by Cindy's
Threadworks in Qualicum Beach and Marathon Threads, Canada in Winnipeg.
Thanks, Kosmic Kafeteria (Linda Gray), for catering the delicious dinner
on Saturday evening. And a special thank you to Tru Value Foods for their
ongoing community support in the way of shoppers points.
And to the Quadra Quilters themselves - your dedication is inspiring! Many
of you worked on two or even three quilts this year! And, as usual, you
provided wonderful soups and goodies for our Marathon potluck lunch. This
event will have produced about 60 quilts (when all are finished) to be
distributed throughout the year to Children's Hospital and Ronald McDonald
House. A small sample of these "Comfort Quilts" are on display at the
Quadra Coastal Community Credit Union.]
*Addendum to this event article was provided by Barb Round:
Quadra Island Quilters Guild would like to extend thanks to all those who made the November 2011 Quilt Marathon a comforting success! We had between 45 and 50 participants over the weekend. A big THANK YOU - To Barry & Sharron Hatelt, Quadra Island Builders volunteers, Terry Hooper, and John Baumfield who came to set up or take down tables and chairs. To John Baumfield for providing the extra 4 tables and running to town to get more supplies! To Barb Van Orden and Joan Roberts for once again running the kitchen both days and keeping sewers provided with refreshment and nourishment. To Suzanne Chickite at Seams of Cape Mudge for yet again making the valuable quilt labels on her embroidery machine. The labels say "Made with Love, by Quadra Island Quilters Guild". To our co-ordinator, Joan Varley, and our team leaders; Nancy Wersching, Heather Van der Est, Kate White, and Jackee Thayson who provided sewers with precut fabric kits, or ideas, and help along the way. To our acquisitions volunteers, Barb Round and Michele Sjoholm, our material storage personnel, Jenny and Terry Hooper and our publicity agent,Terry Phillips. To the record number of community members who came to volunteer to sew a quilt, or iron fabric, or hand sew bindings and labels: You are: Kristine Kaskholm, Jan Bain, Robin Beaton, Sue Beattie, Margaret Hussain, Linda Kerr, Maureen McDowell, Diana McKerracher, and Janet Richardson. Sue Beattie also lead us in a much needed yoga stretching break. A special thank you to Betty Thompson for her continued support. It was also nice to have visitors dropping by to view the quilts, ask questions, and offer accolades. Fabric and quilting supplies are garnered by donation from various companies, stores, and individuals from around BC and even as far away as Ontario. Special appreciation to: CR Fabricland (Campbell River, BC), Sew & Sews (Campbell River, BC), Cumberland Quilt Shop, Honeysuckle Cottage Sales (Victoria, BC), George Courey and Sons (Montreal and Vancouver), Hamel's Fabrics (Chilliwack, BC), The Sugar Pine Company (Canmore, AB), Gordon Fabrics (Richmond, BC) and Northcott Silks, Inc (Vaughan, ON) These sponsors donated bright and cheerful fabric for this year's quilts.For the past several years batting has been sourced at cost through the Cumberland Quilt Shop. A large variety of threads and needles were supplied by Cindy's Threadworks (Qualicum Beach, BC) and Marathon Threads, Canada (Winnipeg, MB).
Thanks, Kosmic Kafeteria (Linda Gray), for catering the delicious dinner on Saturday evening. And a special thank you to Tru Value Foods for their ongoing community support in the way of shoppers points.
And to the Quadra Quilters themselves - your dedication is inspiring! Many of you worked on two or even three quilts this year! And, as usual, you provided wonderful soups and goodies for our Marathon potluck lunch. This event will have produced about 60 quilts (when all are finished) to be distributed throughout the year to Children's Hospital and Ronald McDonald House. A small sample of these "Comfort Quilts" are on display at the Quadra Coastal Community Credit Union.
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Hi Cindy, Thanks again for your generous sponsorship. We'll let you know what the final tally of quilts is; most of them are done by our Christmas meeting and we take one huge photo!by Terry Phillips on 14 November 2011 at 9:44 a.m.
