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![]() BEFORE show opening Quilt Canada Vancouver May 31st - June 2 Thank you to quilters from coast to coast (& beyond) for contributing 1600+ postcards to the CQA Quilted Postcard Challenge 2018! It was a true honour to oversee this campaign and witness everyone’s willingness to get on board and participate. I’m grateful to CQA/ACC Board of Directors for their support. |
![]() Sincere "Thank You" to CQA BC Coastal Rep Karen-Killins Robinson for receiving, organizing & storing precious postcards since 2017. Her promotional assistance, attendance at events & teaching postcard classes are gratefully acknowledged by many quilters. $11, 000 in donations was raised for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation! Congrats to everyone for all your contributions. Every postcard submitted & purchased counted towards this success. Thank YOU for Helping us Help BC Children’s Hospital. |
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Proud Sponsor/Founder CQA Quilted Postcard Challenge Cindy Scraba “Cinderella” @Cindy’s Threadworks BC Children's Hospital Foundation representative ....
Review Fall issue 2018 "Canadian Quilter" Publication for article on the Postcard Challenge plus Quilt Canada Vancouver 2018 highlights including Trend-Tex & NJS Quilt Winners! CQA/ACC Membership receives subscription with membership...join NOW if you haven’t already to stay connected. See you at the next (Western) Quilt Canada 2020 June 18- 20 Edmonton Convention Centre! 2019 Quilt Canada Ottawa June 12 - 15 EY Centre Quilting Goes Viral! |
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1st Place Winner $500 Quilted Postcard Challenge Jo-Ann Jenkins, “Red-Breasted Nuthatch”, from Burnaby BC. Member Northshore Needle Arts Guild Hand-stitched postcard features Brazilian embroidery, needle painting, hand quilting. |
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2nd Place Winner $300 Quilted Postcard Challenge Monika Kinner-Whalen, “Prairie”, from Saskatoon, Sask. Thread painted postcard features free-motion machine embroidery |
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3rd Place Winner $200 Quilted Postcard Challenge Joy Hegglund, “Sunset”, Crofton, BC Machine embroidery, Free-motion quilting |
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Excellence in Thread Use by Hand $250 Pam Brown,”Hanging Basket”, Brentwood, BC Hand embroidered stitches |
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Excellence in Thread Use by Machine $250 Susan Luque, “Abandoned Barn”, Georgetown, ON Thread play, Free-motion machine quilting |