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KOOTENAY QUILTERSDAY GUILDSpecial Edition Newsletter

QUILT SHOW 2015 - THE ART OF QUILTING

THE ART OF QUILTING was held at the Prestige Inn on October 2 and

October 3. We had 40 contributors and more than 150 entries - awonderful showing of the work of both the Day Guild and the Night Guild of

our Kootenay QuiltersAssociation. So many bed quilts were originally

submitted that we had to withdraw some as we did not have enough frames

or room to showcase them all. We hope those that were withdrawn will

reappear for inclusion in our 2017 show.

In the end we had 53 bed quilts, 10 paint chip challenge entries, 2

miniatures, 22 small wall hangings, 10 large wall hangings, 2 group quilts, 6

baby/child quilts, 7 lap quilts, 8 seasonal quilts, 34 art quilts, 2 miscellaneous

and 1 wearable. What a lovely diversity in colour, pattern, design, machine

& hand quilting, artistic interpretation - our show was very well received and

we had lots and lots of compliments from our viewers.

Many years ago we judged in every category; now, we have the CQA Award

(judged by another guild) and Viewer's Choice #1, #2, and #3 in two

categories - BED QUILTS and OTHERS. Giving out 6 Viewers' Choice Awards

was new this year but members have reported that it was a good way to spotlight our smaller quilts.

Special congratulations to our winners this year:

CQA AWARD - BEST OF SHOW: "Tranquillity in Flowers" by Kazuko Takano

CQA Honourable Mention: Orchid by Rosalie Johnson,

"Grandma's Dream" by Dorothea Housworth,

"Rose Plates" by Sharon Drew.

VIEWERS' CHOICE-BED QUILTS: 1st - "Grandma's Dream" by Dorothea Housworth

2nd - "Rose Plates" by Sharon Drew

3rd - "Tranquillity in Flowers" by Kazuko Takano

"Tranquillity in Flowers" by Kazuko Takano "Grandma's Dream" by Dorothea Housworth "Rose Plates" by Sharon Drew


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Orchid by Rosalie Johnson CQA Judges

VIEWERS' CHOICE- OTHER QUILTS: 1st - "Bargello Sunflower" by Laura McEachern

2nd - "Empress Garden" by Miyo Mori

3rd - "Duck Puddles" by Joy Lobach

"BargelloSunflower" by Laura McEachern

"Duck Puddles"

by Joy Lobach

"Empress Garden" by Miyo Mori


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PAINT CHIP CHALLENGE: 1st - "Mardi Gras - by Rosemary Wallach

2nd - "Purple Guitar" - by Laura McEachern

3rd - "The Sentinel" - by Bonnie Chalmers

Rosemary Wallach Laura McEachern Bonnie Chalmers

Featured Quilters: Janet Jones and Dorothea Housworth Quilts of Valour

Quilters Boutique The Applique Society

An up-to-date financial statement for the Quilt Show is located in the Library -- it details revenue and expenses. For

revenue, here is a breakdown: vendorstables brought in $500; Friday admissions were at 212 @ $5.00 for a total of $1,060

and Saturday admissions were 221 @ $5.00 for a total of $1,105. Our three beautiful raffle baskets brought in a total of

$1,216. Our expenses totalled $2,686.95, leaving us a profit of $1,194.05.

In 2017, we are anticipating higher costs for room rentals at the Prestige so we may have to consider corporate

sponsorship, something new for our guild but something that is done in other guilds. If you have any ideas for raising

money to cover our increased rental costs, please let someone on the committee hear from you!


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Once again our raffle quilt was well received --

special thanks to the Raffle Quilt Committee, to all those

who worked on the raffle quilt, and especially to Sheila

Hart for organizing ticket sales. We made our donation

of $5,000 to the Hospital Foundation - an impressive

amount from our Day Guild. Miyo and Diane made the

presentation to the Hospital Foundation in early

December and the funds were directed to their Light Up

the Hospital campaign for priority medical equipment in the Operating Room.

Your hard-working Quilt Show Committee met after the show to debrief and to

make recommendations for the next show - most of our recommendations can

wait to be reviewed and implemented just prior to our next show but we want you

to start thinking about ideas for Challenge NOW. Tentative dates have been set

for September 22 and 23 for our 2017 show - and we may 'book' and pay for the

Thursday evening to ensure that we can start setting up early!

A very special THANKS to everyone for contributing to our show - for all of your

beautiful quilts which were displayed and for all of the help in set-up and take-

down - it was a fabulous GROUP effort!!!

Fond Memories

Another successful show is behind us - time to get back to quilting and to start planning for our show in 2017....no

excuses; you have lots of warning!

From your Quilt Show Committee

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