The North Hastings Quilt Club has held a Quilt
Show every 2 years since 2000. Our shows include our
raffle quilt, all the proceeds of which goes back into the
community. We display large and small quilts, club
challenges, features and miscellaneous. There areworks in
progress, the Bear Paw General Store, previous show
winners, toonie draw, merchants' mall and the Bear Paw Den
for a home-style lunch.
Quilt Show 2000
Chairperson: Marion Heasman
The North
Hastings Quilt Club held it's first Quilt Show since the
Club began in May 1992. In 2000 there were 43 members who
showed 78 large quilts, plus a great many small quilts.
There was a merchants' mall, demonstrations, antique
quilts and wearable art. All in all, a great success.
The Viewers' Choice winners were:
Large
Quilt:
Marion Heasman for her large Celtic
Quilt.
Wall Hangings:
Loon and
Scene by Joan Sevigny, and a mystery quilt, Dot & Dash by
Mary Russell.
Small Quilts:
Teddy Bear baby quilt by Helene Jacobs.
Quilt Show 2002
Chairperson: Marion Heasman
This show had
a feature of Vintage and Family quilts, and Challenges:
Mystery Quilt - Twisted Tails; 4 Season challenge; special
occasion quilt, wearable art. There were demonstrations on
Scrapie Quilts, Applique and Foundation Piecing.
The Viewers' Choice winners were:
Large
Quilts:
1st Elizabeth Gardiner for Times &
Seasons,
2nd Mary Russell for American Star,
3rd
Joan Perrin for Oval Floral Applique.
Small
Quilts:
1st Lynn Dupont for Polar Pastimes (4
season challenge),
2nd Helene Pearson for Tumbling
Blocks,
3rd Marion Heasman for Festive of Leaves (4
seasons challenge).
Mystery Quilt:
1st Ruth Burkitt for Twisted Tails,
2nd
Doris Jeffreys,
3rd Mary Russell.
Miscellaneous:
1st Bev Sleeper for Puffy
Chair Pads,
2nd Doris Jeffreys for Puffy Chair Pads,
3rd Donna Ireland for Celtic Table Linen.
Quilt
Show 2004
Chairperson:
Marion Heasman
This was the year that
Bancroft was named the Most Talented Town in Ontario. The
show had Quilts made by children and a fashion show of
wearable art. There was a display of members' First
Quilts, and Challenges of Creative Lottery, Ugly
challenge, Spectacle lake quilts and a Quilt that is not a
Quilt. Features were, a Perpetual Calendar and a Mystery
Quilt. There were demonstrations of Fabric Painting, Long
Arm quilting (Gammil).
The Viewers' Choice Winners
were:
Large Quilts
1st
Elizabeth Gardiner,
2nd Marion Heasman,
3rd Marion
Heasman.
Small Quilts
1st Lynn Dupont,
2nd Ruth Burkitt,
3rd Marlene
LaVallee.
Miscellaneous
1st
Wilma Kingstone,
2nd, Elizabeth Gardiner,
3rd
Tricia Wyard-Scott.
Challenges
Ruth Burkitt, Liz Gardiner, Roxina Keith, Donna
Ireland, Tricia Wyard-Scott and Carol Smith.
Wearable Art
1st Lynn Dupont/Sheryl
Anderson,
2nd Lynn Dupont,
3rd Lynn Dupon
Quilt Show 2006
Chairperson: Marion Heasman
This show had challenges - Book Cover, Log Cabin,
Miniature, Orange and Two Colour challenges. Children in
the community were invited to create a quilted item of
their choice and displays of their quilts were shown. We
had a Wearable Art fashion show, a Quilts N More Store and
Demonstrations.
The Viewers' Choice Winners were:
Large Quilts
1st Donna Ireland for
her off white quilt ,
2nd Liz Gardiner for Woodland
Creatures,
3rd Ruth Burkitt for Feathers & Fans tied
with Liz Gardiner for Fairies in the Woods.
Small Quilts
1st Mary Russell for
Sunbonnet Sue Flies a Kite, who tied for 1st with Ruth
Burkitt for Fan Crib Quilt,
2nd Joyce Westwood for
Morning Glory,
3rd Lynn Dupont for Where Friends
Gather.
Miscellaneous
1st
Marilyn Wilson for Miniature Mariners Compass,
2nd
Betty Stringer for her Cinderalla book cover quilt,
3rd Ruth Burkitt for her Christmas Wreath wall hanging,
who tied for 3rd with Norma Nairn for
her Thanksgiving
wall hanging.
Wearable Art
1st
Lynn Dupont,
2nd Liz Gardiner,
3rd Dianne Coulson.
Quilt Show 2008
Chairperson: Marion Heasman
This show's
challenges were - Christmas Tree, Row by Row, Spectacle
Lake Ugly, UFO, Charm Quilt and Historical Quilt
challenges, and a display of quilts made by local children
in the club's Quilting in the School Program. There were
Quilt Appraisals by Judy Lyons as well as a bed turning.
Judy Lyons brought a banner that was displayed which was
made by the Burlington (Ontario) Team Tour Band depicting
the 60th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2004, Juno Beach,
Normandy, France. This banner consisted of almost 100
blocks made by students showing their impressions of
D-Day. She also brought a quilt depicting D-Day which was
created by band families.
The Viewers' Choice
winners were:
Large Quilts:
1st Liz Gardiner, Story Book Farms,
2nd Marilyn
Wilson, Orange Peel,
3rd Judy McKian, Lightning
Strikes.
Small Quilts:
1st Ruth
Burkitt, Petals of My Heart,
2nd Betty Stringer, Story
Book Farms
3rd Roxina Keith, Dragonfly Paradise
Miscellaneous:
1st Lynn Dupont, All
Aloon in the Mist,
2nd Wilma Kingstone, Framed
Chickadees,
3rd Lynn Dupont, Friendship Garden.
Quilt Show 2010
Chairperson: Marion Heasman
The Challenges
for this show were ‘Think Pink’, ‘Rocky Mountain Ridges’
and ‘Borders Abound’. We had demos given by some of our
vendors in the Merchants’ Mall. We had a display of ‘what
the N.H.Q.C. does in the community’. There were door
prizes, a toonie draw, and the Bear Paw General Store. We
had ‘name that flower’ blocks where you were to guess the
flower from the interpretation in the blocks. On display
was the Maynooth Library quilt which consists of some
blocks made by our members depicting this area. There were
also quilts made by children in the community. You could
relax and have a delicious lunch or just tea and coffee in
the Bear Paw Den. Raffle tickets were sold on our queen
size quilt along with 2nd prize of a lap quilt and 3rd
prize, a tote bag. All items in this show were made
exclusively by members of our club. This year the
Visitors’ Choice first place winners were spilt into two
categories - ‘hand quilted’ and ‘machine quilted’..
The Viewers' Choice winners were:
Large
Quilts:
1st hand quilted - Marlene Lavalley,
Autumn Sampler.
1st machine’ quilted - Ruth Burkitt,
Kaleidoscope.
2nd Marion Heasman, Double Wedding Ring.
3rd Lynn Dupont, Alaska Toss
Small Quilts:
1st Marlene Lavalley, Balloons
2nd Mary Russell, Spray
of Roses
3rd Betty Stringer, Christmas Barjello
Miscellaneous:
1st Ruth Burkitt, Pink
Fancy
2nd Betty Stringer, Aunt Pearl’s Church
3rd
Marilyn Wilson, Yukie’s Garden |
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