CQA/ACC Quilt Ontario 2011
May 24-28,2011 London, Ontario
Kluane Quilters Guild have been asked to assist with donations of leaf bowls to be given out at the Gala Event at Quilt Ontario. There will be over 400 attendees at the event so help is needed to achieve this goal.
Please take the time to open the link to the leaf bowl instructions and participate as so many other guilds across the country are . All donations will be collected prior to the requested mailing date of March 31st.
CQA National Juried Show Presentation
March 5, 2011 Yukon Visitors Centre Theatre
2nd and Lambert St., Whitehorse, Noon - 2:00 pm
Quilters and admirers are invited to watch a DVD presentation of the quilts that were entered in the Juried Show at Quilt Canada 2008, held in St.John's Newfoundland.
Retreat - Charity Work
February 5, 2011 Golden Age Society 4061-A 4th Ave. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
KQG members will receive additional information by email.
Charity Quilt Donation
October 7, 2009 MacBride Museum 12 noon
The Kluane Quilter's Guild donated eighteen quilts, made by members, to the Help and Home Emergency Women’s Shelter of Watson Lake. Anne Gibbs accepted the quilts on behalf of the shelter. Read Anne's letter of Thanks.
Charity Quilt Retreat
Jan.18 & Mar. 22, 2009 Golden Age Society
Kluane Quilters Guild hosted two days of quilting in order to make quilts for local charities and organizations. This event was held at the Golden Age Society, 4061-A 4th Ave. Whitehorse (near Sports Yukon) 8:30am- 5:00pm. The pattern used was a fun, easy and visually stunning block called the disappearing 9 patch. An example of which can be viewed at:
http://quiltsatcs.blogspot.com/2007/04/disappearing-9-patch-tutorial.html
The thought was this would be a fun day for seasoned quilters and the newest newbies to "give back" to our community. The participants donated their own fabric, blocks, fat quarters as well as batting. Along with the usual quilting supplies each also brought their favourite dish for a pot luck lunch.
Canada Winter Games Quilt Exhibition
Feb. 19 - Mar. 10 , 2007 Bear's Paw Quilts
The Kluane Quilters Guild, in conjunction with the City of Whitehorse, announced a "Canada Winter Games Quilt Challenge". The Guild invited all northern quilters to join in the fun. The theme of the challenge was Canada Winter Games and a criterion was established that all quilts must include the colours ( red, gold and black) and at least one symbol representing the CWG. In all 14 quilts were submitted and displayed at Bear's Paw Quilts for the public to enjoy. Well over 300 attended this exhibition and all had the opportunity to vote for their favourite quilt, by submitting a viewer choice ballot. After the ballots were counted gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to the winning entries. During the event raffle tickets could also be purchased to win a " Snowflake " quilt made by guild members, whose names appear on the quilt label. Whitehorse Mayor Bev Buckway attend on the final day of the event and had the honour of drawing the winning ticket from the raffle box.
Classy Quilts "not like your granny made"
Sept, 1-17 , 2006 MacBride Museum
We all love to see the work of a fellow quilter and especially when we have shared in the learning process while attending workshops. Over the years, the guild has sponsored workshops with quilt artists such as Gabrielle Swain, Pamela Godderis, Jane Sassaman, Libby Lehman & Ruth McDowell. The guild decided that it would be a perfect time to display and share our finished piece from these classes with others.
Fourteen of our guild members contributed 25 of their classy quilts to the quilt exhibition. Several original wall quilts made by Gabrielle Swain were also on display. There were about 90 visitors to our opening reception held on September 1st and a steady stream of visitors throughout the 2 weeks of the show not to mention the fair amount of media attention it all received. The show was a success.
Quilts by Yukon Artists
June 21 - 22, 2003
The quilts featured at the Waterloo County Area Quilt Festival in May were on display at the Alpine Bakery (Upstairs) , Whitehorse, YT. Along with these quilts were two award-winning Yukon works from the Canadian Quilters Association National Juried Show held in Edmonton, Alberta this past May. Admission to this exhibit was by donation.
Waterloo County Area Quilt Festival
May 22- June 1, 2003
Yukon quilters were invited as quest exhibitors at the Waterloo County Area Quilt Festival, Canada's largest quilt festival and prestigious international event. 33 locally sewn pieces were featured and Judy Gibbons had the honour of representing Kluane Quilters Guild at the show. The Waterloo festival was spread across venues in 10 Ontario communities. An estimated 40,000 people took in the 10 day show, which featured 1,000 quilts. The Yukon quilts were in Waterloo's Granite Curling Club, the main venue, along with 300 other pieces.
Selected Quilts
June 7 - July 8, 2001
Selected quilts from the Canadian Quilters Association National Juried Exhibition were on display at the Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YT. Preceding the opening, the Yukon Arts Centre unveiled " Kluane Hearts" a quilt donated to the Arts Centre by Treadbearers Quilting Group, Haines Junction, YT, in celebration of Breast Cancer survivors. An artist talk on Fibre Imagery and workshop was held by Bettina Matskuhn in the Yukon Arts Centre Gallery June 9th 2-4pm. An Artist talk on Ideas for Inspiration by Pam Godderis was held at the Beringia Centre June 15, 7:30pm. Followed by a workshop June 16-17 Designing an Orginal Quilt based on a theme predetermined by the individual quilter.
Quilts Under the Midnight Sun
June 21-24, 2000
Opening reception held at Elijah Smith Building, Whitehorse, YT 6:00pm - June 21st. A Quilt Slide Show and Presentation by Anne Severson was held at the Beringia Centre 8:00pm - June 17th. Over 70 entries, displayed at numerous venues around Whitehorse, 35 of which were judged by Anne Severson & Pat Crucil.
Mystery Quilt Challenge and a Quilt Raffle.
