It is with great sadness that the Beaconsfield Quilter’s Guild announces the passing of our former President, Antoinette Scarano. A member for the past 6 years, she served in the Guild as Vice-President for 2 years before becoming President in June 2019. She was a talented quilter, knitter, card-maker and cook. But most of all …
(défiler vers le bas pour la version française) Welcome back to returning members and welcome to our brand-new members as well. Our Executive team is busy preparing our new guild season, after our summer break. In some cases, the summer break (and springtime) included mask-making. Our guild prepared and distributed over 20,000 masks to over …
(pour la version française, cliquez ici) June 30th We currently stand at over 20,000 masks sewn and delivered… incredible! What a great community effort! Read on for ways everyone can help out. Beaconsfield Quilter’s Guild members are putting their sewing skills to work to help meet the need for face masks for staff and patients …
The December meetings were action-packed! These are some highlights: Absolutely fascinating presentations were given by Shelly Miller at both meetings. Shelly is a Montreal-based artists who, among other focuses, creates art inspired by quilts, often for public spaces. Hearing about her process and inspiration as well as seeing examples of her creations was a treat. …
On October 19th, the guild hosted a “Fantasy Butterfly” workshop taught by our very own Louise Charlton. Did you know that a group of butterflies is officially called a kaleidoscope? I love that name: it really captures the many varied colours and symmetry at play in real-life butterflies and in the lovely creations made during …
