Marilyn Barker
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 117" x 94"
Technique: Appliqué, embroidery, trapunto
Quilting: Hand quilting

Awards: Viewers’ Choice Top Ten, York Heritage’s Celebration of Quilts, 2008, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

Origin of pattern: Blocks from “The Love of Appliqué” by Dianne Johnston

Lyn Barrett – Cowan
Kitchener Quilters’ Guild
Size: 44.5" x 48.5"
Technique: Fusing, trapunto, soldering iron, free motion machine lace, collage, acrylic paint...
Quilting: Home sewing machine

First Shown: Grand National Quilt Show “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” 2008

Original design – Inspired by the willow tree at the bottom of my street (which has since been cut down)

June Basu Roy
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 89" x 107"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing, embroidery
Quilting: Hand quilted by June Basu Roy

Origin of pattern: Several traditional patterns

Louise Forrest
Hamilton Quilters’ Guild
Technique: Wholecloth
Quilting: Hand quilted by Louise Forrest

Awards: 1st place, hand quilting, Ancaster fair

Ellen and Stephen Collington
Hamilton Quilters’ Guild
Size: 40" x 40"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing, embroidery, trapunto
Quilting: Home sewing machine Calligraphy and signature seals by S. Collington

First Shown: This piece was designed for, and toured with, the 2001 Hoffman Challenge

Original design

Ellen Collington
Hamilton Quilters’ Guild
Size: 31" x 31"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing, embroidery
Quilting: Home sewing machine (Ellen Collington)

First Shown: Hamilton Quilters’ Guild Show, 2005

Original design

Mary Crowe
Hamilton Quilters’ Guild
Size: 96" x 96"
Technique: Piecing, paper piecing
Quilting: Longarm Machine (Debbie Winn)

Origin of pattern: Class quilt, instructor Denise McKenna

Maureen Czerneda
Hamilton Quilters’ Guild
Size: 89" x 89"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing
Quilting: Machine quilted by Debbie Winn

First Shown: Canadian Machine Quilters Exhibition, Waterloo, 2004

Origin of Pattern: Osage Country Quilt Factory

Marjorie Green
Hamilton Quilters’ Guild
Size: 92" x 75"
Technique: Appliqué
Quilting: Hand quilting

First Shown: Ancaster, 2007; Hamilton Quilt Show, 2008

Marjorie Green
Hamilton Quilters’ Guild
Size: 98" x 80"
Technique: Appliqué
Quilting: Hand quilting

First shown: Ancaster, 2007; Hamilton Quilt Show, 2008

Eileen “Lee” Groundsell
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 82.5" x 108"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing
Quilting: Longarm Machine (Sandy Ryan)

Awards: Best in Show, Best in Category – Haliburton; Best in Show – Lindsay

Origin of Pattern: Diane Johnston (Australia)

Govri Hansen, Kirsten Johnston
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 84" x 84"
Technique: Piecing
Quilting: Home sewing machine

Awards: Top Ten Viewers’ Choice, York Heritage Quilters’ Guild Show, 2008

Origin of Pattern: Jinny Beyer Kit

Linda Hoiko
Rouge Valley Quilters’ Guild,
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild,
Size: 59" x 59"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing
Quilting: Hand quilting

Awards: Judges’ Choice, CQA Ribbon, 2008 Rouge Valley Show; Viewers’ Choice, CQA Ribbon, 2008 York Heritage’s Celebration of Quilts

Origin of Pattern: “Simple Gifts” by Mary Sorensen

Heather Ingraham
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 72.5" x 92"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing
Quilting: Hand quilting by Heather Ingraham

Awards: Viewers’ Choice Top Ten, York Heritage Quilters’ Guild Celebration of Quilts, 2006; Markham Fair Grand Champion, District Champion, 2006

Origin of Pattern: Piece O’Cake Design

Roxanna Kantarjian
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 51" x 45"
Quilting: Hand quilting

Awards: Award of Merit – Neilson Park Creative Centre Annual Juried Art Exhibition, 2006

Origin of Pattern: Cathedral Windows

Roxanna Kantarjian
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild,
Size: 60" x 60"
Technique: Piecing, paper piecing
Quilting: Hand quilting, home sewing machine

Awards: Jurors’ Award – Art in Fibre Show at Neilson Park Creative Centre, 2005; Top Ten Viewers’ Choice, York Heritage show, 2006

Origin of Pattern: New York Beauty

Nicole and Marion Reid
Dunville’s Own Tiny Stitchers
Size: 75" x 78"
Technique: Appliqué, embroidery, piecing
Quilting: Hand quilting by Ann Lewis

Awards: Viewers’ Choice at Dunville Quilt Show, 2005

Origin of Pattern: Piece Makers Calendar

Elaine Quehl
Out of the Box Fibre Artists Group
Size: 45" x 59"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing
Quilting: Home sewing machine

First Shown: 2008 World Quilt Competition, Harrisburg, PA , Manchester, NH, Santa Clara, CA, Schaumburg, IL; 2006 International Quilters Association Fall Judged Show “Quilts: A World of Beauty,” Houston, TX; 2006 Canadian Quilters Association National Juried Show, Ottawa, ON

Original design

Ann Sutherland
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 87" x 87"
Technique: Appliqué
Quilting: Hand quilting

First Shown: York Heritage show, 2006, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

Original design

Connie Teplitsky
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 82" x 82"
Technique: Appliqué, piecing, embroidery
Quilting: Hand quilting, home sewing machine

First Shown: CQA National Juried Show, St. John’s, NF

Origin of Pattern: Baltimore Album Style

Sandra A. White
Kemptville Quilters’ Guild
Size: 85" x 85"
Technique: Appliqué
Quilting: Hand quilting

Awards: First Prize, 2007 Kemptville Qulters Fest; Viewers’ Choice, 2007 International Plowmans’ Match and Country Fest

Origin of pattern: Aie Rossman

Kathy Wylie
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 72" x 72"
Technique: Piecing, appliqué, papercut appliqué, trapunto
Quilting: Machine Quilting

Awards: President’s Award for Excellence in Appliqué, 2007 Canadian Quilters Association National Juried Show

Original design Based on Kathy’s grandmother beautiful china teacups

Sandra Reed
Region of York Quilters’ Guild,
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 57" x 55"
Technique: Wholecloth
Quilting: Longarm machine quilting

Awards: Best Machine Quilting award at the Ontario Juried Show, 2005 and other major awards; the only Canadian quilt in “Whitework Quilting” book by Karen McTavish.

Original design

Sandra Reed
Region of York Quilters’ Guild,
York Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Size: 82" x 92"
Technique: Wholecloth
Quilting: Longarm machine quilting

Awards: 2nd place, Wholecloth, CMQA Kitchener 2005; 2nd place, MQX, New Hampshire, 2006; 2nd place, Best of Country, Canada, 2006 World Quilt Show (toured throughout USA)

Original design

Alberta Bottos
Chedoke Hand Quilters