FESTIVAL OF QUILTS

The Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild proudly presents “Festival of Quilts 2017” May 12^th-14^th, 2017, at the RA Centre Curling Rink in Ottawa. This Quilt Show is a great opportunity to visit Ottawa and celebrate Canada 150!

There will be a historical quilt display, a trunk show with quilts from various quilt guilds in our area, as well as our popular Viewer’s Challenge which this year will feature a look at each of the 15 decades in Canadian History. We hope to have over 150 quilts in the show, in both traditional and artistic categories. We’ve brought back the touch quilts and youth quilts categories, and this year we’ll have scavenger hunts for any children visiting.

Help us choose our “Best of Show” by submitting Viewer’s Choice ballots on Friday or Saturday, and see the ribbons on Sunday! We will also be featuring four artists in residence over the weekend, and with over 20 vendors all in one room you’re sure to find that perfect fabric to spark your next quilting project. Did we mention there are door prizes, too? Be inspired by the art, bring someone who’s never quilted before, and join us in Ottawa this Mother’s Day Weekend!

More information about OVQG and the “Festival of Quilts 2017” can be found on the web at www.ottawavalleyquiltersguild.org , or on social media @ottawaquilts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).

 

 

 

Curator Information Session for
'Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches'

Visit the Museum March 17, 2017 at 10:00am to listen to Curator, Michael Rikley-Lancaster speak about the Museum's newest exhibition 'Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches: by Gloria Daly. Members can attend at no charge, other visitors welcome.

In this, Gloria Daly from Duncan BC gives discarded blankets a new public image, using today’s philosophy of “recycling.” The works are a contemporary take on mending, patching and darning. The layered cloth in the works allows worn and weathered fibres to have dignity as they record the changes in temperature, the ravages of rust, and the tints and tones of tarnish and stain. This exhibit celebrates the 150th anniversary of industrial blankets woven in the Mississippi Valley.

The exhibition opens March 14th and runs until May 20, 2017. 

For your information :

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TEXTILE MUSEUM
3 Rosamond Street East
Almonte, Ontario K0A 1A0
Phone: (613) 256-3754
Email: curator@mvtm.ca

Directions from Ottawa

• Get on the Trans-Canada Hwy/ON-417 West.
• Follow Trans-Canada Hwy/On-417 West to March Road/Ottawa Regional Road 49.
• Take exit 155 from Trans-Canada Hwy West to Ottawa 49/Ch. March Road toward Almonte and turn left.
• Continue on March Road.
• At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Ottawa Street.
• Continue onto Main St. E.
• Turn right on Mary Street.
• Continue straight to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum.

Directions from Perth

• Get on and follow Trans-Canada HWY/ON-7 to Tatlock Rd/Route 9 in Mississippi Mills.
• Turn left on Tatlock Rd/Route 9.
• Turn right onto Wolf Grove Rd/Lanark County Rd 16.
• Continue onto Almonte St.
• Turn left onto Mary Street.
• Continue straight to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum.

Parking

Parking is available in front of the Museum on Rosamond Street, or behind the Museum as seen in the photos below (access from Rosamond Street.) Some spots behind the museum are reserved for residents of Millfall located next to the museum

This is it!

This is the latest Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt called En Province.
It is approximately 80x80 now and has two more borders which I think I will leave off as it will be too large for what I have in mind. I had some fabric already and threw this together it is a mix of blues. Purple, tone on tone beige , and I kicked in the lime green. Being a mystery quilt I was unsure of my colour combination as I went rogue when a colour wheel was suggested. Combined with a small work space I was curtailed in getting the true picture until the top was done.

Once complete and a picture snapped I see the boldness of the pattern not to be outdone by my imperfection and sewing skills. I hope to use a high loft poly batting and longarm a baptist fan to offset the squareness of the pattern. I plan to do this edge to edge then put on an edgeless border that wraps around the back

This means I now have approximately 200 + 4x4 squares already pieced a good start for the next adventure - send suggestions Lol

Blanket Statement:
No Shame in Patches

by: Gloria S. Daly

March 14, 2017 - May 20, 2017

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Vernissage:  

Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 2 - 4 pm.

 

This year the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum is not only celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial, but is also marking the 150^th anniversary of Almonte’s Rosamond No. 1 Woolen Mill. It’s a celebration of more than 150 years of industrial textile production in the Mississippi Valley. It is only fitting that many of this year’s exhibitions feature historic textiles or historic themes. Opening on March 14 and running until May 20, the exhibition “Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches” fits both categories.

In this colourful, creative and fascinating exhibit, textile artist Gloria Daly from Duncan BC gives discarded blankets a new public image, challenging the viewer to look for the inner beauty in the old and used. The works that she creates are labour intensive and thought provoking, exploring the relationship between yesterday’s discarded cloth and today’s philosophy of “recycling.” The works are a contemporary take on mending, patching and darning. Layered cloth allows worn and weathered fibres to recapture dignity as they record changes in temperature, the ravages of rust, and the tints and tones of tarnish and stain.  

Artist: Gloria S. Daly

An outstanding artist, Gloria has received awards from the BC arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. She studied Design and Embroidery with the City & Guilds Institute of London, England, was elected to the Embroiderers Association of Canada, and was chosen as an example of excellence in Design by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. Her works are in private and corporate collections in Australia, Japan, Canada, and the USA. 

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Come and celebrate Almonte’s textile history at the vernissage for this exhibition on Saturday March 18 from 2 to 4 pm. For more information call the Museum at 613-256-3754.