Annual Open House and Sale
(Fourth Thursday in April at St. James Westminister Church, London, Ontario)

Our Annual Open House is a celebration and display of the year’s work from classes, focus groups and workshops as well as independent work. 

Members' Activities

Passions – Threadworks 2007

The following Guild members had pieces accepted for the exhibition:

• Nancy Avery
• Adèle Corke
• Nansi Cox
• Dianne Gibson
• Margot Kearney
• Rose Klein
• Johnnene Maddison
• Dell Walker
• Roberta Whitmore
• Ruth Ann Woolford

Many of the pieces will be included in the travelling exhibition that may be seen in various venues throughout the Province over the next three years.

For the complete itinerary, go to: http://guelpharts.ca/threadworks/

Guild members Nancy Avery (“Black Sheep in the Family”), Léonie Hartley-Hoover (“Girl Crazy”, a collaboration with Joan Hartley-Scott), and Roberta Whitmore (“Tropical Dreams”) have donated quilts to be auctioned as part of The Quilt Project.    Nancy and Roberta’s quilts are available for online bidding until November 11th, for final sale on Saturday, November 17th at the Stratford Auction. "Girl Crazy" (pictured here) was auctioned at the Distillery in Toronto on October 23rd and donated back to the Quilt in Stratford as a permanent gift to the gallery “Girl Crazy” has also been chosen to appear on all the marketing materials for this year, including the corporate auction invitations, event posters and event tickets. Large and small tote bags and limited edition signed prints are available to purchase. They appear on the Quilt website (look on the Bidding page under “merchandise”). For more information visit: http://www.thequilt.com/exhibits/index.html.

Engelina Van Essen's "Dwelling Places" and Roberta Whitmore's "Triathlon Quilt" have been accepted into the 2008 Grand National Quilt Show, as have pieces by Debbie Compeau and Iris Rountree. The title of the exhibition is "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" and the exhibition will run from May 9^th to July 6^th, 2008 at the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery. This year the catalogue may be viewed on-line at: http://www.kwag.on.ca/section/view/?fnode=107

Grace Sweeney has had three pieces (two wall pieces and one purse) chosen for the exhibition entitled “Wild Things” sponsored by the Focus on Fibre Art Association in Edmonton. Pieces will be displayed at the Main Gallery in the Alberta Crafts Council May 3^rd - July 5^th followed by the Stony Plain Multicultural Centre, July 24^th - August 19^th and the Donalda Gallery for the Arts, July 31^st  - September 2nd, 2008.