hope to see you at our Quilt Show this weekend.

Please try and pick up your quilted item at the Morden Rec\Access Centre on Sunday….May 6th  at 5:30 after the show closes. Be sure to have your registration sheets with you.

Should you be unable be at the show on Sunday for pickup, all items will be kept at Quilters Den for one week following the show for pickup.

  You MUST have your item\s picked up by then .

Thank you to all who have registered an item in our show this year…2012.

Quilt Show Weekend- Be sure to visit the Pembina Valley Art Centre..under the clock…to view a quilt display of Joyce Dubreuil’s work on May 4th and 5th.

a note….Coffee Culture is a new addition to Morden’s  businesses located on Stephen St.   …check it out.  It will be opened on weekdays and weekends including Sundays.

Katie Friesen’s newish website

 

 

 

 

For those of you who have not yet visited Katie’s new website….here it is…www.houseofcreations.ca.

www.houseofcreations.ca

I am sure you will enjoy it.

Check out this link…

A reader wanted to share her website with me….recipes…and do the ever look wonderful….check it out.   I will put this site in our Barnswallow site so you can use it easily if you wish.   Sally

http://www.cookeatdelicious.com/

Auction table Donation

Image by MyEyeSees via Flickr

The 2011 Barnswallow Quilt Show Rainbow Auction Table was a success once again.

It was full of wonderful items to win ….thanks to the support of  over 22 businesses/people.

This year’s ticket sales generated

$2000.00

which will be donated to …Boundary Trails Heath Centre…woman’s care.

Thanks to all who supported  our fund-raising efforts this year.

Quilt Show photos

Image by athenamat via Flickr

I have begun to post photos from our 2011 show.  If you go to the page….show photos…you can check them out. I will post a few more every few days so be sure to come on back and check them out.

If you have any you would like to share…I would be happy to post them on this site.  Only items from this show please…no people. Thank you.

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Barnswallow Quilt Show 2011 Rainbow Auction Winners

Here is the list of winners ….congratulations to all of you…we hope you enjoy your winnings. Thank you again for buying tickets at our Rainbow Auction Table.

• Leigh Anne Peterson….plant/gardening items/wood ducks  donated by Morden Nursery/Joan’s Crafts
• Karen Malby…………..precut rag quilt  donated by Softline Fabrics
• Yvonne Trinke………..Fat Quarter Cake  donated by Barnswallow Quilt members
• Margie Hildebrand…..bag full of goodies  donated by Quilter‘s Den
• Esther Wieler…….. place mats/quilted table center piece/crochet bag  donated by Pearl Braun Dyck/Betty Schellenberg
• Alice Spence………. basket of sewing/quilting items  donated by Quilter’s Haven
• Tanis Ehnes………….glass dish /vase with dried grass donated  by Posers Gallery/Donna Reicher
• Lynette Rieta……….Go Baby fabric cutter   donated by Boundary Trails Dental Centre
• Diane Craig………..Hair items/books/cassette/quilt items donated  by Shear Bliss/Heartland Books/Keepers Quilts
• Bruce Ducharme……..bead tower/batting/sewing bag/t-shirt donated   by Stitched Art
• Evelyn Hoeppner…….sewing machine carrying bag  donated by Annie’s Sewing Centre
• Irene Schmidt………….Necklace/book/rotary cutter  donated by Jolica/Allen Schellengerg/Fabricland
• Helen Calpin…………….pail of fabric  donated by Fabrics and More
• Dorothy Wood…………quilt made by Barnswallow Guild/quilted gy Katie Friesen
• Dulcie Kennedy………..quilt made by Yvette Baron/quilted by Katie Friesen

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Another Great Barnswallow Quilt Show Weekend

Another Barnswallow Quilt Show is now over…the cleaning up is just about done and now we can all relax and get on with our quilting.  Next week I will be adding some show photos to this site.

A big thank you to all who…registered and item for the show….to those who came out to see this year’s quilted creations…and to all of you for buying tickets to our auction table.  I will be listing the names of all the winners very soon.

.. An a extra big thanks to all the following who donated an item to this year’s auction table. Proceeds will be going to Boundary Trails Health Centre..womans care.

1. Quilters’ Den
2. Fabricland
3. Pearl Braun-Dyck
4. Yvette Baron
5. Boundary Trails Dental Centre
6. Shear Bliss Hair Salon and Spa
7. Posers Gallery
8. Heartland Bookstore
9. Fabrics and More
10. Morden Nursery
11. Softline Fabrics
12. Annie’s Sewing Centre
13. Stitched Art
14. Wheat Song Bakery
15. Allen Schellenberg
16. Quilter’s Haven
17. Joan Beganski
18. Keepers Quilts
19. La Dawn Siemens
20. Betty Schellenberg
21. Donna Reimer
22. Sally Unrau
23. Katie Friesen

Please return next week for lots of show photos.  

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It’s almost Show Time!!!

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The Barnswallow Quilt Show is just around the corner ..May 6, 7, and 8….

and work has begun … to make this year’s show one of the best!!

To members….

be sure to contact Jean or Jeanie to let them know

• If you will be at …Thursday 9:00 setup and where you would like to work (bring table clothes and any old sewing items for display to help decorate the hall)
• what hours you are willing to work at registration…Mon, Tue, Wed
• What shifts and where you would like to work during the show
• After show dinner will be at the Rec. Centre this year…which will be a nice change…no rushing after…please contact Jean or Jeanie to  be sure your name is on the list…$20 a person…to be paid on Thursday..setup day.
• If you have items for the sale table you will need to fill out forms…contact Diane

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Have a quilt to register????.

If you have a quilt to register for the show…you can get forms at Quilter‘s Den…or on their website. By having your forms filled out prior to dropping them off at Quilter’s Den the week before makes the task easier for all. Thanks

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Visitors…

May 6-7-8.

The theme this year is…Traditional Quilts

Entry fee…$4  … children under 12 free

• a display of old sewing items
• Auction table this year will include an old singer sewing machine/antique/ish...with rounded wooden cover (tickets will be available at the show)
• Auction table will also include two quilts among other items donated (proceeds to Boundary Trails Health Centre-Woman’s Health)
• Feature quilter….Marilyn Wiebe
• Sale table
• Miniature Quilt Challenge display
• Challenges for 2012 will be on sale and last’s years challenge will be on display
• and much more!!!

• Lunch will be available.

If you are from out of town be sure to come  uptown to check out …The Quilters‘ Den (west end of Stephen St..Big Barn)…our show’s biggest supporter….and Morden’s town centre…to check out the many interesting places to grab a bit to eat and shop. As you stroll  along our main street….you will also see some quilts displayed in stores and windows.

We look forward to seeing you there.

For more info contact me …Sally….at 3rdwave@mts.net

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For Barnswallow members…

Hello

As contact member for your guild, I am emailing to offer your Barnswallow Quilters members the opportunity to win free subscriptions to a new, online magazine.

All quilters who are members of quilt guilds everywhere, including internationally, are eligible.  Several winners will be chosen from among all of the entries sent in.

“The Quilt Pattern Magazine” is a new, unique, completely online magazine developed by a quilter for quilters.  Our goal is to provide quilters with a magazine that gives them more patterns and quilting articles.

We encourage your members to enter our contest at http://www.quiltpatternmagazine.com/program/guild.html

If you have any questions or comments, be sure to contact me

Cindy Mccoy