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Marcie Good

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THE Lions Gate Quilters’ Guild has capitalized on a booming interest in their craft.

Over the past four years, membership has near- ly doubled, and now boasts 200 members. Those eager stitchers will be displaving 140 works at this weekend's show, Album of Quilts, at the Luvas Centre.

- “It’s an art form you can take in any direction,” said Cheryl Evernden, a member of the guild. “1 think it speaks to people in their desire to be nur- tured or nurturing. When you're making a quilt to cover someone up, it’s quite a nice thing.”

The show will give viewers a good sense of those directions, with a large variety of traditional and contemporary designs.

{n the great quilting tradition of involving any- one who can operate a needle, visitors will also get a chance to take part. Each can vote for their favourite small, medium and large quilt, and those artists will be recognized.

Tickets for a raffle will also be available, with a blue and white quilt entitled Under Pacitic Stars as the prize. The quilt was made especially for the event by guild members,

More than 4,000 people attended the previous

__ show, heid two years ago.

A large rortion of the proceeds will fund mate- rials for’ the guild’s annual Community Quilts. Each February, members produce about 100 quilts in a two-day sew-a-thon.

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quilt to promote the upcoming Lions Gate Quiiters’ Guid fifth blannual qulit show.

Their work is then donated to women’s shelters like Sage House, long-term care facilities, and the RCMP’s victim services.

The show is at the Lucas Centre at 2132 Hamilton St. on Sept. 15, 16 and 17 and is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

oA book that puts fun inte some great quilting ideas

82 Quilt Sensations, by John Streicher and Jan Thompson, Raincoast Books, 128 pages, $25.95

T arrived home from guiding a group of 52 quilters at the American Quilter’s Society 2000 Quilt Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee, to find a copy of Oxilt Sensations wait- ing to be reviewed. En route, we visited the AQS muse- um library in Paducah, Kentucky, with 7 its vast collection of quilt books. Many more hundreds of books were displayed at the show. The theme of the show was Memories and Fantasies, and entries could

use any quilt-making technique and ‘design featuring a look backward at the 20th century, or forward to the new millennium. I thought I had seen it alJ. Not so.

Quilt Sensations is billed as 15 fun and original quilt projects. True. I ran out of superlatives and settled for “absolute fun.” The book is attractive — excel- lent colour, wonderful photography, interesting use of poetry, detailed explanations of procedures, and attrac-

tive fabric swatch descriptions. I think -

it would be a fun read for a non-quilter as it describes the symbolism of the Whole quilting process. Instructions are good. I usually think I have to. “do it” to understand, but these explanations are complete.

One technique, which has intrigued me for some time, but also intimidated ine by what appeared to be its dif- ficulty, is curved seam piecing. Page 59 has a wonder- ful explanation of this technique.

How many times I have bought a quiit book for one idea. In Quilt Sensations I would like to try all of the ideas, Each piece is a beauty in itself, but also a base for more ideas. Because the authors suggest using materials at hand, the works become more personal.

Also, as the authors give directions, which are flex- ible and er:courage individuality, the book has some- thing for quilters of all skill levels. So there it is: an intoduction that makes you proud to be a quilter, 15 fabulous quilts, a section of basic how-to, quilt instruc- tions, and possible quilt woes. .

' There is only one thing missing: how to stop the clock to sew, sew, sew. : — Marlene Good

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Joanne with painted sofa table project.

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