With snow creeping down the mountainsides toward the valley bottom and nightly temperatures dipping below freezing, now might be the perfect time for a quilt show.
Imagine snuggling under a hand-crafted quilt on cold winter nights.
The Mountain Cabin Quilters’ Guild hosts its 18th annual event, Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 19-20) at the Canmore Recreation Centre.
The event, said the Guild’s Marsha Wright, will feature at least 100 quilts in many sizes, including one her grandmother made – on display and definitely not for sale. Most will have been crafted by guild members, but also on display will be classic and vintage offerings. The show will also feature a silent auction, quilt raffle, craft sale, vendors and a tea.
“We’ve moved to the Rec Centre this year,” said Wright. “There is more space and more parking and this is our yearly fundraiser.”
The non-profit Guild boasts about 80 members, mostly from Canmore, with some from Cochrane and an ultra-keener from Saskatoon who just can’t stay away.
Guild members have been busy with flood relief quilting through Rotary and the MD of Bighorn and are always creating quilts for the HUGS program at the hospital, where chemo patients are given quilts for warmth and comfort.
Quilts and quilting items will be sold and will range from “queen size quilts to small crib-size quilts and placemats,” said Wright. “Some of them will be quite remarkable and a lot of our members are working hard right now to finish new ones for the show.
“And we’re also including a traditional tea. Hosting a tea is an old-time quilting tradition that’s being discontinued in many places – but we’re trying to keep the tradition alive. We’ll have some vendors, I believe a woodworker who had quilt racks and baby cribs last year.
“This is a good place for people to look for Christmas gifts.”
Tickets for the 18th annual show are $7 adults, $2 for students and kids under six are free. There is also a family ticket price of $15.
