Feb 2025

We have a new category this year, Sustainable Quilts and Wearables!

Each year millions of tons of textiles end up in our landfills. How can quilters make a difference? Have your considered entering a quilt in this new category.  At least 75% of the fabric used within the piece must be re-purposed from materials including functional textiles.

Here are some options:

1. Upcycle clothes from the family closet. This could be jeans (denim quilt), cotton shirts, skirts, dresses (to make a beautiful bed quilt), Tee shirt quilts (kids tees make wonderful quilts), memory quilts (used clothing of a loved one), wool garments (for a woolly quilt).
2. Explore a used clothing store for interesting garments. Art quilts often require many different fabrics and notions. Great finds can be discovered in recycle venues.
3. Reuse sheets and blankets for backing.
4. Make Frankenbatting from bits of batting that are not big enough for any quilts.

Any questions regarding any of our quilt categories can be directed to quiltshow@edqg.ca.

The 2025 Quilt Festival Committee is working hard fundraising for the 2025 show. Fundraising this year will include more 50/50 draws, a quilt raffle, a basket raffle and a 50/50 draw during the quilt show.

Our next 50/50 Raffle is now live. The draw date will be February 19 at noon, so get your tickets soon. To date, we have raised about $ 1,500, halfway to our 50/50 goal of $ 3,000. Thanks to all of you for your continuing support!

Community Services received 2 partially constructed quilts that have now been completed.  We are planning to raffle those quilts.  Both of the quilts look great! We have a license and tickets and are ready to proceed with the sale of tickets.  We are looking for help from EDQG members who are members of other guilds.  We would like you to show offs our quilt and some tickets to those guilds.  If you fit this description and would like to help out, please contact Myrna P. at vicechair@edqg.ca.

Another basket raffle is being organized and it will be similar to the one done at the last show. It was a huge success and I think everyone had fun putting them together. The tickets were sold out and it turned out to be a good fundraiser for us. We are asking bee groups and friend groups to once again, create a basket, theme of your own choice. The value should be $80.00 or more.  There is an application form to be filled out and that will be available at the next guild
meeting and on line.  Please send your completed forms to Charlene T. at
webmaster@edqg.ca by March 31 st , 2025. Your completed baskets should be brought to the May guild meeting, May 21 st , 2025. We are looking forward to seeing what new and fun ideas you can come up with!