Orchard Valley Quilters Guild
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Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada
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The Canada 150 Quilt Project: Women Shaping Our Nation

5/10/2017

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The idea for a Canada 150 project came about in October of 2016 when the OVQG decided it wanted to create a unique quilt to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday.  Joanne Gaudet, Publicity Chair, secured funding for the project through the City of Kelowna. Over the next few months Sharon Planche-Williams, with input from other guild members, created a unique design, and the decision to commemorate Canadian women was made. 

Sharon, along with guild member Shirley Sellers, researched women making significant contributions to Canadian history.  After locating approximately 65 deserving women, they narrowed it down to 30.  They secured copyright permissions from sources and ensured that photo credits were respected. The most difficult tasks were to create a one-sentence description of each woman’s incredible contribution to Canada and then create a commemorative block for each of the selected women. Special shout out to Helen Strong for her excellent editing skills and effort!

Fabric was purchased and the piecing fun with Sharon, Shirley and Marian Grimwood began. Next up: Sharon will piece together the backing, Cindy Schellenberg will perform custom quilting, Shirley will create the label and Dianne Kapty will attach the binding.

Shirley Sellers
​OVQG Vice-President


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