Rural Expo 2003 - Lanark County International Plowing Match & Farm Machinery Show - Quilt Block Challenge and Quilt Competition.

January 15, 2003 - Completed block for Block Challenge must be received.

May 15, 2003 - Entry form and fee must be received for Quilt Competition.

July 31, 2003 - Finished quilt must be received for Quilt Competition.

 To request a brochure or for more information contact Cindy Jones - Lanark County Quilters Guild. Phone: 613-264-8177

Mail:  RR#3  Perth, Ontario  K7H 3C5

E-mail: jones.kevin@sympatico.ca

The Quilt - Breast Cancer Support Program, Stratford, Ontario

It's that time again, and our call for entry 2003 is available to all of you "on-line users"!    If you wish to donate a quilt for 2003 to support Breast Cancer programs, you may find our Call For Entry Form on-line by visiting our website at www.thequilt.com and selecting the Call For Entry tab.  Once there, you will see the bottom of the screen has a "click here for Call For Entry" which you can choose.  A form will appear that you can either fill out on-line and click submit or you may also print off the form and fax or mail us using the info listed on the page.

Airborne: Birds, Flight and the Wrights

The 11th Annual Art Quilt Exhibit presented by

The Miami Valley Art Quilt Network and Aullwood Audubon Center & Farm

For more information contact:   Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton, Ohio    45414-1129     937 890-7360  This exhibit is being created in anticipation of Dayton's celebration of the 100th anniversary of flight.  The show will hang for two months instead of the usual one month and is expecting many more visitors as it is part of  "Inventing Flight 2003".  Quilts do not have to be about airplanes or the Wright brothers.  Any number of ideas can be adapted to the theme, including your "flights of fantasy".

2003 CQA/ACC National Juried Show (June 6 - July 18th, 2003)
Slides must be postmarked and sent to the Jury Coordinator by Feb 10, 2003.Submissions to the NJS 2003 will be judged according to the CQA/ACC Quilting Standards.  Work must be completed after June 2001.  Credit must be given to anyone participating in the execution of the work.  Entry Categories are; Small Wallquilts (Innovative), Large Wallquilts (Innovative), Small Wallquilts (Traditional), Large Wallquilts (Traditional), Bed Quilts (Traditional or Innovative) and Wearable Art.   Please read complete NJS Call For Entry details here .   Entry form for submitting slides can be found  here . 

The McDougall Highland Quilt Challenge, Quilted Expressions of Scottish Canadian Heritage, invites quilters from all parts of Canada (and Scotland) to use some plaid in a quilt creation that expresses some aspect of our Scottish (or Scottish-Canadian) heritage. Quilts need to be no larger than 24 inches measured horizontally or vertically. Please send slides/photographs, entry form and your 60 to 100 word written description by March 1, 2003 to:  McDougall Cottage,89 Grand Avenue, South,Cambridge, ON     N1S 2L7.  For information: Phone: (519) 624-8250 or (519) 742-7752   Email:  avrooman@golden.net

Peace Quilt Collection

In celebration of peace, the Waterloo County & Area Quilt Festival is asking quilters to from around the globe to submit quilts that have been created to express their thoughts related to peace.  The quilts will be part of a special collection on exhibit during the 8th Annual Waterloo County & Area Quilt Festival.  For complete Call for Entry information on please call 1-888-804-7909 or visit www.quiltcapitalfestival.com for online versions.

The Grand National is a national quilt show in Grand River Country.  It will make its debut in May 2003 with Reflections of Canada. Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery and the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum are teaming up to present this major exhibition of Canadian landscape quilt art. Canadian quilt artists are invited to participate.  The exhibit will open May 10, 2003 and run through June 22, 2003.  An artists’ reception will be held May 25, 2003.  Send completed information form, slides and artist’s statement to:  Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 101 Queen Street North, Kitchener, ON     N2H 6P7.  For more info see your Autumn 2002 Canadian Quilter or  phone (519) 742-7752 email: bususan@region.waterloo.on.ca or Email: reflections@kathleenbissett.com.

Ontario Juried Quilt Show 2003

Open to all Ontario residents.  All quilts must have been completed after April 1, 2002.  Credits must be included in artist's statement.  Two slides are required, an overall view and a close up detail.  There is a non-refundable entry fee of $25 which entitles the entrant to submit up to two quilts.  All entries will be judged according to the CQA/ACC Quilting Standards.  For categories, prizes and entry form contact Waterloo County & Area Quilt Festival 1-888-804-8909, 519-699-5628 or www.quiltcapitalfestival.com.

2003 CQA/ACC Trend-Tex Quilter's Challenge (June 6, 7 and 8th, 2003)
Open to members of the CQA/ACC.   To be eligible for The Trend-Tex Award, only the 5 kit fabrics may be used on the front of the quilt.  Additional fabrics may be included on the back. Perimeter of the finished piece must not be larger than 120” of what ever shape you choose.  There is no minimum size restriction.  Your design may be original or traditional.  Prizes are awarded for 1^st, 2^nd, 3rd and the Trend-Tex Award.   Honourable Mention and Judges’ Choice Awards may be given.   A Viewer’s Choice Award will also be announced at the banquet on June 7, 2003.    The Trend-Tex Award winning quilt will be donated to Trend-Tex Fabrics Inc. and will not be auctioned.  For additional information, please contact: Jodi-Marie Horne - 2nd Vice President (see Board of Directors page).

Youth Quilt Block Challenge

The 4th Annual Youth Quilt Block Challenge welcomes youth to submit a quilt block under the theme of Peace.  Students will use the provided challenge fabric to complete their quilt block and are asked to research and base their block on the Peace theme.

 The blocks are submitted and will hang at the Waterloo Community Arts Centre during the Festival during which time, viewers can vote on their favourite block.  The winners in each age category; preschool –grade 4, grade 5-8, grade 9-12 are determined by the Viewer’s Choice. For complete Call for Entry information please call 1-888-804-7909 or visit www.quiltcapitalfestival.com for online versions.

IPM (International Plowing Match) 2004 – Meaford, Ontario Georgian Quilters in conjunction with the International Plowing Match 2004 will hold a block challenge. “The Future of Tradition” featuring “Tomorrow’s Stars Today” quilt block challenge. To be shown at Quilt Festival, August 20, 21, and 22, 2004 & IPM Quilt show September 2004.  Entry form and information available from: Cheryl Smith, 134 Cook Street Meaford, Ontario N4L 1H2 email jjdegen@bmts.com