 At our October 22nd meeting, we were truly inspired by our guest speaker, Val Forte, a remarkable leader, teacher, and mentor who for the last 15 years has been guiding a wonderful group of high school students in Kanata through the art and heart of quilting. Val and her quilting partner have worked with students to create and donate over 200 quilts to Victoria’s Quilts, an organization that provides handmade quilts to people living with cancer. Her passion, patience, and commitment have made a lasting impact—not only in the lives of her students but also in the many lives touched by the warmth of their quilts. The students have learned the basics from colour and design choices to hand stitching and finishing a quilt. Under Val's leadership, these young quilters have not only learned valuable skills in craftsmanship and creativity but have also embraced the spirit of giving back. Val’s passion, patience, and creativity have made a lasting impact - not only on her students, but on the many people who’ve been wrapped in the warmth of their quilts. Val brought along 2 quilts, and some beautiful Christmas ornaments created by her students - true works of heart! One quilt was being raffled off at the November 1st Kanata Craft Fair at their school and the Christmas ornaments were being sold there too to fundraise for supplies needed for their quilting projects.   Shopping! We also welcomed Jen of Happy Wife Quilting, with her very popular pop-up shop. Jen generously donated several fabulous items for our door prizes!   Our Charity team had a large display of supplies for our charity initiatives and completed items.  Fabric panels and fabric kits for charity projects  Festive Christmas fabric for placemats gifts to local seniors  Marilyn with a stunning panel quilt top Members contributed several darling preemie quilts for local newborns.    Thank you to the member volunteers who helped with the selling raffle tickets, contributing snacks, helping with setup and clean up of hall, and holding up the quilts.   Lots of free stuff on the popular recycle table We saw beautiful and inspirational Show and Tell quilts. Photos of all of the quilts are here. Here are a couple of samples.   The meeting wrapped up with the draws and some happy winners. Hallowe'en themed Fat Quarters - 11 each for Nicole C and Brenda McL Guess the number of pages book - Renee V Basket - Sandy F 50-50 - $64 to Joyce M Door Prizes - Susan M, Carolyn P, Debbie Riddell, Nicole C, Sandi B, Linda N, Jo P -- Janet Brownlee, Communications A big shout-out to our 3 new members, 7 wonderful guests, and all our members - it was fantastic to see so many friendly faces, both familiar and new. Thanks for coming out and for making our guild so vibrant and welcoming!
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