The Mountain Cabin Quilters Guild Annual Art Quilt Show runs from March 7 – March 29, 2026. Our theme this year is “Play”. 

Please visit the Canmore Art Gallery at Elevation Place to enjoy original art quilts created by our members. The show runs for three weeks with no admission fee. We will be selling hand-crafted postcards and art quilts.

Come and enjoy all the beautiful works of art and vote for your favourite piece. The gallery will be open between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM daily.

Congratulations to Anne DeSoto of Canmore who was the first prize ticket holder in the MCQG draw in December 2025. Anne won a beautiful art quilt depicting Waterton. She and her husband are pictured below after picking up their prize at The Sugar Pine.

Ernie Adams from Canmore was winner of 2nd prize in the draw, the striking bed quilt shown beside him.

MCQG uses funds raised from ticket sales for a variety of charitable and educational initiatives.

Colder weather calls for cozy seasonal quilting projects like the ones highlighted at our November General Meeting.  This beauty from The Sugar Pine is sure to inspire a trip to the fabric store or a stash search to make a quilt that will stand up to those freezing Rocky Mountain nights! 

Did you take the summer off from quilting? Too busy? Too hot? Well now we’re back together at Mountain Cabin Quilters to start off another year of fellowship, learning and creating. Our Calendar is full of great learning opportunities and quilt gatherings.

If you haven’t yet renewed your membership–or become a new member–now’s the time for it. Sign up online by clicking on Membership. 

We can’t wait for our first  meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, in Room 200 at the Canmore Recreation Centre. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:30. Hope to see you you then!

Our membership year begins anew on August 1. Here’s a preview of what new learning opportunities to expect. Click here to view: 2025-2026 MCQG Program

Our April General Meeting features Trudy Cowan: Trudy Talks Quilts via Zoom. It will be an interesting meeting with lots of opportunities to visit with fellow members, check out the library, cruise the Give and Take Table and view the always enjoyable Show and Share.

The Ujaama Grandmas wanted us to know about their upcoming Fabric and Yarn Sale. Please see their poster below.

Our 2025 Art Quilt Show  Viewers Choice Winners have been announced. 

This year we had a tie for second place.  This award went to Erin Jolly and Dale Robertson.  

Erin Jolly’s quilt titled Owliver,  depicted a blue owl created using raw edge layered appliqué.  

Dale Robertson’s quilt titled Milky Way,  starts with a paper-pieced “Baravelle” Spiral and then appliquéd with more spirals to represent the stars in the Milky Way.  It was machine quilted with various colours of metallic thread and embellished with glitter glue.  

For more information regarding this years Art Quilt Show and to read about the quilt stories behind these beautiful quilts click here.

It’s hard to believe that 2025 has arrived, bringing exciting new events and learning opportunities!

Members–how are your art quilts coming along?

Quilt Registration opens February 1 for our 2025 Art Quilt Show, with the show’s opening reception on February 28.

With guest speakers at our upcoming meetings and an in-person workshop with Cheryl Arkison on February 22, there’s so much to learn about and look forward to. Click here for tickets to the Scraptastic workshop.

And of course, members will want to add Quilt Till You Wilt sewing days to their agendas. Check our Calendar for all the upcoming events.

Neighbouring quilt guilds often share exciting opportunities with us. Here’s one from Big Hill Quilters in Cochrane, who are hosting a trunkshow with Terry Rowland of T Row Studios. Terry is an amazing quilter, designer, and teacher.

When – Saturday March 8, 2025 @ 2.00pm-3.30pm

Where — Beaupre Community Hall

263035 Beaupre Creek Rd, Rocky View, AB ( 41 mins west of Canmore on Hwy 1A west, then 1 min north on Hwy 40 N)

Admission — $10 at the door       Door prizes !!!

We’re invited to “come and see some amazing quilts in a beautiful location. Have a cuppa, a cookie, catch up with old friends and meet some new ones.”

Year-end 2024 is a time to reflect on all the benefits we receive from belonging to the Mountain Cabin Quilt Guild

I am grateful for the inspiration and creativity gained from coming together throughout the year. The comradery is in itself rewarding.

As a guild we GATHER at meetings in-person and on zoom, at Potlucks and Guild Night. Lots of gathering happens at the breaks & pre-meeting meetings.

As a guild we CREATE amazing quilts. Our productivity is encouraged by Show and Share and ‘Quilt Till You Wilt’ days. The 2-day Quilt Till You Wilt was an experiment that we will endeavor to continue. Creating also happens at Virtual QTYW & Bee Groups.

As a guild we LEARN from speakers in-person or on zoom, from Stitch ‘n Learn demos at QTYW and from our Library. Awe-inspiring workshops are readily available in-person and online at a very reasonable cost.

As a guild we PROMOTE QUILTING IN THE COMMUNITY and SHOW OUR QUILTS AT THE CANADIAN ROCKIES QUILT SHOW and THE ART QUILT SHOW. The refurbished website publicizes meetings, shows, workshops and allows us to register for quilt shows/ workshops online. Facebook &/or Instagram will allow us to further publicize Guild events. Quilt teaching is back at ArtPlace.

As a guild we GIVE to our community outreach – we choose to make gifts of comfort and beauty and we know that they are appreciated.

As a guild we are willing to VOLUNTEER to keep the Guild financially sustainable  and allow us to reach the Guild’s ‘tried-and-true’ objectives.

We are truly grateful for each other’s talents and friendship, for our member benefits and the creative energy to make them happen.

Well, it’s beginning to look a lot like Winter!

Lucky for us to have so many fun events coming up to keep us busy sharing our love of quilting while the snow piles up and the temperature drops.

Don’t forget to sign up for our next scheduled workshop, coming up on January 11,2025.

Jennifer Houlden via Zoom  – Mini Bargello Sunflower Workshop

Check our Calendar for many other upcoming  meetings, speakers, workshops and quilting events.

Take a good look at the MCQG Calendar for the coming months–an exciting array of speakers, workshops and activities.  Non-members are welcome to attend our monthly meetings for a $10 guest fee (we have some great presenters!) and to join our workshops when space is available.Click Mountain Cabin Quilters 2024-25 Speakers and Workshops for more details on what’s coming our way, both live and on Zoom.

Donna Coulson’s Hold Everything! Bag Workshop is coming up on October 23. Don’t miss the chance to create your own version–join her in person at the Canmore Recreation Centre or via Zoom to learn how it’s done.

And then there’s Joe Cunningham’s Zoom Workshop: Rock the Block Album Style on November 9. It promises to be fun, easy, yet deeply satisfying and eye-opening. Don’t miss this day with a well-known quilter and quilt designer.

The AGM was a time to reflect on our accomplishments over the past year …
as featured in the Annual Reports given to the membership.
First and foremost, we are all truly grateful for the woman-power in this guild
working to achieve the guild’s objectives – Gathering, Creating, Learning,
Displaying and Giving.
We do it because we love it, but it was nice to be acknowledged by the Mayor’s
Volunteer Award from the Town of Canmore. In appreciation members received a
tote bag gift.
Thankfully, the guild is grounded by our Gatherings and strong personal
connections. We have gravitated back to gathering in-person and continue with hybrid format for those ill or travelling.
We are all grateful for the learning provided by the Education program. We share quilting inspiration and socialize at all gatherings, Quilt till You Wilt, Bee Groups and ‘Show and Share’ to name a few.
We make time to Create quilts!! And we Show them to the community at the
Visions Show and the Canadian Rockies Quilt Show.
We continue to Give to Community Outreach by each doing our projects of
choice.
We are grateful for being kept informed through our newsletter, website & social
media.
Our interesting guild activities keep us engaged in the guild, and using your quilt
photos in all communications will attract attention beyond ourselves.
We are grateful to those joining the leadership team for next year. We greatly
appreciate and thank the outgoing executive and coordinators for their service.
We are a small and mighty guild. We have lots of to be proud of.
Enjoy the much-awaited summer. We will gather again refreshed to go it again in
the Fall.

At our April 17, 2024, Erin unveiled the Education Committee’s plan for the coming MCQG year–an exciting array of speakers and workshops. Click Mountain Cabin Quilters 2024-25 Speakers and Workshops to see what’s coming our way, both live and on Zoom, beginning in October.

Artistic Visions 2024 ended on March 24 and the Viewers’ Choice results are in. Each of the many visitors to the Canmore Art Guild Gallery got to cast their vote for their favourite art quilt.

Congratulations to Erin Jolly and Lynn Cooper for topping the popular vote. And congratulations to all of the entrants for the beauty and creativity of their work.

For pictures of the winners and for more information, click the link below:

https://mountaincabinquilters.ca/home-2/artistic-visions-2/

From time to time, other Alberta Quilt Guilds reach our to let us know about their upcoming shows and activities.  Visit our links section under activities or click here to see these shows and activities.

As we kick off 2024 together, Mountain Cabin Quilters Guild has so much to look forward to! Visit our Calendar so you don’t miss a date or an event.

Visions 2024, our annual Art Quilt Show at the Canmore Art Guild’s Elevation Place Gallery, gets off to a great start with our opening reception from 7:00 – 9:00 PM on March 1.

The show then continues over several weeks, ending March 24. Come join us to see some of the beautiful work done by our members.

At the end of March, we are keen to attend Pam Yonge’s two-day Diamond Fun workshop at the Canmore Recreation Centre. Pam is a brilliant  quilter and a great teacher. The workshop is open to members and non-members. Click here to sign up for this workshop.

Of course, June brings the annual CQA Quilt Show back to Alberta. Road trip to Edmonton, anyone?

And the last big event on our radar is our Canadian Rockies Quilt Show in late September, named by Brazilian quilting teacher Caroline Oneto as one of the ten must-attend quilt shows in Canada and the USA in 2024! Who’s already hard at work on the quilts they plan to display there? Follow this link to read what Caroline has to say. https://carolinaoneto.com/list-of-2024-quilt-shows-you-must-attend-usa-canada/

As 2023 draws to a close, we are grateful…
For another year of quilting and friendship in our guild.
For the support we give each other in our daily lives – in good times and not so good times.
For the recognition that we received from the Town of Canmore for all our volunteer efforts and giving back to our community.  
For the inspiration that we give each other in quilting and in learning
For the ability and means to create and to display/honour quilting in our two Shows
For the support we receive from our friends at The Sugar Pine, our amazing local quilt shop.
As we think ahead to 2024, we look forward to…

Peter Byrne’s Zoom workshop on January 6 and 7
Our annual Visions Show beginning on March 2 to 24
Pam Yonge’s in-person workshop on March 27 – 28
Our quilting retreat from April 29 to May 2
Quilt Canada in Edmonton from June 19 to 22
Our very own Canadian Rockies Quilt Show on September 28 and 29
And to all the regular gatherings and learning opportunities, both in-person and virtual, that our guild provides.