The Art Quilt Show 2026 ran from March 7th – 29th at the Elevation Place gallery. Twenty-five original art quilts and one doll, designed and created by our quilt guild members were beautifully displayed at the CAG gallery at Elevation Place. Also on display were postcards and community outreach items that were all made by members. New this year were sales of older art quilts made by members. We sold 5 out of 10 of these quilts. The show was well attended with over 1600 visitors, many of whom commented on the beauty, uniqueness, and creativity of the art quilts.
Through the sale of postcards and quilts, as well as donations at the show, funds were successfully raised for our guild and its community outreach work.
Viewers had an opportunity to vote for their favourite quilt.
First place went to Dale Robertson for her “Cat in the Box” quilt.
This is the story about Dale’s quilt:
The fabric collage technique for making this quilt was based on a Pictorial Quilting course I took with Roxanne Nelson. I knew that our cat Osler would be the subject, and since he loved jumping into boxes of any size, the picture choice was easy. We adopted Osler as a young cat. He was initially very timid and skittish, barely allowing us to pet him. With time, he evolved into a playful, inquisitive, intelligent, and affectionate pet. He learned to open doors by pulling down on the handles. He would hide favourite toys in our suitcases when we were going away, and he would chase me if I left the kitchen at mealtime without feeding him.
Sadly, we had to euthanize him at age 15. A labour of love, this quilt is a reminder of our treasured Oslo.
Second place went to Glennie McKirdy for her art quilt titled
“Stepping’ Out to Paint the Town”.
This is Glennie’s quilt story:
I created a series in glass called Bears with Stories and felt inspired to continue these stories using the same images in fabric. There is often a story in the local paper reminding us that we live in bear country. The bears here are identified by numbers and tracked as a means to help us live in harmony with our surroundings. The theme of PLAY encouraged me to continue playing with colour and shape, expanding my images with all the brightness
of fabric. And finally bringing them together in a quilt. What fun!