if No One is Watching.

Theresa Woolley wrote an article about our Halton Quilters’ Guild banner which appeared in the recent

Lynne McCulloch won First Prize for a recent essay about her “New Horizon” in quilt making since her

retirement from teaching Visual Arts. Lynne will have some of her quilted pieces in the September juried

November.

Dwayne Wanner had three quilts accepted into the National Quilt show in Columbus, Ohio in June. He

has also had two quilts juried into the Mancuso World quilt competition. During 2009, these quilts will

tour North America (Manchester, NH, Chicago, San Francisco and Tampa.). Dwayne was also accepted

as a challenger in the Iron Quilter competition in Ithaca, New York in October. (See below for this event)

The following article was written by Theresa Whooley and was published in the Autumn edition of

The Canadian Quilter magazine.

Wellington County Museum & Archives, Fergus, Ontario

Exhibition: September 12, 2009 – November 8, 2009

Inspired by the experiences of women who lived during the Second

showcases a series of wall hangings exploring how women were

portrayed during the war years. Created by renowned fibre artist

Johnnene Maddison, many of the pieces depict the icon of an angel

while others include fabric collages and photo and tea towel

embroideries. Each incorporates hand-dyed fabric, hand and machine

embroidery, beading and photo transfers. The exhibit has travelled

widely across Ontario and has drawn international attention since its

showing at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

The year was 1980. The Halton Quilters’ Guild was just in its infancy back then, getting started with a

logo and banner. Logo designer Maureen Barber recalls “When I designed the guild logo there was a

desire on my part to use a simple but effective design that would represent the Halton quilters who were

meeting in Oakville at the time in the Red Cross building on Navy Street. There was a competition for

the design that the members chose by secret ballot. I was really stunned to win. I was even more

stunned when I was asked to take the logo and turn it into a guild banner. I had never done anything

like that before.” Maureen had been quilting for about 5 years at that point. Maureen was taking high

school art classes at the time and so therefore took advantage of using the school's overhead projector

to blow up my banner design to an appropriate size. She had some input from the art teacher, Paul

Smith of Queen Elizabeth Park School in Oakville.

The red trillium on the logo represents Ontario while the oak leaf represents Oakville and, of course, the

needle represents the sewing and quilting of quilters. The HQG represents the Halton Quilters’

Guild. And, of course, "Tumbling Blocks" is a very well known quilting pattern and is therefore

appropriate for a group of quilters. It seemed like a natural fit. The templates used were made out of

artist's mat board and cut using an exacto knife and metal ruler. You have to remember this was before

rotary cutters. This was the era of templates and scissors. Barbara Bays, Rosemary Clouse and Cathy

Cambone were also on the committee. These three women worked with Maureen to execute the

design. They donated fabric and chose the colours. It was hand sewn and hand quilted.

The banner is used at each of our monthly meetings, quilt shows and special events. I think after all

these years we all take it for granted. It really is an important part of our history!

(Maureen continues to hone her quilting skills today and belongs to the Canadian Quilters Association,

the National Quilting Association, and American Quilters Society.)