Karen brown just get it done quilts12/5/2023 November 1 - Bobbie Gentili The Geeky Bobbin What are your UFOs and why did you fall out of love with them? UFOvember runs all month long!Ī combination of inventory, confession, and therapy. January 7, 2021: “Art Across International Borders: When Quilters in Ontario, Canada produced quilts for LA Artists in the 1970’s”.Thanks so much for visiting me during this blog hop! I hope you’ll take some time to check out the other bloggers that are participating. March 17, 2021: Conference Presentation – Textiles from Home: Local Crafts, Global Conversations – University of Wisconsin -Madison March 30, 2021: Canadian WWII Red Cross Quilts – Virtual Spring Lecture Series, Grey Roots Museum, Owen Sound, Ontario May 11, 2021: Royal City Quilters, Guelph, Ontario – Virtual John’s Anglican Church, Elora, Ontario – Virtual November 1, 2021: Sarnia Quilters Guild, Sarnia, Ontario – Virtual November 5, 2021: Bow River Quilt Guild, Calgary, Alberta – Virtual November 11, 2021: “The Winona Circle Quilt comes home” – repatriation of a Canadian quilt from England back to the community where it was made – Gananoque, Ontario – in-person presentation January 19, 2022: Highland Quilt Guild, Antigonish, Nova Scotia – Virtualĭecember 8, 2021: Mountain Cabin Quilters, Canmore, Alberta – Virtualĭecember 2, 2021: Upper Canada Quilt Guild, Morrisburg, Ontario – Virtual January 26, 2022: “Canada’s Forgotten Quilts” – interviewed for podcast episode on Jo Andrew’s ‘Haptic and Hue’ March 8, 2022: Four Corners Quilters Guild, Mount Forest, Ontario – Virtualįebruary 26-27, 2022: “Canadian WWII Red Cross Quilts” – Virtual Study Centre, American Quilt Study Groupįebruary 17, 2022: Kingston Heirloom Quilters, Kingston, Ontario – Virtual March 11, 2022: Mahone Bay Quilters, Mahone Bay, N.S. June 27, 2022: “ Let’s Talk about Wartime Quilts” – Interview with Karen Brown on ‘Just Get It Done Quilts’Īpril 18, 2022: Thunder Bay Quilters Guild, Thunder Bay, Ontario – VirtualĪpril 21, 2022: Nanaimo Quilters Guild, Nanaimo, BC – Virtual September 13-14, 2022: Conference – Crafting Identities: Handicraft Programmes in Times of War, Genocide and their Aftermaths, c.1890-1950 – University of Huddersfield, Queensgate Campus – in person October 19, 2022: Victoria Quilters’ Guild, Victoria, BC – Virtual November 5, 2022: Ridge Meadows Quilters Guild, Maple Ridge, BC – Virtual November 10, 2022: Pine Tree Quilters’ Guild, Muskoka, Ontario – Virtual November 14, 2022: Twilight Quilt Guild, Norfolk County, Ontario – Virtual January 5, 2023: Mississauga Quilters Guild, Mississauga, Ontario – Virtual January 23, 2023: Rouge Valley Quilters Guild, Pickering, Ontario – Virtual January 26, 2023: Thousand Islands Quilters Guild, Brockville, Ontario – Virtual March 27, 2023: Gwillimbury Quilt Guild, Sharon, Ontario – Virtualįebruary 27, 2023: Dufferin Piecemakers Quilting Guild, Orangeville, Ontario – Virtualįebruary 21, 2023: New Millennium Quilt Guild, Walkerton, Ontario – Virtualįebruary 20, 2023: Bluewater Quilters’ Guild, Owen Sound, Ontario – Virtual June 2 – 4, 2023: Quilts Kingston Show and Sale – Kingston, Ontario – in person DisplayĪpril 11, 2023: Museum of Lennox and Addington, Napanee, Ontario – in person presentation January 23, 2024: Cranbrook Quilters Guild, Cranbrook, BC – Virtualįebruary 24, 2024: Paris Quilting Bees, Paris, Ontario – VirtualĪpril 10, 2024: Borderline Crazy Quilt Guild, Lindsay, Ontario – in person Previous… January 8, 2024: Kemptville Quilter’s Guild, Kemptville, Ontario – Virtual November 4-5, 2023: British Quilt Study Group, Leeds, UK – in person presentation If your organization or guild is interested in this research, we may be able to arrange a visit or presentation in person while I am in England.Īugust 26, 2023: Wolfe Island Quilt Documentation Day – pre-registration is required *Some quilt guilds allow non-members to join Zoom presentations for a nominal fee – contact Guilds directly to request*įALL 2023: I will be in England, mid-September to mid-November to continue my research of Canadian wartime quilts and to present at the 2023 Seminar of the British Quilt Study Group. I am currently booking Virtual presentations for December 2023 and anytime in 2024. I have created a 45-minute slideshow which I present live on Zoom, showcasing some of the surviving quilts along with archival photos of the domestic charitable work on the home front. I welcome the opportunity to share my research about Canada’s Forgotten Wartime Quilts and their importance in consideration of war history, women’s work and quilting.
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