April Meeting Highlights

A highlight of our meeting was the display of this year's challenge projects and voting for our favourites. See the April Meeting Highlights - Challenges blog post for all the fun, including the winning projects.

Congratulations to guild member Rennie Hickey whose "Refuge" quilt has been accepted to the Canadian Quilters' Association Quilt Canada 2017 national juried quilt show in Toronto in June. If you're going to the show, be sure to see it.  Congratulations Rennie!

Our guest presenter was Ann Coulas, a textile and fiber artist who often combines quilting and spirituality in her projects.

"I have been sewing for about the past 40 years. My passion for sewing which began out of necessity for my children has developed into a great love of quilting and textile art. I enjoy experimenting with an unlimited variety of techniques, textures, colours and embellishments and most of all I love sharing my skills with others."
- Ann Coulas

Ann showcased her traditional quilts in the first part of her trunk show.

More of Ann's quilts are pictured in this gallery. Click on a photo to see the full photo.

Ann then showed us her art work. Incorporating a number of creative materials including pop can metal treated with a heat gun, beading, mesh, sparkles, thread, and "Angelina" copper coloured special effect fibre, and a variety of techniques such as thread painting and painted fabric, her art truly showcased her unique talents. Her banners, which she teaches in weekend workshops, are often on a particular theme such as elements of water, earth, wind, and fire, seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall). 

​Another theme is seasons - winter, spring, summer and fall.

Ann also specializes in spiritual themed liturgical banners which often represent the seasons and festivals of the Christian church year including Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost.

See more of Ann's work on her Facebook page and her guest artist page at the Purvis Gallery.