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The Windsor Quilters’ Guild is a group of quilters from Windsor Ontario and its surrounding communities who meet once a month for a time of friendship, learning and to work on projects in quilting.

We encourage you to visit one of our meetings to check us out. Your first-time visit is free unless our programme features a special guest speaker. We charge a $10 fee for those. The doors open at 8:30 am, the business meeting begins at 10:45 am and we generally wrap up by 1 pm. See the “About our Meetings“ page for all the details. Whether you are new to quilting or have been quilting for a number of years we encourage you to come and visit.

Join us on the 1st Wednesday of the month (September – June)*
Royal Canadian Legion Hall Branch 594
5030 Howard Avenue

Our membership fees are $55/year for first time members and $45/year for renewing members.

Come and see what we have to offer!

*Occasionally (in September or January) the first Wednesday falls on a non-school day. In that case we meet on the second Wednesday of the month.

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About Our Meetings

Windsor Quilters’ Guild is a group of women and currently one gentleman who meet once a month to learn new quilting tips, to share ideas, and to show their finished quilt projects.

Our doors open at 8:30 am to give us a chance to visit and catch up with quilting friends, to visit one of our vendors , to pick up a comfort quilt project, and to purchase tickets for the guild raffle or the 50/50 draw.

There is a demo at 10 am featuring small projects or new techniques to try.

Windsor Quilters’ Guild Demonstration
A Demo time

The business meeting begins at 10:45 am when the business of the guild is presented. Our committees update us on their activities and how we can get involved. Show and Tell takes place before our planned programme time. Our programmes vary and include trunk shows, guest speakers, teaching times, and theme celebrations. Our raffle draws finish off the day by 1 pm.

Windsor Quilters’ Guild volunteers
Hanging up a quilt for display
Windsor Quilters’ Guild Vendor
Vendor table

Take advantage of our offer of a free visit and come check us out. We meet the first Wednesday of the month September through June at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 594, 5030 Howard Ave. just south of Hwy 3. Check our calendar for dates and programmes. We look forward to meeting you!

History

How It All Began – Our Wonderful Past

In 1976 it was brought to the attention of Budimir Library that there might be some interest in creating a quilting group. So a library flyer and article in the newspaper invited interested parties to attend an adult program on September 16, 1976 at Budimir Library called “On Pins and Needles”. The presenter was Maureen Laporte who showed some quilts and talked about quilting. The group seemed interested in making a quilt, so on September 23, 1976, Maureen taught “Cathedral Window” quilting.

On October 4, the group returned to the library and with scrap fabrics began working on a “Dresden Plate” quilt. This was set up on a frame in the library and for every hour you quilted you received a raffle ticket. When the quilt was complete a ticket was drawn and the first quilt winner was Helen Janisse.

On October 11, 1977 the group completed a “Log cabin” quilt again out of scraps. The winner was Angelina Facchinato.

By now the ladies attending were enjoying the idea of quilting. So they began meeting regularly, and decided to form a guild, which came about on April 3, 1978 with 25 members: Stelle Boucher, Kenlyn Bryant, Jacqueline Burrell, Irene Chartrand, Ruth Danyluk, Angelina Facchinato, Doreen Glenn, Enise Hunter, Helen Janisse, Maureen Laporte, Edna Littlehales, Mary Longson, Agnes Mahaffy, Mary A. Manherz, Dorothy McMurdie,  Anne Milani, Ruth Mizzen, Mary Anne Pierre, Adeline Quaggiotto, Kay Ridgewell, Betty Rymerson, Bev Setterington, Jean Smith, Jean Speiran, and Joan Switzer.

On May 15, 1979, the Windsor Quilters’ Guild held its first Quilt Show. It was a one day event at Oakwood Community Centre,  from 11:00 to 4:00pm. One hundred quilts were shown. There was also a quilt raffle of a blue and white sampler. The show was free and the quilts were hung over hockey racks and tables.

Who would have guessed that all these years later we would still be following in the footsteps of these first ladies? To those founding members who remain, we THANK YOU and hope we can continue to bring love, joy, pride and fellowship to the Guild that you started.

The Windsor Quilters’ Guild was founded in 1978