Bervie WI Tweedsmuir Community History Volume 16, page 11

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This weekend's show will run Friday and Sat-- urday, with an admis-- sion fee of $5. The guild has recent-- ly provided quilts for Japanese earthquake victims, Goderich torna-- do victims, the Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, CAS, the Special Olympics, among others. The Kincardine Sun-- set Quilters, who have been planning this show more than a year, is a group founded in 1994. It grew to 25 members in less than a year, and now boasts 84 members from Kincardine, Port Elgin, Hanover, Goder-- ich and Teeswater. Each year, the guild does a quilt for charity, and in the past has donated to charitable organiza-- tions both locally, and internationally. Proj-- ect Linus is a favourite of the group -- in hon-- our of Peanuts creator Charles Schultz, with the mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seri-- ously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, homemade washable blankets and afghans created by volunteers . "A lot of love goes into our Project Linus creations," said Jen Brown, publicity chair of the Kincardine Sun-- set Quilters Guild. This isn't your reg-- ular quilting show, if there is such a thing. The Kincardine Sunset Quilters only have a show once every four to six years, and rarely in a venue like Knox Church. The whole church area, including the balcony, main body and basement of the church will be used to show the work done by the ladies of the guild. More than 280 different items will be on display this weekend, reflecting the show's theme. The Kincardine Sun-- set Quilters Show will kick off Friday at Knox Presbyterian Church in Kincardine, with the theme "For the Birds." Big quilting show this weekend Quilters take over Knox Church for charity By Josh Howald a beautiful queen sized-- quilt, a lovely wall hang-- ing and sets of bowls Kathleen Dunn, of the Kincardine Quilters Guild, displays a Project Linus quilt that was completed by the Guild. Saturday afternoon. There will also be mem-- bers doing various sorts of demos so people can see some of the work being done. Tuesday, October 23, 2012 _ www.kincardinenews.com a square and then put together by a group of ladies then hand or ma-- chine quilted." Lunch will be served on Saturday downstairs at the Church, all food prepared and donat-- ed by guild members. There will be a draw for "All the money will go into buying the ma-- terial for the quilt tops, batting and backs," said Cathy Mallory. "The quilts are worked on by all members of the guild, each one doing Peseis N l o

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