40 Years of Quilted Creations

Posted on October 25, 2025 by Norma Hanson

This year was the 40th Anniversary of my quilt guild – The Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild. The theme of our quilt show was, 40 Years of Quilted Creations.

I entered 10 pieces in the quilt show.

1 – Quilt show challenge: Birds of a Feather Quilt Together

Birds of a Feather Quilt Together

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Norma Hanson

This year’s theme for our guild’s quilt show challenge was, “Birds of a Feather Quilt Together”.

The challenge rules consisted of:

Create a bird using any style you prefer
Use some or all of the ruby fabric provided
Use some or all of the beads provided
The number 40 must appear in your quilt
Perimeter not to exceed 80”

When I saw the April block from the pattern collection called, 2025 Year Of Sewing Machines, I knew I had found the perfect pattern to fit the parameters of the guild challenge, Birds of a Feather, Quilt Together.

The quilt pattern depicts a Singer Featherweight sewing machine piecing a bird block. Since I have a Featherweight, this seemed to be the perfect pattern for me. I have surrounded my quilt with beads on the bumps of the rick rack trim on the outside border of my quilt and I have used the ruby red fabric provided in the challenge for the body of my bird and the outer border. The number 40 appears on the faceplate of my machine as, 40 Years 1985 to 2025, which is a tribute to the 40^th Anniversary of our guild. The silver alphabet beads stitched to the body of the quilt spell out, “Birds of a Feather Quilt Together”.

This is the April block from the pattern collection called, *2025 Year Of Sewing Machines*

Handout for Table Runner Presentation

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Norma Hanson

I am presenting a “demo” at our biannual quilt show on October 18, 2024.

I will be presenting my favorite quick table runner / table topper patterns.

The information below is placed here for those interested in the details around the patterns that I featured.

1. Hexagon Table Topper

Pattern by: Norma Hanson of Silver Thimble Quilting

https://silverthimble.ca/blog

Go to November 14, 2006 blog posts:

Part 1:

https://silverthimble.ca/blog/2006/11/tuesday-night-quilters-hexagon-table-quilt-tutorial/

Part 2:

https://silverthimble.ca/blog/2006/11/hexagon-table-topper-tutorial-part-2/

2. Spirals

By: Designs to Share With You

https://designstoshare.com/product/spirals-quilt-pattern-placemat-centerpiece-dsy152/

3. Fat Quarter Table Runner

By: Spring Leaf Studios

http://www.springleafstudios.com/2012/09/lets-get-acquainted-blog-hop.html

4. Sew Fast, Sew Easy

By: Designs to Share With You

It’s Fast, It’s Easy – pattern – DSY144 – Designs to Share with You

In the Paper

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Norma Hanson

While doing my string quilt demo at our local quilt show, I was asked a number of questions by the public as they passed by. One woman in particular stopped and had a number of questions–my little featherweight – Charlotte – had caught her attention. After speaking to me for quite some time she told me that her husband worked for the local paper and he had told her to get some pictures of people looking at the quilts in the quilt show. She said she had so enjoyed our conversation that she made a decision to take my picture instead. And here you have it! This was a nice surprise to see it actually made the paper. This was a nice little bit of promotion for our guild’s show.

FVMQG Creativ Festival Quilt Display

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Norma Hanson

Each year the organizers of Creativ Festival invites my modern quilt guild to display some of our work. We are a small group so this annual display doubles as our “quilt show”.

Quilt Display Area

We are given an area to display our quilts that is front and center as you enter the Tradex building. We are very fortunate to be provided with such a prominent space.

FVMQG QuiltCon Charity Quilt

This is the first year that our guild entered a charity quilt into QuiltCon (the Modern Quilt Guild’s annual international show). Our charity quilt was back from QuiltCon in California so we were able to have it on display as well.

My quilt – Paint Chips

Members were allowed to enter a large quilt along with their challenge quilt. Since we were required to use just solids in our challenge quilts, I decided to pick one of my quilts that is exclusively made from solids – Paint Chips. The designer of the quilt pattern is Karla Alexander.

Other member quilts that were displayed follow.

We have a very talented group of quilters in our guild.