Art Hub ____ - BOWEN ISLAND FIBRE ARTS GUILD - LITTLE RED CHURCH -1120 Miller Road, Bowen Island, BC, V0N 1G1
Medium: Fibre Arts, Quilts & More
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BOWEN ISLAND FIBRE ARTS GUILD
The Guild was founded June 1994 by a group of fibre artists interested primarily in weaving and knitting. Soon other artisans asked to join the Guild which now includes knitting, crocheting, quilting, fashion sewing, basket weaving, needlework, embroidered enhanced painting, rug making and weaving. We continue to enjoy working together as a group, sharing ideas and techniques, as well as being mindful of repurposing and supporting our goals of outreach in the community.
Guild activities include:
- Monthly meetings, workshops, participating in local Christmas Craft fair since 2015, completed our Guild banner in 2015 which features quilted, knitted, crocheted and needlework letters
- Shows
- 2004 – Fibre Legacy Show featuring something you made 10 years ago and a present day item
- 2008 – “Coming Together” – Guild art creations alongside the works of craver Shane Tweten
- 2010 – Studio tour – Guild exhibited @ Artisan Square
- Fundraisers
- House & Home Folkart Quilt – in support of Foxglove Co-op
- Piano cozy – cover for piano @ the Gallery
- 2013 – Home Comforts quilt – in support of the art gallery
- 2013 – Harvest Tea – fundraiser & tea
- 2023 – Quilt - in support of the Colin Ruloff Field House
- Outreach Program
- 2006 - Baby quilt project – Family Place
- 2015 - cosmetic snap bags – Wish Foundation
- 2016 & 2017 – Hollyburn Family Services
- 2018 – Big Quilting Bee – contributed blocks in celebration of 150th birthday of Ronald MacDonald House
- 2018 – North Shore Family Place
- 2018 – Christmas stockings – Bowen Island Hamper Fund
- 2019 – Izzy dolls – for children in crisis zones
- 2019 – North Vancouver Shelter to Home – knitted toques, scarves and baby quilts
- 2019 – Quilts of Valour – for our Injured Military
- 2020 – Pincushions for Australia
- 2022 – quilts for Survivors of Residential schools
- 2023 – Library bags for Summer Reading Program
- 2023 & ongoing – United Church prayer shawl initiative
- 2024 – baby & lap quilts – in support of Bowen families in crises
Our monthly meetings are presently held at Collins Hall. The United Church, commonly known as ‘the little Red Church’, was erected in 1932 by volunteers on land donated by the Collins Family. Originally living quarters were located at the back of the church which was heated by a pot bellied stove. A bell was added in 1956 donated by the Union Steamship Company, with stained glass windows added in the 1970s. This building is among the oldest on the island and certainly the oldest in continual operation as a church.
