KAMSACK — Meeting Sept. 10, for the first time in the 2025-26 season, members of the Heart and Home Quilting Club at Kamsack showed one another the results of the challenge that had been issued before their summer hiatus.
“Make something with jeans,” was the challenge that went out to members last winter, said Lise Rochefort, club chair. At their first meeting of the season, members brought in their creations.
“The creativity was amazing,” Rochefort said. “It blew me away.
“One girl made beads out of jeans and then strung them into bracelets,” she said. “She also made tiny Christmas trees.
“There’s a frog and feathers made of jeans and a lace frame.”
All of the results of the challenge will be at the club’s autumn show entitled “Sew Seasonal,” she said. It will be held at the Westminster Memorial United Church’s lower hall on Oct. 10 and 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
During the season, members meet at the church each Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and spend the afternoon working on their projects, she said, explaining that the show will include all the projects members have worked on, and will represent all four seasons.
There will be wall hangings, place mats and lap quilts, in addition to the items members made with jeans.
Most items will be for sale at the show, she said, adding that there will be a silver collection, and desserts and coffee and tea will be served. “Everyone is welcome to attend the show.”
Rochefort explained that the practice is that members select the items they make that they wish to keep, while other items are often gifted to one another. Some projects are donated to various places in the community, while members also create quilts for the club’s chosen charity, Victoria’s Quilts, which donates comforting quilts to cancer patients.
Members made 25 Victoria’s Quilts in 2025 and have now begun making quilts for 2026.
“In addition, our commitment is to put a quilt on every bed at the Kamsack Nursing Home,” she said, adding that members have already donated 20 quilts to the nursing home and will be donating 40 more, half of which have already been done, except for final assembly.
“We’re constantly giving away baby quilts,” she said, listing Cote and Keeseekoose First Nations, the Family Resource Centre and Victims Services as recipients of the quilts.
“We’ve also donated pillows to the daycare centre.
“Being a member of the quilting club is so much fun,” she said, urging people interested to “join us.”
“Just come to the United Church on a Wednesday and bring your own lunch.”
The club, which was formed over 30 years ago by a group led by Lynda Cherwenuk, plans to hold a fundraising tea in June.
