The Canadian Quilt Study Group

Goals and Policies

The CQSG is an organization dedicated to encourage and to advance study and research about quiltmakers, quiltmaking, and quilts. In addition, the members work for the promotion of contemporay quilts and the preservation of historical quilts through cooperative action with guilds and appropriate provincial, state, and federal institutions. The medium of communication is the quarterly, COVER STORIES. Biennial seminars are held, in conjunction with Quilt Canada, giving both members and others the opportunity to share in papers, slide presentations, and informal discussion. The research papers are published in PATCHWORDS. (The papers presented at the 4th Biennial Seminar May 31, 1996 in Saskatoon will be published after the 5th Biennial Seminar May 29, 1998 in Vancouver.)

Membership in CQSG is open to individuals, guilds, institutions, organizations, and businesses. Although CQSG is primarily concerned with Canadian quilts and quiltmakers, in harmony with the late 20th century quilt movement, interests and memberships are international. Annual benefits of membership include: the quarterly, a MEMBERSHIP ROSTER, and use of the CQSG library.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP: $15.00 Individual ($5.00 added postage to overseas addresses); Guild $50.00
PATRON MEMBERSHIP: $50.00 Supporting, $250.00 Corporate Sponsor, $500.00 Corporate Patron.
All memberships of $50.00, or more, include a copy of the reasearch papers. Logo pins: $6.00 plus $1.00 p/h. Cheques to: CQSG, 1109 160A St., White Rock, BC V4A 7G9

The policy statement is a bit "dry," but our newsletter certainly is not! It runs 26 to 28 densely packed pages (no ads) of diverse articles, member news, reports on international conferences and seminars, updates on international heritage projects, write-ups of exhibitions, AND extensive book reviews - 10 pages in the January 1996 issue. These are CRITICAL reviews, unlike the typical quilt magazines which love every book published. We receive and review copies of ALL books published by AQS, C&T, That Patchwork Place, The Quilt Digest, Quilt House Publishing, and all other trade and academic publishers' quilt-related titles on request. The newsletter is what holds us together, for we meet in person only infrequently.

A small group of twenty-seven held our first tentative meeting May 1989, to consider forming a Canadian organization similar to the American Quilt Study Group. One year later, May 1990 we had our First Biennial Seminar with over 100 in attendance. Currently, we have 325 members representative of all 10 Canadian provinces and both territories, and a total of 10 countries world-wide. For more information about CQSG and a lovely photo of our logo, see Karen O'Dowd's column p.15 QUILTER'S NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE June 1995, and TRADITIONAL QUILTER November 1996, pages 5-7 of "The Guilded Newsletter."

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