About Us ~ Sunshine Coast Quilters' Guild

Executive 2019-2020

President	Rojean Trent
Vice President	Kim Thompson
Secretary	Moira Sarling
Treasurer	Helene Johnston
Past Pres/Sunshine	Ada Yeo / Karen Biddlecombe

Committees 2019-2020

Membership	Pauline Weber, Grace Whitelock, Mona MacKinnon
Program	Marian Williamson, Maria Lodzinski, Jude Grebeldinger, Darlene Finch, Nancy McMurdo
Website	Elizabeth Byrne
Block of the Month	Donna Thompson, Janet Thornton, Vicky Kay
Comfort Society	Lynda White, Jeanette Thompson, Phyllis Erlenbusch, Joan Baker, Jean Whitehead, Maria Malcolm, Janet Flumerfelt, Linda Child, Andrea Wilson
Publicity	Moira Sarling, Cathy Collins
CQA Rep	Margaret Kurys
Newsletter	Karen Biddlecombe, Val Marus
Quilt Show	Vacant for 2021 Quilt Show (Karen Biddlecombe will mentor)

Our History

In 1982 a group of women on the Sunshine Coast got together to share their love of quilting. Pat Crucil, an accomplished quilter and teacher, established this first quilt group on the Coast.

1982 SCQG — 1982: Joanne Segate, Florence Doig, Chris Ward, Vera Nelson, Lissi Hemstalk, Kerrin Brookes; Janet Flumerfelt, Pat Crucil, and Pauline Webber (nee Hoene)

1985 SCQG — 1985: Nancy Jaeger, Joanne Segate, Lissi Helmstalk, Marie Malcolm, Vera Nelson, Chris Ward; Pat Crucil, Ann Fraser (& Brooke born Nov. 84), Kerrin Brookes, Janet Flumerfelt, and Pauline Webber. Quilters Christmas celebration 1985.

Wedding Gift quilt 1984 — Wedding Gift: Group quilt presented by Pat Crucil to Pauline (nee Hoene) Webber as a wedding gift September 1984

Today the Sunshine Coast Quilters’ Guild is the umbrella organization for seven local community quilt groups from Pender Harbour to Gibsons, with a membership of 175.

We continue to meet eight days throughout our Guild year, from September to May at the Holy Family Parish Hall in West Sechelt (5700 Nickerson Road). Our meetings consist of Mini-Workshops, Business Meetings, Show and Tell, and a Program.