by Joanna Dermenjian | Oct 14, 2022 | Article, History, Research
The Toronto Daily Star from Saturday, August 31, 1940, includes an article that headlines: “Rain Fails to Halt C.N.E. Quilting Bee”. Toronto Daily Star, August 31, 1940 I found this paragraph in a 2011 publication called ‘Stanley Barracks: Toronto’s Military Legacy’:...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Sep 9, 2022 | Article
Just now, I am in London, England, experiencing a very poignant time in the history of this nation, the Commonwealth and the world. I am choosing to avoid current polarizing conversations, to capture for a moment a day in October 1940 when the young Princess...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Aug 30, 2022 | Article, History, Research
PART 1 In Canada, the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto is our nation’s largest fair. It has been in operation since 1879 and has opened annually on the same site for several weeks each year, with just a few exceptions because of war, plagues...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Jul 12, 2022 | Article, History, Labels, Research
After my recent interview with Karen Brown of ‘Just Get it Done Quilts’ (on YouTube – June 27) one commenter said: “It seems that current day charity groups could use the advice of your speaker with regard to the donations of quilts being made to Ukraine right...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Jun 13, 2022 | Article
This article is published and beautifully illustrated in Canadian Quilter – Summer 2022 edition When I stitch by hand, whether quilting, embroidering or crocheting, I often listen to ‘Haptic and Hue’, a podcast about the history of cloth and textiles and the...
