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 | 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 | May 31, 2022 | History
On a recent wander into an antique mall, I found several issues of an old magazine called The Canadian Countryman. I love vintage magazines and have quite a stash, but lately I am focusing only on Canadian periodicals during wartime. In this issue from...
by Joanna Dermenjian | May 16, 2022 | Public Art
The Volunteers “Thousands of women and children volunteered during theSecond World War. They provided nursing care, respite,entertainment and meals. They knitted and quilted, madeclothing for overseas victims of war, ran blood donorclinics, collected salvage,...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Apr 13, 2022 | History, Research
I have been thinking a great deal about how women form community to support each other individually, as a group and to support a cause, and how sewing and quilt making is often the basis of this community gathering. This article from The Winnipeg Tribune in...
