Québec has a rich and vibrant quilting tradition, starting in the early days of the colony and continuing to the present. The purpose of the registry programme is to preserve the history of this tradition for future generations.

Origin

Three quilters from the Montréal region, Diane Marchand, “Freddy” Wilson and Adaire Schachtler, started the programme in the late 1980s. After researching other registry programmes, so as to learn how to proceed, they decided the Vermont registry was the most adequate model.

The first registration session took place in St-Lambert, on December 7, 1991 and 13 quilts were registered; 24 years later, more than 4,500 quilts have been catalogued and this number continues to grow. These quilts, some of which are new and others very old, date from 1726 to the present.

How it works

There is a group of volunteers who register, inspect and photograph the quilts. They travel throughout the province as long as there are at least 25 quilts to be registered. A minimum fee is required to cover costs. The registrar assigns a number to each quilt and records the information about the owner and the quilt. Who? Where? How? Occasionally, there is no answer since the item comes from a flea market, an auction or an attic… The programme accepts bed-sized quilts that are located in Québec but were not necessarily made here.

The Québec Quilt Registry programme is overseen by Courtepointe Québec, the provincial association of quilters and quilt groups. The archives are preserved at the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art of Concordia University. The archives are available to researchers for consultation on site.

For more information or to arrange a registry session, contact Carla Rivard by email at enregistrement-courtepointe@courtepointequebec.com

You can consult the Québec registry programme database at: http://quilt.concordia.ca.

To organise a Registry Session, please contact Carla Rivard at:
carla.rivard@gmail.com or by calling at: (450)671-7505.

Next Registry Sessions:

Laurentian Quilters Guild
Date : Tuesday, September 15th 2020 (POSTPONED)
Time : 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location : Piedmont Town Hall, 670 rue Principale, Piedmont J0R 1K0
Contact : Joane Daoust
Tel : (514) 231-3329
E-mail : daoustjoane@gmail.com
_______________________________________________

Les Pointes Folles
Date : Thursday, November 5th 2020 (POSTPONED)
Time : 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Locaton : Église de Saint-Hubert, 5310 Chemin Chambly, Saint-Hubert QC J3Y 3N7
Contact : Francine Beauchamp
E-mail : francine.beauchamp@videotron.ca