BARN QUILT DESIGNS UNVEILED WEDS. NOV. 27th

Please join the South Dumfries Historical Society as we welcome the members and families of the Brant County 4-H this Wednesday, November 27^th.

We will have a joint meeting at 7:30pm at the Memorial Hall in St. George as the six young participants in a 4-H project unveil their designs for six “Barn Quilt” squares.

The project leaders Joan Crawford-Wehrstein and Edith Stone have worked over several sessions with the students to research and design Barn Quilts that will be installed in and around St. George to mark the Bicentennial year in 2014.

Barn Quilts are the large (painted wooden) squares you may have seen in and around Paris, Ontario and other locations in Ontario.

We will be tying into a trail that runs through Brant, Elgin, Middlesex, Norfolk and Oxford Counties.

Thanks to the leadership of this group, advised by Cliff Jones of our Historical Society, a series of bright, bold and relevant squares will be unveiled.

Each student will explain the background and research behind each design in brief talks.  They have painted ¼ - sized mock-ups of what the finished products will look like.

 Audience questions will be welcome.

 Refreshments will be served.

 Admission is free.

 The Memorial Hall is across from the Post Office (and next to the Museum) at 32 Main Street South, St. George, Ontario.

 There are already plans in place to expand the project beyond these initial six designs – and we should have news on those plans as well.

For more information on Barn Quilts, please visit:  http://www.barnquilttrails.ca/

 We hope you can join us!

 

(Sneak peek - the photo shows Abbie Simpson with her design commemorating the Artesian spring)