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Port Perry Star, 1 Mar 1988, p. 14

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| 14 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 1, 1988 'Whippersnapper' wins major quilting coup | At 36, Alice Carnegie doesn't exactly call herself young. She is, after all, too old for a lot of things--like nursery school, jolly jumpers and teething. But for other things, Alice just doesn't seem old enough. Take quilting for example. Alice Carnegie just happens to be one of the top quilters in Onta- rio, if not the top quilter. A couple of weeks ago, one of Alice's quilts took first prize in the most prestigious quilting competition in the province, orga- nized by the famous Canada Pack- er's Quilt Display. The award was announced at the recent convention of Ontario Ag- ricultural Societies held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The contest, celebrating its tenth anniversary, takes in the best quilts from the 15 agriculture society districts in Ontario. Each district (Scugog and Brooklin are included in District Four) had already picked out the best quilts from local fair win- ners. In Alice's case, she won the Brooklin Spring Fair last year and the Port Perry Fair on Labour 'Day weekend. It was the Brooklin championship that allowed her to be entered in District competition, which she won also. Her quilt, a beautiful burgundy rose and green heart pattern on beige, then went up against com- petition from the other Districts. All in all, approximately 4,000 quilts from more than 240. local fairs were disqualified before reaching the Canada Packer's judg- es. But not only did Alice's quilt reach the judges, it wowed the judges! When everything was said and done, Alice was awarded first prize--$1,000 (Canada Packer's ac- tually buys the quilt from Alice, and keeps it for use in the dis- plays which tour all over). Heads swivelled when people at the convention realized how young Alice is. They just couldn't get over the fact that Alice isn't somebody's grandma. For some reason, the stereotype of quilters is that of a sweet, grey- haired clderly farmwife. Maybe it's because the art of quilting is a heritage craft, dating back to the last century when women's main sources of entertainment were church activities and quilting bees. For awhile, it seemcd as though quilting was a dying art, reserved for older women who struggled to keep this craft alive. But with a genunine revival in heritage, folk art, and all things country, it isn't rcally surprising _ to see quilting gaining popularity among younger people. And it's not just farm folks who are picking up a needle and thread. Alice doesn't come from any THE REGIONAL D) MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM kind of a farming background (unless you want to count the backyard chickens she and her hus- band once raised), and the thought of learning how to quilt didn't even cross her mind until about six years ago. ; A member of the Brooklin Unit- ed Church congregation, she be- came aware of the quilting bees being held by UCW women, and suddenly took an interest. "Until then, I didn't even know what quilting was," she cheerfully admits, Alice joined in and before she knew it, she was hooked. "Afraid so!" she says with a laugh. Since then, she hasn't looked back, and has worked on at lcast 20 quilting projects to date. And in only six years, she has produced several quilts that have won ribbons at local fairs. In fact, this wasn't the first time she has made it to the District level of the Canada Packer's competition. She'd gone three times before (an honour in itself), but this was the first time for winning. It's also only the sccond time a quilter from District Four has won--the first time was 10 ycars ago, the very first ycar of the competition. The winner hailed from Fenclon Falls. Although Alice has done well in her short history as a quilter, she is still taken aback cvery time she PUBLIC NOTICE THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM IN THE MATTER OF: The Municipal Act, Sections 298 and 301 (R.S.0. 1980) TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Regional Municipality of Durham "may pass by-laws authorizing construction of the following projects. ROAD NO. ROAD NAME 1 Brock Rd. 12 Cameron St. 16 Ritson Rd. 21 Goodwood Rd. 22 Bloor St. 28 Rossland Rd. 29 Liverpool Rd. 31 Westney Rd. 36 Consumers Dr. 38 Whites Rd. 44 Harwood Ave. 54 Park Rd. 57 MUNICIPALITY Pickering LOCATION Brock South Bound Bypass Lane at the 5th Concession From Dobson Bridge to Regional Road 2 Oshawa From Regional Road 58 (Adelaide Ave.) to Regional Road 28 (Rossland Rd.) Uxbridge Concession Whitby Whitby Pickering Ajax Truck Acceleration Lanes at the 7th Bypass Lane Widening at Hopkins St. From Garden St. to Regional Road 26 (Thickson Rd.) From Hwy. 2 to Glenanna Rd. From 1.0 km north of Hwy. 2 to Concession Ill Road Whitby Pickering (Finch Ave.) Ajax From Brock St. to the new 401 Ramps From Hwy. 2 to Regional Road 37 Left Turn Lane at Harwood / 410 West Bound Ramp Oshawa Scugog Boundary Left Turn Bypass Lane at G.M. Gates From Caesarea Easterly to Regional Plans showing details of the projects and the lands affected may be seen at the office of the Chief Design Engineer of the Durham Works Department, 105 Consumers Drive, Whitby, Ontario, Telephone 668-7721. Works Committee, being delegated by Regional Council as the hearing body, shall hear in person or by his or her counsel, solicitor or agent, any person who claims his or her land will be prejudicially affected by the by-laws and who applies on or before March 23, 1988, to the undersigned to be heard at a meeting of the Works Committee on March 29, 1988. Dated at Whitby this 25th day of February, 1988. G. Emm, Works Committee Chairman W.A. Twelvetrees, P.Eng. Commissioner of Works wins. "I'm always surprised,""she says. "I never count on winning." Winning isn't the reason she quilts, of course. Like any hobby- ist, Alice quilts for the sheer joy of it. "It's relaxing when you gel caught up in the rhythm of the stitching," she explains. "And you get a sense of achievement when you're done." There are two basic types of quilt-making--applique and quilt- ing. Both require small, intricate hand-done stitching, and plenty of paticnce. Alice says she likes the quilting method best. She particu- larly cnjoys taking a simple pat- tcrn and enhancing it with quilt- ing. Each quilt takes an average of 300 hours worth of work. She spent between three and four months creating the winning "String of Beads", working "when [ feel like it." She originally started on that particular quilt for display in her bedroom, but now that it belongs to the Canada Packer's Quilt Dis- play, it will ncver be in her pos- session again. While that might bother some people, it doesn't bother Alice. She says it's much nicer knowing her quilt will be on permanent dis- play with the collecticn, where thousands of quilting fans will be ablc to appreciate its beauty. Besides, "if I really want it, I'll just make another one the same." And who knows, Alice's quilt might just inspirc other young pcople to take up this dclicate "old-time" craft. Council is upset over misleading Star ad Council is upset with an ad placed in the Port Perry Star last week by Mr. Doug Wilson in re- gards to a Scugog Land Co-op. "This ad is misleading to the public," said clerk/admistrator Earl Cuddie, who indicated that council had never given any approvals to Mr. Wilson's proposal. Mr. Wilson has tricd for over 10 years to get a small subdivision off-the-ground south of Port Perry and was before council two weeks ago with yet another proposal. "At that meeting the developer suggested to council that he could NT Jd Ya) Gai JEWELLERY & TANNING INC. 263 Queen St., Port Perry 985-8555 Exciting ... 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