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IS evident that grs.; BuShel1 has
tutueitcthe WWI curfosity of
piing woman into a lifelong love for
designing and making quilts.
In addition, that love and dedi-
cation has paid off in a number of
championship quilts, including one
which is now in the possessiOn, of
Queen Elizabeth and most recently,
•the first prize winner in a quilting
contest to mark the centennial of the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food.
Mrs. Bushell's first recollection of
being involved in quilting was
during the Second World War when
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a7dO gin "for the Red Cross.
• Kinlough — just north of
Lueknow in Kinloss Township —
where she grew up, Mrs. Bushell
remembers going to the Orange Hall
where she and the other women
made patchwork quilts, using
mostly materials from the home,
such as prints and flannelettes.
"Back then, they also used to dye
a lot of sugar sacks and flour sacks,"
she adds. "We sewed the tops at
home and did the quilting at the
hall."
At these quilting "bees", the
women would be situated all around
a large frame holding the quilt, and
each was responsible for her own
section as they worked toward the
completed product — in those days,
mostly patched quilts.
Quilting apparently faded
,Somewhat into the background after
the, War, Mrs. Bushell says, but it
DORIS BUSHELL of Wingham, stands beside another award-
winning quilt, one which is now in the possession of Queen Eliza-
beth at Buckingham Palace. The quilt, commemorating Ontario's
centennial, was presented to the Queen and Prince Phillip when
they visited Canada in 1984.
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St. Paul's Church
(ANGLICAN) WING HAM
John Street at Centre Street
• THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF
WINGHAM AND BELGRAVE
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SUNDAY, February 12, 1989
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started to quilt with the church
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Church.
"It's still going strong," she says.
"I go down once a week for about
half a day or so."
Mrs. Bushell says she was quilting
in groups for quite some time befOre
she began making individual quilts,
and confides that she- made some of
her own before she got "brave
,enougr to show Jthezu faimand
such.
"It's funny, once you start it sort
of grows on you," Mrs, Bushell says
of her avocation, "The more you. do,.
the more you want to do." _
To Doris Bushell; quilting quiitlngis not
work, it's a pleasure so satisfying
that she just seems to lose all track
of time.
"It's like you're in another world
for a while," she says. "It's almost
as if you can't wait to get one quilt
finished in order to start on another
one."
However, she adds, "It kind of
pays to have a good-natured
husband, too."
It was just about a year ago, Mrs.
Bushell says, .that friends came to
her with the registration -form for
the OIVIAF Centennial contest.
• "I had a pretty full year last year,
but I kept the form anyway," she
recalls.
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"I always- wanted to do a farm
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Bushell. says of the ,OMAF quilt:1111j
grew up-, on a farm and *ealways-.
fiaarrinminged,.,,so 1 could identify with
In addition to the OMAF quilt and
the one which is now in the Queen's,
possession, Mrs. Bushell's Atiiits
also have been judged winners at
numerous fairs and plowing
matches.
The- Bushells met with the -Queen
and Prince Phillip when they visited -
Canada in 1984.
"The Queen asked me if Ihad done
the quilt all by myself and if each
circle pertained to a bit of Ontario,"
Mrs. Bushell says. "They were quite
chatty."
She admits to -having,One'regret-
each time one of her quilts wins at a
major competition-- that the quilt
stays with the organizers.
A striking "stained- glass" quilt
one resembling a stained glass
church window — captured the
Grand Champion award at the Tees -
water Fall Fair, went on to take top
honors at the district agricultural
society competition, and then on to
compete at the provincial level in
Toronto.
"I'm glad it didn't win in Toronto
because at least I have my quilt,"
she says. "Money isn't everything,
you know."
Currently working on a baby quilt
in pink for an expected grandchild,
Mrs. Bushell says, tWe'veordereclii
granddaughter, but 1 may have to
redo it in blue."
As one would expect,' quilts are
high on the gift list in the Bushell
family, going to nieces and nephews
as wedding gifts, "and, of course
our own kids get them and all th;
babies get them when they arrive."
Mrs. Bushell says she also has
joined the newly -formed Huron -
Bruce Quilters' Guild where about 50
members meet regularly to "talk
quilts and do them." Each month the
group is able to learn something
different and new techniques she
says.
Mrs. Bushell also "marks"
(patterns on) quilts for other people
which prompts the question of where
she manages -to find the time to
devote to quilting.
"When you like something as
much as I like quilting, you find the
time," she says.
"You get through the other work
twice as fast because you want to get
to the quilting," she continues.
"I think I'd make a good hermit."
NEW OWNERS
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Walter
became the new owners of
Edighoffers (Wingham) Limited in
May of 1900 after purchasing the
business from Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Edighoffer. The Edighoffers had -
owned the store for 1,7 years.
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