poet in love at quilt canada 2025

poet in love, old cotton quilt with velvet patches by Judy Martin

Renewal, the juried exhibition of Canadian members of Studio Art Quilts Association, was one of the special exhibits at the Canadian Quilters Guild conference that took place June 18 - 21 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

poet in love second side, silk and rayon patchwork and hand quilting by Judy Martin 2022

Judy Martin's repaired and distorted quilt, Poet in Love, is part of this exhibition.

The title was inspired by Sappho, the greek poetess who wrote about Eros and by Anne Carson, the Canadian poet who studied her and then wrote Eros, the Bittersweet.  

When a poet is in love, they are full of so many emotions, they are basically wrecked.

National Juried Show: Quilt Canada

The Cloud In Me
Part of the National Juried Show of the Canadian Quilting Association
Ottawa Ontario   June 11 - 15 2019
Abstract category

Memory of Wikwemikong
dyed rayon and linen
quilted with hand embroidery

Awarded second place
Abstract wall quilts

NATIONAL JURIED SHOW 2009Canadian Quilters' Association
annual exhibition
May 26-30
TCU Place
Saskatoon, SK
Twenty Four Hour Care
over dyed cottons
velveteen with
hand embroidery
hand quilted

Awarded FIRST PLACE
traditional wall quilts category