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With six generations of family quilts surrounding her, the latest from her nine-year-old granddaughter, Renske Helmuth’s confident quilting is not a dying, but rather evolving art form seeing a resurgence. While hand-stitching may become a rare skill, she’s confident, like any art, advancements in the craft will reveal new techniques and styles.
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Award-winning quilter’s exhibit raises funds to tackle global hunger

Renske Helmuth’s quilts have raised more than $100,000 for relief charities

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Renske Helmuth is matter-of-fact and somewhat dismissive about her quilting legacy and contribution to the Canadian quilting scene. “I don’t consider myself an artist. An artist is somebody who breathes their art, lives their art,” said the Moorefield resident. “I don’t. Quilting is just something I do. It’s not (my) only passion.”  Helmuth has ridden […] Read more
Prostate cancer survivor Jay Curtis raised $10,000 for the London Health Sciences Centre by growing a sunflower field for public viewers.
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Sunflower field raises money for London Health Sciences Centre

St. Thomas-area farmer wanted to raise cancer awareness and say thank you

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Jay Curtis, a farmer and prostate cancer survivor, planted five acres of sunflowers last year to raise funds for the London Health Sciences Centre.  The project, “Blooms of Thanks and Hope for Others”, raised a little more than $10,000 and all proceeds were donated to Dr. Patrick Luke, a robotic surgeon expert with the centre.  […] Read more

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