2026 Wrap Up

Cactus Rose Quilt Show 2026

We can hardly believe the show is already over for 2026, but we can look back on a terrific show!

If you visited us, we hope you had fun and enjoyed all of our beautiful quilts. Judging by the many compliments we received, it seems most of you had a great time and were in awe of the magnificent quilts that were displayed. We do hope to see you back on the first weekend in June, 2028.

Winners 2026

You voted for your favourite quilts in each category. Here are the winners:

Contemporary Quilts Pam Wendell ‑ Mario Quilt

Small Quilts Joss Malley ‑ Home Tweet Home

FPP Pam Wendell ‑ Crimson Poppy

Seasonal Quilt Penny Vickery ‑ In Full Bloom

Classes and Challenges Pleun Brevet ‑ Delfts Blauw

Upcycled Quilts Melissa Torgerson ‑ Coved Mask

Traditional Quilts Cheryl Fischer ‑ Traditional quilt

Scrap or Scrappy Quilts Maureen Prince ‑ Scrap Attack

Panel Quilt Maureen Prince ‑ Canadian Daylesford

Pieced and Quilted by Maker (on longarm) Colleen Bachewich ‑ Pen & Paper Sampler

Pieced and Quilted by Maker (on domestic) Ida Kelly ‑ Stained Glass Windows

Sampler Quilts Judy Bobocel ‑ Farmer’s Wife

Hand Quilted Audrey Baillie ‑ Lovebird lane

Small Decorative Items, Bags and Wearables Mary Rebman ‑ Heather Quilted Jacket

Embroidered/Embellished Maureen Prince ‑ 12 Days of Christmas

Applique Linda Fowlie ‑ My Favorite Things

And then you selected your most favourite quilt in the Viewers Awards and these are the quilts that you liked best:

1st prize Pam Wendell Mario Quilt

2nd prize Maureen Prince 12 Days of Christmas

3rd prize Maureen Prince Beautiful Butterfly

Congratulations to all winners! May the ribbons you received inspire you to more beautiful quilts.

Thank You to our Vendors

We always consider ourselves lucky with the great vendors that come to our show. Thank you again for an amazing show!

This year's vendors were (in alphabetical order):

- Chicken Feed Quilts

- Donna Kendall, the Thread Lady

- Forever Friends Quilting

- MaMi’s Country Quilts

- Purple Katz Quilting

- Quilter’s Revenge

- Quilters’ Palette Inc

- Quilting Creations and Fabric

- Quiltnasium

- Roadrunner Quilting

- Village Quilts

We hope to see you again in 2028!

Thank You to Our Volunteers

A big thank you to our volunteers, without whom we could not have a show!

And a very special thanks to our Show Committee members who were on the floor from start to finishe and worked tirelessly to make this show the success it is!

See You at our Next Show in 2028