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Maggie
Vanderweit has been quilting for over 30 years and sewing since
childhood. She went to university in Toronto, France and
Montreal and taught school in Northern Quebec and Ontario until
she had her children. She gave up a career as a French teacher
to devote herself to the universe of the threaded needle in
2000, and again taught school from 2004-06. After a two year
sabbatical she feels privileged to now be back operating her
business Stone Threads Fibre Art full-time from her walkout
studio in the brand new house in Fergus, near Guelph, where she
lives with her husband, two sons and three cats. Her
married/personal name is Maggie Meredith.
Maggie is a member of the CQA, ONN, Connections and the Royal
City Quilters' Guild. She has done work towards her City and
Guilds certification from Britain. She offers inspirational
lectures, slide presentations, trunk shows and classes to
guilds, schools, colleges, art classes, retreats, quilt shops,
private groups and national needlework shows and quilting
conferences.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across
Canada and is in private collections around the world. She won
two first place prizes in the 2005 National Juried Quilt Show,
one for her machine quilting for “Stone Weather”, and one
for her piecing in “Fire in the Cabin - PMS and the Full
Moon”. Maggie sells her original textile art mainly from her
studio, after years of doing studio tours and large shows. She
also sells her own hand-painted fabrics and threads and creates
commissioned pieces for public and personal spaces.
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