The Country Quilter, Our History:

In September of 1992, The Country Quilter relocated from Manotick to Richmond and is now situated in one of the community’s well-known century residences. The shop is carrying on a commercial tradition for the heritage building at 3444 McBean Street. Records of the property date back to 1832, and the shop was recently part of the Richmond200 celebrations! The building has been a post office, a shoemaker’s, a tailor’s and even an undertaker’s!

Under the ownership of Ann McLean the house has returned to its commercial use after 40 years as a private home. Ann has endeavored to return the house to its previous appearance by building a front veranda and putting up a picket fence. The shop has a cozy atmosphere – just right for quilts and quilting. There is a fireplace in the main room and a large sunny classroom on the main floor. The kitchen is a source of coffee, homemade soup, and the occasional pot luck lunch for the “finishing school group”.

The Country Quilter staff has a combined quilting experience and expertise of over 60 years. They are ready to help you with all your quilting needs!

Meet our friendly staff!

Ann McLean – Owner

Formerly a Home Economics teacher specializing in sewing and fabric arts, Ann has been quilting and teaching others this addictive art since 1972. She has been a member of the Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild since 1981, and helped organize the start up of the Richmond Area Quilters Guild.

Lynne Rochette;

Lynne is known as our Stitching Queen. She leads the monthly meetings of the the Knotty Girls Stitching Group, and the Wild and Wonderful Woolies. Lynne is a versatile quilter with a passion for hand stitching, applique and wool applique. As well as teaching stitching she also teaches bags, applique, novelty projects, hand quilting and mostly anything else requested. Guaranteed to learn a lot from her classes, and guaranteed to enjoy every minute!

Deborah Coffin

Deborah has been on staff since she retired from her day job. “This is way more fun!” She is an experienced quilter, capable of assisting customers with fabric, colours and quilting decisions. She is also a passionate, talented award-winning cross-stitcher!

 

Tracy Parr-Labbe

You may find Tracy helping customers pick out fabric, teaching a variety of classes, (such as her practical and fun ‘Scrappy Quilts’ stash busters), or helping out with special events, including her popular ‘Sleep at Home’ retreats. Tracy has been quilting for over 25 years. She is current president of the Richmond Area Quilters Guild.

 

Lynn Price:

A HUGE thank you to Lynn for keeping us up to date by sending out the calendars and newsletters each month!

 

Fiona McMillin:

We are happy to welcome Fiona McMillin as our resident longarm quilter. Fiona is an experienced quilter who had her own longarm business, Maple Cabin Quilts, in Calgary for 8 years, before returning to Ottawa. She also worked and taught in ‘Along Came Quilting’ quilt shop in Calgary. She has won awards for her quilts and has had quilts in a number of shows, including the Calgary Stampede. 
Her modern pineapple quilt, currently hanging at The Country Quilter, was included in a 10th anniversary Trash to Treasures Pineapple quilt display at Festival of Quilts in Houston in 2019.  A small sample of her work…