Quilt Haiku

April is Poetry Month. You can read more about it at poets.ca. Here are the Haiku poems members wrote. So many different views on quilting! My quilt-y pleasures Colours, textures, talks, and shows Endless enjoyment by Marilyn C Do the colours work? How about my quilting skills? Cat on quilt - success! by Judy S Colour, … Continue reading Quilt Haiku

Cancelled November Meeting

For the first time ever, one of our meetings was cancelled! Last Wednesday the power was out in the Capilano area. There was no power at the church and many of our member had no power for about 24 hours as our local substation was down. The executive divided up the membership list and phoned everyone … Continue reading Cancelled November Meeting

NQC September 2015

Marilyn C. Last Saturday Isabelle J. and I attended the Northwest Quilt Connection meeting in Mount Vernon, Washington. The speaker was Susan Mayer, a prolific quilt maker and pattern designer. Her topic was "Tips for a Perfect Quilt" along with a trunk show. She had patterns available for all the quilts. It was excellent presentation. … Continue reading NQC September 2015

Lorna Moffat Workshop – Silk Unraveled

Marilyn C On April 23rd several of our members attended our "Silk Unraveled" workshop with Lorna Moffat. Lorna shared some of her favourite techniques for building a background or for embellishment. We were encouraged to layer threads and bits of fabrics onto a larger pieces of fabric. We were encouraged to let go and play! … Continue reading Lorna Moffat Workshop – Silk Unraveled

Circle Play Workshop

For two days in January fourteen of our members participated in a workshop with Lorna Shapiro and played with colour, shading, and circles. On the first day backgrounds were designed with either rectangles or half square triangles. Those working with rectangles brought rectangles from 12 fabrics in colour runs from light to dark. Those working with HST's brought two main … Continue reading Circle Play Workshop

January 2015

Happy New Year and Welcome to the new executive and committee members. The program was in two parts. First we heard about Stephanie and her plans for the our new shop on the North Shore --- Stitch and Bobbin. Secondly, Lorna gave us a lesson on the use of the Twistn Stitch ruler. It looked like … Continue reading January 2015

November and Landscape Design

We all enjoyed Leslie Forbes' talk on her process in creating landscape quilts. Leslie works from pictures and has an eye for the subtlety of showing colours in designs. One of her more recent designs is the lantern with flowers in 3D.

September with Lorna Moffat

Lorna Moffat gave an inspiring and entertaining presentation on her fabric art journey. She talked about her days as an Art student in Scotland to living in various countries before settling in North Vancouver. Lorna often works with silk and uses a variety of techniques and materials. She presented a slide show which included pictures … Continue reading September with Lorna Moffat

Web Woman Wanders

As many of you know a few of our members have been travelling in Europe for the last few weeks. I was one of them. I did come across two quilt shops in Amsterdam that were next door to each other - Den Haan & Wagenmakers which specializes in reproduction fabrics, specifically antique Dutch chintzes, and - … Continue reading Web Woman Wanders

HQWT in March

Our Have Quilts Will Travel show went well. We had quite a few attendees. We present information on the history of quilting and show at least one quilt made for the Quilts of Valour. The one below was made by Linda F. Several members showed quilts that included an antique quilt, various lap quilts, full size … Continue reading HQWT in March

March meeting

At the March meeting we were inspired by guest speaker - Vivian Kapusta during her presentation Follow Your Heart Using a slide show to illustrate her points Vivian talked about inspiration --- She encouraged us to observe the natural world, to keep a journal of ideas, to take art courses, and to believe in ourselves when we want … Continue reading March meeting

Stack’n’Whack Workshop

Our workshop was a hit! What a variety of colour choices! We sewed all day and everyone managed to do at least a couple blocks. The process and the results were interesting. We had to be careful with cutting and assembling then each block was different. Kerry and her three helpers kept us on the … Continue reading Stack’n’Whack Workshop

February 2014 Meeting

Beyond the Quilt Pattern - Embellishment Our program committee - Ilse L., Isabelle J., and Bev D. - gave a trunk show of amazing art quilts they have created. They used the quilts to demonstrate the application of the various techniques and materials they had on display for us to peruse and try after the … Continue reading February 2014 Meeting

January Meeting for Health

At our January meeting Deanna McMullan, a physiotherapist, was an excellent speaker and gave us guidelines for ways to prevent problems when we are on-a-roll of quilt making. Her presentation concentrated on: exercises - The exercises she demonstrated are similar to those for people who spend a lot of time at their desktop computers. The … Continue reading January Meeting for Health

Sue Spargo at La Conner Quilt Museum

Sue Spargo's work is on exhibit at the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum. Sue attended the opening of her exhibit. She is friendly and willing to share her methods for textured / embellished quilting. At the opening she walked attendees through the exhibit and talked about her growth and noted that she is always looking … Continue reading Sue Spargo at La Conner Quilt Museum

Machine Quilting in November 2013

At our meeting Lynn Fanthorpe came to speak on Fearless Machine Quilting. Following are some of Lynn's hints for successful machine quilting. Use sheets of unlined paper and practice machine quilting ideas. This can help your brain get into the rhythm and flow of what you want to do on your quilt. Use machine quilting gloves. Needles … Continue reading Machine Quilting in November 2013

October and the VMQG

Everyone enjoyed our speakers from the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild. Holly Broadland is the founder of the VMQG and co-President and Felicity Ronaghan is the other co-President. Holly and Felicity talked about the Internet and the role it has in Modern Quilting, both in spreading ideas and in helping people connect and share their interest. They … Continue reading October and the VMQG

Non-slip Mat and More

Oddments from Linda S There is a neat idea for a mat for under one's sewing machine on the blog she can quilt. When you are looking at blogs and you find one that you like, check out the blogs that that person follows. Linda finds she is often exposed to blogs that she would … Continue reading Non-slip Mat and More

Barn Quilt Trails

While passing through northern Oregon last summer Lynn B and her husband noticed quilt blocks painted on barns! Lynn discovered that the blocks are part of the Tillamook County Quilt Trails. She brought back one brochure on quilt blocks on barns and another on quilt blocks on businesses in Tillamook. Go to the website to find the Quilt … Continue reading Barn Quilt Trails

Quilt BC 2013 in Penticton

Quilt BC in Penticton was great!! On Thursday evening we were able to visit the merchant mall. It was excellent with stores that are all over BC and a few that are online. We could also see the Trend Tex Challenge display. Seeing the entries for real was certainly a treat and I managed to … Continue reading Quilt BC 2013 in Penticton