Community Quilts Day in May 2013

May 8th was our Community Quilts Day. We had a lot of fun making jelly roll quilt tops and sharing a lasagna lunch. The only quilt I know of where one person can iron the seams while another sews more seams on it across the room! Most people worked in groups. These were l-o-n-g strips … Continue reading Community Quilts Day in May 2013

HQWT in April

Here are a couple of pictures from our last Have Quilts Will Travel. We went to Churchill House here in North Van. Residents enjoyed hearing the short history of quilting and seeing quilts made by our members. Marianne's Flower Quilt Judy's Mystery Quilt This was our last Travel Show this Spring.

Trunk Show

Caught! A few of our members caught having a trunk show of their own rows after the April meeting. It was very exciting - and inspiring! We are all looking forward to seeing quilts from our members' rows in June and/or in the Fall. Happy Quilting!

April 2013 Meeting

---- BORDERS, BORDERS, BORDERS!! --- Carol Piercy spoke on borders. She had us thinking about multiple borders, several different takes on pieced borders, and colour considerations as borders can enhance the beauty of the quilt. Picture of one of her quilts in progress where borders will be added as a sandwich. Carol also talked about … Continue reading April 2013 Meeting

Gail Hunt Workshop

Great day with Gail Hunt! The morning was spent creating a background. In the afternoon we learned how to make confetti and apply it to create the landscape. The little piles are the palette of colours that are carefully applied to the background. Some of the participants were already applying confetti and net to their … Continue reading Gail Hunt Workshop

March Machine Travel

WoW - Have machine will travel! Go Diane!

March 2013 Meeting

Our Program committee brought us another great meeting full of inspiration. Catherine Nicholls is a local, international artist who has expanded her art from paint to fibre. She presented and talked about some of her art quilts. One of Catherine's particular joys is words - they are often stitched on by free motion writing or … Continue reading March 2013 Meeting

February 2013 Meeting

20 February 2013 What an inspiration, Matt Wheeler, owner of The Quilted Bear in Ladner, talked about his quilt journey and presented a trunk show. We were inspired by his enthusiasm for quilting. These are only a few of his quilts. If you would like to see them again, a few of them will be on display at … Continue reading February 2013 Meeting

Community Quilts Day for Fall 2012

Thank you to Connie for organizing another Community Quilts Day. The new venue worked out. There was plenty of room to spread out while we worked on new quilts and on unfinished ones. Near the end of the day we used the design wall and had fun arranging the Northern Lights BoM blocks so that … Continue reading Community Quilts Day for Fall 2012

October with Gail Hunt

Our October guest Speaker was Gail Hunt, well known quilting instructor, author, and award winning innovator. Gail's audio-visual presentation titled, The Anatomy of a Canadian Quilter features quilts and quilters from across Canada. The presentation was great - interesting and funny! We all recognized parts of ourselves in her presentation! Gail mentioned that she has just been building … Continue reading October with Gail Hunt

April Meeting

A nice short meeting for everyone. Thanks to Community Quilts for the well prepared kits. Each set of fabrics had instructions for cutting and we soon had many kits ready for the May 2 Community Quilt Day work session. Hope to see many of you there.

March Meeting

Louise Jackson

February 2012 Meeting

Uschi Greiner and Kerry Karmen of Wool Penny Rugs gave an lovely trunk show of their work with wool applique. They sold single kits, block-of-the-month kits, and some fabric then did a short workshop for some members. You can sign up for their newsletter on the website Wool Penny Rugs.

“Carol’s Mystery” Workshop

On February 1st we arrived with our darks, lights, medium darks and medium lights. We had no idea what the result would be! Carol led us through 7 steps and by the end of the day most of us had a few quilt blocks finished. A few people brought theirs to the February meeting -

January 2012

Our first meeting of the year. Our guild business was soon finished and we saw a few items in Show and Tell. After the break Elaine A. presented her quilting journey in applique. Elained showed her quilts and she explained the process for building them. Picture to follow.

December Meeting – Challenge ends!

We had a lovely afternoon with great company and good food. The Challenge came to an end and the UFO's poured in. Of the 23 members who challenged themselves to finish 75 quilts, we saw 60 finished quilts and 14 members finished all their UFO's. It has been a great year. All the best of … Continue reading December Meeting – Challenge ends!

Canadian Christmas Blog Hop 2011

2011 Canadian Christmas Blog Hop Every Sunday, from October 16 to December 11, 2011, well-known Canadian quilt designers posted a free pattern and a favourite recipe on a Christmas theme. Here are the links for each week's patterns and recipes that were put up by the designers. The links will be good as long as the designers … Continue reading Canadian Christmas Blog Hop 2011

November 2011 Meeting

Many thanks to Maureen, Uschi, and Carol for their presentations. Maureen's Leaves Galore Template looks complicated to use but it does make excellent leaves and vines and other curved items or lines. What a boon for applique! See another demo on You Tube Uschi's felted wool designs are as beautiful as ever. If you want … Continue reading November 2011 Meeting

Community Quilts Day

Thank you to all who came out and lent a hand at Community Quilt Day. It was a successful and fun day. I would just like to remind those who took their projects home to try and finish them and bring them to the next meeting. Quilt projects from this year will be delivered in … Continue reading Community Quilts Day

October Meeting – Susan Jensen

Susan Jensen - quilter, pattern designer and teacher Susan’s delightful visual presentation took us along on her journey from beginning quilter to accomplished pattern designer. Her love of beautiful threads and embroidery stitches are incorporated into many of her original designs. We enjoyed the opportunity to see her sample wall hangings and quilts and then … Continue reading October Meeting – Susan Jensen