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

The Power of Quilts, with Yoskyl

At our October meeting, we were treated to an engaging presentation called "The Power of Quilts," given by one of our members. Yoskyl is a retired North Vancouver teacher librarian with a love of quilting and with a family tradition of handwork. A version of this presentation is part of our "Have Quilts Will Travel" program. Yoskyl … Continue reading The Power of Quilts, with Yoskyl

Krista Hennebury Presentation

We were fortunate to have Krista Hennebury at our September meeting. In an entertaining and informative presentation, she spoke to us about modern quilting and showed some of her quilts. After a career as a geologist, Krista pursued her interest in quilting. She gives presentations and trunk shows, leads workshops, hosts retreats and quilt cruises, … Continue reading Krista Hennebury Presentation

June Luncheon

With summer just around the corner, members gathered for food and fun at our June meeting, bringing pot luck dishes and quilts to show. Diane and her committee put together an entertaining program of games and prizes. Many hands were busy setting up the room and running the kitchen. Competition in the games was intense as there were chances … Continue reading June Luncheon

Barb Mortell – Breaking the Rules

Barb Mortell came to our May meeting from Denman Island, where she follows her passion for innovative and improvisational quilting, and other creative pursuits. The theme of her presentation was "Log Cabins - Traditions & Innovations." As we admired and studied her quilts, Barb talked about how the traditional log cabin block can be reinvented with such techniques as stretching … Continue reading Barb Mortell – Breaking the Rules

Sharon Pederson Trunk Show

Sharon Pederson presented her trunk show “Stories from the Road” at our April meeting. Sharon described herself as a traditional quilter, not an art quilter. She was hooked by quilting from the start and went on to pursue special interests in reversible quilts, sashiko stitching, machine appliqué, colour, and machine embroidery. Friends and other quilters … Continue reading Sharon Pederson Trunk Show

Terry Aske Trunk Show – March 2015

At our March meeting, members enjoyed a trunk show presented by Terry Aske, a Vancouver art quilter. Terry started her quilting journey in 1998, when she took her first course and discovered she really liked it. As an accountant in her other life, Terry told us that quilting gives her opportunities to explore her creativity. She uses … Continue reading Terry Aske Trunk Show – March 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.