Last Wednesday, November 4, and Thursday, November 5, mornings we had fun creating improv blocks with Krista Hennebury. Using the Zoom platform Krista showed videos of her directions regarding each block and then provided support as we worked on each one. Zoom allowed us to include two people from Ontario: a quilter from Krista's wait … Continue reading “Speed Date with Improv” Zoom Workshop
Category: Scrap Quilts
Members Teaching Members
The November 20 meeting was our traditional “Members Teaching Members” event, featuring presentations by five talented guild members. We learned about new techniques and picked up lots of helpful tips, such as using wool pressing mats, how to pin intersecting seams, and achieving an accurate ¼-inch seam. Suzanne demonstrated how to make a disappearing 4-patch … Continue reading Members Teaching Members
CQA Quilt Canada 2019 – Ottawa
Quilt Canada in Ottawa lasted four days. There were several quilt shows, workshops, lectures, demonstrations, and an extensive merchant mall. Barbara M and Marilyn C attended from Seymour Guild. Here is Anne's guilt for the CQA Quilt Guild Challenge for the theme of "Quilting Goes Viral". The Trend Tex Challenge had 90 quilts, the most … Continue reading CQA Quilt Canada 2019 – Ottawa
Courthouse Colourplay Workshop
On May 8 Krista Hennebury facilitated our experiments with free cutting of strips and much fun was had by all. Members and guests discovered they could cut straight lines free hand. Everyone was careful to heed Krista's warning to "pause before cutting and know where your other hand is". Penny's a guest's and Wendy's Anne's … Continue reading Courthouse Colourplay Workshop
May 2018 – Churn Dash Block
Congratulations to Lorna on winning the Pitcher Blocks. I know she already has plans for them. Thanks to Anne for showing her wheelchair quilts made with the Envelope Blocks! Now that Quilt Canada has come and gone I hope you will have time to make the Churn Dash Block. Please make the background white and … Continue reading May 2018 – Churn Dash Block
Jane Johnstone – Magical Miniature Quilts
Jane Johnstone is a local quilter with a self-admitted consuming passion for making small quilts, and we were dazzled by her collection at our May meeting. The smallest quilt looked to be somewhere around 6 inches by 8 inches in size. She was introduced to miniature quilts through a course she took, and she was … Continue reading Jane Johnstone – Magical Miniature Quilts
Wonky Stars Workshop
What a fun day we had on April 25th with Dougal Walker in the Wonky Stars Workshop! It was a full house and many thanks to Barb M, Les O and Glenna W for making it happen. The morning was spent sewing itty-bitty scraps and bigger leftover bits together to form the improv centres of … Continue reading Wonky Stars Workshop
April 2018 – Pitcher Block
Congratulations to Barb McG for winning the house blocks. Members told me they were fun to make. Thanks again to everyone who made Hourglass blocks for the January Block of the Month. They came together very well to make the quilt that will now go to Quilts of Valour. The Pitcher Block is now on … Continue reading April 2018 – Pitcher Block
Julie Plotniko – Popcorn Can Quilts
Julie Plotniko, Vancouver Island quilting instructor, gave her presentation called "Popcorn Can Quilts" at our March meeting. As someone who makes their popcorn on the stove top in an old pressure cooker with a tin pie plate for a lid, I was unfamiliar with popcorn cans. Julie, however, had amassed a collection of popcorn cans over the … Continue reading Julie Plotniko – Popcorn Can Quilts
Our October Meeting – Creating with Scraps
Our October meeting was a busy one, and quilting with scraps seemed to be a common theme. There were lots of ideas for creating something new out of scraps and keeping us stitching over the winter. Anne gave a presentation about making watercolour quilts. She has a clever system for storing small squares of fabric that are easy to … Continue reading Our October Meeting – Creating with Scraps
Seymour Quilters Guild 