Tag: Speakers

Wonky Tree Workshop – Paper Foundation Piecing with Carol Piercy

On October 12 twenty-four guild members participated in a workshop presented by local quilting teacher, Carol Piercy.  We got busy with pencils and paper and learned how to make our own paper foundation pattern for a "wonky" tree, which would be the centre design of a small wallhanging.  The project was a nice manageable size, with lots of scope … Continue reading Wonky Tree Workshop – Paper Foundation Piecing with Carol Piercy

Marianne Haak Workshop – Playing with Colour & Technique

Marianne Haak led her Colour Shot Quilt-As You-Go Workshop for our guild in September.  Over two days, we learned the construction secrets behind her Colour Shot quilt.  She taught us several techniques for making the blocks.  The blocks are sandwiched and quilted individually, and we learned how to join them together afterwards. It was great fun building our blocks in a more free-wheeling … Continue reading Marianne Haak Workshop – Playing with Colour & Technique

Susan Purney Mark – Working with Angles

Susan Purney Mark started off the fall quilting season for us with her presentation called “Accent on Angles – Easy Strip Set Quilts.”  She started quilting in the 70’s, making her first quilts with cardboard templates and hand piecing.  Later, she turned her passion for quilting into a career as an author, pattern designer, teacher, and artist.  She has a website and … Continue reading Susan Purney Mark – Working with Angles

May Meeting with Karen Johnson – Embellishments

Inspiration Karen Johnson kept our meeting agog with her many embellished quilts and her foil demonstration. The first hour was a showing of her many techniques in small and medium sized quilts. She easily gave credit for these ideas to the many classes and workshops she attended and of course she added her own twist … Continue reading May Meeting with Karen Johnson – Embellishments

Dianne Stevenson – Caring for Quilts

Dianne Stevenson came to our April meeting with her presentation "C.P.R. - Conservation, Preservation, and Restoration: Breathing New Life into Old Textiles."  We learned how to care for old quilts and how to prevent damage to newer quilts. Dianne referred to herself as “the curator of an extensive textile collection,” describing textiles as "threads bound … Continue reading Dianne Stevenson – Caring for Quilts

Karen Johnson Workshop

Karen Johnson is a textile artist and an instructor with the Fibre Art Network.  She taught a workshop for the guild on April 13 called "Textured Backgrounds" where we learned several methods for creating interesting visually textured backgrounds for art quilts. These backgrounds are made from two or more fabrics.  They can be woven, assembled with … Continue reading Karen Johnson Workshop

Stacey Day, Quilt Designer

Stacey Day came to our March meeting.  She talked about how her life today as a quilter, pattern writer and quilt designer began with her love of  fabric as a very young girl.  She sewed her own clothes and did crafts, and remembers her grandmother at her side encouraging her to have confidence in her own ideas and talents. A book … Continue reading Stacey Day, Quilt Designer

Quilt Rescue with Carol Piercy

What is a quilter to do when a project just isn’t working out?  Carol Piercy, a local quilt teacher and enthusiast who has designed many patterns, came to our February meeting with some ideas about how to rescue quilts. Carol told us that the following design elements contribute to the success of a quilt: pattern of the … Continue reading Quilt Rescue with Carol Piercy

All Things Indigo with Anita Jamieson

At our January meeting, Anita Jamieson took us into the world of Japanese textiles with her presentation “All Things Indigo and a Japanese Angle on Quilting.”  Anita is a member of the Greater Vancouver Weavers and Spinners Guild. In 2014 she attended a workshop in Japan given by Bryan Whitehead, a transplanted Canadian who lives in an … Continue reading All Things Indigo with Anita Jamieson

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 Workshop – A Recipe for Modern

Choose your colour ingredients.  Use a few traditional techniques.  Add lots of innovative cutting and improvised piecing.  Spice it up with your own creativity, and you have a recipe for a modern quilt. Krista’s workshop, “Improv Under the Influence,” was a lot of fun.  We learned how to make a quilt that Krista designed and called … Continue reading Krista Hennebury Workshop – A Recipe for Modern

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

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

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

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

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

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