9am to 3:30pm –  $25
Cindy Grisdela is an Artist, Quilter, Teacher and Author from Reston, VA.
Colour and texture are the driving forces behind her contemporary art quilts. Browse her site to see how she combines line and shape, then adds stitching lines to create texture and dimension.

Fabulous Freehand Curves
Cut large scale curves freehand without templates or patterns. Add dots, skinny lines, wonky triangles and more to give each curve its own personality, then combine them into a fun original design.

Cindy will talk about colour and design to create the composition as well as the techniques needed.
cindygrisdela.com   IG @cindygrisdelaquilts

9am to 1:15pm $65

carolinaoneto.com   IG @carolina_oneto

12-3pm  $60
Chris is an amazing, colourful, Australian Quilter.  If you love bright, scrappy quilts, the “Australian Way”, then you will LOVE this class!  Quiltmania loves her so much they’ve published a whole book of her quilts.  Her “BIG, BOLD & BEAUTIFUL” book is her story, works and patterns.  How often do you get to learn from one of the best!

We will have a colourful, fun workshop, where she will be teaching her SPINNER pattern.

IG @patchworkfun 
PatchworkFun, Etsy Canada: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PatchworkFun

9am to 3:30pm – $40

Melissa is a Canadian Quiltmaker, Author, Teacher, and Quilt Pattern Designer. She has published two books: Walking Foot Quilting Designs, and Edge-to-Edge Walking Foot Quilting Designs.

Her focus is to help people gain the confidence to quilt their quilts on their home sewing machines with a walking foot.

melissamarginet.ca   IG @melissamarginet 

Our sewing days for Fall 2022 are 3 Saturdays:
Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 10 – 10am to 4pm

Join other guild members on Zoom as we sew together, working on our own projects.  Sometimes you cannot get a word in edgewise, and other times we sew in silence. You can come and go as you like.  Look for a Zoom invitation prior to the date.

1pm to 4pm

Irene is an Award Winning Appliqué Quilter from Australia.  All Appliqué Quilters have their own technique, and Irene has been teaching hers all over the world. She will be sharing her secrets to success in this workshop.

https://focusonquilts.com.au IG @focusonquilts

Workshop cost is $75 and includes a free, small section of the Gardenhurst Pattern, which we will be using in class.

This is the pattern we will use. It is part of the larger pattern below, Gardenhurst, that is available to purchase on her website.

9am to 12 am – Workshop Fee is $45

Carolina Oneto hails from Sao Paula, Brazil. She has had exhibits, won awards, and taught all over the world. Carolina will be teaching at QuiltCon 2023.

In this class, Carolina will teach us how to make curved shapes with our sewing machines. She will explain step by step, in detail, how to make these beautiful shapes, which will give us the possibility to freely create shapes on our quilts! This isn’t applique. In addition, she will show us 3 variants of these forms (one form on top of another, one next to another and one within another) She will give us ideas to inspire us in our next organic creation!

carolinaoneto.com @carolina_oneto

The Vintage Windmill pattern combines charming colour combinations with simple shapes to create a secondary design that is deceptively easy. Arrange your colours to create a one of a kind quilt with no Y seams! If you have been wanting to break out of the same old quilting routine and try something different, this pattern is just the thing.

September 24th, Saturday, from 10:00 to 4:00pm
Workshop fee is $45

If you don’t already own the pattern, it is downloadable for $6US. You can then print a copy for the workshop and another for your file folder. (we can help you with that if it’s a problem)

Krista Moser from Washington, USA
www.kristamoser.com @krista_moser

Join other Guild members on Zoom when we have our sewing days.  We sew together, working on our own projects, from 10am – 4pm on Saturdays.  Sometimes you cannot get a word in edgewise, and other times we sew in silence. You can come and go as you like.

If you need help with a technique, pattern or ideas for colour or quilting, bring your problems/questions to a sewing day … there’s a lot of help and support there!  If you are new to the guild you will get a chance to meet/share/laugh with other guild members.

Sewing Days to add to your calendar: February 12, March 12, April 9, May 14, June 11
Look for a Zoom invitation prior to each date.

Allie McCathren – June 3rd, Friday OR June 4th, Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00pm $20 ….. with optional continued sewing till 4pm

Allie is from Houston, Texas, and she will be teaching us her now famous “Sea Glass Quilt” technique. The perfect quilt, be it small or large, for the summer. Participants can finish their work with either free motion or straight line quilting. FMQers must have foot for their machine, and know basic/basic, beginner, wobbly, free motion quilting. SLQers must have walking foot.
www.exhaustedoctopus.com
@exhaustedoctopus

Kathy Doughty – April 30th Saturday from 2:00 to 5:00pm (possibly 6:00) – $55 SOLD OUT
We are really excited to finally host Kathy Doughty, from Australia. She has written several books, designs fabric, shows her quilts everywhere, and teaches all over the world. Her workshop, “Making Confident Choices-Organic Design”, is a conversation about how fabrics relate and making line in quilts, practical technique demonstrations for pleasing applique results, and tips on composition and design. She teaches us how to put prints with other prints effectively. Small kit included.
www.materialobsession.com.au
@materialobsession @matobsgirl

Elizabeth DeCroos – March 5th Saturday from 10:00 to 3:30pm – $35 SOLD OUT

Elizabeth is from Ontario, and will be teaching us reverse quilting with batiks in her Pojagi Improv Quilting Workshop. In this class you will learn two different methods of Pojagi seams and when to use them. If you struggle with not having a pattern or how to start improv piecing, this will get you going. The finished piece has no batting or backing, and could be used as a summer quilt, table cloth/runner, window curtain, shower curtain (with vinyl liner) or make a skirt or tunic top.

www.epidastudio.com @elizabeth.epidastudio

Julie Faulkner – February 19th Saturday from 9:30 to 4pm – $35 SOLD OUT

Julie is from New Westminster, BC, and she will be teaching us a Judy Niemeyer Foundation Paper Piecing pattern.
The pattern comes in 8 quadrants, making two full circles finished at about 20”x22”. It can be finished as a table topper for a vase or candle, put together for a large pillow or you may wish to add to it and make a quilt. Use any fabrics, Kaffe, Tula, Alison Glass, solids or batiks…. High contrast really shows off those points!!! Pattern included.
www.quiltworx.com/instructors/julie-faulkner/
@newwestjules

Mary Elizabeth Kinch has written and contributed to many books.  She has numerous podcasts, and has shown her works and taught all over North America and the UK.  www.maryelizabethkinch.com  @maryelizabethkinch

This Virtual Workshop is on January 22nd, Saturday, from 09:30 to 4pm with 1/2 hr lunch.

SUMMERHILL SAMPLER – THE JOY OF SMALL PIECES

Jump in and learn the secrets to success in working with these tiny morsels. Precision machine piecing is actually easy. In this class you will learn the techniques, tips and tools to achieving accuracy. Learn how to cut once, sew once, with NO trimming, allowing your pieces to fit together harmoniously and your focus to be on the joy of stitching. After this workshop, you will be able to easily transfer these skills to your other quilting projects, no matter the scale of the pieces. We finish off the day learning about a “knife edge” binding – one of Mary Elizabeth’s favourite ways to finish a quilt. These persuasively addictive blocks will capture your heart and before you are finished you will be dreaming of your next small pieces project!

$55 …. SOLD OUT

Join other Guild members on Zoom when we have our sewing days.  We sew together, working on our own projects, from 10 am – 4 pm on Saturdays. Sometimes you cannot get a word in edgewise, and other times we sew in silence. You can come and go as you like.

If you need help with a technique, pattern or ideas for colour or quilting, bring your problems/questions to a sewing day … there’s a lot of help and support there!  If you are new to the guild you will get a chance to meet/share/laugh with other guild members.

Sewing Days to add to your calendar:

• September 25
• October 23
• November 20
• December 4

Look for a Zoom invitation prior to each date.

Gillian is from England, and after a lengthy career as a Landscape Architect, she joined an Embroidery Guild. She started teaching classes from her studio, and realized she had to make quilts for exhibition, not just teaching samples. She entered them into Juried shows, and to her surprise, won a few ribbons. In 2007 she joined the Contemporary Quilt Group and started to make Journal Quilts.
She has exhibited, travelled and taught all over the world. This workshop looked like so much fun, I couldn’t resist booking her!!!

www.gilliantravis.co.uk and check galleries and teaching pictures
Zoom opens 8:30 Class 09:00-4:00.
Gillian will teach for about 3 hours, then in the afternoon we will sew and she will check back on us mid afternoon.
$35

Rachael Daisy aka Blue Mountain Daisy.
These Pine Stars can be made in any size, appliquéd on a quilt, runner, pillow, or used as a hotpad/coaster.
Quiltmania recently released a book with Rachael’s story and her patterns. She is from Australia.
www.rachaeldaisy.com
IG @bluemountaindaisy
Zoom opens 11:30 Class 12:00-4:00
$35

Christina Cameli www.christinacameli.com
IG @afewscraps
Christina Cameli has been sewing since she was a child. In 2003 she fell in love with quilting. Since then she’s authored four quilting books, traveled the country teaching, filmed multiple online classes and designed quilt patterns and fabric. She’s also a nurse-midwife, a mom and a paddle boarder. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her blended family, rescue Lab mix and a ton of houseplants.

This is a great class if you’ve been FMQing for awhile, or just finished Carola’s class and want more!!! Note this is NOT a beginners class.

This is an Intermediate Free-Motion Quilting Class where we combine multiple Free-Motion Designs into Complex Arrangements. Learn four basic approaches to joining simple elements into unique, organic works. Christina will demonstrate techniques and guide you through trying them in your own style. Students should understand Free-Motion basics and some common designs like spirals and pebbling, but expertise in Free-Motion quilting is not required.

Zoom opens at 1:30…. class 2:00-5:00
$35

“Free Motion Quilting” on a domestic machine, for beginners and those that need a good refresher course. Carola will get you relaxed, guide you through the basics and give you the tools and confidence to be successful. She is also available beforehand, by email or phone, to insure you have the correct FMQ foot, etc. on your machine.

Zoom opens at 9:30… class 10:00-3:30 with 1/2hr. lunch
This will be a small class so you can get that extra help you need.
$35