Saturday, April 10th, 10 am – 4 pm. Enjoy a full day or drop in for part of a day for a relaxing, fun time of sewing all in the comfort of your own sewing room. Chat with old friends or meet new members and work on your own projects.

We will meet on Zoom, and Carol K. will send out the invitation ahead of the day.  Hope to see you then.   — Janet M.

The March 20th ZOOM Sewing Day will be from 9am to 4pm.

The morning (9am-12:30pm) will be for people who want to work on Lorena Uriate’s Opal Essence quilt pattern.

Opal Essence

• You will need to purchase the pdf file, LETTER SIZE, so you can print it out at home.
• Next make the templates out of Mylar, cardboard or whatever.
• For fabric choices, check out #opalessencequilt on Instagram, or Pinterest.
• You can precut your fabrics, or cut them with us on the day.
• Demo’s will be given on gluing curved pieces to sew or pinning/sewing curves.
• There is NO fee other than buying your pattern.
• We will all be working on it together. (I have taken the workshop before.)

Please let me know you are joining and with any questions.
— Loretta R.

Join us in the afternoon (12:30pm-4pm) for an open sewing day.

This workshop will be rescheduled at a later date.

Ursula (Uschi) Greiner lives on the Sunshine Coast. She has been doing wool applique with hand embroidery and embellishments since 2007.  She is a well-known fiber artist whose current focus is contemporary folk art using her own hand-dyed wool and a wide variety of threads from around the world. She emphasizes the fusion of dimensional embroidery and traditional needlework. As a pattern designer, Uschi is inspired by nature, the play of colour and layered textures using different mediums.

In this one day 6 hour workshop each person will work with one of Uschi’s kits.  She will guide us through the project starting with tracing the design on freezer paper, stitching it to the background, and learning a range of hand embroidery stitches.  After getting a good start in the workshop, people can finish their project at home.  All the hand-dyed wool, thread and special needles will be included in the kit. People should bring a pencil, sharp scissors, and pins.  No sewing machine is required for this workshop.  The cost of the work shop is $40 plus the cost of Uschi’s Travel Needle kit ($29.95 plus tax) which includes everything for finishing the front.

This workshop will be rescheduled at a later date.

Maureen Wood has been quilting since 2004 and has developed a passion for foundation paper piecing. She has made well over 100 quilts using the foundation paper piecing techniques of Judy Niemeyer and of Jacqueline de Jonge, and has taught many classes focusing on the patterns of both of these amazing quilt designers.

Maureen has been a Quiltworx Certified Instructor since 2009 and a BeColourful Authorized Teacher since 2018. She enjoys teaching the techniques of both of these designers and assisting other quilters to develop the skills and confidence to successfully complete any of the Judy Niemeyer or Jacqueline de Jonge patterns that they choose to work on.

In this one-day workshop she will teach us her technique for foundation paper pieced patterns. We will make the Broken Daisy placemat. The workshop fee includes patterns for four placemats. The workshop will take place at St. Faith’s Anglican Church at 57th and Cypress (7284 Cypress) from 9:30-4:00. The fee which includes the pattern is $65.

Members show off their fun quilts from the November 2nd Dresden Houses Workshop at the November 7th meeting.