For June, our speaker is Yvonne Bilan-Wallace: “Finding Creativity – Adventures Picking Weeds during Isolation”. Our June meeting is also the AGM (Annual General Meeting), and a presentation of the annual members’ challenge, the Prairie Rose Challenge Show! The annual challenge is hosted by our past chair and this year the theme was “The Beauty…
Cut, piece, and press the Easy Pin-Less Piecing way! Discover an exciting new method to prepare, press and cut fabric for accurate patchwork. Learn a new approach to Pin-Less Piecing using Acorn Precision Piecing Products. See how easy it is to create accurate seams that effortlessly match up and stay flat. This class is designed…
Shelly’s presentation “How to Create The Ultimate Sewing Room” provides a new approach on organizing your sewing room. She teaches how your thoughts about your sewing room create your results. Either you are motivated to get tidying, or not. Combine this with setting your stash motto, creating a vision and some practical suggestions, and you…
Join John of Art East Quilting Co. as he shares his journey in sewing that eventually led to a career in quilt patterns and pet portraiture. This presentation will be a lecture/trunk show hybrid full of quirky creatures and modern magic! John was born in Windsor, ON and has been a crafter and maker for…
Our education grant recipient has loved quilting ever since she was a very little girl. One of her favourite past times was to lay under her mother’s large quilting frame and watch the stitches form as the needles went up and down. Her mother and grandmother both did quilting, painting, embroidery, cross-stitch, crochet, weaving, knitting…
An engaging account by Valerie Wilson of her journey from traditional quilts to her current adventures in art quilting. Valerie will show a variety of quilts representing that journey, including close-up views and progress shots of her quilts. A love of fabric and quilts began the moment Valerie Wilson curled up beneath one of her…
Textile Artist Lorraine Roy will present her artistic journey in words and pictures as she describes how trees wove their way into her art and her heart. Lorraine will describe the variety of non-traditional fabric and thread techniques that have evolved over her 30 year career, and will present a trunk show and slides of…
Hobbs Bonded Fibers made a bold commitment to enter the quilt batting market in 1978. They have worked diligently to be the highest quality provider and leader in product development in the industry. At Hobbs Batting, they never forget that quilts are a gift from the heart – an expression of love, commitment, and caring…
Hello folks, you are invited to my virtual Trunk Show called “Behind the Seams” with Peter Byrne; please allow me to introduce myself and give you some of the highlights! My name is Peter Byrne. I am a national and international award-winning, published modern quilter, designer and teacher with a deep passion for innovation and…
Welcome to our innovative and exciting 2021-2022 Program year!
