Events

January 18, 2023 9:30am - 12:00

Celeste Compion is presenting her talk on ‘The Bolt & the Beautiful – The Shweshwe Saga’  More information can be found on her website at https://canadianquilter.com/members-only-studio/the-bolt-and-the-beautiful-the-shweshwe-saga  

Garage Sale

Helen Godden will be talking about her 10 top techniques for Art Quilts and giving a trunk show.   Due to the time change, we are changing our normal meeting time to the evening.  Starting at 7 pm.  More information about Helen can be found at https://helengodden.com  

Spring Social Fat Quarter Block Instruction

Executive and Committee Trunk Show

Saturday, August 5, 2023, Guild’s Summer Picnic at Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park at the Old Filter Beds. Bring a picnic lunch and utensils as needed, there will be a cake to share while we celebrate. Bring your finished Picnic Quilt to enter the draw for a quilting prize. See your June newsletter for more details.

Terry Aske will be joining us in person and talking about ‘My Evolution as an Art Quilter’ and presenting a trunk show of her work. Terry’s earliest creative memory is from kindergarten, making a mosaic from seeds and beans. This was the beginning of a life-long quest to find the perfect medium to express myself. […]

Joni Newman of Sooke, BC is a quilter, designer, teacher, camper and gardener.  Joni will be joining us in person to present her trunk show and give a talk on Stain Glass Quilts.    More information about Joni can be found at https://www.quirksandquilts.com  

Lorna will be presenting on Dare to Design. Lorna is a quilter who came to quilting after a left-brain-dominated life of over 50 years. Almost immediately, she wanted to make her designs rather than follow someone else’s pattern. However, with no grounding in art or design, figuring out what might be aesthetically pleasing to me […]

Trunk Show and Talk by Lois Toutant

This meeting is the VQG Annual General Meeting. While this is officially our Annual General meeting, we still want to have fun. Bizz McKillan, the co-owner of the "The Green Thimble", will be speaking about 'Sustainability in Quilting' and will host a pop-up-shop highlighting some of their 're-purposed' material as well as other products the […]

Marlise Horst will present in person.  More details to come.

Susan Teece will be the presenter - "Latest Quilting Ideas"

Garage Sale – Rules and Information This year's garage sale is on Wednesday, April 17 at 9.30 am. Guild members are permitted to sell; guests who have paid their fee to attend our meeting are permitted to buy merchandise. Please read the information below carefully. SELLERS Items are placed in the sale at your own […]

Bizz McKilligan of The Green Thimble will give a presentation on Sustainability in Quilting and also host a Pop Up Shop at the meeting.

Satellite Groups will talk about what they are doing and bring a few of their projects to share.  If you are interested in joining a group or starting a Satellite group this will be an interesting topic for you.

more details to come

Jenn Houlden will be presenting a trunk show 'From Then to Now.' Jenn Houlden Bio  

Embark on a journey of creativity and inspiration with Brandon Wulff as he presents "Brandon Wulff's Creative Odyssey: From The Trunk Show to Biscotti." In this engaging talk, Brandon takes you through his artistic evolution, from the inception of The Trunk Show to the exquisite Biscotti quilt top.

Elizabeth DeCroos will be talking about Pojagi:  from ancient Korea to Modern Canada.  You can find out more information about Elizabeth at www.epidastudio.com

We are thrilled to finally show the top winners from last August's City of Gardens Quilt Show.  The three Viewer's Choice Award winners, plus 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category will be featured at this meeting, after we hold our Annual General Meeting.

Laine Canivet, Judi MacLeod and Dale MacEwan will speak to us about how their membership in the Fibre Arts Network has enhanced their creative lives and they will bring with them the "UP CLOSE" exhibit of 56 small quilts for us to enjoy. www.fibreartnetwork.com  

Cindy Grisdela, Reston VA, USA https://cindygrisdela.com/ Cindy is an artist, teacher, and the author of Artful Improv and Adventures in Improv Quilts, books about creating original quilts without patterns. She specializes in Improv design and using color fearlessly in quilts. Her work has won awards in both quilt venues and art venues and can be […]

GARAGE SALE – RULES AND INFORMATION: This year's garage sale is April 16th following the general meeting. All members may sell and buy and guests who have paid their meeting fee are permitted to buy. Sellers 1.Items are placed in the sale at your own risk. The committee is not responsible for missing items.2.All items […]