Uncategorized

At the February meeting we thoroughly enjoyed having Lorna Shapiro as our guest speaker. A member of the Vancouver MQG, Lorna started quilting when she retired, and a wise friend suggested making a quilt because she would need something to do or she would go crazy. Lorna took a class, joined a guild, and started…

Here’s what some of our members have been up to! Susan made this striking charity quilt…. as well as this pillow made with an interesting overlapping technique. Chris made a fresh and modern baby quilt. This is Lois’s Gypsy Wife quilt, which is comprised of 24 different blocks and 79 blocks in total. Ursula made…

Women’s Day Block   Mar 8th is International Women’s day, so I figured we should celebrate in our quilty way!   This block is traditionally called the African Queen block, but I decided we could embrace all women with it.  Fabrics you will need to build this block: Striped fabric, any colour: one 8 ½…

String Pieced heart By the time you turn in this block we will be in valentines month, so I figured, lets go with that theme. Fabrics you will need: lots of 1″ strips of pink, red, and white prints. White: one 7″ square, two 4″ squares, and two 3.5″x 6.5″ rectangles. We are doing a…

We kicked off the third annual December Hanukkah/Solstice/Christmas Social with the grand reveal of our year long Round Robin quilts. Well done all participants! And many thanks to Netta for co-ordinating the robin. Interested in participating for 2018? Stay tuned for details! Our guild’s QuiltCon charity quilt challenge, co-ordinated by Nicole. Thanks to everyone who…

Show and share is always great! Jay with a colourful Kaffe fabric quilt. Back of Jay’s Ruth and a great tote bag Kelly is English Paper Piecing some Lucy Boston blocks in an IG sew-along Audrey and a great tote bag One of Susan’s gorgeous trees. Ursula and a “quillow” in the pillow state, and…

This month we have a star.  I know there have been many stars before, but this is a new one, and with no measuring it is fast, easy, and visually effective.  Sounds good, right? Rising Star, Improvised Terri Torke did a lovely symmetrical version of the rising star here, but this one is not symmetrical; for…