Kanata Quilt Guild

Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild Gala & Quilt Gallery
2024-06-02 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Bayview Yards, 7 Bayview Station Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild.
Gala: Saturday, June 1, 6 – 10 pm ($40)

Live music, appetizers, cash bar, swag bag for first 150 attendees

Gallery: Sunday, June 2, 10 am – 5 pm ($10)

Juried modern quilt gallery, quilt-related vendors

Virtual Sew Day
2024-05-23 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-25 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-28 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-22 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-25 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-28 09:00 - 15:00
Spend the day (or part of) sewing with guild friends from the comfort of home. The Zoom link will be sent a few days prior to the day.
Sew days are for current guild members in good standing and are offered free of charge. Bring out your UFOs (unfinished objects) or start a new project. Enjoy the day with your guild colleagues!

Sew Day
2024-05-15 09:30 - 15:00, 2024-04-17 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-20 09:30 - 15:00, 2024-02-21 09:30 - 15:00, 2024-01-17 09:30 - 15:00, 2023-12-06 09:30 - 15:00
Sew days are for current guild members in good standing and are offered free of charge. Please bring your own coffee and tea and snacks as we don’t have access to the kitchen at the church. Bring your UFOs (unfinished objects) or start a new project. Enjoy the day with your guild colleagues!

May Meeting
2024-05-09 09:30 - 11:30
“Quilt As You Go Is the Way to Go” – Marie-Claire Charette
Marie-Claire, La Quilting Coach, will demonstrate her repertoire of QAYG techniques that will let you modify your regular patterns into a QAYG. Sounds like what many of us are looking for!
Guests welcome, $5 at the door or register and pay online in advance.

Hintonburg Fabric Flea Market
2024-05-04 09:30 - 15:00 | Fisher Park Community Centre, 250 Holland Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Charity Sew Day & Community Lunch
2024-05-01 09:30 - 15:00
Join us for a day of working on community projects. Bring your own charity project, or we’ll provide a kit to sew or top to quilt … the more the merrier!
We’re also celebrating the year with a community lunch .. all KQG members welcome. We’ll order sandwich trays, and ask you to bring potluck salad or dessert. Bring your own beverage and a lawn chair. Please sign up here to help us with ordering.

April Meeting
2024-04-11 09:30 - 11:30
“Beauty Is All Around Trunk Show” – Kathy K. Wylie
You will be amazed at Kathy’s quilts! They are created with shapes that are round or radiating in nature. Kathy is a master appliqué artist, using the Apliquick method.
Guests welcome, $5 at the door or register and pay online in advance.

Spring Patchwork Adventure Shop Hop
2024-03-19 09:00 - 2024-04-20 17:00
Get all the details for this Ottawa Valley Shop Hop Adventure on the Facebook page.

Are you ready for some fun??? Starting Tuesday, March 19th to Saturday, April 20th you and your game board(sheet) can come hopping to the participating stores – roll the dice and we will enter your points and then at the end of hop drop off your game board to your closest local quilt shop or mail it to the address on the sheet!

LOTS OF GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON!!! DEALS TO BE HAD!! AND WELL THE FUN WILL BE UNLIMITED!!!

March Meeting
2024-03-14 09:00 - 11:30
“Uncovering Art Quilts”
Zoom meeting with speaker Valerie Wilson. Valerie will demonstrate how she uses the textural qualities of fabric to create light, shadow and a 3-dimensional look in her fibre art. Her pieces are stunning!
Guests welcome – please sign up here and submit payment no later than February 13 in order to get the Zoom link in time.

Wonky Log Cabin Workshop
2024-03-06 10:00 - 15:00
Wonky Log Cabin workshop with Beth van Wyngaarden; for guild members only. $5 non-refundable registration fee. To register, e-transfer your payment to payments@kanataquiltguild.com; please include your name and the name of the workshop in the message with your payment.

February Evening Program
2024-02-22 19:00 - 20:00
“Quilting Can Get In Your Blood” (rescheduled from November)
Zoom presentation with speakers Holly and Heather McDermid. Two young sisters residing in Stittsville each won their first prize at Quilt Canada 2023. They will share with you their quilting journey to date and how they were influenced by two previous generations.

Paper Piecing Workshop
2024-02-14 10:00 - 15:00
Paper piecing workshop with Patsy Herman; for guild members only. $5 non-refundable registration fee. To register, e-transfer your payment to payments@kanataquiltguild.com; please include your name and the name of the workshop in the message with your payment.
Come and join in the fun. This workshop is for everyone; not too difficult for the beginner and a fun refresher for those with experience. Supply list provided upon registration.

February Meeting
2024-02-08 09:00 - 11:30
“Deep Dive Into Batiks”
Zoom meeting with speaker Tammy Silvers. Tammy will take you in for a closer look at the making of batiks. Did you know she designs batiks for Island Batik! Cool isn’t it?
Guests welcome – please sign up here and submit payment no later than February 7 in order to get the Zoom link in time.

January Meeting
2024-01-11 09:00 - 11:30
“Painting with Fabrics”
Join the meeting on Zoom with guest speaker Chris Allaway. Chris’s work may look like paintings of the outdoors, but you will be pleasantly surprised when you see that it’s all made with fabric. So many tiny bits to create such fabulous art pieces.
Guests welcome – please sign up here and submit payment no later than January 10 in order to get the Zoom link in time.

December Meeting
2023-12-14 09:30 - 11:30
“It’s All About That Face”
Join the meeting on Zoom with guest speakers Phyllis Cullen & Cindy Richard. Phyllis joins us from Hawaii, Cindy will be co-presenting from Israel! They apply the rule of fine art to quilting in order to capture the essence of a subject.

Redwork Christmas Ornaments
2023-12-13 10:00 - 15:00
Learn to make these pretty redwork ornaments with Judy Emond just in time for Christmas!

A free kit will be provided. Please come with your packed lunch and a beverage.

Tote Bag Workshop
2023-11-29 09:30 - 14:30
Join us on November 29th for a fun day creating your own fabric tote bag. These bags are a great way to use up fabric in your stash. Batiks, coordinates, one colour themes…the choices are endless. Some prep work required before the class starts.
Instructor: Linda Meyer
Supply list:
8 or more stash-busting coordinating or contrasting cotton fabrics (the more variety the more intersting the bag); cut into 3″ strips of varying lengths to total 500″ – 600″ when stitched end-to-end.
2 meters of fusible fleece cut into 2 3/4″ strips along the length.
2 fat quarters of fabric plus one 18″ square of batting to make the bag base. The base will be cut in class to make an oval, round, or rectangular shape with rounded corners.
Buttons for embellishing, if desired.

Sew Day
2023-11-22 09:30 - 15:00
Please note: the November sew day has been rescheduled from November 15 due to a scheduling conflict at the church.
Sew days are for current guild members in good standing and are offered free of charge. Please bring your own coffee and tea and snacks as we don’t have access to the kitchen at the church. Bring your UFOs (unfinished objects) or start a new project. Enjoy the day with your guild colleagues!

Temperature Quilts
2023-11-19 01:00 - 04:00
With Kim Caskey, on Zoom. Hosted by the Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild.
Explore ways to document the temperature of each day using quilt blocks, to make a quilt depicting variations over the year.
Many, many variations of this unique quilt can be done – abnormal weather, special dates, how about noting your emotion of the day? Record days, weeks, or months. Here comes the wonderful world of Temperature Quilts and you’ll want to start yours immediately!
This two day workshop will cover planning the project, creating a temperature gauge, and design and size of final quilt. Between sessions we will have time to test a sample block, and purchase fabric, if required.
Note: This workshop will run over two sessions, November 19 and November 26, 2023.

Click here for details and registration info.

November Meeting
2023-11-09 09:30 - 11:30
** Cancelled due to poor road conditions –
“Quilting Can Get In Your Blood”
In person meeting with speakers Holly and Heather McDermid. Two young sisters residing in Stittsville each won their first prize at Quilt Canada 2023. They will share with you their quilting journey to date and how they were influenced by two previous generations.
