Kanata Quilt Guild

January Meeting
2024-01-11 09:00 - 11:30 (America/Toronto)
“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.

Sew Day
2024-01-17 09:30 - 15:00, 2024-02-21 09:30 - 15:00, 2024-03-20 09:30 - 15:00, 2024-04-17 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-15 09:30 - 15:00, 2024-06-19 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!

Virtual Sew Day
2024-01-25 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-22 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-28 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-25 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-23 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-27 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!

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

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.

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

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.

Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild Gala & Quilt Gallery
2024-06-02 10:00 - 17:00 | 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

June Meeting
2024-06-13 09:30 - 11:30
‘Kangas and Kitenges’ – Virginia Taylor & Nancy Arbogast
This is a fascinating, lively presentation that brings to life the colours and stories behind fabrics worn by women in East Africa. The talk includes a display of multiple kangas ranging from antique pieces worn by women during a wedding to those used during political campaigns. It also includes information about kitenges, large pieces of colourful African fabric, a description of their patterns and their use in everyday clothing. And finally, Virginia and Nancy will share with us some of the many ways that African
fabrics might be used in quilting and sewing.

Guests welcome, $5 at the door or register and pay online in advance.

CTQG Quilt Show 2024
2024-06-14 10:00 - 2024-06-15 18:00 | Earl Armstrong Arena, 2020 Ogilvie Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bi-annual quilt show from the members of the Common Thread Quilt Guild.
Friday June 14; 10:00 – 7:00
Saturday June 15; 10:00 – 6:00

The Country Quilter Garden Quilt Show
2024-06-15 09:30 - 14:30 | Country Quilter, 3444 McBean Street, Ruchmond, ON, Canada
Quilts in the Garden featuring:

Quilts for sale
Scissor and knife sharpening
Used book sale
Local wood carver
Quilted crafts for sale
Lunch at St Paul’s Church

Donations to the Richmond Food Bank appreciated.

Quilt Canada 2024
2024-06-19 - 2024-06-22
Join us for our “Gateway to Adventure” quilt conference
This conference will offer all the quilting adventures that attendees have come to know and love about Quilt Canada conferences; National Juried Show, additional Concurrent Quilt Shows, large Merchant Mall, lectures, quilt show tours and workshops.

The conference will be held under one roof at the Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.

Textiles and the Stories They Tell
2024-07-14 18:00 - 20:00 | MVTM, 3 Rosamond St E, Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Have you gotten your tickets for “Textiles and the Stories They Tell”? On July 14 from 6pm – 8pm at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, learn about different cultures through their textiles, straight from the source, as models and dancers wear their cultural clothing and share their stories! Performances include a Hoop Dance by Makhena R Guérin.

Tickets are $10 for an evening of culture, clothing, and dance! Learn more and purchase your tickets here: https://www.canadahelps.org/…/textiles-and-the-stories…/

In partnership with The Inclusion Project.

October Sew Day
2025-10-01 09:00 - 15:00
Join us at the Kanata Legion 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
