Kanata Quilt Guild

Spring Patchwork Adventure Shop Hop
2024-03-19 09:00 - 2024-04-20 17:00 (America/Toronto)
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.

Virtual Sew Day
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
2024-02-21 09:30 - 15:00, 2024-01-17 09:30 - 15:00, 2023-12-06 09:30 - 15:00, 2023-10-18 09:30 - 15:00, 2023-09-20 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!

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.

Break It Up: 9 Ways to Quilt As you Go
2023-10-21 10:00 - 16:30
With Melissa Marginet, on Zoom. Hosted by the Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild.
Melissa will cover several quilt-as-you-go methods. You will make samples of different ways to join pre-quilted sections, or to attached an unquilted section to an already quilted one. We will also look at patterns you have and discuss which methods would be best suited to convert them into quilt-as-you-go at home.
You will look at quilting differently with this technique in your repertoire!
Note: Pre-class cutting and other preparation for your samples is required.
Click here for details and registration.

October Meeting
2023-10-12 09:30 - 11:30
“It’s All About the Paper”
In person meeting with speaker Sherida Giddings. Sherida will show you her ever growing collection of quilts using the precision of the Judy Niemeyer/Quiltworx’s paper piecing techniques. Other fun methods to learn more about.

Sew Along Kick Off
2023-10-11 09:30 - 14:30
Krista Moser’s City Girl Chevron quilt is the sew-along project for this year. Come with your scraps for advice on colour choices and get started on your sew-along project with Janice Meeking.
There is no fee for this activity, but you will need to purchase your own copy of the pattern (no sharing please, to respect the designer’s copyright). You can purchase a PDF download from Krista’s shop.

Charity Sew Day
2023-10-04 09:30 - 15:00
Join us for a day of working on community projects. Make small items for the May Court Club’s Christmas Market, make a block for our community quilt, pick up a kit to sew or top to quilt … the more the merrier!
Brings your snacks and lunch; there is no access to the kitchen at the church.

September Meeting
2023-09-14 09:30 - 11:30
“Jane Austen’ Story & Quilt”
In person meeting with speaker Linda Meyer. Linda will walk us through her journey to Jane Austen’s home in the UK. Followed by the story of her own Jane Austen Heirloom Quilt, this presentation promises to be inspiring!
