October 17th, 2024
Program: Learn from your peers. There will be demonstrations by 4 of our members
Candy Mullins – Freezer Paper Piecing
Dorothy DeRose – Simple Inset Circles
Kathy Koudys – Block of the Month Demo
Christel Meyer – Square in a Square Fold Method.
Members will rotate every 15 minutes between stations to learn new techniques.
September 19th, 2024
Program: “The Art of Applique” and trunk show
The Art of Appliqué
Presenter: Kathy K Wylie
Appliqué quilts are among the most beautiful, jaw-dropping, crowd-pleasing and award-winning of all quilts. This lecture is all about appliqué.
Do you marvel over beautiful appliquéd quilts and wonder how they were accomplished? You might be surprised at the number of techniques and methods that can be used to create these masterpieces. This lecture will give you some insight into the various types of appliqué along with stunning photographs and real-life examples.
Kathy Wylie – Bio
Kathy is a multiple international-award winning quilter specializing in appliqué, quilt design, domestic machine quilting and English Paper Piecing techniques. She started sewing and embroidering as a young girl, laying the foundation for the life-altering discovery of quilting two decades later. Over the past twenty-five years, quilting has grown from a hobby into a full-time creative career.
Kathy lectures and teaches all over Canada at guilds, shops, and quilt shows. Kathy has been a guest-artist in residence at The Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué Academy, a quilting cruise instructor with Quilt Seminars at Sea, a guest on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, and a frequent faculty member at Quilt Canada. Kathy is also a Canadian Quilters’ Association Certified Quilt Judge.
Kathy is the owner of an ecommerce business at kathykwylie.com and is a Canadian distributor for Apliquick, Hugs’n Kisses, and Bohin products. Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Kathy now divides her time between her country home in Muskoka, her city home near Toronto, and life on the road as an itinerant quilting teacher.
November 21st, 2024
Program: “Airport Security Stole My Scissors” and trunk show
Presenter: Noshi Gulati
Noshi Gulati – Bio
“1996 was a turning point in my life when I saw my first quilt and could not believe you could manipulate fabric to make such intricate designs. It was love at first sight and I was hooked. The journey I continue to this day. I enjoy the challenge of original designs. I like to incorporate traditional design elements and bright colours. My favourite part of guilting is hand applique and hand quilting. I compare hand quilting with meditation.”
December 19th, 2024 – Appetizer Potluck Dinner
January 16th, 2025
Program: “Thru Quilting: My Journey Thru Modern Quilting” and trunk show
Presenter: Cristina de Miranda from Ships and Violins
This trunk show will showcase quilts designed by Cristina De Miranda of Ships & Violins. The journey begins with a look at her improvised patchwork pillow covers inspired by a thru-hike of the East Coast Trail and continues through her designs as a burgeoning modern quilt pattern designer. The show will include details about her inspiration, her approach to design, and how pursuing a creative business is not so different from a long walk in the woods.
February 20th, 2025
Program: “Piecing Together Canada’s History Through Quilts”
“Piecing Together Canada’s History Through Quilts”
Presenter: Pauline Grondin (storyteller)
Pauline Grondin has been telling stories and making music all of her life.
In 1973 when she became a Cubmaster for Scouts Canada, Pauline was able to incorporate her talents and love of stories and music into her cub-packs.
Her cubs encouraged her to tell the Jungle Stories of Rudyard Kipling over and over again. Scout leaders participated in her workshops as part of their training and she was soon in demand with Scouting and Guiding groups all over Southern Ontario.
In 1985 a schoolteacher discovered Pauline’s talents and the rest, as they say, is history.
Following her French Canadian and Irish roots, Pauline’s storytelling has delighted audiences of all ages in Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England. In the oral tradition of storytelling she presents a potpourri of fairy tales, myths, legends, folk tales, self penned and first person stories, often accompanied by a number of musical instruments and songs.
Stories, Traditions and Superstitions honour the quilt designs from long ago.
No thread running through Canada’s history is stronger or more consistent than in their use as links between women and their female descendants. Many women felt that the female family, past, present and in the future was important and that these generations were united by the quilts that were the works of their hands and their hearts.Pauline is the Social Historian for the South Western Ontario Barn Quilt Trail.
March 20th, 2025
Program: “A Journey of 20 Stitches” and trunk show.
Presenter: Steven Clarke
BIO
I’d a lifelong fibre FIEND and I come by it naturally!
Growing up in a household of “hopeless creatives” I was introduced to pretty much every fibre artistry there is from a very early age.
Knitting, crochet, cross stitch, macrame…you name it…I got tied up in it. Literally! Of course, that was before it was “cool” for boys!
Graduating with a degree in Fashion Technique and Design led me to explore even more creative avenues with cross-over from multiple creative fields, specializing in costume and activewear design. I have worked in pretty much every medium but found my passion in quilting over 8 years ago.
From my first valiant yet not so pretty attempts at stitching the perfect 1/4″ seam to taking my artistry to the next step by offering custom longer quilting to clients, designing my own quilt patterns, to speaking engagements and sharing my passion through teaching… I never stop growing and never stop playing.
I believe in pushing ourselves creatively. Never stop playing, never stop learning. Quilting isn’t about rules, it’s about passion, having fun and sharing a piece of yourself in everything you do.
When what you do is play time…is it really work? Not in my world.
May your fabric stashes make you smile and all your 1/4″ seams be even…ISH!
http://www.stevenclarkdesigns.com
Email: information@stevenclarkdesigns.com
519-897-2327
April 17th, 2025
Program: “UnTitled”
Presenter: Elizabeth DeCroos – Epida Studio, Cambridge, ON
Elizabeth is a lifelong maker who has always been interested in a variety of needlecrafts, especially quilting and embroidery. In 2009, she traveled to South Korea, where she had the opportunity to learn pojagi and add that to her favourite techniques.
Her philosophy is that beautiful things should be made and used every day to bring joy into our lives.
She works out of her home workshop – Epida Studio in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. She loves to teach quilting, pojagi and embroidery techniques and to inspire others to make beautiful things.
You can see tutorials and inspiration at epidastudio.com and on her YouTube channel.
May 15th, 2025 – Annual General Meeting
Program: Quilting with Japanese Fabric
Presenter: Michelle Dunn of Kallisti Quilts
Michelle established Kallisti Quilts in 2000. She is passionate about providing a diverse collection of imported fabrics for the discerning and innovative quiltmakers of Ontario and beyond. Michelle specializes in Japanese and African cotton fabrics, including fairly traded handmade batiks. She continually endeavours to find new suppliers and collections to inspire and refresh your quilting vision.
Michelle Dunn of Kallisti Quilts will be presenting approximately two dozen of her latest quilts using Japanese fabric. Discussion will include a brief history of Japanese textiles and techniques, such as Sashiko, Boro and Yarn Dyes.
Japanese fabric bundles, fat quarters and Sashiko supplies will be available for purchase. Preorders are welcome at www.kallistiquilts.com.
Luminary Workshop
Workshop Leader: Catherine Thompkins
Catherine Thompson has graciously agreed to do a workshop for our guild Tuesday, June 10th
Southward Hall – 84 Mud Street, Grassie, ON
9:30 am until 3:30 pm.
Cost $20.00 – includes: Hall Rental; Coffee, Tea and Cookies
Bring your own lunch
The workshop is for the “Luminary” quilt pictured above.
SIGN UP sheet at the May meeting.
June 19th, 2025 – Strawberry Social and President’s Challenge
Date: June 26, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Mountainview Church 290 Main St. E, Grimsby, Ontario (when facing the church, go in doors at far left side)
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