Events

Lorraine Roy's presentation is: "Call of the Heartwood: My Creative Journey with Trees".Lorraine has been working as a professional artist in the textile medium since the mid 1980's. She earned a BSc in Agriculture, majoring in Ornamental Horticulture, and has been studying developments in tree research since graduating in 1978. In Lorraine's work she draws […]

Jackie White will present a "Trunk Show of Modern Quilts".Jackie is a designer, quilter, pattern creator and lover of all things handmade. Her passion lies in fabric and design. Living on an island in northern Ontario Canada with her family, she spends much of her time working with fabric. Her quilts have been published in […]

Member, Denise Eighteen, will present a "Trunk Show of Modern and Fibre Art Quilts".

Venue: Hybrid meeting both in-person at the Vittoria Community Centre and using the Zoom appBrenda Reid will be presenting “Quilting Political Space”. Brenda was the artist and coordinator of the From Behind the Mask Quilt and will speak about the project and where political and space-making quilting has taken them. Following the theme of creating […]

Venue: Hybrid meeting both in-person at the Vittoria Community Centre and using the Zoom app. Rose Parr will be presenting “Quilting ergonomics: Healthy Quilting in your workspace”. Her idea of healthy quilting consists of two things: ergonomics and machine maintenance. Ergonomics allows us to work comfortably and efficiently. You are the most important piece of […]

Venue: Hybrid meeting both in-person at the Vittoria Community Centre and using the Zoom app. Sue Sherman will be presenting “Quilting Journey of a Renaissance Woman”. Sue is a national and international award-winning quilt artist whose fabric creations connect her to the spectacular places and wildlife she has seen in her travels. She aims to […]

Venue: Hybrid meeting both in-person at the Vittoria Community Centre and using the Zoom appRepresentatives of some local social service groups will tell us about the programs offered in Norfolk County and how donations from the NCQG are used.Our Guild will donate quilts and many other items to the Child and Family Services of Grand […]

Venue: Zoom Stephanie Hackney will be presenting “Batting: What's Inside Matters”. Stephanie asks “Have you ever wondered why there are numerous types of batting? Is one type better than another depending on the purpose?” Stephanie Hackney is responsible for sales of Hobbs’ craft and retail products, and for all marketing activities centered around the Hobbs […]

Venue: Zoom Brita the Questioning Quilter (Brita Nelson) will be presenting “Now You See It, Now You Don't. The Magic of Disappearing Blocks”. Learn about the magic and beauty of disappearing blocks with this interactive online lecture, demo, and trunk show. Using three cameras, Brita will show how easy it is to turn simple blocks […]

Venue: Zoom Kellie Kaczmarek from Silly Moon Quilting will be presenting “The Amazing World of Ruler Quilting”. This presentation is about rulers and the basics of quilting with rulers on either longarm or domestic machines. Kellie will cover the benefits of ruler quilting, the difference in ruler thicknesses, how to choose rulers, how to set […]

Venue: Hybrid meeting both in-person at the Vittoria Community Centre and using the Zoom app. Agnes Bobbie Gentili of The Geeky Bobbin will be presenting a Trunk Show “My Quilting Journey”. Each quilt is a story that is written in fabric and thread. It’s a way to express what’s in the creator’s heart. It took […]

Venue: Hybrid meeting both in-person at the Vittoria Community Centre and using the Zoom app Louise Hamilton will be presenting a Trunk Show “My Life in Full Colour”. Louise, whose business is Purple Rooster Quilting, is delighted to share her passion with people who are unfamiliar with quilting as well as like-minded “quilty” people. The […]

Venue: Hybrid meeting both in-person at the Vittoria Community Centre and using the Zoom app Quilting Techniques - Presentation by Members Details to be announced.

Venue: In-person at the Vittoria Community Centre Elizabeth (Liz) Klassen’s presentation is “One Stitch at a Time”. The Mennonite Central Committee story outlines the difference that support had for both my family and my husband’s. A journey of quilting – from my grandmother’s quilt to me, through to my quilts for my grandchildren. She was […]

Venue: In-person at the Vittoria Community Centre Noshi Gulati’s presentation is “Airport Security Stole My Scissors”. Go with her on a humorous quilting journey through life to India and back. 1996 was a turning point in Noshi’s life when she saw her first quilt and could not believe you could manipulate fabric to make such […]

Venue: In-person at the Vittoria Community Centre Chantal Lynch’s presentation is “Connecting the Dots”. Chantal comes to us from Hyggeligt Fabrics located in St. Mary’s. She worked in the travel/tourism industry for 25 years but was not a quilter. However, when she saw Kaffe Fassett’s early fabrics she fell in love. Chantal contacted the distributor, […]

Venue: In-person at the Vittoria Community Centre Donna Prystie’s presentation is Keeping a Quilt Journal. Donna tells the story of her quilting journal which may motivate you to start one of your own. Comfort Quilt Donations - Show and Share and donation to social service organizations. Pop Up Vendor: Bert the Bookman (Grantham Books) Website: […]

Venue: Zoom Brandon Wulff’s presentation is “Just Another Autistic Guy”. In this virtual trunk show, Brandon Wulff, an autistic man, walks you through his quilting journey. Running a quilting, art business, he will show his personal works and talk about his commercial endeavours, including the unique and contemporary biscotti process quilt. Brandon works with interior […]

Venue: Zoom Veruschka Zarate’s presentation is “Finding Pride and Joy in Quilting”. Veruschka Zarate of Pride & Joy Quilting is an accomplished award-winning quilt maker and pattern designer, specializing in the technique of foundation paper piecing. She was one of the featured Faculty for The Modern Quilt Guild QuiltCon 2022 and 2023, teaching "Modern Foundation […]

Venue: Zoom Cathy Saul’s presentation is “New Quilts from Old Treasures: sustainability in the sewing room”. She will describe the process of creating functional art from clothing. Similarities and differences from current cotton piecing and patterns will be discussed and a wide variety of examples will be provided. Time for questions is assured and audience […]

Venue: In-person at the Vittoria Community Centre Speed Dating. Come find what it’s all about.

Venue: In-person at the Vittoria Community Centre

Venue: In-person at the Vittoria Community Centr Karen Zandstra’s presentation is “My Quilt Journey — from Hand Quilting to Longarm Quilting” and Ben Zandstra’s presentation is “Machine Maintenance — What You Can Do”. Karen of Dream Big Quilting will present a mini trunk show as she shares where she began to where she is now. […]

Chantelle Lynch will present “Connecting the Dots”. Chantal comes to us from Hyggeligt Fabrics located in St. Mary’s. She worked in the travel/tourism industry for 25 years but was not a quilter. However, when she saw Kaffe Fassett’s early fabrics she fell in love. Chantal contacted the distributor, rented a small space in a drapery […]

Christine Slote will present her “Quilting Journey Focusing on Pattern Design”. Christine is an Egyptian Canadian quilter from Southwestern Ontario who loves to play with colour, pattern, and textiles. She began quilting a few years ago, but it was during the COVID pandemic that she really became immersed in the world of creative textile design. […]

Rosey Bourne will present her trunk show featuring Sashiko stitching. Rosey is a textile artist and is an experienced sashiko stitcher who leads a sit and stitch club in Tillsonburg and belongs to the Stationhouse Quilters and Fibre Artists. She will take us on a journey from sewing with her mother as a child, through […]

Potluck lunch at 12:00 noon Meeting at 1:00 p.m PROGRAM Members will share their favourite Christmas quilt or project Comfort Quilt Donations - Show and Share and donation to social service organizations Pop Up Vendor: Bert the Bookman (Grantham Books) - Website

Donna Bethune, a member of the Norfolk County Quilters’ Guild, will present a trunk show “My Quilting Journey”. Donna began quilting in 1985 because her brother married a “Quilter”. She has been quilting with her sister and sister-in-law since then. It has only been the three of them and with a little help from her […]

Tips and Tricks At 1:00 p.m., our guest speakers will be from within. Come listen to and watch volunteers introduce us to their various tips and tricks that help them with their quilting projects. Karen Johnstone will demonstrate how to marbleize dyeing fabric Donna Bethune will demonstrate how to paper piece using freezer paper Jan […]

Sarah and Charlie Yetman will present her trunk show “For the Love of Quilting”. Sarah Yetman of Spooled Rotten Quilts operates a small longarm business out of her home in Brantford, ON. After domestic quilting for six years for herself she decided to take the leap and dove into the world of longarm quilting. Quilting […]

Julie Garcia will present “Inspirations and Techniques for Fabric Landscapes”. Julie is a fabric artist, entrepreneur and educator. Julie studied Clothing & Textiles at the University of Manitoba in a Degree program in Human Ecology. Her courses focused on textile science and apparel manufacturing, but she continued to sew for fun and as a hobby. […]