One of the mandates of the Victoria Quilters Guild is education about quilting. To this end the Workshop Committee schedules Workshops with locally, nationally, and internationally recognized quilting teachers.
Policy For Workshop Attendance In order to encourage the sharing of teachers and resources among interested local guilds we have instituted the following policy regarding attendance at workshops.
Workshops will be offered first to VQG members.
One month prior to the workshop date, attendance will be opened to members of other fiber and fabric guilds (West Shore, MQG, Embroiderers Guild, Up Island Guilds for example) at the same price (assuming there are still available seats).
Non guild members will also be allowed to sign up one month before the date, (assuming there are still seats available). They will be charged a 10% surcharge.
Please contact us with questions, comments, and suggestions for workshop topics or teachers. workshops@victoriaquiltersguild.org
Workshop Cancellation Policy
Victoria Quilters Guild
Please note that once you have registered and paid for a workshop, the following will apply:
No refund will be made for the workshop. If there are people on a wait list, you would be given their names and numbers and you make arrangements with them to take your place and exchange workshop fees between you.
Note: All workshops are in person
Register for workshops by emailing victoriaquiltersguild.org .
Payments for workshops can be done through an E-transfer to: victoriaquilt.treasury@yahoo.com
Once payment has been received you will be confirmed in the workshop and provided a supply list.
Workshops are held at Emmanuel Baptist Church
SAVE THE DATE!
October 19 Fall Frolic
9am – 4pm
Class Cost: $45
Ripless Paper Piecing
Spring Tulips with Daphne Greig
Do you love the accuracy of foundation paper piecing but hate removing the paper? In this class you will learn how to have perfectly precise blocks without the tedious paper removal afterwards. You will save both paper and time with this ‘green’ technique. If you have tried foundation paper piecing before and struggled, this method will change your mind about the technique.
Pelican Tote
Catherine Mohoruk
Do you have a panel or print that you would like to showcase on a tote? In this class we will make the Pelican Tote which is a pattern designed by Bagstock Designs (Namrata Shroff ) and is intended for those beginning their bag making journey. The finished size of the bag is 15” wide by 12” high by 3” deep and has two handles.
The bag can be made structured by using foam as the stabilizer or left out which will yield a soft foldable bag. This bag can be made with quilting cotton both outside and inside and requires only a magnetic snap for hardware. It has a zipper pocket on the front outside and a zipper pocket on the inside.
Free Motion Quilting
Jacquelyn Jacobi
Have you got quilts in the closet waiting for you to get good at quilting? The only way to get good at quilting is to get quilting. So, let’s get quilting. We will cover how to set up your machine, your quilting space, needles and threads to use for best results, basting, marking tools and what other notions are available to make your quilting experience a success. We will start easy and build on newly learned skills.
Supplies list
Domestic Sewing Machine cleaned and oiledFree motion quilting feet and single hole throat plate
Marking tools you prefer, but not essential
Scissors
Scrap paper – like 8.5” x 11” still good one side and pencil for drawing out designs
Thread – cotton or cottonized polyester like Superior Sewfine, lighter thread for bobbin like Bottomline.
Needles – Quilting needles or Microtex 70 or 80 depending on the thread.
Quilt sandwiches (top, batting, bottom) like large size potholders or even larger pieces of fabric sandwiches you can quilt different designs in sectioned off squares/rectangles. This fabric should not be heavily printed. We want to see the quilting. You need about 15 of these. Don’t use batiks or white on white fabrics.
Any other aides you may have purchased to use for quilting.
Work on Your Own Thing
Do you need room to sandwich a quilt, work on items for the Christmas Sale or no one interrupting you while you sew? Then this is a work space for you. Sign up for the Fall Frolic on October 19th (9 – 4) in the gym. You will also be able to walk around and see what workshops that are going on and have lunch with your friends.
2025 Dates TBD – Krista Hennebury – Thread play Pouch
Time 1:00 – 4:30pm Location in the gym. Cost: $TBD
This half-day (3 .5 hour) workshop typically follows on the Aurifilosophy presentation so students may put into practice the technical information shared in the lecture. Students will make a Quilt-as-you-go zipper pouch along with Krista as they learn about managing machine tension, proper needle selection, stitch length, free motion or walking foot stitching strategies, hand appliqué, appropriate thread for decorative stitches and a lot more! The pouch is designed to show off stitch patterns in multiple weights of Aurifil thread. The workshop cost includes a thread box of Auriful threads that can be used in the workshop. The colours of the threads are blue, yellow, white green and grey. This may help you in choosing your fabric colours.
2025 dates TBD – Krista Hennebury Scrappy Flower Table Runner
Time 9:00 am – 4:00pm Location in the gym. Cost: $TBD
You will be making a table runner that finishes 18 1/4” X 70”. The runner has 10 leaf blocks arranged as two stalks meeting in the middle. Each stalk is a rainbow of colours ending with a red flower. These can be scrappy using different prints that all read as the same colour. There are 2 borders to finish the runner. You could do more stalks to make a large quilt (see photo).
