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.
Register for workshops by emailing workshops@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.
Wednesday, September 17 – Krista Hennebury – Thread play Pouch
In Person Workshop
Time 1:00 – 4:30pm
Location: Church of Advent, 510 Mt. View Avenue, Victoria BC
Cost: $50 plus $35 for 5 sample thread box (Total $85 for both or if you have the thread, $50)
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.
this workshop is cancelled.
Thursday, September 18 – Krista Hennebury Scrappy Flower Table Runner
In Person Workshop
Time 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Church of Advent, 510 Mt.View Avenue, Victoria BC.
Cost: $90
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)
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FALL FROLIC – October 18, 2025
In Person Workshop Cost: $45
October 18, 2025
Location: St. Joseph The Worker, 753 Burnside Road West, Victoria BC
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 pM
Looking for four instructors. If interested please email workshops@victoriaquiltersguild.org
Toni Dosouto – Wool Applique Physio Bag
In this class, you will learn the basics of wool applique and some basic embroidery stitches while creating your own physio bag or wall hanging. You may use wool cloth for the applique or you can use scraps of quilters cottons.
Kits will be available from Toni at class $30, or you can bring your own supplies.
Nancy Lee Deslauriers -Perfect Placement Appliqué
This class is suitable for beginning to intermediate appliquérs. I’ll teach you Perfect Placement Appliqué, which uses needle turn, and is an easier technique than the usual paper template technique. For perfect placement, you need only your fabric, needle and thread, scissors, a toothpick, and access to a light source (window or light box) or carbon paper. You also need a good light! This is an amazingly relaxing hand-sewing technique.
Marlise Horst – Traditional Crazy Quilting – What is CRAZY QUILTING?
Crazy quilting combines patchwork and embroidery to dramatic effect. It was a Victorian quilting sensation! Crazy quilters of the 1890’s reviled in using any fabric, stitch, shape or colour in any arrangement they pleased. Adding lots of embroidery made it all look great – the more, the better. It was over the top and imaginative back then and it is still fun to do today.
The 6-hour class has two parts: First, participants will assemble a patchwork square by hand using foundation piecing. (Marlise will demonstrate the hand-basting method, but joining the patches by machine is an option). The second part of the class focuses on the hand embroidery that gives crazy quilting its characteristic embellished look. Marlise will demonstrate herringbone, blanket, and feather stitches, couching, French knots and more, depending on time and interest. We will also look at ways of embellishing with appliqued motifs, ribbons, and lace.
Mae Petersen – Luminary
Luminary is a new take on a traditional lone star quilt, but with a modern improv twist. The colour movement from the center to the tips is really spectacular! Luminary is a fast and easy quilt that is fun to create and will impress all your quilty friends!
Easy Strip Quilting Method, so there are NO tiny pieces!
- Only need to match 3 seams in the entire quilt!
- Tells you exactly how to pick colours that will make this quilt shine!
- Perfect for scraps, fat 8th or fat quarter bundles, jelly rolls, and layer cakes
- Comes together quickly, so you’re more likely to actually finish it!
- Because of the improv nature, you don’t need to be super accurate for most of the cutting and seam allowances, making this relaxing, fast, and fun to create!
It’ll still look good even if you can’t sew a straight line to save your life!
- VERY Beginner-friendly, despite looking extremely complicated.
october 25 – Carol Heinrichs – No Fear Slow Stitching Bag – Part 2 Second Side of Bag
In Person Workshop
Location: Cordova Bay 55+, 5238 Cordova Bay Road
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: $45.00
Learn how to let go of preconceived notions of what goes where on a quilt. It’s such fun to make a bunch of
no pressing until the very end will be done, don’t bring pressing equipment.
In this mini quilt workshop, you’ll learn how to “play” with more than only your 100% cotton scraps. You can up-cycle all you want such as doilies, table cloth remnants, yarn, zippers etc.
1. I recommend vintage calico types of fabric with an open weave for your backing. It’s best for the first time to see how you are doing with stitching on the back. You’ll need (2) 12 in x 18 in.
2. Scraps from clothing makes fabric pieces with frayed edges are fun, 100% cotton is fine, but try hard to acquire other types of fabric. Doilies, scraps of other materials, such as wool, satin, silk, (Batiks are fine, but try to push a needle thru by hand before using) hexies, orphan blocks etc.
3. Batting for the two sides a little bigger than 12 x 18 inches.
4. Threads of all kinds, perle cotton, embroidery threads, yarns Chenille needles a selection of sizes is best because you may have to do that on your piece.
The end goal of this workshop is getting 2 sides completely finished over the summer and learn how to combine them together into your new bag in the fall workshop. These are the two sides I’ve begun below, the finished bag will be done by the first workshop.
