The Orchard Valley Quilters Guild meets every Tuesday morning from 9 a.m. to noon from September through May at the Okanagan Mission Hall (corner of Lakeshore and DeHart) in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Click here for map.
Our meetings provide members with friendship, support, inspiration and encouragement. We welcome quilters and fabric artists of all levels of expertise. Our members practice traditional, modern, hand, machine, and art quilting. Meetings are a great place to learn, socialize and exchange ideas.
Guests and new members are always welcome.
May 2023 Program
May 16, 2023 Donation Sewing Day (sewing time extended to 1h30, No show and tell)
May 23, 2023 Fabric Swap, Show and Tell, Summer Challenge
May 30, 2023 Year end Spring Tea Party
Spring Tea:
TUESDAY, MAY 30th. YEAR END TEA PARTY. IT IS AN APPETIZER/FINGER FOOD AFFAIR. START WORKING ON YOUR HATS OR FASCINATORS AND GET OUT THOSE SUMMER DRESSES!
-The NOPQR PLANNING group will be providing food sign-up sheets and Hostess task list for May 2 guild meeting.
-The JKLM group is responsible for coffee and goodies for May as well as helping the planning committee with set-up, take-down, clean-up
for the May 30 Spring Tea windup.
SHOP HOP - MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MONDAY, MAY 8TH. PICKUP IS AT 9:00 AM AT LAKE COUNTRY SENIORS' CENTRE. BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW. TO SIGN UP, PLEASE SEE SUSAN G.
May 3, 2023 smARTies Presentation
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A fabulous reveal of Marg’s smARTies photo art collaboration! Impressive creative interpretations of colour texture and pattern in each piece brings the scene to life.
The instructions: create a fibre masterpiece. 16 artists. 2 photos cut into 4 quadrants each X 2 Well done! |
Outreach Special Request
Request for fabric cuts for the School Outreach Kits
As mentioned at the recent Guild meeting, we have begun to create the High School Outreach quilt kits for next year. We will likely need 40-50 kits in the fall, and have some fabrics on hand. However, we are asking the membership to see if they may have some pieces in their stashes that they can contribute. Keep in mind that these will be NICU baby quilts and that we try to make the kits a pleasing project for the students and a keepsake for the babies - light, bright, fun! No flannel or plaids, thx!
The quilt requirements are as follows:
Sashing - 3 cuts of 3 1/2” x WOF (or one 11” x WOF piece)
Binding - 4 cuts of 1 3/4” x WOF (or one 7 1/2” x WOF piece)
Backing - 1 piece of 38” x 38”
Squares - 7” x 7” (10 needed per quilt, but any amt. appreciated!)
Rectangles - 7” x 3 3/4” (20 needed per quilt, but any amt. appreciated!)
The assembly of the kits will be an ongoing effort until the end of our year in May, and into the fall, so this is not a panic request. However, we hope you can keep us in mind as you work thru your projects and bring in fabrics along the way that could be of use to the Outreach!
Many thanks!
Heather McLeish
The pattern used for the Outreach is Beginner's Baby Quilt (Strips, Blocks #1). Click here for the pattern
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We are again able to serve coffee and goodies during our meetings!
Contributions are rotated by last names. Please sign up for preparing coffee, bringing goodies and cleaning up. If you are away when your name comes up, volunteer for a different time slot! Any questions, contact Evelyn Roxburgh. Please note the following changes: For March and Year End :Group 5 will be made up of NOPQR For April Group 6 will be made of of STUVWXYZ Thank you for all taking your turn making coffee and bringing goodies! |
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