Orchard Valley Quilters Guild

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.

For more information see our website: http://www.kelownaquilts.com/ or Kelownaquilts on Facebook.

OVQG is supported in part by the City of Kelowna Arts and Culture Grants program.

Guests and new members are always welcome.

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2026 Program for May

Visit to Retirement Homes

Susan Greenwell gave a wonderful report on the visits to retirement homes in Kelowna this spring.
Our members visited 4 retirement homes : The Vineyard, Mill Creek, Sun Pointe and Valleywood. in each session, they presented a variety of quilts and fibre art pieces. The residents showed a great interest in the history of the work and also contributed with some of their quilts.
Thank you to all the members who took part in those visits and a special thank you to Susan for the organisation.

Quilt Donations

Thanks to all our generous quilters.
Here are the numbers of donation quilts since September delivered by Pam

NICU 152 quilts
Mamas for Mamas 38 quilts
Womens' Shelter 25 quilts
Kelowna Community Resources 41 quilts
West Side Health Centre (Tiny Bundles) 20
This list does not include the quilts for Hadgraft-Wilson House or Sleep in Heavenly Peace Donation

Social Commitee 2025/2026

Coffee and Snacks Schedule Organized By Surnames

Lana Kettley and Sheila Graham have volunteered to set up and clean up the coffee station for this guilding year. Lana and Sheila will have the keys for the cupboard.

Members of the group responsible for the month will sign up (in the black binder) for when they will bring snacks and goodies to share with other members. 2-4 people per week from the monthly group should be plenty.

The designated group should check at the end of the meeting that everything is cleaned up and put away, snacks taken home and perhaps a double check that the coffee station is turned off and tidy.

Many thanks for everyone's contributions and co-operation in making this system work seamlessly.

And HUGE bouquets to Lana and Sheila for taking on the coffee duties on a weekly basis.

2025/2026