Orchard Valley Quilters Guild
Orchard Valley Quilters Guild
Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada
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smARTies Art Quilting Group

The smARTies meet on a rotating schedule: Meeting format includes a brief Show and Tell, demo or activity, and maybe a challenge or two along the way. Everyone is welcome to join us as a participant or as a spectator. You don't have to sign up or attend every month. Drop ins are encouraged.

Valentines Day

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Cut out valentines from your free motion practice piece
and we can exchange these hearts.

Embellish a heart for someone else
Good ideas on site  I found a quilted heart

or make a large cuddle pillow for Hospice

​January 17,2023
​Thanks to MaryAnn Acutt ( Carlton) for her wonderful  demo and display of Fabric Art! 


Fiber Art Network display - thank you Marg​

https://www.fibreartnetwork.com/

Summer  smARTies​ Challenge
​2022

October 18, bring back your summer challenges for photographs. We want to see them again.
Make a Whimsical Tree Forest Wall Hanging
No larger the 24"x24"
Add a bird(s), optional mushroom
Try a new technique
Have a hidden word in the tree
Include the colour MAGENTA
Due Mid-September 
​Questions? Contact Marg Frisque

October 22, 2019
Tea Dyeing samples and projects were shown.

May 15, 2018
Our last gathering of the year and a busy one.  We viewed a couple of Focal Point Challenges and learned about Harmonic Armatures*; filled out a survey about activities for next year; signed up for the summer Blind Challenge; held a draw for our three art books (congratulations to Paulette, Evelyn and Catherine); and enjoyed a presentation from new member Susan M. about her method for creating pictorial art quilts.  

*Click below for an article on Harmonic Armatures and an 8 1/2 x 11 diagram.
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May 14
Our smARTies Artistic Mission reached a climax at the quilt show with the unveiling of the two completed panel assemblies: the colours and the neutrals.  The display at the entrance to the quilt show caught the attention and interest of our visitors, and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive.  Congratulations to the creators of these masterpieces!  Watch for their next appearance at the Creativity and Aging Symposium at the RCA on June 19, and at ArtWalk in September.  Scroll down for a closer look!  Click on each panel for more detailed explanations from the artists who created these stunning pieces.
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Orchard Valley Quilters Guild, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada