Tutorials
Tutorials offered by members for members, are held on a rotating schedule at a nominal charge. The tutorials offer a chance to learn new techniques, make a small project, and get to know one another better. Information and supply lists are posted on this page. Members not participating in the tutorials are encouraged to bring their machines and work on donation projects.
Demo Days -- Tour the tables and pick up some new ideas and skills.
Demo Days -- Tour the tables and pick up some new ideas and skills.
April 16, smArties in-house tutorial: Painting on fabric, by Linda Hall
Great work done by students Marg and Shirley
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May 9, 2023 Memory Quilts : Presentation by Marnie Freeman
www.memoryquiltsbymarnie.ca/
"Marnie Freeman is wife, mother and more recently a grandmother. She started quilting in her late twenties. She learned to sew from her mother and took sewing classes in junior high school. Marnie's passion for quilting began with a tree skirt and an advent calendar.
Later projects were inspired by family members who, in her eyes, needed a quilt to use and love. Her favourite quilt block is a star. She admits to migrating in that direction when browsing through patterns.
She worked for many years in the plumbing and heating industry and took on various roles including bookkeeper, office manager, and project coordinator. Her career path and role as a mother seemed to dissolve at the same time, which was never part of her plan.
Fast forward to today, and she is now combining her quilting skills with her management skills, to operate her business. She is driven by
a passion to offer a very unique service-give people a means to bring their memories out in the open, so they are no longer buried in a box or a closet somewhere."
Check on Marnie"s Website to see the great variety of Quilts she can create
"Marnie Freeman is wife, mother and more recently a grandmother. She started quilting in her late twenties. She learned to sew from her mother and took sewing classes in junior high school. Marnie's passion for quilting began with a tree skirt and an advent calendar.
Later projects were inspired by family members who, in her eyes, needed a quilt to use and love. Her favourite quilt block is a star. She admits to migrating in that direction when browsing through patterns.
She worked for many years in the plumbing and heating industry and took on various roles including bookkeeper, office manager, and project coordinator. Her career path and role as a mother seemed to dissolve at the same time, which was never part of her plan.
Fast forward to today, and she is now combining her quilting skills with her management skills, to operate her business. She is driven by
a passion to offer a very unique service-give people a means to bring their memories out in the open, so they are no longer buried in a box or a closet somewhere."
Check on Marnie"s Website to see the great variety of Quilts she can create
March 28, 2023 Quilting with rulers
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Inksations Workshop with Brandy Maslowski, October 5, 2022 |
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9:00 to 4:00 at Linda’s Quilt Store
Cost $50.00 Members Guests $70.00
Limited number of places.
Contact Linda Hall [email protected] to reserve your spot
You will need to cut your fabric in advance. Bring you sewing machine and everything you need to put together this top. You will be quilting it after the workshop.
Orchard Valley Quilters Guild Presents
‘Dancing in the Wind’
Horizontal Line ~ Surface Design
Christina Thomas ~ Fibre Artist & Surface Design Educator
9:00 till 1:15 November 8, Mission Hall, Big Red Barn
Create as you go using a variety of thick and thin strips on a variegated /complimentary background. This workshop explores some colour theory and surface designing. Thick and thin strips of fabric will be added to your background providing a base for more creative embellishments.
‘Dancing in the Wind’
Horizontal Line ~ Surface Design
Christina Thomas ~ Fibre Artist & Surface Design Educator
9:00 till 1:15 November 8, Mission Hall, Big Red Barn
Create as you go using a variety of thick and thin strips on a variegated /complimentary background. This workshop explores some colour theory and surface designing. Thick and thin strips of fabric will be added to your background providing a base for more creative embellishments.
Past Tutorials
November 2021-Happy Villages
February 2020-- Paper Piecing and Clothelines Basket
May 2019--Painting on Fabrics
October 2019-- Thread Lace with Wash Away Stabilizers
October 2019-- Christina Thomas Trunk Show
October 2018 -- Three Ways to Bind a Quilt
May 2018 -- Creative Self-Portraits
February 2018 -- Paper Piecing
November 2017 -- All About Bindings
April 2017 -- Thread Painting
February 2017 -- Demo-torial: Little Gifts
January 2017 -- Modern Machine Quilting Part II
November 2016 -- Modern Machine Quilting Part I
October 2016 -- What If?
May 2016 -- Shattered Circles
March 2016 -- Woven Eights
February 2016 -- Everything You Wanted to Know about Thread
January 2016 -- More Beading
November 2015 -- Batik Apron
October 2015 -- Back to the Basics
April 2015 -- The Perfect Donation Quilt
March 2015 -- Wool Applique
November 2014 -- Bags with Interchangeable Liners
October 2014 -- Hand Applique
February 2020-- Paper Piecing and Clothelines Basket
May 2019--Painting on Fabrics
October 2019-- Thread Lace with Wash Away Stabilizers
October 2019-- Christina Thomas Trunk Show
October 2018 -- Three Ways to Bind a Quilt
May 2018 -- Creative Self-Portraits
February 2018 -- Paper Piecing
November 2017 -- All About Bindings
April 2017 -- Thread Painting
February 2017 -- Demo-torial: Little Gifts
January 2017 -- Modern Machine Quilting Part II
November 2016 -- Modern Machine Quilting Part I
October 2016 -- What If?
May 2016 -- Shattered Circles
March 2016 -- Woven Eights
February 2016 -- Everything You Wanted to Know about Thread
January 2016 -- More Beading
November 2015 -- Batik Apron
October 2015 -- Back to the Basics
April 2015 -- The Perfect Donation Quilt
March 2015 -- Wool Applique
November 2014 -- Bags with Interchangeable Liners
October 2014 -- Hand Applique
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