Meetings (Programme)
When: Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month from September to June.
Where:
- NEW! From September to December and then again from April to June, meetings are in-person and held at Greenbelt Church, 839 Shefford Road, Gloucester. This is near #174 and Montreal Road exit, beside the SensPlex east.
- Note that our location has CHANGED and WE NO LONGER MEET AT MIFO (6600 rue Carriere in Orleans).
- 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) for all in-person meetings.
- January, February and March meetings are virtual, using Zoom, and also start at 7:30 p.m. Zoom links are sent to the membership a few days before the meeting.
Members should bring their membership card to every meeting.
Visitors are welcome to all our meetings – cost $5/meeting.
Curious about the Fat Quarters Club? Visit this Fat Quarters page for more information.
Shop of the Month: Élégante Virgule, Sainte-Thérèse, QC Fat Quarter Club Theme: Turquoise
Shop of the Month: Homemade, Kingston, ON Fat Quarter Club Theme: Sunset colours
Shop of the Month: Quilty Pleasures, Orleans, ON Fat Quarter Club Theme: Black and white
Update: attendees received small applique block kits (thanks Ruth!) to finish and bring to our next in-person meeting for a community quilt, AND Jen provided some resources in a blog post about her CTQG presentation. Shop of the Month: Les ateliers Quilt et Coton, Gatineau Fat Quarter Club Theme: Silver and gold Shop of the Month: TBD Fat Quarter Club Theme: Not applicable for virtual meeting Shop of the Month: TBD Fat Quarter Club Theme: Not applicable for virtual meeting Shop of the Month: TBD Fat Quarter Club Theme: Not applicable for virtual meeting Shop of the Month: Sew Crafty, Rideau Ferry, ON Fat Quarter Club Theme: Pink Shop of the Month: Fran’s Quilting, Ottawa Fat Quarter Club Theme: Eye spy fabrics Shop of the Month: Mad Moody Quilting, Pincourt, QC Fat Quarter Club Theme: Orange and blue
Date
Event
Description
2025
September 9
Guild Meeting
Programme: Josee Lusignan, president of Soaring Circle (Topic: Sew Shapes Campaign and its significance to Indigenous youth across Canada)
October 14
Guild Meeting
Programme: Jennifer Tryon (Topic: Jennifer’s journey from television news to starting a quilt shop in Kingston; touching on her involvement with Sew Shapes Campaign. She will also bring a pop-up shop of the month.)
November 11
Guild Meeting
Programme: Michelle VanDyk, also on Youtube. (Topic: Michelle will talk about her quilting journey. She will offer insights into the creative opportunities presented by scrap quilts, reflect on the mistakes she has made throughout her quilting experience, and the lessons learned from them. She will demonstrate how fabric choices can dramatically alter the personality of a pattern. Michelle will also discuss the importance of pushing creative boundaries and continually developing new skills as a quilter.)
December 9
Guild Meeting
Programme: Jen McMillan of Fabric Ink. Jen will discuss needle turn applique and have a trunk show as well. Jen won third place at Quilt Canada 2024 for her POP (pink, orange, purple ) quilt in the bed category.
2026
January 13 – Virtual
Guild Meeting
Programme: Irene Roderick (Topic: Improvisational Quilting)
February 10 – Virtual
Guild Meeting
Programme: Silly Moon Quilting. This is a British Columbia based business that designs and makes quilting machine rulers and tools. Kellie, owner and founder of SMQC will do a presentation titled, Quilting with Rulers – It is Not Scary!
March 10 – Virtual
Guild Meeting
Programme: Brett Lewis, Natural Born Quilter (Topic: Brett will talk to us about his journey as a quilter & do a trunk show)
April 14
Guild Meeting
Programme: Monika Henry of Penny Spool Quilts will give a presentation, Beat the Scrap Chaos – organizing your scraps for quilting success.
May 12
Guild Meeting
Programme: Challenge month
June 9
Guild Meeting
Programme: Bill Stearman will do his backpack presentation,”Even if your voice shakes; 12 years of speaking my truth”