Common Thread Quilt Guild

Meetings

When: Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month from September to June.

Where:

In 2024/2025:

  • from September to December & April to June, we meet at Le Mouvement D’Implication Francophone D’Orléans (MIFO) at 6600 rue Carriere in Orleans at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) for all in-person meetings.
  • January, February and March meetings are virtual (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.

Date Event Description
2024
September 10 Guild Meeting Programme: Sherida Giddings – Quiltworx trunk show (foundation paper piecing). See Sherida’s quilt.

Shop of the Month: Ron’s Fabric– Cornwall

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Green

October 8 Guild Meeting Programme:  Irene Blais – Introduction to Quilting with Colour Energy

Shop of the Month: Frans Quilting 

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Orange

November 12 Guild Meeting Programme: Nancy Arbogast – Quilts of Valour, Canada Society 

Shop of the Month: Watergirl Quilt Co – Prescott

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Gray

December 10 Guild Meeting Programme: Holiday Social 

Shop of the Month: Quilt Fabrics Canada – Finch, Ontario

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Red

2025
January 14 – Virtual Guild Meeting Programme: Laura Hartrich – Labels as a Love Letter (Zoom meeting)

Shop of the Month: TBD

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Not applicable for virtual meeting

February 11 – Virtual Guild Meeting Programme: Karen Eckmeier – Happy Villages & Accidental Landscapes (Zoom meeting)

Shop of the Month: TBD

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Not applicable for virtual meeting

March 11 – Virtual Guild Meeting Programme: Cheryl Arkison- An IKEA Bag of Scraps (Zoom meeting)

Shop of the Month: TBD

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Not applicable for virtual meeting

April 8 Guild Meeting Programme: Nellie Holmes (Upper Canada Quiltworks Studio) – Fun with Wool Appliqué 

Shop of the Month: TBD

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Yellow

May 13 Guild Meeting Programme:  No presenter – guild challenge submission presentations by members

Shop of the Month: TBD

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Purple

June 10 Guild Meeting Programme: Patti Carey (Patti’s Patchwork) – Alternate Gridwork, a modern quilting design element

Shop of the Month: TBD

Fat Quarter Club Theme: Blue

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