The following table contains the program details for the 2020-2021 guild year:
Please note that location and format of meetings will be determined based on COVID-19 social/physical distancing requirements. Meetings will be virtual until in-person meetings can be held again.
Date | Presenter/Agenda Item | Information |
2020 Sept 14 | Executive Trunk Show | Virtual meeting via Zoom. Meeting invite will be sent individually to members. Also this meeting: Show and Tell display of quilts September UFO projects display |
2020 Oct 19 | Virtual Speaker Kim Jamieson-Hirst "How to Conquer Your Fear of Free Motion Quilting" | Virtual meeting via Zoom. Kim Jamieson-Hirst started Chatterbox Quilts over 8 years ago. Chatterbox quilts is about offering different solutions to help people improve their quilting and solutions are found in many ways including a blog, pattern shop, YouTube videos, courses, and more. You can visit Chatterbox Quilts at the following website: www.chatterboxquilts.com Also this meeting: |
2020 Nov 09 | Virtual Speaker Brandy Maslowski "Studio Magnificent Lecture" | Virtual meeting via Zoom. Brandy Maslowski is a Quilt teacher, speaker, judge and the author of children’s picture book Kristy’s Quilt. She has been a light-hearted stitcher for 30 years. From clumsy beginner quilter all the way to showing her fibre art in galleries, Brandy has a passion for fabric, stitch, colour, texture and everything quilting. She loves to travel the world with quilters to ignite their creativity with the tag line “More JOY, less OVERWHELM.” You can find her as the Quilter on Fire on Youtube, Facebook and Instagram or visit her website at www.quilteronfire.com Also this meeting: |
2020 Dec 14 | Holiday Meeting -Themed Games -Guild Gift Bag surprise | No Holiday Potluck due to COVID restrictions. Virtual meeting via Zoom. Draw for year's UFO Project overall prize winner |
2021 Jan 11 | Virtual Speaker Rose Parr “Sew Smart - The Ergonomics of Healthy Quilting” | Rose Parr has been sewing for 40 years, quilting for 30, and personal training for more than 15. She holds certifications in Ergonomics, Holistic Nutrition, and others. Rose's live PowerPoint Presentation applies ergonomic theory to a crafting life. From cutting and sewing posture to stretches designed to be done at your sewing table. Strategies and tips are designed to "use what you have" to stay pain-free. More information about Rose can be found at https://www.healthyquilting.com/
GUESTS WELCOME! Guest tickets were on sale from 2020 December 15 to 2021 January 07 at 11:30 pm. |
2021 Feb 08 | Virtual Speaker Sue Sherman "Quilting Journey of a Renaissance Woman" | Sue is a national and international award-winning Newmarket textile artist working with fabrics, dyes and sewing machine to make quilts depicting wild animals. She painstakingly paints or stitches feathers, scales or fur to create very realistic images, mostly using her own amateur photographs as a basis for the design. Sue's other quilting interest is in hand stitching including Hawaiian quilting. To see some of Sue's work, visit www.sueshermanquilts.com. Also this meeting: Show and Tell display of quilts GUESTS WELCOME! Click here to purchase a guest ticket. Guest tickets are on sale |
2021 Mar 08 | Virtual Speaker Melissa Marginet "Get your Motor Running" | Melissa is a quilter living in Manitoba, Canada. She says that she grew up next to her grandmother, and credits her for "a great start to my creative life". Melissa says she caught the "quilting bug" in 2001 when she took a Log Cabin class to get rid of some fabric laying around. It sounds like this backfired, because now she has "way more fabric laying around now than she did back then". Melissa is the creator and webmaster of Quilt Manitoba, a website that lists quilt resources, links, and activities for quilters living in, or visiting Manitoba. Melissa's presentation will be about learning how to spark creativity in yourself or in your guild with challenges that will have everyone thinking outside of the box. This trunk show has more ideas than you will know what to do with, to get everyone not only learning new techniques, but building their quilting and creative confidence. You can learn more about Melissa at melissamarginet.ca. Also this meeting: Mystery Quilt progress information a few days before the meeting. |
2021 April 12 | Virtual Speaker Dawn Piasta "Trunk Show A-La-Mode" | Get ready to be inspired! quilt artist, graphic designer, & motivational instructor, Dawn Piasta will be coming to the Durham Trillium Quilters Guild live via ZOOM. FaceBook, Instagram and on her website here: www.dewpointarts.com GUESTS WELCOME! Click here to purchase a guest ticket. Guest tickets are on sale until 2021 April 08 at 11:30 pm. Guests will be emailed the meeting invitation a few days before the meeting. |
2021 May 10 | Virtual Speaker Bethany Garner "Pandemic Art Quilt's Journey" | The speaker for May will be Bethany Garner, and she will be joining the Durham Trillium Quilters to share her live talk and a PowerPoint related to her "PANDEMIC ART QUILTS" journey. Bethany has been making new art quilts since March and is sad that the pandemic keeps them from being able to travel to the exhibitions she always love to enter. Bethany creates original art with printing techniques, dye painting and soy wax batik work. Bethany’s quilts and other information can be found at www.bethanygarner.com |
2021 June 14 | No Presenter | Annual General Meeting, members only |