All Upcoming Guild Activities will be Virtual
Welcome to our next online meeting
April 21, 2021 at 7:00 pm
I Will be Silent No More
with
Bill Stearman
Bill struggled with storytelling as a way to make sense of his life for many years. And then discovered his voice in quilt making.
Fabrics and carefully placed stitches express joy, anguish, hope, gratitude, and love, providing glimpses into deep and important stories; stories that matter on personal and social levels.
His quilts make bold statements and provoke thoughtful consideration of a variety of issues.
“With the help of about 20 of my quilts, I’ll tell their stories... my stories. I doubt that these quilts, and their stories, will remind you of your Grandmother’s quilts."
Bill will join us from beautiful Picton Ontario where he will share his amazing quilts and their stories. Bill started quilting in his late 60s and says he is too new to quilt making to store his quilts in a trunk and does what he calls a BackPack Show. It’s hard to believe so much can be achieved in such a short period of time.
For more information about Bill and his journey visit his website: http://billstearmanquilts.blogspot.com/
Our virtual vendor for this meeting is Watergirl Quilt Co
The search is over! Your Canadian Quilting Destination awaits with fabulous, modern fabrics, patterns for all skill levels, useful notions, Aurifil thread, block of the month programs and subscriptions.
Library News
Thanks to those members in March who visited the Library Inventory site through the Guild’s website and sent Donna and I their book choices. Hopefully, in April we’ll have more members take the plunge and order their books. The limit is still 2 books per member. The categories this month are Appliqué (88 books), Paper-Piecing (23 books) and Kaffee Fassett (24 books).
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Friday April 16th is the last day to e-mail your choices to BOTH us.
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Wed. April 21st is for March’s book returns and April’s pick up of books at A. McCormick Arena in the parking lot from 3:30 -5pm in the afternoon.
If you have any further questions, please contact:
Jean Simpson - ajeansimpson@yahoo.ca
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Donna MacKay - mckay65jd@gmail.com
Upcoming Workshops
WCQG offers a variety of workshops. To see more about what is being offered go to our Workshop Page.
April 10, 2021
Let's Play with Your Scraps
Kelly DuMaresq
Sold Out
This workshop is now open to non-members.
This workshop is now open to non-members.
April 17, 2021
Canadian Zippered Pouch
Inez Drummond
Workshop Registration
Once you have paid for your workshop, please send an email with the name of the workshop, your name, phone number and email address to:
Upcoming Meetings
May 19, 2021
Lorraine Roy
June 16, 2021
Daisy Aschehoug
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Sewing Together, But Apart
Our Sewing Together, But Apart Days provide an entire day of sewing activities, including sharing tips and strategies, socializing as well as having guest speakers join us for part of the day. To help cover some of the cost of the guest speakers, a charge of $10.00 is included for the afternoon guest speaker. With the possibilities Zoom provides, we are able to access guest speakers from near and far. We look forward to having you join us. Participants are invited to come for all or part of the day.
For details of next session(s) click the date(s) below.
Sewing Together Registration
Once you have paid a Sewing Together- But Apart day, please send an email with the date of the event, your name, phone number and email address to:
Open Sewing Days
Our Open Sewing Times are continuing each Monday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm. We continue to share social time, great conversations and laughter – all things that are so good for the soul right now. Come when you can, leave when you wish. We are enjoying a great time together. The link is in the February 12 Update.
There will also be a Saturday Open Sewing Day on April 24.
Quick Links
Online Store
At the WCQG Online Store you can:
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Join the guild
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Renew membership
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Purchase guest passes
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Register for workshops
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Register for Sewing Together - But Apart days
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Purchase newsletter ads
Members & Guests
To access the membership and guest pass forms, please go to the Membership Page
Smile & PAL Quilts
To access the Smile and PAL Quilt request forms please go to the Community Outreach Page.
Please note:
If you are working on a device that makes it difficult to deal with a PDF form, try the WORD form. If that is also a problem send a simple message to the appropriate email address with the information requested on the form.
For PDF forms there is a free App that can be used to fill in forms. It is Adobe Fill & Sign. Free means there is promotion added to the email when you send the form.
For WORD forms you may need to click "enable editing". You will then be able to fill it.