Meetings
At this time due to the pandemic, all meetings will be virtual via Zoom until June 2021. You must be a member in order to receive the invite.
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) on the second Tuesday of the month from September to June.
Visitors are welcome to all our meetings – cost $10/meeting. Members should bring their membership card to every meeting.
| Date | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| September 8 – Virtual | Guild Meeting | Programme: Johanna Masko, Quilt Designer, Toronto
Shop of the Month: Maker Savvy Textile Arts, Kanata |
| October 13 – Virtual | Guild Meeting | Programme: Elections
Virtual Trunk Show with Melissa Marginet – “My Journey as a Quilter” from Manitoba Author: Walking Foot Quilting Designs / Edge-to-Edge Walking Foot Quilting Design Etsy: www.Etsy.com/shop/ Website: www.melissamarginet. Instagram: @melissamarginet Facebook: Melissa Marginet – Quilter Shop of the Month: Quilty Pleasures Video |
| November 10 – Virtual | Guild Meeting | Programme: Edith Choiniere – Quilt and Textile Art Designer
Quilting Journey, technique and process for designing a project.
Shop of the Month: Sew Jo’s sew-jos.ca |
| December 8 – Virtual | Guild Meeting | Programme: Stay tuned!
Shop of the Month: Quilt Fabrics, Finch, Ontario quiltfabrics.ca |
| 2021 | ||
| January 12 | Guild Meeting | Programme: Mary Fons
If you have ever been to a lecture of Mary’s or creeped on Facebook or blog, you know she is an enthusiastic quilt nerd. She will be sharing Mary Fons Trunk Show: Extreme Home edition. https://www.maryfons.com/ Shop of the Month: |
| February 9 | Guild Meeting | Programme:
Canadian quilter – Karen Brown of Just Get it Done quilts. Karen will help us all embrace the type of quilter we want to be – and Be the Best Quilter you can Be. https://www.justgetitdonequilts.com/ Shop of the Month: Quilters Barns and Gifts |
| March 9 | Guild Meeting | Programme:
Join us to hear Krista Hennebury aka poppyprint. Krista will be sharing her Search for signature style. You can find her at https://poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/ Shop of the Month: Mad About Patchwork |
| April 13 | Guild Meeting | Programme:
Kathy Wylie join us to share The Time of Our Lives. You can find her at https://kathykwylie.com/ Shop of the Month: Ateliers Quilt & Coton |
| May 11 | Guild Meeting | Programme:
May will be bring us out to the gardens and miniature quilts! We have Kellie Willey from little quilt creations. She will be sharing her lecture called Little Quilts, No Big Deal! You can find her at: https://www.littlequiltcreations.com/ Shop of the Month: Hyggeligt Fabrics |
| June 8 | Guild Meeting | Programme:
June will close out our year with Jacquie Gering, author of Walk and Walk 2.0. This will be for members only and she will be sharing: Finding her Voice. You can find Jacquie at https://www.jacquiegering.com/ Shop of the Month: |
What will Sept 2021 look like? Well from a planning side, we are being conservative, and anticipating more virtual lectures. We will be joined by Pat Speth in September and more to come in the next newsletter.