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Schedule of Guild Meetings and Activities  2022-2023

Our fall 2022 and spring 2023 meetings will be in person, and winter (January, February and March) will be via Zoom.
(Subject to change depending on Covid situation)

Information about previous meetings, visiting speakers, and other activities can be accessed from the Links page.  
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Date	Activity	Details
May 24 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting	Annual General Meeting Trunk shows by some former guild presidents Location: 257 John Street,  Arnprior Ontario  (Christian Education Centre)
May 25 Thursday 10 AM – 12:30 PM	Workshop Part 2	Tote-me-Tote bag, Part 2 of 2 More information
June 21 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting	Summer year end party.  Members with surnames beginning M-Z please bring a dessert for the potluck dessert buffet. We’ve invited members of the Quilters Guild of Renfrew and Area to join us and some of them will present a trunk show. Book vendor Grantham Books will be a visiting store of the night, offering used and publishers’ overstock books. Not the latest books, but used and “as new” books at used book prices. Payment by cash, credit, cheque, and e-transfer (not debit). Location: 257 John Street,  Arnprior Ontario  (Christian Education Centre)
Completed Events
September 28, 2022 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting	Location: 257 John Street,  Arnprior Ontario  (Christian Education Centre) Guest: Paul Leger Paul lives in Ottawa where he retired after working for the federal government for over 16 years, after spending 21 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. He began quilting in May 1990. His mother, a quilter and dressmaker, had encouraged him to buy a sewing machine “for sewing emergencies”. One day her remembered in the “old days” people would use clothing to make bed quilts. 31 years later and over 250 quilts to his credit, Paul has never looked back. In retirement life, Paul’s quilting has taken on another life. He doesn’t quilt any more or less but now he also teaches, makes presentations, and contributes to magazines and blogs. Paul will start off his trunk show with his first quilt and bring us to the present with his most recent works.
October 26 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting	Location: 257 John Street,  Arnprior Ontario  (Christian Education Centre) Learning: 5 methods of appliqué demonstrations
November 17 Thursday 11 AM – 3 PM	Sew Day	Join other guild members for a fun day of sewing! Details
November 23 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting	Charity Projects Sew Night A hands on evening of making Christmas gift bags which will be filled and distributed by the Arnprior Food bank, and preparation of materials for other guild Charity projects.
December 14 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting	Holiday potluck party meeting Bring along: ·         A plate, cutlery, and cup ·         Members with surnames beginning A-L bring a main dish, appetizer or dessert for the potluck buffet. Please include a list of ingredients that are gluten (flour), lactose (dairy products), nuts ·         Optionally bring Christmas quilts, wall hangings, table runners etc. to decorate the hall for the meeting. ·         Optionally a gift for the UFO (Chinese) Gift Exchange game. Refer to the December newsletter for details. ·         The usual Show and Tell and Charity donations
January 25 2023 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting Via Zoom	Guest Andrea Tsang Jackson is a textile artist, quilt designer, author and educator. After working in various design fields and settings ranging from architecture to museums, the quilting medium called to her as a way to explore place, belonging, and agency. She holds a Master of Architecture from McGill University and a Master of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She was the 2017 Artist-in-Residence at the Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. In 2016, she was awarded the Etsy Canada Award for New Talent. Her work has been published in Flare, Design Milk Everyday, Uppercase, and various quilting publications. Andrea’s first book, Patchwork Lab: Gemology, was published by Lucky Spool in 2019. Andrea lives in Kjipuktuk / Halifax with her husband and two sons. You can also check out Andrea’s website, 3rdstoryworkshop.com
February 2 Thursday 9:30 AM – 3 PM	Sew Day	Join other guild members for a fun day of sewing! Rescheduled from January 26 due to snowstorm Details
February 13-17 Monday-Friday	Retreat	Arrive on February 13th or 14th and quilt from morning until night! More information
February 22 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting Via Zoom	Johanna Masko will be joining us to give us a presentation on Colour and Print Johanna Masko is an award-winning Toronto-based textile artist and designer. Born and raised just south of Detroit, she holds a Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan. Her mother, an avid textile crafter with a variety of interests, let her start with a needle, thread, and some scraps around the age of four. She has been sewing ever since. Efficient construction techniques that speed the creative process while also preserving a high level of craftsmanship are a focus in Johanna’s work. Johanna draws inspiration for her textiles from a variety of unconventional sources. Often called a skilled colourist, she strives to build confidence in both colour and technique in her many patchwork, quilting and cross stitch students.  Let’s Talk About Colour and Print For many quilters, choosing fabric for a new project is fraught with uncertainty. Where do we begin? Let Johanna Masko help you get going with her lively discussion about working with colour and print in quilts. Spoiler Alert- a scholarly understanding of the colour wheel is not required. Johanna shares many of her sources of inspiration and the methods she uses to make artistic choices for her work, and hopes you’ll walk away with a boost of confidence to do the same for yours. Johanna's web site  johannamasko.com
March 16 Wednesday 9:30 AM – 3 PM	Sew Day	Join other guild members for a fun day of sewing! Details
March 22 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting Via Zoom	Guest Tracey Lawko  Tracey is an award-winning quilter, longarmer, embroiderer, and textile artist.  She combines her love of traditional needlework techniques with free-motion longarm machine stitching to create realistic landscapes and still life that are drawn with thread. Tracey’s textile artwork has been selected for many prestigious North American and International exhibitions, including CQA’s National Juried Show, Grand National Quilt Show, MQX, AQS Quiltweek, Art Quilt Elements, Fantastic Fibers, Fibreworks, Ontario Society of Artists, Society of Canadian Artists, and the Textile Biennale of Mini-Textiles in Angers, France. One of her landscapes has been selected for the permanent collection of the US National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky.  She is a member of the Canadian Quilters Association, York Heritage Quilters Guild, Embroiderers Association of Canada, Toronto Guild of Stitchery, and Craft Ontario. She is a Juried Artist Member of Studio Art Quilt Associates. She has now retired from being a CQA/ACC Certified Quilt Judge.  A professional artist, Tracey is represented by Roberts Gallery in Toronto.  She is delighted to speak to guilds about her work and sources of inspiration. Web site: www.traceylawko.com, Facebook:  TraceyLawkoTextileArt, Instagram: @traceylawko
April 19  26 Wednesday 7 PM	Guild meeting	Location: 257 John Street,  Arnprior Ontario  (Christian Education Centre) This meeting was originally scheduled for April 26 and has been moved up to provide more time between the meeting and our quilt show. Challenges and Charity Jelly Roll quilts due Quilt show volunteer sign up
April 28 Friday	Quilt Show Setup	Drop off quilts and pies, help with setup More information
April 29-30 Saturday, Sunday	Quilt Show	Our quilt show in Arnprior! More information
May 18 Thursday 10 AM – 12:30 PM	Workshop Part 1	Tote-me-Tote bag, Part 1 of 2 More information