Workshops, Lectures, and Tours
DID YOU KNOW? If you become a member of the Canadian Quilters Association/Association Canadienne de la Courtepointe, you’ll receive a discount on session registration. Join our vibrant quilt community and unlock exclusive benefits, including access to workshops, events, and resources that will help you enhance your quilting skills. Whether you’re a seasoned quilter or just starting out, our association is the perfect place to learn and share your passion for quilting. Join us today and embark on an exciting quilting journey!
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Wednesday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm Long Arm Beginners Boot Camp Gail Berry Handi Quilter |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Wanderer Quilt Brett Lewis |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Richard Waist Pack Tara Sinclair
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Spring Flower Window Hanger Elizabeth DeCroos |
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Thursday, June 20, 1 pm – 4 pm Four Patch Pojagi Elizabeth DeCroos |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Quilted Granny Squares Liz Thompson
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm How Eye Roll – Wool Felt Embroidery Kathleen Riggins |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Raven Beauty Terry Rowland |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Shannon The Shay Moose Day 1 Paula Rafferty |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Stripe Revolution Priscilla Bianchi |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Strong & Free Paul Leger |
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Thursday June 20, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Free Motion Quilting—The Basics Gail Berry, Handi Quilter |
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Thursday, June 20, 1 pm – 4 pm Backgrounds, Fillers and Textures Gail Berry, Handi Quilter |
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Thursday June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Indigo Dying Cathy Tomm |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Grassland Gala Brett Lewis |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Shimmering Triangles – Day 1 Jodi-Marie Lockyer |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Reversable Bookmark Elizabeth DeCroos |
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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm Maple Leaf Window Hanger Elizabeth DeCroos |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Going in Circles Liz Thompson |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm 3D Flower Garden Kathleen Riggins |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Sunflower Collage Terry Rowland |
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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm Mosiac Heart Collage Terry Rowland |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Shannon the Shay Moose – Day 2 Paula Rafferty |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Ethnic Waves Priscilla Bianchi |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Square Peg – Round Hole Paul Leger |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Not your Average Orange Peel Gail Berry, Handi Quilter |
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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm Rule(r) Your Quilt Gail Berry, Handi Quilter |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Rainbow Dye Magic Cathy Tomm |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Threadpaloza—YES your machine CAN use THAT specialty thread! Gail Berry, Handi Quilter |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Prairie Reflections Brett Lewis |
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Saturday, June 22, 1 pm – 4 pm Emperors Wheel – Centre Wheel Brett Lewis
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Shimmering Triangles – Day 2 Jodi-Marie Lockyer |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Pojagi Improve Window Hanging Elizabeth DeCroos |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Hearts & Flowers Liz Thompson |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Jelly Stitch Kathleen Riggins |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Call for Entry – Entering the National Juried Show Gold/Spanring |
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Saturday, June 22, 1 pm – 4 pm Through the Judge’s Eye Gold/Spanring |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Finbar the Fisher King Paula Rafferty |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Intuitive & Spontaneous Improv Curves and Circles Priscilla Bianchi |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Patchwork Illusion 3D Paul Leger |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Introduction to Barn Quilt Painting Jane Morgan |
Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
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Thursday, June 20, 9 am – 10:30 am “Alzheimer Scotland’s ‘Changing Minds around the World’ – From Scotland to Korea” – 40 international quilters interpretation of how they see dementia Ann Hill, BEM |
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Thursday, June 20, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Making Mathematics with Needle and Thread I: Tessellations, Sequences and Progressions of Scale, Knots and Links, and More Gerda de Vries |
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Thursday, June 20, 1:30 pm – 3 pm Making Mathematics with Needle and Thread II: Symmetry, Golden Ratio, Spirals, Fractals, and More Gerda de Vries |
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Thursday, June 20, 3:30 pm – 5 pm Alberta Quiltmakers and Their Quilts; Uncovering More Stories Lucie Heins |
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Thursday, June 20, 7:30 pm – 9 pm How Patchwork & Quilting Can Help Rehabilitate Prison Inmates Paula Rafferty |
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Friday, June 21, 9:00 am – 10:30 am What’s that in your bag pattern Material List? Tara Sinclair |
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Friday, June 21, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Hack-A-Thon: How to Hack Your Bag Pattern Tara Sinclair |
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Friday, June 21, 1:30 pm – 3 pm Women’s Homefront War Efforts and the Return of the Canadian Red Cross Quilts Lucie Heins |
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Friday, June 21, 3:30 pm – 5 pm Piecing It Together: Knowledge Creation in the Rosenburg Quilt Collection Vlada Blinova |
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Friday, June 21, 7:30 pm – 9 pm Unexpected Inspiration…! Priscilla Bianchi |
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Saturday, June 22, 9:00 am – 10:30 am Attack Your Scraps Terry Rowland |
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Saturday, June 22, 11 am – 12:30 pm So You Want to Make a Quilt Coat? Terry Rowland |
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Wednesday, June 19, 10:30-11:30 am, 1:00-2:00 pm, 2:30-3:30 pm Old-Fashion Quilt Bed-turning Presentation Located at the Royal Alberta Museum Roundhouse Theatre space located behind admissions desk, 9810-103a Avenue, Edmonton. Transportation to and from the Museum is the responsibility of the attendee. Click on photo to see full description |
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Wednesday, June 19, 1:30 – 2:30 pm University of Alberta – Department of Human Ecology – Bed-Turning and Tour Located at the University of Alberta 1-10 and 1-15 Human Ecology Building – South Entrance (only entrance with access to Gallery) (corner of 116th Street and 89 Avenue) University of Alberta, Edmonton. Transportation to and from the Museum is the responsibility of the attendee. Click on photo to see full description |
NJS Tours 2024 Quilt Canada
Have you ever wondered what makes a quilt into an entry to the National Juried Show?
Would you like to learn more about the accepted entries in the 2024 National Juried Show? Join us on an escorted viewing, with one of our tour guides, who will tell you more about the quilts, makers and some inside stories of the making of these exceptional quilts. You may even learn some tips on entering your very own quilts in the National Juried Show 2025.
| Thursday, June 20, 2024 10:30am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm |
Join our tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $25 plus tax, limited spaces! |
| Friday, June 21, 2024 10:30am, 12:30am, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm |
Join our tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $25 plus tax, limited spaces! |
| Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 2pm |
Join our tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $25 plus tax, limited spaces! |
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Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
NJS Tours 2024 Quilt Canada
Have you ever wondered what makes a quilt into an entry to the National Juried Show?
Would you like to learn more about the accepted entries in the 2024 National Juried Show? Join us on an escorted viewing, with one of our tour guides, who will tell you more about the quilts, makers and some inside stories of the making of these exceptional quilts. You may even learn some tips on entering your very own quilts in the National Juried Show 2025.
| Thursday, June 20, 2024 10:30am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm |
Join our tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $25 plus tax, limited spaces! |
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Shortcut to Friday’s Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
Shortcut to NJS Tours
Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
NJS Tours 2024 Quilt Canada
Have you ever wondered what makes a quilt into an entry to the National Juried Show?
Would you like to learn more about the accepted entries in the 2024 National Juried Show? Join us on an escorted viewing, with one of our tour guides, who will tell you more about the quilts, makers and some inside stories of the making of these exceptional quilts. You may even learn some tips on entering your very own quilts in the National Juried Show 2025.
| Friday, June 21, 2024 10:30am, 12:30am, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm |
Join our tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $25 plus tax, limited spaces! |
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Shortcut to Saturday’s Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
Shortcut to Saturday’s NJS Tours
Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
NJS Tours 2024 Quilt Canada
Have you ever wondered what makes a quilt into an entry to the National Juried Show?
Would you like to learn more about the accepted entries in the 2024 National Juried Show? Join us on an escorted viewing, with one of our tour guides, who will tell you more about the quilts, makers and some inside stories of the making of these exceptional quilts. You may even learn some tips on entering your very own quilts in the National Juried Show 2025.
| Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 2pm |
Join our tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $25 plus tax, limited spaces! |
