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!
Registration for Quilt Canada 2024 Opens:
Questions About Registration? Contact Janet Kasper at quiltcanadaregistrar@canadianquilter.com
1-877-672-8777 ext 2
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Wednesday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm Longarm Workshop FULL Long Arm Beginners Boot Camp Gail Berry Handi Quilter Click on photo to see full description |
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Wednesday, June 19, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Longarm Workshop In the beginning! (WAS Pantographs for newbies) Corey Pearson, Innova Click on photo to see full description
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Wednesday, June 19, 1 pm – 4 pm Longarm Workshop Freehand Foundations – Building Your Skills Corey Pearson, Innova Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Wanderer Quilt Brett Lewis Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Richard Waist Pack Tara Sinclair Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Pojagi Improve Window Hanging Elizabeth DeCroos Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Quilted Granny Squares Liz Thompson Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL How Eye Roll – Wool Felt Embroidery Kathleen Riggins Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Raven Beauty Terry Rowland Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Stripe Revolution Priscilla Bianchi Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Strong & Free Paul Leger Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday June 20, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Longarm Workshop FULL Free Motion Quilting—The Basics Gail Berry, Handi Quilter Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 1 pm – 4 pm Longarm Workshop Backgrounds, Fillers and Textures Gail Berry, Handi Quilter Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Indigo Dyeing Cathy Tomm 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 University is the responsibility of the attendee. Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Longarm Workshop Easy Freehand Designs with Stencils! (WAS Don’t sleep on stencils) Corey Pearson, Innova Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 1 pm – 4 pm Longarm Workshop In the beginning! (WAS Pantographs for newbies) Corey Pearson, Innova Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Grassland Gala Brett Lewis Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21 and Saturday June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Shimmering Triangles – This is a 2 day workshop Jodi-Marie Lockyer Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Spring Flower Window Hanger Elizabeth DeCroos Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm FULL Maple Leaf Window Hanger Elizabeth DeCroos Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Going in Circles Liz Thompson Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL 3D Flower Garden Kathleen Riggins Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Sunflower Collage Terry Rowland Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm Mosiac Heart Collage Terry Rowland Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Solus the Swim Swam Paula Rafferty Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Ethnic Waves Priscilla Bianchi Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Square Peg – Round Hole Paul Leger Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Longarm Workshop Not your Average Orange Peel Gail Berry, Handi Quilter Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm Longarm Workshop FULL Rule(r) Your Quilt Gail Berry, Handi Quilter Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Rainbow Dye Magic Cathy Tomm 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 University is the responsibility of the attendee. Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Longarm Workshop FULL Freehand Foundations – Building your skills Corey Pearson, Innova Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm Longarm Workshop Easy Freehand Designs with Stencils! (WAS Don’t sleep on stencils) Corey Pearson, Innova Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Longarm Workshop Threadpaloza—YES your machine CAN use THAT specialty thread! Gail Berry, Handi Quilter Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Prairie Reflections Brett Lewis Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 1 pm – 4 pm FULL Emperors Wheel – Centre Wheel Brett Lewis Click on photo to see full description
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Shimmering Triangles – This is a 2 day workshop Jodi-Marie Lockyer Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Jelly Stitch Kathleen Riggins Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Call for Entry – Entering the National Juried Show Carole Gold Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 1 pm – 4 pm Through the Judge’s Eye Carole Gold Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Finbar the Fisher King Paula Rafferty Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Intuitive & Spontaneous Improv Curves and Circles Priscilla Bianchi Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm Patchwork Illusion 3D Paul Leger Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL Introduction to Barn Quilt Painting Jane Morgan 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 University is the responsibility of the attendee. Click on photo to see full description |
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 Click on photo to see full description |
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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 Click on photo to see full description |
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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 Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 3:30 pm – 5 pm Alberta Quiltmakers and Their Quilts; Uncovering More Stories Lucie Heins Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 20, 7 pm – 9 pm How Patchwork & Quilting Can Help Rehabilitate Prison Inmates Paula Rafferty Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 9:00 am – 10:30 am What’s that in your bag pattern Material List? Tara Sinclair Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Hack-A-Thon: How to Hack Your Bag Pattern Tara Sinclair Click on photo to see full description |
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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 Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 3:30 pm – 5 pm Piecing It Together: Knowledge Creation in the Rosenburg Quilt Collection Vlada Blinova Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 21, 7 pm – 9 pm Unexpected Inspiration…! Priscilla Bianchi Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 9:00 am – 10:30 am Attack Your Scraps Terry Rowland Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 22, 11 am – 12:30 pm So You Want to Make a Quilt Coat? Terry Rowland Click on photo to see full description |
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Wednesday, June 19, 10:30-11:30 am FULL, 1:00-2:00 pm FULL, 2:30-3:30 pm FULL 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 FULL 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 University 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 FULL, 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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Shortcut to Thursday’s Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
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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 FULL, 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! |
