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!

Online Registration for Quilt Canada 2024

Has Closed

Single Day Entry Wristbands will be sold in the Assembly Hall Lobby
at the Edmonton Convention Centre. Adult Entry $30 includes tax. Thursday, Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 3pm

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Tickets for Lectures, NJS Tours, available workshops and Evening Events will be sold
at the Registration Desk in in the Assembly Hall lobby, pending availability.

Registration Desk Hours: Wednesday – 7:45 to 11:45am & 3pm to 7pm; Thursday & Friday – 7:45 to 5pm; Saturday 7:45 to noon

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Show Hours: Thursday and Friday – 9:30 until 6pm, Saturday – 9:30 until 4pm

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Further questions: Contact Janet; quiltcanadaregistrar@canadianquilter.com or 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

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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

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Wednesday, June 19, 1 pm – 4 pm  Longarm Workshop

Freehand Foundations – Building Your Skills

Corey Pearson, Innova

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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm

FULL

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 – 4 pm

FULL

Pojagi Improve Window Hanging

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

FULL

How Eye Roll – Wool Felt Embroidery

Kathleen Riggins

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Thursday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm

FULL

Raven Beauty

Terry Rowland

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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  Longarm Workshop

FULL

Free Motion Quilting—The Basics

Gail Berry, Handi Quilter

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FULL

Thursday, June 20, 1 pm – 4 pm  Longarm Workshop

FULL

Backgrounds, Fillers and Textures

Gail Berry, Handi Quilter

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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.

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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

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Thursday, June 20, 1 pm – 4 pm  Longarm Workshop

In the beginning! (WAS Pantographs for newbies)

Corey Pearson, Innova

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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm

FULL

Grassland Gala

Brett Lewis

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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

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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am

Spring Flower Window Hanger

Elizabeth DeCroos

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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm

FULL

Maple Leaf Window Hanger

Elizabeth DeCroos

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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm

FULL

Going in Circles

Liz Thompson

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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm

FULL

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

FULL

Mosiac Heart Collage

Terry Rowland

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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm

Solus the Swim Swam

Paula Rafferty

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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  Longarm Workshop

Not your Average Orange Peel

Gail Berry, Handi Quilter

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Friday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm  Longarm Workshop

FULL

Rule(r) Your Quilt

Gail Berry, Handi Quilter

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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm

FULL

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.

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Friday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am  Longarm Workshop

FULL

Freehand Foundations – Building your skills

Corey Pearson, Innova

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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

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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

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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

FULL

Emperors Wheel – Centre Wheel

Brett Lewis

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Saturday, June 22, 8:30 am – 4 pm

FULL

Shimmering Triangles – This is a 2 day workshop

Jodi-Marie Lockyer

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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

Carole Gold

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Saturday, June 22, 1 pm – 4 pm

Through the Judge’s Eye

Carole Gold

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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

Patchwork Illusion 3D

Paul Leger

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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.

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Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures

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 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, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

FULL

A Quilty Sew & Tell

Elizabeth Decroos, Paul Leger, Jane Morgan, Tara Sinclair, Terry Rowland, Liz Thompson, and Cathy Tomm

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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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Special Presentations

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.

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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.

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NJS Tours

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 FULL, 2pm, 3pm FULL & 4pm FULL
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, 12:30pm FULL, 2pm FULL, 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 NJS Tours

 

 

Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures

 

NJS Tours

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 FULL12:30pm FULL, 2pm, 3pm FULL & 4pm FULL
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

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, 12:30pm FULL2pm FULL, 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

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!
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