Workshops, Lectures, and Tours
DID YOU KNOW? If you become a member of the Canadian Quilters Association/Association de la Courtepointe, prior to registering during our discount period (February 25 to March 11 noon ET), you will receive a 10% discount on your Workshop Registrations. 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 opens for Workshops, Lectures and Tours on February 25, 2025 for CQA/ACC Members.
CQA/ACC Member Discount on workshops in place from February 25 – March 11, 2025.
Registration opens for all on March 12, 2025
Check out the CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE and WORKSHOPS (AND LECTURES) AT A GLANCE!
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Wednesday, June 18, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Longarm Workshop The Adventure Begins – Handi Quilter Longarm Bootcamp (Hands-on Experience) Tina Harris Click on photo to see full description |
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Wednesday, June 18, 1 pm – 4pm Longarm Workshop Unleash Your Creativity – Free Motion Quilting (Hands-On Experience) Tina Harris Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm Emperor’s Wheel Brett Lewis Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm Building Colour Confidence Tamara Kate Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm Free Form Botanical Quilting with Applique Julie Plotniko Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Stacked Frames Panel Quilt Ruth Ann Berry Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 1 pm – 4pm Hoopla Bargello Ruth Ann Berry Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm SOLD OUT – Female Portrait Galla Grotto Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm Butterfly Bubbles: Turned Edge Holes Kathy Wylie Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm Bugs in Stitches Sharon Fisher Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 4 pm Slow Stitching: Books, Rolls & Scrolls Ana Buzzalino Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Longarm Workshop The Adventure Begins – Handi Quilter Longarm Bootcamp (Hands-on Experience) Tina Harris Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 1 pm – 4pm Longarm Workshop SOLD OUT – HQ Ruler Revolution: Elevate Your Quilting Game (Hands-on Experience) Tina Harris Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Summerland Brett Lewis Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Transparency and Gentle Curves Tamara Kate Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Inspired Free Motion Quilting Julie Plotniko Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 8:30 am – 11:30 am SOLD OUT – Firefly 3D Quilt Ruth Ann Berry Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 1 pm – 4 pm Asterisk 3D Quilt Ruth Ann Berry Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm SOLD OUT – Fantasy City Galla Grotto Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Window Boxes: Inset Thread Lace Kathy Wylie Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm Beyond Embellishing Sharon Fisher Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm SOLD OUT – Two for One: Acrylic Skins & Transfer Artist Paper Ana Buzzalino Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 8:30 am – 11:30 am SOLD OUT – Reverse Applique Celeste Compion Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 20, 1 pm – 4 pm SOLD OUT – Needle Punch 101 Dawn Shuck Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday June 20, 8:30 am – 4 pm The Power of Pro-Stitcher – Pro-Stitcher Basics (Hands on) Tina Harris Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm CANCELLED Grassland Quilt Brett Lewis Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm A Thorough Dive into FPP With the Moth Quilt Tamara Kate Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am SOLD OUT – The Magic of Thread Painting Julie Plotniko Click on photo to see full description |
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SOLD OUT – Saturday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm Free Motion Quilting Stencils Julie Plotniko Click on photo to see full description |
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SOLD OUT – Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Skip the Ditch In Action Orbital Quilting Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm SOLD OUT – Color Game Galla Grotto Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Mahogany Rose: Free-Standing Applique Kathy K. Wylie Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 11:30 am Basic Wool Applique Sharon Fisher Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 1 pm – 4 pm Bullion & Chain Stitch Sharon Fisher Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Curve Elegance: the Art of Stitching Without Curves Ana Buzzalino Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 8:30 am – 4 pm Quilt-As-You-Go Magic: A Creative’s Journey on the HQ Longarm (Hands On) Tina Harris |
Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
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Wednesday, June 18, 10 am – 11:30 am From Blueprint to Thread – Architecture as Inspiration Ana Buzzalino Click on photo to see full description |
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Wednesday, June 18, 12:30 pm – 2 pm For the Love of Colour! Tamara Kate Click on photo to see full description |
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Wednesday, June 18, 2:30 pm – 4 pm My Favourite Things for Wool Applique Sharon Fisher Click on photo to see full description |
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Wednesday, June 18, 4:30 pm – 6 pm How to Quilt a Wool Applique Project Sharon Fisher Click on photo to see full description |
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Wednesday, June 18, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Opening and Award Ceremony |
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Thursday, June 19, 10 am – 11:30 am The Quilt for Canada – A View Back and Questions for the Future Deb Sherman Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 12:30 pm – 2 pm Confessions of a Scrapaholic Sandy Lindal Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 2:30 pm – 4 pm It All Starts with a Story Sandy Simmelink Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 4:30 pm – 6 pm Trunk Show Featuring Kairos Series and I’m Still Here Portrait Series Marilyn Farquhar Click on photo to see full description |
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Thursday, June 19, 7:30 pm – 10 pm Quilty Sew & Tell Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 20, 10 am – 11:30 am Activist Art: Let Your Fibre Art Do the Talking Sue Sherman Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 20, 12:30 pm – 2 pm Pieces of Time AneMarie Rowland Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 20, 2:30 pm – 4 pm Quilt Designer’s Journey Edith Choinere Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 20, 4:30 pm – 6 pm Once Upon a Quilt – You’re Not Just Quilting, You’re Making History AnnMarie Rowland Click on photo to see full description |
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Friday, June 20, 7 pm – 9:30 pm The Hole Story Kathy Wylie Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 10 am – 11:30 am Even If My Voice Shakes… Ten Years of Speaking My Truth; a Backpack Show Bill Stearman Click on photo to see full description |
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Saturday, June 21, 12:30 pm – 2 pm Stitching Change: Exploring Sustainable Paths in Quilting Bridget O’Flaherty Click on photo to see full description |
NJS Tours 2025 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 2025 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 2026.
New this year the Behind the Seams VIP NJS Tour
| Thursday, June 19, 2025 10:30 am SOLD OUT, 11:30am, noon, 12:30pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4 pm |
Join our tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $25 plus tax, limited spaces! |
| SOLD OUT – Behind the Seams VIP NJS Tour Friday, June 20, 2025 8:30 am |
Join our special small group tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $45 plus tax, limited spaces! |
| Friday, June 20, 2025 10:30 am SOLD OUT, 11:30 am SOLD OUT, noon, 12:30pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4 pm |
Join our tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $25 plus tax, limited spaces! |
| SOLD OUT – Behind the Seams VIP NJS Tour Saturday, June 21, 2025 8:30 am |
Join our special small group tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $45 plus tax, limited spaces! |
| Saturday, June 21, 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2026.
| Thursday, June 19, 2025 10:30 am SOLD OUT, 11:30am, noon, 12:30pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4 pm |
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 2025 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 2025 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 2026.
New this year the Behind the Seams VIP NJS Tour
This special small group will be toured around the National Juried Show before the Exhibit Hall opens at 9:30 am. The one hour tour will be led by a CQA/ACC Certified Judge. When the tour is completed the participants can stay in the exhibit hall and begin shopping at the Merchant Mall or continue to view the quilt exhibits on their own, avoiding the opening hour lines in the lobby.
| SOLD OUT – Behind the Seams VIP NJS Tour Friday, June 20, 2025 8:30 am |
Join our special small group tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $45 plus tax, limited spaces! |
| Friday, June 20, 2025 10:30 am SOLD OUT, 11:30 am SOLD OUT, noon, 12:30pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4 pm |
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
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Daytime Lectures & Evening Keynote Lectures
NJS Tours 2025 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 2025 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 2026.
New this year the Behind the Seams VIP NJS Tour
This special small group will be toured around the National Juried Show before the Exhibit Hall opens at 9:30 am. The one hour tour will be led by a CQA/ACC Certified Judge. When the tour is completed the participants can stay in the exhibit hall and begin shopping at the Merchant Mall or continue to view the quilt exhibits on their own, avoiding the opening hour lines in the lobby.
| SOLD OUT – Behind the Seams VIP NJS Tour Saturday, June 21, 2025 8:30 am |
Join our special small group tour guides on a walk around the National Juried Show. Tickets will be $45 plus tax, limited spaces! |
| Saturday, June 21, 2025 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! |
