Royal City Quilters' Guild – Guelph, Ontario

JANUARY UPDATES

January Newsletter is Online

The January Newsletter was published on January 4, 2022. RCQG members will have received it in their email. It can also be read here.

Nancy Prince to speak at January 11 meeting

Nancy Prince, an award-winning quilt artist from Orlando, Florida specializes in thread painting. She and Linda French are the co-winners of the 2014 Handi-Quilter Best of Show award for On this Winter Day at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, and in 2016 at the HMQS show in Salt Lake City and Shipshewana Quilt Festival in Indiana, plus the Marie White Masterpiece award at Road to California.

She is the author of two books: Simple Thread Painting and Thread Painting with Style. She currently has a show and classroom lessons on www.thequiltshow.com. Her quilts have appeared in national magazines and have won numerous quilting awards. She has received First Place Pictorial winner at American Quilter's Society Quilt Show in Paducah and Best of Show at the NQA Quilt Show. Other awards have included 16 Viewer's Choice Awards, Most Creative Use of Thread, Artistic Merit, Outstanding Innovative Quilt and Judge's Recognition at recent shows.

Tula Pink Butterfly Quiltalong Kickoff

The kick-off meeting for the Tula Pink Butterfly Quiltalong is Saturday, January 8. Please visit the Frequently Asked Questions page for all the latest details!

Registration now open for David Owen Hastings Modern Abstract Quilts workshop on Saturday, May 28

Visit the Workshops page for the full workshop description and supply list. Sign up to attend the workshop at the RCQG Online Store.

Membership

Membership dues for the Guild are $40.00 per year. This includes a subscription to our newsletter, by post or email, plus the opportunity to join in guild workshops and access to our extensive library (when in-person meetings are possible again).

Guests are welcome to any meeting for a fee of $5.00. If a guest decides to join RCQG at the next meeting, the guest fee paid can be credited to a full membership. No more than one guest fee may be applied to a membership.

See our Membership page for more information.

Visit the RCQG Online Store to join or renew.

Sew Safe Policy – Updated

Due to the global COVID-19 environment, our concern for members’ well-being, and liability concerns for the Royal City Quilters Guild, all RCQG activities are to be conducted according to current Ontario provincial guidelines including capacity limits, masking, and physical distancing.

In all instances, RCQG in-person gatherings must include proof of vaccination and contact tracing. These gatherings include, but are not limited to monthly guild meetings, executive meetings, committee meetings, special interest groups and workshops.