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Skinny Stripping with Karen Johnson
We had a great workshop with Karen learning how to incorporate skinny strips into our work for interest and texture.
Lots of interesting discussion and sharing.
Samples to give us ideas for our own blocks
Karen talks about fabrics and design
Pat Ross – For the Love of Embroidery
At our October meeting we enjoyed hearing about Pat’s adventures in embroidery and seeing many samples of beautiful stitching and dyeing.
Freda introduces our speaker Pat Ross
Example of Pat Ross’s beautiful surface embroidery
Sampling of Pat Ross’s embroidery.
October Community Outreach
Guild members Corisande, Jennie, Sherry and Gail were busy in October completing quilts, book bags, shopping bags and fidget muffs for the organizations we support.
October community outreach
Cultural Days
Culture Days are a national celebration of arts and culture. As part of the annual Richmond event, Guild members hosted a hands on demonstration of ‘crumb’ piecing for hundreds of visitors. Many children and a few adults tried their hand at putting together a crumb block.
Gail explains differences between traditional and crumb piecing to a visitor.
Learning to sew a quilt
A Midsummer Arts Dream
TAGOR was well represented in the Community Arts Council or Richmond’s (CACR) annual show at Lansdowne Mall. Three of our members entered the textile category. One member showed two of her paintings and another entered two photos. 52 works of art on display from 23 talented artists. There were a whopping 2,500 visitors!
1st in the Textile category, “Pileated Parent” designed and stitched by Gail Newell inspired by her brother’s photo of the woodpecker. Applique, thread painting and quilting add texture and detail to the fabric selected.
2nd in the Textile Category and 3rd People’s Choice, “Salmon Going Home” designed, stitched, appliqued and quilted by Pam Mahoney using textiles with embroidery, quilting and beads for depth of design.
3rd in the Textile category, “Turn, turn. turn” designed and quilted by Vickie McLeod using a ribbon technique to evoke the sense of movement.
“A Peony” painted by Shirley Rampton.
“A Touch of Class” painted by Shirley Rampton.
1st in the Photography Category, “Grass after the Rain” by Gail Newell shows why you can get so wet walking through grass after it rains.
“Pink Wintergreen” embellished with raindrop bead. Photographed by Gail Newell.
September Show and Tell
A wide variety of projects were tackled by members over the summer to produce colourful, beautiful and useful items.
Splendid turtle wall hanging designed and crafted by Pam Mahoney.
Ruth Bahri made this intricate modern quilt from a Susan Purney Mark design.
Elegant bottles by Shirley Rampton.
Fun pinwheels! Lots of little pieces patiently put together by Shirley Rampton.
Kid and preemie quilts made by Suzanne Laferte and Norma Johnstone
Crumb Quilt by Gail Newell
Kids play quilt with fun butterflies by Corisande Percival Smith
More butterflies play quilt by Corisande Percival Smith
Fun fabric play quilt by Corisande Percival Smith
Interesting people for a kids play quilt by Corisande Percival Smith
Corisande Percival Smith with another of her colourful kids play quilts.
Easy pieced star quilt by Gail Newell
Scrappy fall colours by Gail Newell
Suzanne shows a fidget muff and laundry bag made by Brenda Battye
Fidget Muff by Ruth Bahri.
Freda shows off a selection of her knitting.
London Farm
In August and September London Farm displayed several quilts stitched by TAGOR members. On weekends 887 members of the public enjoyed dropping by and asking quilters questions about the work.
London Farm display.
Strawberry Social
Our before summer windup included show and tell, delicious strawberry cake, a multitude of conversations and a light-hearted exchange of items.
Brenda capably stick handles a light-hearted item ‘exchange’.
Vickie and her new blouse.
A couple of the bags Thelma created to support SOS children’s villages.
Colourful child quilt by Corisande.
Corisande’s Elegant Iris.
Gorgeous Sunflower by Corisande
Barbara made this elegant log cabin for her black and white challenge piece.
Ruth recently participated in a modern quilt block exchange. This was left over and so she made it into a mug rug.
For this quilt Gail used the split 9 patch madness pattern by Missouri Star Quilting.
Fall quilt by Gail. 4-strip blocks are used to make half square triangles and a delightful diamond design results.
Doors Open Richmond
We had almost 150 visitors to find out about quilting and other things we do. In the afternoon enthusiastic kids learned how to use a sewing machine and stitch together blocks.
Over 40 sites across Richmond open their doors to the public to enable people to see more of the unique things that happen in Richmond.
Freda,Vickie and Moreen work on projects in between visitors at Doors Open Richmond.
May Meeting Black and White Challenge Reveal
Members brought delightfully creative interpretations of our president’s black and white challenge.
Thelma black and white wall hanging original design
Elly original design black and white quilt
Joan with another delightful mini hexagonal project. This one a bag with several pockets.
Vickie playing her black and white piano bag
Gail’s original design. Black and white ‘stained glass’ with rose.
Pam’s wonderful elephants and birds.
Annette with black and white crows from her back yard
Pat’s original wall hanging textured with free motion quilting
Adele’s black and white bag
Barbara’s dressy black and white tuxedo bag and casual striped bag.
Jean ingeniously used up her leftover black and white quilt blocks for a table runner.
Lyn’s black and white pillow cases
Jenny’s black hole free motion practice piece.
Jenny with her black and white pig free motion practice piece.
Karen’s black and white floral runner
May Show and Tell
Our members have been busy with more than black and white challenges. Other projects in a rainbow of colours delighted our eyes.
Corisande’s classy original design of birds and girl with violin.
Vibrant blue florals by Shirley
Oriental themed fabrics stitched into a rich quilt by Corisande
Tranquil bed quilt with boats on the water by Corisande.
Brenda’s cheerful strippy diagonals. Each block has a unique button in the center.
Diagonal Strip quilt pieced and quilted by Gail
Sherry with an armful of beautiful pillow cases
Thelma’s cheerful kids bags
Barbara’s knitted fidget muffs
Gail’s first quilt blocks using the ruler technique. Tulips for a friend who likes cream on cream colours.
Gail’s rendition of Irene Harvalias Pinwheel version of her strip block.
Habitat for Humanity
On May 23 Habitat opened five beautiful units in Richmond. Two duplexes and a single family home grace the end of a cul-de-sac. Each unit was presented with a beautiful home made quilt. Freda, Vickie and Gail attended the opening ceremony.
Vickie and Freda in front of one of the duplex units.
Eileen’s scrappy quilt in cheerful colours
Grateful recipients of quilt fashioned by Joan are delighted with their new home.
Warm brown tones put together by Joan
Happy recipient of quilt made by Adele
Sashed nine patch quilt by Adele
Happy family with Freda and Gail and the quilt Jean and Gail made.
Jean used crackle fabric to piece this quilt and Gail added free motion leaves to quilt it.
Applique quilt by Gail
TAGOR – A finalist for the 2019 Richmond Arts Award.
In recognition of the hundreds of items that TAGOR donates annually in support of various organizations around Richmond, TAGOR was selected as one of the three finalists in the Volunteerism category for the 2019 Richmond Arts Award. In our 2018/2019 operating year TAGOR donated over 400 items. Community Involvement
Gail, Corisande, Vickie, Suzanne, Freda and Norma represented TAGOR at the ceremony announcing the winners of the various arts awards categories.
