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Freda and the gorgeous circle quilt she made for her sister using a pattern from a Bonnie Hwang class.
Freda’s Legacy Day
We are very grateful to the generous attendees of Freda’s Legacy Day. It was wonderful to see and meet people who knew Freda. Freda enjoyed quilting, sewing, knitting, crochet and tried many other crafts. She would be very pleased to know that so many now have something to remember her by.
We raised a good sum for the Food Bank and TAGOR – proceeds are still coming in.
Ramblings with Catherine Nicholls
We had invited Catherine Nicholls to be our April Speaker. She took us on a virtual ramble that gave us a look behind the scenes of her creative process. We were privileged to see her notebook of ideas and the pieces that resulted from them. It was so interesting and inspiring!
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Stephanie Phillips, Sherman Jen Research Chair at Kwantlen Polytechnic University gave us an interesting and informative presentation of leading edge work in textiles to move to a more sustainable future. We learned not just about recycling current textiles but how science is being employed to create fabrics that can be more easily recycled yet have the properties we all enjoy. Stephanie also talked about building local industry to reduce our carbon footprint.
More fun creating!
Freda and the gorgeous circle quilt she made for her sister using a pattern from a Bonnie Hwang class.
Label Freda made for the back of her sister’s quilt.
Gail used up a lot of scraps with these Wonky Stars and Wonky Strips. Inspired by a quilt from Gwen Marston’s String Quilts book.
Gail was inspired to create “Falling into place” by Sonja Doty Lewis’s “A Little off Kilter” pattern.
Gear” with Bettina Matzkuhn
Bettina showed us wonderful embroidery woven together with stories of exploring nature. It was such a fun talk!
Gear with Avalanche Lilies (c) Bettina Matzkuhn
Bettina Matzkuhn
Surprise for Freda
We appreciate the length and value of Freda’s service to the Textile Arts Guild of Richmond. We celebrated her and her contributions by making a quilt for her.
Chandelier Comfort Quilt made for Freda.
Label on the back of the Chandelier Quilt
January Show and Tell
Gail used leftover blue fabric with blocks on point to make lots of diamonds.
Gail had leftover bargello strips and made a bunch more to make a fun strip quilt.
“Texas Windmill” a wonderful quilt with bright colours crafted by Shirley.
Moreen had just the right fabric to craft some beautiful Celtic knots.
Merles first large quilt. “Mirror”, a pattern by Pfaff. She did a beautiful job with the top and sent it to a long armer for quilting.
Joan used gorgeous sea colours to carry us off into the Carribean.
Nice bright oranges tempered by green and browns expertly crafted by Joan.
Joan not only allows no scraps to go to waste, but does something pretty with them.
Joan’s study in red is full of cheer.
Joan’s use of lilac gives us visions of the spring yet to come.
Joan doesn’t leave out the guys in planning and creating nice quilts.
Joan made this fine split nine patch with the guys in our community partners in mind.
Joan had some fun fabric to feature in this split nine patch.
Corisande found a little leftover fabric with fox faces among the cubes and crafted a nice play quilt around it.
Gail found a delightful “Windmills at Night” pattern by Susan Meyers and made it larger.
Gail tried this simple but effective design to make an old fashioned looking quilt with old fashioned fabric.
Gail adapted Quilt Canada’s 2022 Mystery quilt to fit the needs of our community partners and the fabric available.
Gail made this duvet cover for her son and daughter-in-law who love forests.
Beth chose a line of fabric from Tilda’s World and made this gorgeous quilt.
Beth made this wonderful modern quilt with masculine fabrics and quirky multi sized blocks.
Barbara’s miniature Christmas tree for her hearth.
Barbara’s Seascape place mat for her California guild to give away.
Barbara made a dog cushion out of an old shirt and pants – wonderful way to reuse and recycle fabric!
Fun for kids!
Moreen makes Eye Spy quilts really interesting. Some of the blocks are pockets in which finger puppets can hide.
Moreen makes Eye Spy quilts really interesting. Some of the blocks are pockets in which finger puppets can hide.
Freda took ‘book panels’, cut them apart and sewed them into cloth books for preschoolers.
More donations to warm people’s bodies and hearts.
Suzanne’s paper pieced trees and Irene’s Poinsettas will add cheery colour to Aster place.
Vickie put together these three delightful runners for Aster Place.
Freda quilted this very festive panel into a wall hanging for the new Aster Place.
Jenny tried out a stack and cut design to make fun pinwheels for a child.
Suzanne put a floral border around soft pastels for a warm and soothing quilt for our community partners.
Grandkitties and Granddogs.
Moreen has made multiple quilts for her grandkids and decided it was time to pamper her grand kitty and grand dogs too. Cute and colourful additions to any household.
We have busy members with creative projects.
Moreen used up some scraps for these cheerful hexie flowers.
Moreen’s accurate sewing blended nine patch and four patch for an interesting result.
Moreen used a very cute animal fabric to make little ‘windows’ to the world.
Moreen’s colour sense was spot on as she blended these fabrics into a quilt to warm someone’s body and heart.
Moreen combined muted pinks and purples for a delighful soft themed quilt.
Barbara used the log cabin pattern to use up leftover fabric from other quilts in an interesting lap quilt.
Sherry made these practical cosmetic cases. Other members helped her fill them for Family Place to give out.
Brenda made these cute holiday decorations to brighten up Aster Place.
Gail tried out the ‘Ribbonworks’ pattern for this fun blue and purple lap quilt.
Dougal Walker
What a fun presentation! Dougal regaled us with stories, quilts and inspiration. We saw wonderful embroidery, amazing quilt art, quirky birds and lots of ways to use up scraps. We look forward to a workshop with her in the spring.
Jerico, Dougal Walker’s cat. Applique and thread painting.
Scrappy heart with leftover blocks designed and made by Dougal Walker
More Donations!
Our members not only love to quilt but love to help others. Here are a few more recent donations that will go to our community partners.
What fun fabrics Sylvia has put together to entertain the kids while keeping them warm!
Sylvia has some wonderful fabric and has been taking the opportunity to use it beautifully while stuck at home.
Jenny made this play quilt with fun fabrics
Joan took a break from quilting to make 11 cute book bags.
Created by Judy Villett
Judy Villett
We all enjoyed Judy’s talk on how she envisions and creates her landscape pieces. Using many layers and embellishments she makes the ordinary extraordinary! You can see more at Judy Villett
Show and Tell
It’s always fun to gather for show and tell. We always have a wonderful variety of items to see and among them are exquisite pieces as well as quilts for everyday.
Linda’s gorgeous applique floral quilt.
Joan has astonishing patience. Thousands of petite hexies went into this superb quilt.
Gail was delighted that we received a large fabric donation of many different colours. This is the first quilt top with the same palette.
Gail was delighted that we received a large fabric donation of many different colours. This is the second quilt top with the same palette.
Beth made this wonderful Sunny quilt full of pinwheels.
Annette pieced and quilted this lovely Chandelier quilt – a diamond motif in lovely colours.
To keep her self amused during lockdown Corisande went to town with these amazing applique birds.
Corisande appliqued this whimsical vegetable quilt after all her birds were done.
Jean embroidered all these wonderful teapots and then her sister in law quilted it.
Gail made this amazing quilt from donated fabric and “Baby Honu” pattern by Lisa Boyer.
This “Curved Play” quilt (Bonnie Hwang pattern) is full of memories. Some of the fabrics came from a friend who has passed. Freda hand quilted this superb quilt.
Shirley’s “Japanese Fan” paper pieced quilt was one of the finalists for selection for the museum’s new exhibit.
Barbara celebrated her daughter’s marriage.
Barbara made this festive quilt to celebrate the wedding of her daughter and son-in-law.
A very special label for a very special occasion on a very special quilt.
Quilts for every day.
Suzanne’s careful crafting turned donated fabric into a great quilt for our community partners.
Joan’s lap quilt in brown tones.
Joan made this soft warm lap quilt with flannel.
Joan’s lap quilt in green tones.
Sherry made this fun star pattern with blue scraps.
Joan’s lap quilt in fall colours.
A donation included strips left over from a log cabin quilt. Gail used a diagonal cut through strip blocks to make these fun scrappy crosses.
When your fabric is interesting – why cut it up? Ellie made this quilt from fabric that reminds us of days at the seashore.
Eileen is a master of scrappy quilts. This will keep one of our community partners warm this winter!
For the Modern Quilt lovers
Ruth loves the modern quilt style and did this fun little hanging with interesting fabrics and sashimi stitching.
Ruth liked the texture of this fabric and decided to make an intriguing whole cloth wall hanging enhanced with sashimi stitching.
Gail’s first modern improv quilt. “Improv” sounds free and easy but takes a lot of planning to get it right.
More Sparkle and Pop quilts from our workshop earlier this year.
Sherry’s version of the Sparkle and Pop quilt. A breathtaking rendition with black and grey background.
Jean chose wonderful colours for her Sparkle and Pop quilt. Gail quilted it for her.
Lydia completed her oversize Sparkle and Pop top. She used a delightful variety of white fabrics to give extra appeal to the quilt. Next step to quilt it!
Kids, kids, kids!
Joan’s preemie quilt with cute, fun fabrics.
Joan’s preemie quilt with fun kids fabrics
Joan’s preemie quilt in framed scrappy blocks.
Our prolific quilter Joan showing off one of her many quilts.
Joan’s colourful preemie quilt.
Joan’s preemie quilt in soothing aqua tones.
Joan’s preemie quilt in aqua with yellow for a little ‘pop’..
Joan’s preemie quilt in pinks.
Joan’s preemie quilt in blues.
So many animals! Ellie made this whole cloth quilt instead of cutting through these delightful animals.
The purple heart was a practice block for another quilt. Ellie made this the centerpiece of this marvelous play quilt.
Ellie’s pinwheels in orange tones to brighten a kids day!
A very cute panel quilt by Ellie.
What fun remembering the Hungry Caterpillar stories with this panel quilt by Ellie.
Ellie made this striking hourglass quilt.
Ellie put together wonderful colour for this play quilt.
What a fun way to use a panel of giraffes. Brenda stitched and quilted this for the child of a friend.
Knitted items were shown too.
Freda enjoys knitting and these wonderful fidget muffs are some of her handiwork.
When not making fidget muffs Fred knits toques. She made twirly tassels for these ones.
Between sewing projects Brenda and Suzanne knitted up these marvelous toques. Suzanne is getting very comfortable with her new ‘knitting gear’.
All in all we had a very productive summer!
Midsummer Arts Dream 2022
Gail made “Loon Rising” for this year’s show and was pleased to be awarded first place in the textile category. The Adjudicator said “A bold powerful image with eye catching pattern and detail. Meticulous skillful workmanship is displayed in this creative artistic piece.”
Gail likes to try new techniques in her pieces. She was inspired by works she saw at Quilt Canada to make the oval marks on the loons back with individual applique pieces. The reflection is made with free form curved piecing. Other techniques include thread painting and the dragonflies are stitched onto sheer fabric with wash away stabilizer for semi transparent wings.
Aster Place
The new supportive housing on Bridgeport Road is finally open. The delay allowed us to complete quilts for every bed. A few pillows were made reusing fabric scraps and some shopping bags too. Ten members and friends of TAGOR participated in making these items. Bev, Brenda, Corisande, Gail, Jean, Joan, Moreen, Sherry, Sylvia, Suzanne. Beth and Eileen also made quilts but with the delay they were sent to other partners with more immediate needs.
Bed topper quilts
Bed topper quilts
Bed topper quilts
Reusable Shopping Bags
Pillows stuffed with fabric scraps
Culture Days and Richmond Museum
Two events gave us opportunities to showcase our work:
At Culture Days we invited people to experience the art of quilting. Visitors traced their hands to make hand applique patterns. These will go on the Sudoku quilt when it is sewn together.
The new exhibit at the Richmond Museum includes a quilt made by Beth. “The Arts Live Here” explores how the arts speak to us, connect us, and give us unique ways to understand ourselves, our communities and our city.
Kudos to our visitor on Lydia’s left who got the Sudoku solved.
Sudoku with visitors hand prints added
Beth made this wonderfully colourful quilt “Jean’s Diamond’s” from the Crafty Quilter blog.
The Season of Creation
One of our guild members, Gail Newell, has designed and created a number of art pieces with birds and flowers over the past several years as she has honed her craft. Some of these have won awards in local shows. She is also a member of St. Anne’s Anglican Church near No 1 Rd and Francis. They are currently displayed in the sanctuary of the church to help celebrate the season of creation until the first Sunday of October. The seven wall hangings of various sizes are: “Loon Rising”, “Kingfisher”, “Pileated Parent”, “Chickadee”, “Columbine”, “Japanese Spring” and “Alpine Memory”.
For the observant and curious: The unusual number of backpacks in front of the altar are waiting to be blessed and distributed to school children in need of packs and supplies for school.
Techniques used in these hangings include raw edge applique, free form curved piecing, thread painting, Ricky Tim’s convergence piecing and free motion & machine quilting.
Family Day at London Farm
Artists from around Richmond were invited to display their art at London Farm on Family Day. Freda, Lynda, Ruth and Sherry took samples of our quilts and other works to display and talk about with visitors.
Picture by Gerry
Quilt Canada 2022
Several of our members enjoyed the displays at Quilt Canada. This year all the BC guilds were invited to showcase their talents. We had two quilts displayed, both TAGOR group projects.
Original design by 12 TAGOR members to celebrate our diversity of artistic talents & projects and our fair city of Richmond.
Ruth at Quilt Canada next to her modern block remembering Richmond as the site of the first powered flight in western Canada.
Our Canadian Bookcase. Created with 150 Canadian Authors names to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday in cooperation with the library and with public input for authors names and icons. See the video of its making in our video gallery.
Stephanie Phillips, Sherman Jen Research Chair at Kwantlen Polytechnic University gave us an interesting and informative presentation of leading edge work in textiles to move to a more sustainable future. We learned not just about recycling current textiles but how science is being employed to create fabrics that can be more easily recycled yet have the properties we all enjoy. Stephanie also talked about building local industry to reduce our carbon footprint.
Textile Arts Guild of Richmond (TAGOR) 