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September Show and Tell
We love to get together in September and show each other what we’ve been working on. Not only pictures, but also we enjoy the stories of how and why the items were made.
Inspired by the work of Julie Reuben, Anne designed this magnificent hanging. It uses triangles of Judy Robertson’s hand dyed fabric, then Finca embroidery in swirls and circles to soften and add interest to the lines.Anne ventured into the world of Sea Glass quilting with this stunning wall hanging.Anne skillfully used a bit of colour to make this striking black. white and grey quilt.Anne makes a table runner each year to take with her on a cruise. This one in an orange theme is both fun and relaxing.Barbara’s gorgeous Sashiko sampler.Barbara showed us another beautiful piece of embroidery in progress. All running stitch and embroidery floss.Barbara made a reversible quilt-as-you go for a friend. The bright corners add an appealing touch. The reverse is in soothing colours.Beth sewed up scraps to make this amazing quilt.Carol was inspired when she discovered finger labyrinths to make a replica of the one in Chartres in fabric. Beautiful and meditative! Carol’s delightful crocheted blanket in nice warm colours.Brenda’ started making magical little cat in the house blocks and ended up with a pillow.Brenda brought this vintage top in progress for us to admire and give advice on its completion.Brenda made this wonderful scrappy kids quilt in fun colours.Charlotte sewed this fascinating Blue Heron based on an Ann Shaw pattern that uses Ruth McDowell’s Piecing techniques. Charlotte ventured into the work of free motion quilting to do the background.Charlotte used the Sticks and Stones pattern to make this warm and soothing quilt.Charlotte made this beautiful Chandelier design and emphasized the chandelier blocks by quilting 1/4″ outside the diamondsCharlotte made this intriguing wall hanging using Ruth McDowell’s Piecing Workshop book.Gail was inspired by one of Moreen’s quilts to try this lovely design to use up scraps.Gail made this enchanting Lori Dickman pattern Magic Circle to use up scraps.Some beautiful blue floral fabric was donated. Too beautiful to cut into tiny pieces so Gail reengineered a HST pattern with white snowballing the larger squares and left more fabric uncut. Stippling the white makes the floral pop.Gail made this seven foot waterfall stole for the cross at St. Anne’s church to celebrate water in the Season of Creation. Gail was inspired by dragonfly fabric to make these dragonfly placematsGail repurposed 5 rectangular strata that had been assembled for a jacket into three kids quilts by adding colourful borders and fish applique.Gail repurposed 5 rectangular strata that had been assembled for a jacket into three kids quilts by adding colourful borders and fish applique.Gail repurposed 5 rectangular strata that had been assembled for a jacket into three kids quilts by adding colourful borders and fish applique.Meg’s rope bowl in charming coloursMargaret’s teddy bear quilt – carefully cut so all the bears are oriented in the same direction. A fun child’s quilt.Karen used up her batik scraps in the wonderful rainbow collageMeg’s latest stuffie is a wonderful elephant with a rosette embellished neckband.Ruth based this quilt on a tumbler pattern, but made the tumblers different widths to add more interest to the design.Ruth started with a small panel and with fabric that picks up the colours in the panel added blocks in a modern style to make this attractive quilt.A gorgeous Advent calendar made by Vickie. Her family is going to provide sweet wishes for her to open during Advent.A gorgeous preemie by Suzanne with the cutest teddy bears.Suzanne still has some monkey fabric and picked great colours to enhance the look.Another adorable monkey quilt for the newest preemie by Suzanne.
Culture Days
We had a great turnout to our Open Studio time Friday evening and Saturday morning. Quilt display and demos with interactive collage making and quilt design.
Summer fun.
And the work and fun goes on!
Show and Tell
Following our annual AGM we reward ourselves with a display of members work in person and through a slide show. We get to hear the stories of how they were made and for whom. There were almost 90 items to see. These are the ones not already shown on our website.
Charlotte finally put a pack that had been sitting in her cupboard to good use. A fun design and nifty quilting with a wavy stitch.
More from the creative minds of TAGOR members.
Banner Bags
Ever wonder about what happens to Richmond street banners when they come down? The city cleans them and offer some for sale. About 500 make their way to TAGOR who, for a small fee, turn them into tote bags that are sold in the Steston Museum and Richmond Nature Park earning them and us revenue for operations. The bags are colourful and sturdy. We also make bags for groups like Tourism Richmond for special events.
An array of bags made with Richmond street banners.
Lots of Projects – It’s been a fruitful Spring
Beauty is All Around with Kathy Wylie
Kathy gave us a wonderful presentation of her quilts inspired by natural and human made beauty. Many of her quilts and motifs are round and wonderful to look at. She showed us a unique way of creating applique patterns she calls ‘sewflakes’ as you make them like you made paper snowflakes as a child. A bonus in the talk, Kathy talked about the way she chooses colours for her quilts. You can see more of Kathy’s work here.
SewflakeKathy Wylie Butterfly-Kisses
A variety of items for our community partners.
Creative endeavours
Karen’s book bags. She used her cutter to make the cute bear applique.
More items for donations and friends
By Knitting, Sewing and Quiltingmembers are making a wonderful variety of items
Cheryl gave us many tips on how to use scraps effectively. We especially enjoyed her description of ‘Bossy’ fabrics and how to use them effectively.
More than quilts
Textile Arts is more than quilts and wall hangings. Our members like to do a variety of projects.
Show and Tell
One of our favourite parts of January is the show and tell where we get to see members recent creations and find out how they were constructed and where the ideas came from.
Marine Life group quilt resulting from Gail’s applique workshop: Quilt as you go blocks made by Anne, Beth, Eileen, Gail, Karen, Meg, Nina, Ruth, Sherry, Suzanne, Vickie. Quilt assembled by Gail.
January – getting back to our regular routine
Linda W making diamonds with HSTs and quilting 1/4 from seams to emphasize them.Linda W using up scraps in this delightful zigzag quilt.Linda W using up scraps in HSTs and showing the variety of patterns the HSTs make.
How we spent our Christmas Break
We find sewing and knitting relaxing so between times with family and friends we were creating.
Holiday Social
We had a fun social gathering and shared sandwiches and goodies as well as what people had created with teacups and in the Koi workshop.
Gorgeous creations from the Koi workshop by Karen, Brenda and Meg.
The studio activities include party preparations as well as quilting 🙂
ArtRich 2025
Three of our members have pieces in the Art Gallery as part of ArtRich 2025. The show is on until January. Only 50 pieces were selected of more than 400 entries!
Just in time for cold weather
Members have knit scarves and made more quilts at the frost descends on us.
Wonderful Presentation
Sandy Simmelink joined us on Zoom to give us great ideas about incorporating stories into our quilts for treasured family memories. She uses an amazing variety of techniques to add pictures and words to make her quilts truly memorable and memory inspiring.
Learning Together
Lynda showed members how to make a Koinobori WIndsock.
