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Date: Tuesday February 24, 2pm-4pm

Location: Creativity Lab in the Richmond Cultural Centre Annex and Zoom

Cost: Free (register at Spring 2026 TAGOR Program Registration)

About the Presentation: Do you think you can’t do scrappy because it looks too messy or you don’t have pretty scraps? In this lecture and trunk show Cheryl will show you all the pleasures of using your scraps. It starts with sorting and storing and moves on to the many, many ways to use every last piece of fabric.

About the presenter: With three active and loud kids running, on top of an incredible barking dog, Cheryl finds it amazing that she gets anything done. Her compulsion to create is fueled by that chaos. Not only does her family inspire her to be true to herself, they drive her to create. In part so that they don’t drive her crazy! Through writing, teaching, and designing she aims to inspire us as well.

Date: Tuesday March 24, 2pm-4pm

Location: In person only. St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 4071 Francis Rd, Richmond

Cost: Free (register at Spring 2026 TAGOR Program Registration)

About the Presentation: So many types of thread and needles!  This presentation helps make sense of all the different Needle and thread types with a bonus discussion of using sergers for quilting. Join Carola for a fun, tongue in cheek presentation that will make a few light bulbs come on in the room. You’ll learn to choose the correct needle and thread making the difference between bliss and misery. You’ll understand what causes thread breakage, needle breakage and skipped stitches. Carola will answer many questions including “WCarola has been learning how to quilt for the last 49 years! Yes, there is always something new to learn!

From her first scrap quilt in 1976 to her latest hands on class project for 2026, Carola can’t wait to share

her joy of discovering yet another way to use the needle and thread to make quilts and textile art.hy do my stitches look so ugly! My quilt blocks never measure up?! “

After the presentation there will be a pop-up shop open for attendees.

About the presenter: Carola has been learning how to quilt for the last 49 years! Yes, there is always something new to learn!

From her first scrap quilt in 1976 to her latest hands on class project for 2026, Carola can’t wait to share her joy of discovering yet another way to use the needle and thread to make quilts and textile art. Carola brings her many years of experience with needles and thread not only to this presentation but also in her shop “Carola’s Quilt Shop & Thread Company” in Chilliwack. 

Date: Tuesday April 28, 2pm

Location: Creativity Lab in the Richmond Cultural Centre Annex (and Zoom)

Cost: Free (register at Spring 2026 TAGOR Program Registration)

About the Presentation:

Beauty really is all around us and provides a constant source of inspiration. From wreaths to clamshells, papercut-appliqué snowflakes to medallions, you’ll see it all! This lecture focuses on designs that are circular or radiating in nature. Looking at Kathy’s quilts from the past 30 years, you will discover her ongoing fascination working with shapes that are round.

About the Presenter:

Kathy is a multiple international-award winning quilter specializing in appliqué, quilt design, domestic machine quilting and English Paper Piecing techniques. She started sewing and embroidering as a young girl, laying the foundation for the life-altering discovery of quilting two decades later. Over the past twenty-five years, quilting has grown from a hobby into a full-time creative career.

Kathy lectures and teaches all over Canada at guilds, shops, and quilt shows. Kathy has been a guest-artist in residence at The Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué Academy, a quilting cruise instructor with Quilt Seminars at Sea, a guest on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, and a frequent faculty member at Quilt Canada. Kathy is also a Canadian Quilters’ Association Certified Quilt Judge.