Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild

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Monthly Meetings

The OVQG holds a monthly meeting from September through June. Meetings can be attended both in-person or using Zoom, except for winter meetings (January, February, and March) which are held using Zoom only.

Guest speakers for upcoming meetings are listed in the meeting calendar at the bottom of the page.

Meeting Details

Date

  • The 2nd Monday of the month. (If a statutory holiday,
    an alternate day will be announced.)

Time

  • 7:30 PM (social time starts at 7:00 PM)

Location

  • Riverside United Church, 3191 Riverside Drive, Ottawa.
    (click to open map) Ample free parking is available.

Guest Admission

  • $8.00

Meeting Cancellation

  • If there is a last minute cancellation due to inclement weather or any other reason, we will send members an email and post it on Twitter and Facebook.

Standard Meeting Agenda

Announcements

  • Get the latest news from the guild leadership.

Guest Speaker

  • Hear about a different topic each month, presented through slide shows and/or samples of their work,
    which offer both knowledge and inspiration.

Shop of the Month (in-person meetings only)

  • A different quilting-related shop brings items
    for demonstration and purchase each month.

Prize Draws

  • Win a prize by donating a quilted item, or just by being at the meeting.

Show and Tell

  • Show off your treasures and see the work of others.

How to Attend the Monthly Meeting

OVQG members

  • Members automatically receive a meeting invitation for all meetings by email at 4 PM the day before the meeting. The email includes the Zoom link and passcode for the meeting.
  • New members must be confirmed 24 hours before the meeting to ensure they receive the invitation.
  • Members who are logged in can also obtain the Zoom link and passcode from the Zoom events calendar.

Registered guests

  • If attending in person, simply register at the door and pay the guest fee. (cash only)
  • If attending using Zoom, you must register at least 24 hours in advance to ensure you receive a meeting invitation email. Select the desired meeting from the meeting calendar below, click on the blue "Register" button, and pay the guest fee. (e-transfer only)

Sponsored guests

  • Guild members are entitled to one monthly meeting guest pass each year, which allows a non-member to attend a meeting for free.
  • To redeem their guest pass, the member should email membership@ottawavalleyquiltersguild.org at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Be sure to include: the member's name, the guest's name and email address, and the date of the desired meeting.
  • The Membership co-ordinator will add the guest's name to that meeting's guest list and email a meeting invitation to the guest. The guest can then attend the meeting in person or via Zoom, just like members do.

Notice of Filming and Photography

OVQG meetings are held in an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By becoming a guild member and/or attending the meeting in person, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction. If you have concerns about this policy, you are advised to attend meetings on Zoom with your camera turned off.

Meeting Calendar

The calendar below provides information about the scheduled guest speaker for upcoming monthly meetings.
Be sure to click each entry's "Show details" link for a complete description of their presentation.

For more information, contact the Presentations Coordinator.

    • 14 Sep 2026
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Riverside United Church & Zoom
    Register
    AnnMarie Rowland (www.annmarierowland.com) comes to us from Owen Sound, Ontario and will present her Pieces of Time Musical Trunk Show. She will be bringing a large selection of quilts to share with our guild and will also perform some folk songs she wrote as she tells the story of her mother and her beautiful, treasured one-of-a-kind quilts (all hand pieced and hand quilted from the WWI era). The program is interactive with fun opportunities to sing along!
    • 19 Oct 2026
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Riverside United Church & Zoom
    Register

    We welcome our own quilt guild's Krista Zaleski, featuring her Bonnie Hunter quilts. Krista has been quilting for over 20 years and is a self-described addict to Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilts. She will present a trunk show and discussion of her quilting journey, specifically around quilts designed by Bonnie Hunter (www.quiltville.com).

    • 09 Nov 2026
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Riverside United Church & Zoom
    Register

    Monika Henry of Penny Spool Quilts (www.pennyspoolquilts.com) comes to us from neighbouring Carleton Place, Ontario and will be presenting A Planner’s Adventures in Improv. Monika will take us on her journey to improvised quilting as someone who once insisted that improv gave her hives. She will detail how she developed a simple, structured approach to “planned improv” quilting to overcome that feeling of being overwhelmed. Sharing a number of quilts, she will also show us how leftovers from past projects may become intentional and playful improvised mini quilts.

    • 14 Dec 2026
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Riverside United Church & Zoom
    Register

    Once again we welcome a member of OVQG to share with us a trunk show of her delightful quilts. Billie is an accomplished sewing instructor, quilter and has an embroidery group where she shares techniques with OVQG members. Billie has great experience teaching sewists of all skill levels quilting, embroidery and other sewing related crafts. We welcome her as she shows us some of her projects illustrating her adventures in sewing. Billie can be found (www.goodiders.com).

    • 11 Jan 2027
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Zoom
    Register
    We are pleased to welcome Cheryl Arkison (www.cherylarkison.com) from Calgary, Alberta. Cheryl started quilting at the age of 23 and went on to become a well known and respected teacher, writer, and designer of quilts enjoying spreading the gospel of improv. She has published three books, is raising 3 children, is running a business and has still managed to travel to many exciting places to teach and has been a judge at the Modern Quilt Guild’s Show: Quilt Con. She is a very busy lady and we are fortunate to have her here on Zoom to share How to Become a 5 Star Quilter.
    • 08 Feb 2027
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Zoom
    Register
    This month we welcome Emilie Trahn (www.emilietrahn.com) from Joliette, Quebec. By day, Emilie is a palliative care physician and in her spare time she is a self-taught quilter who started quilting in 2013. Grounded in the roots of the origins of quilting and because of environmental concerns, her quilts are all made of upcycled fabrics such as bed sheets, shirts, scraps, tablecloths, etc., as well as upcycled batting such as flannel sheets, and blankets, essentially making new with the old. She combines the language and poetry of colours to create her unique pieces. Emilie will present to us her lecture Quilt as You Grow.
    • 08 Mar 2027
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Zoom
    Register
    This month we welcome the owner of Chatterbox Quilts (www.chatterboxquilts.com) who will present her lecture on How to Wrangle Scraps. Kim lives in Calgary, Alberta and has been featured in international quilting publication, been a guest speaker on several quilting podcasts and is also a YouTube influencer creating quilting and sewing videos on her Chatterbox Quilts’ channel. Kim has also been a Janome Canada Artisan since 2016 and enjoys creating quilting and embroidery projects to spread the Janome love. She believes that quilting is more than stitching an accurate ¼” seam, that chocolate is an essential quilting tool, and that “practice makes improvement” and you are improving with every quilt you make.
    • 12 Apr 2027
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Riverside United Church & Zoom
    Register
    This month we are happy to welcome Tamara Kate (www.tamarakatedesign.com). Tamara spent her youth growing up in the Caribbean and later returned to Canada where she lives in Montreal, Quebec. She will delight us with her lecture, A Peek into the World of Fabric Design. Tamara will talk of her creative journey within the worlds of fabric design and quilt making and share information on her 9 years (and counting) in the industry: how she got the gig, the process from idea to printed fabric, how she designs, her sources of inspiration, and many other tidbits she’s gathered during the makings of her 15+ collections. All this while showing samples from the processes and of course, lots and lots of quilts.

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