Westshore Quilters' Guild

​Workshops





Sisterhood Quilt with Shar Lyseng
June 26 (Friday) 9:30 - 2:30 at COTA                        Cost $25














Shar will guide you through the process of making a beautiful quilt using ½ square triangles and rectangles. 


Cutwork Snowflake with Kathy Wylie
September 25, 2026 (Friday) 9:30 - 3:30 at COTA      Cost Pending

















Learn how to create the look of heirloom cutwork by machine in a fraction of
the normal time. There are four options to choose from: 
*Lacy Snowflake,
*Glittery Snowflake,
*Snowflake Quilt Block
*Stained Glass Snowflake. 

Please check out Kathy's website at https://kathykwylie.com/workshops/





 

                                 Woven Ribbon Star or Hopscotch Quiltworx with Julie Faulkner

                                                October 22, 2026 (Thursday)  COTA  12:00-4:00   $20 + $22 for the pattern

 

                                     This is a four- hour workshop where Julie will introduce you to the technique of paper piecing. 

                                     Both patterns have only one block to piece.

                                                                              - Woven Ribbon Star is 30X30  

                                                                              - Hopscotch is either 24x24 or 30x30

 

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Twister Table Runner with Cathy Newman
October 31, 2026 (Saturday) 9:30 - 2:30 at COTA        Cost $25



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​​​​​​​Make an easy pinwheel table runner using the Twister quilting ruler and 5” squares. 
There will be extra rulers at the workshop, so if you don’t have one, no problem. 
This opens the door to doing a quilt using 10” squares and using the larger ruler. 

 

 

 

 

Introduction to Free-Motion Quilting with Julie Plotniko
November 27, 2026 (Friday) 9:30-2:30 at COTA            Cost $50

A great class if you would like to try free-motion quilting.  The class includes correct body positioning, machine tension, correct needle, thread and design combinations.  You will create samplers of loops, spirals, stars, flowers, stippling and hearts with a focus on stitch length, tension and comfort with stitching in all directions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration and Payment

 

 

If you are interested in attending any of the above workshops, please e-mail Lynne Potts (lmpotts@shaw.ca) to register.  Payment can be made by sending an e-transfer to the treasurer (wqgtreasurer@gmail.com). Registration will not be completed without payment.

Ideas for Future Workshops

If you have any ideas regarding future workshop topics or would like to volunteer to teach a workshop, please contact Lynne Potts (wqgworkshops@gmail.com)


We thank all our wonderful workshop leaders for helping us expand our skills!