~ 2025 AB QSS Education Workshop ~
TRADITIONAL VARIATIONS
Alberta Quilt Study Society is pleased to present Cheryl Arkison.
Taking some familiar, dare to be said – traditional - blocks and shaking them up! Playing with improvisation, scale, and colour, we will create fun and funky alternatives to old favourites such as Churn Dash, Sawtooth and Pinwheel.
cheryl@cherylarkison.com : www.cherylarkison.com : www.quiltersplaycation.com
Sunday, January 19, 2025
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
St. Andrews Heights Community Hall
2504 13 Avenue NW, Calgary
Members: $100
Non-members: $120
Registration
TRADITIONAL VARIATIONS
Alberta Quilt Study Society is pleased to present Cheryl Arkison.
Taking some familiar, dare to be said – traditional - blocks and shaking them up! Playing with improvisation, scale, and colour, we will create fun and funky alternatives to old favourites such as Churn Dash, Sawtooth and Pinwheel.
cheryl@cherylarkison.com : www.cherylarkison.com : www.quiltersplaycation.com
Sunday, January 19, 2025
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
St. Andrews Heights Community Hall
2504 13 Avenue NW, Calgary
Members: $100
Non-members: $120
Registration
Documentation Day
- more details on the Quilt Discovery Days Tab
- Sunday February 9, 2025
- St Andrew's Heights Community Hall, Calgary, AB
- Please email to make an appointment or with any questions.
- abquiltstudy@gmail.com
Past Events
University of Alberta, Rosenberg Quilt Collection, Clothing and Textile Collection with Vlada Blinova
Cranbrook Quilters Guild History Project
Study Day
Museum Visits
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton
Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton
Education Workshop
AB QSS Membership Sit and Sew and trunk show
Silk Quilt Quilt along
Heritage Park - Festival of Quilts
We gratefully appreciate sponsorship from the following:
University of Alberta - Human Ecology, Edmonton
Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton
Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton
Heritage Park, Calgary
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Earthly Goods, Edmonton
The Alberta Quilt Study Society would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arizona Quilt Documentation Project, the Quilt Index and the Royal Alberta Museum and financial support from The Alberta Historical Resources Foundation and The Alberta Lottery Fund
University of Alberta, Rosenberg Quilt Collection, Clothing and Textile Collection with Vlada Blinova
- 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
Cranbrook Quilters Guild History Project
- 2024 - Guidance for the documentation of the history of their Guild
Study Day
- Wu and McHugh - The History of Chinese Indigo Textiles 2017
- Gail Niinimaa "Caring for Grandma’s Quilt – Or a Stitch in Time Saves Nine – practical ways to preserve your textiles" 2016
- Dr. Jennifer Salahub - Remember me when this you see - Crazy quilts dated 1887 and 1891 2015
- Lisa Erlandson - American Quilt Study Group 2014
- Lisa Erlandson - Signature Quilts 2014
- Martha Tune Lynn bed turning - family quilts 2014
- Lorraine Stangness trunk show and quilting story - 2014
- Beverly Lemire - Cotton - U of A 2014
- Dr Jennifer Salahub - Lord Grey Tapestries 2013
- Helena Perkins - Fibre research 2013
Museum Visits
- Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery & Norwegian Laft Hus Museum, Red Deer 2024
- Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer 2019
- Michener House Museum and Archives, Lacombe 2018
- Kneehill Historical Museum, Three Hills 2018
- Bowden Pioneer Museum, Bowden 2017
- Didsbury Museum, Didsbury 2017
- Museum of the Highwood, High River 2016
- Innisfail Museum and Archives, Innisfail 2016
- Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer 2016
- Mountainview Museum & Archives, Olds 2015
- Roulston Museum, Carstairs 2015
- Nose Creek Valley Museum, Airdrie 2013
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
- workshop 2013
Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton
- Bed Turning with Lucie Heins 2016
- Textile Exhibit and behind the scenes 2014
Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton
- tour 2014
Education Workshop
- Boro Bag Workshop - Katherine Murray 2023
- Manx Pleated Log cabin Workshop with quilt facing finishing technique demonstration by Linda Schmidt 2020
- Sew together bag - Judy Jess 2019
- Boro stitched piece - Therese Dale-Kunicky 2018
- Knit felted bag or purse - Melanie Rudy 2018
- Black Gold Tapestry Embroidery - Sandra Sawatzky 2018
- Applique - Kathi Ewens 2017
- Fabulous Fish with Margaret Jessop 2016
- Feedsack Shopper - Kristyne Czepuryk 2015
- History Revisited: the ancient art of Kantha Quilting with Anna Hergert 2014
AB QSS Membership Sit and Sew and trunk show
- Barb Schuler 2024
- Pam Robertson Rivet 2023
- Karin King 2022
- Melanie Rudy 2021 - outdoor presentation
- Roxanne Nelson 2019
- Trudy Cowan 2019
- Ana Buzzalino 2018
- Terry Morberg 2018
- Sandra Sawatzky 2017
- Kathi Ewen 2017
- Marie Webster presentation - Sharla Babcock 2016
- Margaret Jessop 2016
- Betty Bailey 2015
- Anna Gajewska 2014
- Dianne Sutton 2014
Silk Quilt Quilt along
- create your own masterpiece from this antique 2016
Heritage Park - Festival of Quilts
- demonstration documentation day 2014
We gratefully appreciate sponsorship from the following:
University of Alberta - Human Ecology, Edmonton
Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton
Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton
Heritage Park, Calgary
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Earthly Goods, Edmonton
The Alberta Quilt Study Society would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arizona Quilt Documentation Project, the Quilt Index and the Royal Alberta Museum and financial support from The Alberta Historical Resources Foundation and The Alberta Lottery Fund