About

Guild Meetings

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Fall and spring meetings (September to December, and April to June) at
257 John Street, Arnprior Ontario (Christian Education Centre)
Winter meetings (January, February and March) are remote via Zoom)
Parking is available on the nearby streets.
Please do not park in the adjacent church parking lot.

7 PM - 9 PM Doors open at 6:30 PM
Schedule

$5 Cash at the door

Our meetings are allergy free. Please no perfume or perfume products.
If a meeting is cancelled due to inclement winter weather, members will be notified on the day of that meeting by email and a cancellation notice will appear on the Home page by 12:30 PM.
Snacks are provided by guild members.
Please include a list of key ingredients with your snack.

Membership

We welcome new members to our guild!
Registration is open now for our 2024-2025 guild year to new and returning guild members.
Join Our Guild for 2024-2025

Objectives

The objectives of the Arnprior & District Quilters' Guild are:

To foster interest, awareness, and education in the area of quilt making
To encourage performance in the craft by providing a forum for fellowship and the exchange of experience, information, and ideas
To be involved in charity projects that benefit our communities

Activities

Our guild meetings feature interesting speakers who often show their beautiful creations, hands on activities, our very popular show-and-tell where our members share their projects with us, access to books and magazines in our library, and a break with refreshments. There are draws for door prizes and other items mentioned below. We also sell tickets for draws for a basket of quilting goodies, and a 50-50.

Members have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities and events. Some are free and some have a nominal charge.

Contribute to our charitable work including quilts that are donated to a variety of needy recipients, little "preemie" quilts for the Rich Little Special Care nursery babies at the Ottawa Hospital, Christmas stockings to go with local foodbank parcels, placemats for local Meals on Wheels recipients, and other charitable organizations.
Participate in “challenges” and various projects and activities organized by the Programs team.
Make a new block each month (block-of-the-month)
Attend workshops to learn new techniques and make interesting items
Attend guild retreats for uninterrupted, focused, fun quilting
Volunteer your quilts and your time in our biennial quilt show. Our next quilt show will be April 29-30 2023.
Meet other quilters from the area in and around Arnprior to learn from, and to share your quilting passion with
Join our members only private Facebook group

Arnprior and District Quilters' Guild

We meet monthly from September to June, usually on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 7-9 PM.
In the 2023-2024 guild year we will meet in person in the fall (September to December) and in the spring (April to June), and remotely via Zoom during the winter months (January to March).
Doors open to in person meetings at 6:30 PM. See Schedule

Who We Are

We are a group of dedicated, and talented group of quilters from Arnprior Ontario and the surrounding areas in the Ottawa Valley.

Our guild logo is the Friendship Star block, symbolizing the spirit of friendship that is always present at the Guild. Blue represents the Madawaska and Ottawa rivers in Arnprior; gold, the sunshine and fields of corn around Arnprior; brown, the acres of farmland in the area; and green, Gillies Grove and surrounding forests and trees.

Constitution

The guild is governed by its Constitution and By-Laws.

For additional information see the the Executive/Board Positions document.

Our History

To be added test