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York Heritage Quilters Guild strives to preserve the heritage of quiltmaking as a craft and art form. Membership is open to all who are interested in quilts!

Our members promote learning, sharing and workmanship with each other and with the community.

08/18/2026

In March, we look forward to welcoming Teresa Duryea-Wong for an online only meeting via Zoom.

Go back in time, to a fascinating point in Japan’s history when cotton & indigo – two epic plants – forever changed Japan’s textile world. Meet the masters who are preserving the old traditions of indigo dyeing and meet the quilters who have dedicated their quiltmaking to working with antique cotton. Learn the stories behind traditional cotton textiles such as kasuri, katazome and kimono cloth and how a handful of Japanese weavers are continuing these traditions into the 21st century. Go inside Japan’s esteemed textile printing mills and hear why the finest quilting cotton in the world is currently printed in Japan.

Teresa will also provide a sneak peak into her newest book on Kawaii Applique Quilts from Japan, based on a Japanese culture of cuteness so pervasive it has its own name, and now means almost anything cool, beautiful or nice and has influenced a new genre of quilts.

Website: TeresaDuryeaWong.com

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For our full programming schedule, new or renewal memberships, and more information about York Heritage Quilter’s Guild, please visit https://yhqg.org

08/17/2026

In February we will be welcoming Lisa Hofmann-Maurer as our guest speaker. This will be a zoom only meeting.

Part trunk show, part slide show, and part story hour, this lecture contains her life history for the past decade in patchwork and quilting. This lecture focuses on her path to becoming a professional in the patchwork and quilting industry.

Lisa will discuss the progression of her work and show a lot of her quilts! She’ll share information on design inspiration and discuss some quilting highs and lows along her journey.

Website: Sewwhatyoulove.com

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Full details of our programming line-up, new and renewal memberships, and guest passes, please visit https://yhqg.org

08/14/2026

In January, we’ll be welcoming guest speaker Linda Diak. This will be online only, with the Zoom meeting commencing with Linda’s lecture at 7pm, followed by our AGM. The latter is members only.

Linda creates quilts to give voice to the animals in our world, speak to a moment in time and honor the people and places in our lives. She will entertain and inspire us with her trunk show of work, detailing her pieces and methods.

Website: LindaDiakQuilts.com

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For more information about our full programming line-up, memberships, guest passes, and more, please visit https://yhqg.org

08/11/2026

In November, YHQG are welcoming guest speaker Valerie Prideaux to talk about her tumbler block quilts. This is a hybrid meeting, hosted at Toronto Botanical Gardens (777 Lawrence Ave E @ Leslie) and streamed on Zoom for members unable to attend in person. Meeting begins at 7pm.

In “Taking a Tumbler”, Valerie will talk about this one block shape, and endless ways to play with color & design! If you were drawn to quilting because you love color and fabric, then single-block quilts are a perfect way to jump right in!

Website: cozyfunkycool.com

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More information about our full programming line up, new and renewal memberships, and guest passes are all available at our website,

https://yhqg.org

08/09/2026

In October, we look forward to welcoming Sandy Lindal. This is a hybrid meeting hosted at Toronto Botanical Gardens and streamed to our Zoom audience members.

For full details on our programming, activities, and to join or renew membership, please visit https://yhqg.org

Sandy, a former pattern maker/stylist and clothing manufacturer, found her passion when she discovered quilting. She quickly developed her skills into a thriving long-arm quilting business.

Sandy’s trunk show called “Confessions of a Scrapaholic” will take you through a light-hearted journey of quilting with friends and features approximately 45 quilts. She is currently working on a series of quilts and workshops attempting to modernize old stash. This is a very popular concept with guilds and quilters alike, as we all have too much old stash. Sandy loves to encourage quilters to use up and think about their stash in a whole new way.

During covid she ventured out and added BOM Designer to her portfolio and has 2 guild run BOM programs on the market. Sandy recently had a sold out trunk show at Quilt Canada, which confirms her belief that many quilters want to win the stash battle!

Blog: Scrappygalquiltco.wordpress.com

Instagram: Scrappygalquilts

Etsy: ScrappyGalQuiltCo

08/07/2026

For our September meeting, YHQG member Jeannie Jenkins will inspire us with her beautiful quilts! Jeannie has been quilting for more than 25 years but has been sewing most of her life. She designs and makes quilts, longarm quilts part-time, and loves modern quilts.

Website: Jeanniejenkins.wordpress.com

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The in-person meeting will be held September 15th, 2026, at 7pm at the Toronto Botanical Gardens (777 Lawrence Ave E @ Leslie). Those who can not make it in person are welcome to join us online via Zoom for the streaming of the live meeting.

More info, including new and renewal memberships can be found at https://yhqg.org

08/04/2026

This year, Virtual Tuesday will be a "Nesting Robin" that will run for the entirety of the 2026-2027 guild season. The Zoom kick off will be September 8, 2026. Each month, on the second Tuesday, we will have a casual Zoom meet up, (for guild members only) where we will pick the prompts for the next portion of the "You Do You" nesting round robin. You can enjoy a slideshow of members' progress and discuss your design ideas.

With a Nesting Round Robin, you make blocks based on the prompt, in your own time, in your own space. You have complete control over the design, colours. fabrics etc., and the quilt never leaves your home. Everyone makes their own blocks/quilt and shares their ideas and progress with the group.

Have questions? Here is a brief FAQ:
1. What if I don't like the prompts? - Change them or skip them altogether
2. What size will it be finished? That will be a surprise for all of us, you are the designer
3. How do I start? The prompts are intended to be a suggestion, sometimes it helps to have design boundaries.
4. What happens at the end? You have a finished quilt top, or maybe even a quilt!
5. I can't decide what to do? Ask the group, we always have opinions

See you September 8th!

UPDATE: the retreat is now SOLD OUT. Thank you to everyone who signed up. To be added to the waitlist please email YHQ...

08/03/2026

UPDATE: the retreat is now SOLD OUT. Thank you to everyone who signed up. To be added to the waitlist please email [email protected]

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As of August 1st, non-members can sign up for YHQG’s Daylight retreat.

The retreat takes place October 16th and 17th, 2026 at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, Toronto, ON.

For full informational and to sign up for the retreat, please visit https://yhqg.org

07/02/2026

We have an amazing line up of speakers scheduled for next guild year. Our in person meetings are held at Toronto Botanical Gardens (777 Lawrence Ave E at Leslie) on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm. All of our in-person meetings are hybrid, streamed over Zoom. January, February, and March meetings are exclusively online.

New and renewal memberships can be purchased in our website at https://yhqg.org/membership-information/

06/28/2026

Reminder that our joint meeting with Toronto Modern featuring guest speaker Jo Avery happens TODAY. Meeting will open at 1:30 for WIP and Welcome, followed by Jo’s lecture at 2pm.

This is a Zoom only event, and zoom links were sent out June 20th and a reminder email with link was sent yesterday, June 27th. Please check those inboxes!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Address

777 Lawrence Avenue East
Toronto, ON
M3C1P2

Website

http://www.yhqg.org/

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