Workshops

Mystery Quilt Workshop: Diamonds are Forever

Instructor:  Carolyn Mulders and her Angels
Date and Time:  Saturday, January 24, 2026 9:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: Lighthouse Community Centre, 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay
Cost: $15.00
Maximum number of participants: 60

Supply List

Bring your own lunch and beverages.  We will have a kettle and a Keurig coffee maker.
If you want to use the Keurig to make coffee or tea, please bring your own pods (it is a Keurig 2.0).
Note: There is NO fridge available.

Registration begins at the October 20th Guild meeting.
Online registration is available October 21, 2025 and ends January 10, 2026.
To register online please use 2026 Mystery Quilt Form.
Payment is due within 5 days of registering.
E-transfer: treasurer@quilthouse.ca

Information on material requirements will be available when you sign up.
Comfort Quilts will provide a few ‘quilt kits’ which can be used for this workshop – please ask us at the workshop  table.
There will be a "Free" table - the usual rules will apply. Bring what you'd like to see go to a new home, take whatever interests you and if any of your things aren't claimed by the end of the day, take them home again.

Bio:

I started quilting in 1997 while my husband and I were living in Cold Lake, Alberta. I have been an avid quilter ever since! Now, I have my own studio and long-arm quilting machine and really enjoy sharing what I have learned over the years.

Because we moved approximately every 3 years, I have been involved with several different communities and guilds. Along the way, I have had the good fortune to be involved in many community-based teaching and group projects.

I started teaching beginner quilters in 2007 when we were stationed overseas in Belgium. I even once taught a class of Grade 3 & 4 students on how to sew small patchwork items. Through teaching, I also continue to learn.

My recent past includes Chairman of the Nanoose Quilters Group (2020 - 2022) and Co-Chair of the Parksville Workshops Committee (2021 - 2023), Vice President of the Parksville Quilt House Quilters Guild (2024) and President of the PQHQG 2024 - 2025.

Introduction to Paper Piecing Workshop

Instructor: Darlene LaCharité
Date & Time: February 7, 2026 Set up 8:30. Workshop 9 – 4.
Location: St. Mark’s Church, 138 Hoylake Road West Qualicum Beach
Cost: $30.00

Supply List

This class aims at teaching you the basics of paper piecing. On the sample, one leaf is repeated (18 times) to produce a table topper or wall hanging measuring 18 inches X 18 inches. The same fabric can be used within a leaf, as in the sample, or each leaf can be made using a variety of fabrics, making it ideal for using up scraps, if you love that look.

Registration begins at the November 17th, 2025 meeting Online Registration Begins: November 18th, 2025 and ends January 24, 2026.
To register online please use Introduction to Paper Piecing Form.
Payment is due within 5 days of registering. E-transfer:
treasurer@quilthouse.ca

Darlene LaCharité’s Bio:

Darlene has been sewing since childhood, though she focused on clothing until retiring from her job as a professor at Laval University and moving to Qualicum Beach in 2014. When she wandered into Serge & Sew, scouting out the fabric sources around Qualicum Beach, she was swept up into the world of quilting. It was love at first sight! She joined the Parksville Guild in 2014 and spent the first three years taking several courses in various aspects of quilting. The one thing that she excelled at from the outset was stash building. Over the past three years she has taught courses in paper piecing, scrap quilting and bag making.

Looking Forward

March 14, 2026

DiAnne Hill
Mesh Bag
St. Mark’s Church, 138 Hoylake Road, Qualicum Beach, BC

April 18, 2026

Carolyn Mulders
Ribbon Candy Bargello
St. Mark’s Church, 138 Hoylake Road, Qualicum Beach, BC

Cancellation Policy:

If you would like to withdraw from a workshop, please submit written notice via e-mail to workshops@quilthouse.ca at least five business days before the workshop begins to be eligible for a refund (less a $10 administration fee). We cannot offer refunds for cancellations received less than five days before a workshop begins. Workshop fees of $10 or less are non-refundable unless the workshop is cancelled.