Workshops
Domestic Machine: Free Motion Feathers
Instructor: Deb Morrissey
Date & Time: November 15, 2025, Set up 8:30. Workshop 9 – 4.
Location: St. Mark’s Church, 138 Hoylake Road West Qualicum Beach
Cost: $69 (includes handout)
This class is for students with free motion experience - having an understanding and experience in free motion quilting will allow for the most beneficial learning experience. We will get right to work to practice the ins and outs of feathers - the idea is to expand your repertoire of quilting ideas and get you confident in quilting feathers. It is a busy and fun class! We will work on 5 feather plumes - single, bump-back, curly, fern and molar/heart. Feathers are so versatile. I will show you how to work in different spaces, create new looks with details and echoing, and many more ideas of how-to free motion and use feathers in any project. Included with the class are 3 sets of detailed handouts and instructions on how to create the runner (photos included here) - the runner showcases all the types of feathers you will learn in class and is something for you to look forward to creating once you have had practice.
Skill Level: confident intermediate
Maximum number of participants: 20, minimum 15.
Registration begins September 15th, 2025 at the Guild meeting.
Online Registration Begins September 16, 2025 and ends November 1st, 2025.
To register online please use the Free Motion Feathers form.
Payment is due within 5 days of registering.
E-transfer: treasurer@quilthouse.ca
Deb Morrissey’s Bio:
It has been 20 years since I started my totally unplanned quilting journey! In the spring of 2004, I pieced my first quilt (a queen-sized Yellow Brick Road) in five days and was hooked. I started working at Huckleberry’s in July of that year and I remember being so fearful of anyone asking me questions on my first day. I quickly learned the many aspects of quilting and was teaching within five months of starting my job. My background was a primary teacher, so I suppose the organizational skills transferred to quilting classes. I’ve taught many different classes over the past 19 years and always like to challenge myself. Hence, I also learned to ruler quilt – I remember not having resources when I started so I was a challenge for me to figure out the ins and outs of how to use rulers, but I found the biggest learning curve was how to move a ruler with the fabric and not veer off the ruler foot. The key to any quilting – free motion or ruler work – is to make sure you take the time to practice! The detailed hand out will make it easy to reference ideas for your projects (or to refresh your memory of what we did in class!)
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 Beach, BC
Cost: $15.00
Maximum number of participants: 60
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.
Looking Forward
February 7, 2026
Darlene LaCharité
Beginning Paper Piecing: Fall Leaves
St. Mark’s Church, 138 Hoylake Road, Qualicum Beach, BC
March 14, 2026
DiAnne Hill
Beach 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
Ideas for topics can be shared with anyone on the workshop committee or sent to workshops@quilthouse.ca
Susan P. and Joyce M.
Workshops Committee Chairs