What to expect at a meeting

Our meetings are on the second Thursday of the month, starting at 7:30pm with doors open at 7pm. We meet at St John’s Church hall, corner of Willis and Dixon streets.

If there is a change of venue this will be advertised on our website and in our monthly newsletter.

Between 7:00-7:30pm prior to the meeting:

Members pick up their name badge at the front desk, visitors sign in and pay the visitors fee.

The library is open for full financial members to use, raffle tickets are available to purchase, Block of the Months and quilts for Show and Tell can be dropped off at the front of the meeting room. Sometimes there will be fabric, thread or other notions available to purchase- assume this will be cash only.

From 7:30pm meeting start:

We typically start with our guest speakers presentation and a question period. We complete our general business portion, and draw the Block of the Month. Raffles are drawn next while the next Block is set up and is then explained to the meeting. We end with a Show and Tell of quilts.

After the meeting:

The library remains open for books to be borrowed and reserves to be picked up, classes may be taking registration or expressions of interest, the guest speaker may be available for conversation and Show and Tell items can be more closely admired.

Work nights:

Occasionally we may not have a guest speaker at our meetings. We will often have a work night instead. This is a laid back meeting focused on community. Members and visitors are encouraged to bring a piece of craft work with them. This may be knitting, crocheting, patchwork, quilting, binding etc. We work on our pieces on tables, helping one another and building a rapport.