Meetings
The Toronto Guild of Stitchery meets at
Blythwood Road Baptist Church
80 Blythwood Road
Toronto, ON
M4N 1A6
which is about half way between Eglinton Ave and Lawrence Ave, just east of Yonge St.
The Guild meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month, from September to June. If the first Thursday in September is before Labour Day, or the first Thursday in January is New Year’s Day, then the normal monthly meeting will be on the second Thursday instead.
The first meeting of the month includes a business meeting and a program. The second meeting of the month is a stitching day, where members bring their work and stitch together.
The day meeting begins at 10:00 am. The evening meeting begins at 7:00 pm.
There is parking behind the church. Please do not park on the road.
Calendar 2019–2020
| Date | Day Program | Evening Program | |
|---|---|---|---|
| September | 5 | Iris Weverman: Stitcher Exercises | See Day Program |
| 19 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| October | 3 | Carolyn Webb: Buttons TAG projects |
See Day Program |
| 17 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| November | 7 | Kim Mather: Framing heirlooms | See Day Program |
| November | 16 | Saturday stitch day with speaker: Norma Shephard, Mobile Millinery Museum | |
| 21 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| December | 5 | Christmas luncheon and gift exchange | Pot luck and gift exchange |
| 19 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| January | 2 | Lianne van Leyen: Antique Samplers | See Day Program |
| 16 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| February | 6 | Nancy Kinsman: 19C Embroidery perforated paper project |
See Day Program |
| 20 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| March | 5 | Rosemary Marchant: Dimensional Embroidery | See Day Program |
| 19 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| April | 2 | Rosemary Oliver: Environmental stitching | See Day Program |
| 16 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| May | 7 | Program: TBA | See Day Program |
| 21 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |
|
| June | 4 | Annual General Meeting and luncheon | Annual General Meeting, pot luck / show and share |
| 18 | FIFI (Find it, finish it) Stitching and socializing |
Alternate Stitching and socializing |