We meet once a month from September to June, on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Currently our meetings are held via Zoom
- Campbell River Community Center
- 401 11th Avenue Campbell River
- Meetings start at 7 p.m
Our Bee Days are held once a month, on Saturdays at the Masonic hall in Campbell River. Currently all Bee Day Meetings are being held on ZOOM
The best way to learn more about our guild is to attend one of our meetings. You will have numerous opportunities to learn, create, and meet fellow quilters. Guests are always welcome, take a look around to see what we are doing.
Contact us
- Campbell River Friendship Quilters Guild
- PO Box 653
- Campbell River, BC
- V9W 6J3
Guild History
Since its inception in 1994, the Campbell River Friendship Quilters Guild has grown from 23 members to a current membership of 65 (and counting). As the name implies, the founding members envisioned a group built on friendship as well as on a love of quilting. The carefully chosen name remains true to the hope and vision of these original quilters.
All members are encouraged to sew a friendship star that is added to the guild's Member Quilt. Members sign their name and the year they joined on their quilt squares.
Friendship has expanded to other quilting guilds along the West Coast. The guild is yearly involved with Hands Across the Water, a day or two event aimed at celebrating, studying and learning the art of quilting.
Over the years, the guild has had a strong interest in donating quilted items to various community organizations and we continue that tradition.
Besides having regular displays of our ongoing work at local venues (the museum, the art gallery, the Tidemark Theatre), the guild has hosted several very successful quilt shows.
- 2017 Hands Across the Water
- 2012 Hands Across the Water
- 2005 Quilt Show As Time Goes By
- 2002 Quilt Show Hearth and Home
- 1999 Quilt Show Quilting up a Storm
Education has been a priority for the guild, hosting many workshops with talented instructors from many corners of the world.
Ever since a guild member designed the very distinctive logo, many adaptations have been created. This versatile logo now appears on guild pins, on pottery mugs made by a talented guild member and embroidered onto various clothing items. Imagination will continue to find exciting ways to communicate quilting at it's finest.