What Kinds of Events and Activities Does Lions Gate Quilters Guild Offer?

Lions Gate Quilters Guild runs a recurring mix of business meetings, full-day sewing events, casual stitching sessions, and monthly guild meetings with a program. Most events require registration or are tied to membership, and the guild publishes a monthly calendar so members can plan ahead. If you are deciding whether to join, the event list below shows what a typical month looks like.

Regular Event Types

Executive Meeting

A monthly evening meeting for the guild's executive. It appears on the public calendar but is an organizational meeting rather than a member activity.

Newsletter Submissions Deadline

A monthly deadline for content going into the member newsletter. The newsletter is then emailed to all members later in the month.

COPS Day

A full-day event, listed as 9:00am–4:00pm in the September calendar. Registration and details live on the COPS page of the website. This is one of the guild's larger sewing-day formats.

Community Quilts SEWcial Day

A full-day sewing event, listed as 9:30am–4:00pm. Registration and details are on the Community Quilts page. As the name suggests, the focus is on making quilts for community purposes.

Slow Stitch Session

A two-hour afternoon session (2:00–4:00pm) held at St Andrew's & St Stephen's. This is a lower-intensity, hand-stitching style gathering rather than a full sewing day.

Guild Meeting

An evening meeting (7:30pm) at St Andrew's & St Stephen's, held the same day as the Slow Stitch session. Each meeting includes a program — for example, an Open Microphone session themed "What I did this summer," where members bring summer projects and stories to share. Meetings also carry practical reminders, such as returning library books borrowed earlier in the year.

Block of the Month (BOM)

A recurring participation activity rather than a scheduled event. Members make blocks from a published pattern (the June BOM was the Sweet Treat), bring them to the next guild meeting, and each block entry earns one ticket in a draw. At the end of the meeting, the winner or winners take all the blocks home.

What a Typical Month Looks Like

Other Events and External Activities

The guild also points members to events run by other groups. The September calendar lists Hands Across the Water on October 3, hosted by Sunshine Coast Quilters Guild in Sechelt, with information available on that guild's website. So the calendar is not limited to Lions Gate's own programming.

How to Take Part

• Check the calendar first. The guild publishes monthly calendar details and notes that members should return to the website to check event details and dates, since these are updated.
• Register where required. COPS Day and Community Quilts SEWcial Day both direct you to their own pages for registration and details — these are not drop-in events.
• Membership matters. Registration for the 2026/27 membership year is open, and the Membership page or the direct registration form is where you sign up. Member benefits are part of what the guild offers alongside the events.
• Bring something to show. Guild meetings include programs like the Open Microphone session, so bringing current projects is part of participating.
• Join the BOM loop. Make blocks from the current pattern and bring them to the next meeting to enter the draw.

Quick Answers

Are events open to non-members? The calendar is public, but registration and details for COPS Day and Community Quilts SEWcial Day sit behind their own pages, and membership registration is handled separately. Check those pages before assuming you can simply show up.

How often do events happen? The pattern is monthly, with several activities clustered in the same week — for example, the September calendar packs the executive meeting, newsletter deadline, COPS Day, newsletter email, SEWcial Day, Slow Stitch, and the guild meeting into a single month.

Where do I find dates? On the guild website's calendar, which the guild asks members to revisit for updated event details and dates.