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Learn the ins and outs of quilting with our expert, experienced, and enthusiastic instructors!
We offer classes for novices and seasoned quilters alike - there’s always something to learn, and any time spent in the company of fellow fibre lovers is always well spent.
Classes for the FALL 2026 Classes starting in SEPTEMBER 2026 are being worked on ! Registration - when ready, can be done in the store as there is paperwork you will need for your class. Sign up for our newsletter, or follow us on Facebook!
What do you need to take for every class? THE KEY BASIC: A sewing machine in good working order, as the store cannot supply one (and your machine manual if possible, for trouble-shooting). For quilting classes: cutting mat, ruler, rotary cutter, pins. The supply list for the class will tell you what else you need for that specific one.
Key Registration Fee Information (you will receive a more detailed handout when you register): Full, non-refundable payment is required for registration. If you must withdraw, you can send someone in your place. If a class must be cancelled, you will receive a full fee refund. Do not buy patterns, fabric, supplies etc. until five days before the class, as these are not refundable when a class is cancelled. We do not call our customers with a reminder for the class. We will only call you - 5 days before - if the class is cancelled. Please make sure you have ALL THE SUPPLIES you need for the Class as the Store may not be opened at the time of your class and the Instructor will NOT be able to help you with anything you may need, as she is busy teaching the class.
Note: The minimum age to take a class is 17 years of age.
FALL Classes 2026
Beginner’s Quilting
Our ever-popular and – if we say so ourselves – excellent Beginner’s Class is offered at the start of every season in September and January.
In it, you will be guided by an expert teacher and experienced quilter Hazel Wainwright to learn everything you need to know for future quilting projects: fabric choice; accurate cutting; piecing and pressing; design aspects; layering, quilting and binding.
Hazel has taught this course for many years. She has superb problem-solving advice for practically every issue a beginner encounters. The class always starts on a Saturday, continues the following Friday evening, and finishes the next day (Saturday). This format gives students adequate time to learn and hone their skills by completing a baby quilt from start to finish, from choosing fabric to the final stitches on the binding. You will be so proud of what you can accomplish!
Beginner’s Quilting
Instructor: Hazel Wainwright
Saturday, September 19 2026, 9.30am-4:30, Friday 25, 2026, 6:30-9:30 pm, and Saturday, September 26 , 2026 9.30 am-4:30 pm
COST: $150 plus GST (plus supplies and fabric; must have your own sewing machine and know how to use it)
Always wanted to try quilting? This class is for you. You will find out all about the neat tools quilters use. You will learn to make a quilt from start to finish in class. You only need a sewing machine, in good working order with which you are familiar and a few basic precision tools to start. Pattern will be provided.
PERCY THE PENGUIN
Instructor: Marilyn Moran
DATE: Friday, November 20, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, and Saturday, November 21, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
COST: $90.00
This adorable pattern from Krista Moser is easy to make and so, so cute! Using her 60 degree rule, we will learn how to cut diamonds and create a mini masterpiece that can be a wall hanging or a baby quilt. Percy finishes at 42” x 48”. We will talk about ways to increase the size as well. Chances are very good that you already have the diamond ruler, so come on down to the Quilted Raven and let’s create a Percy.
Prerequisite: beginner quilting class or equivalent
Pattern purchase and the 60-degree ruler mini or regular
THE ELENA QUILT
Instructor: Hazel Wainwright
DATE: Friday, October 2, 6:30 pm — 9:30, and Saturday, October 3 pm, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
COST: $90 (plus supplies)
You can choose to make this quilt in baby, lap or twin size. Use anywhere from 2 to 24 coordinating fabrics for your blocks, add a background fabric and one for the little cornerstones. You will learn to make half-square triangle blocks in an easier way than in the pattern and to sew accurately with bias edges. Check out the two lap-size samples in the store which are made using very different fabric choices. Kits are available for the Seth Apter version '.
*Pre-requisite beginner class or equivalent, pattern purchase required.
PLOVER BAG
INSTRUCTOR: KATHY YURRIS
DATE: Tuesday November 3 and Wednesday November 4 - 6:30pm to 9:30pm
COST: $60.00 (Plus pattern & supplies)
Easy and fun to make, these bags come in three sizes and are perfect for storing and carrying make-up, sewing supplies, tech gear and much more!
Internal divided mesh pockets keep thing organized . Optional internal two zippered pockets available to make too.
Pattern, hardware, fabric purchase required
FA LA LA FOREST TABLE RUNNER
DATE: Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28 - 6.30pm to 9:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Hazel Wainwright
COST: $60 (plus supplies and pattern)
This lovely winter/Christmas table runner has 4 large trees and 10 mini trees. Make it in traditional colours or go wild like the pattern. Make all trees from one or two fabrics or mix it up, the same with the background. Learn to piece unusual angles .
Pre-requisite: Beginner Class or equivalent
Pattern and supply purchase required
RETREAT BAG
Instructor: LINDA WHITFORD
DATE: Saturday, October 24, 9:30 am-4:30 pm
COST: $60.00
Designed by Janelle MacKay of Emmaline Bags. The RETREAT BAG has many uses (travel, quilt supplies, etc.) and is a favorite of bag makers everywhere.
This Class will feature the updated design to the pattern (a bonus for those who have already made it) but is still very doable for the confident beginner. You will learn how to make a two-toned bag; work with interfacing; install a zipper with metal ends; and add a metal bag label.
Don’t delay; previous class for this bag have sold out fast.
Skill level - Intermediate/Advanced
Pattern is free and must be downloaded; hardware and supplies purchase required
CHRISTMAS STAR WEAVE TABLE RUNNER
Instructor: MARY RIVERS
DATE: Friday November 6, 6:30pm to 9:30pm and Saturday, November 7, 9:30am to 4:30pm
COST: $90.00 (plus supplies & pattern)
What better way to bring in the holiday season then having a fancy new table runner. So many choices of beautiful fabrics for your home. This runner will bring warmth to your home.
Fussy cutting half square triangle, majestic mountain blocks and balancing star points are a few techniques are being taught.
Pattern download purchase required. Fabric and supplies extra.
Pre-requisite: Beginner Class or equivalent
MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS WALL HANGING OR ADVENT CALENDAR
INSTRUCTER: MARY RIVERS
DATES: Thursday November 12, Tuesday November 17 and Wednesday November 18 - 6:30pm to 9:30pm
COST: $90.00
“Merry Little Christmas’ is a very versatile piece, it can be used as a wall hanging, advent calendar, table topper, or a quilt. As an advent calendar it can be your perfect countdown to Christmas with some little hidden treasures.
Enjoy making this lovely piece to add to your decor it is perfect for both adults and children
Pattern is FREE and must be downloaded. Supply purchase is required, and rulers are optional
Pre-requisite: Beginner Class or equivalent
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Instructors
Hazel Wainwright
My love of sewing was inherited from my granny and I have been using a sewing machine since my early teenage years. I was introduced to quilting about 20 years ago and have explored many techniques & ways of using fabric which come under the heading of “Quilting”. I have been lucky enough to participate in workshops given by national and international teachers in addition to learning new skills on my own. I have been teaching classes for over 15 years in Yellowknife and more recently in Inuvik also. I so enjoy sharing my favourite hobby with students and seeing them enjoy the process and the results as much as I do.
Quilters make great friends too!
Donna MacDonald
After moving to Yellowknife from Sydney, NS in 2000 as a dental hygienist at the Adam Dental Clinic, I became a quilter! The obsession began small: attending (reluctantly) a Quilt Guild meeting in September 2000 and winning the door prize (rotary cutter, ruler, mat). It was obviously meant to be and I signed up for my first beginner class with Hazel Wainwright. As the passion grew I honed my skills through practice and studying with numerous local, national and international fiber artists. I am particularly interested in creating art quilts and hand-dyeing fabric - I’ve taken classes in these areas at the Empty Spools Seminar (Pacific Grove, California) and the Crow Barn (Baltimore, Ohio). I also enjoy teaching: in Yellowknife for the Quilted Raven and the YK Guild of Arts and Crafts, and in Inuvik for the Quilt Guild there.
Linda Whitford
In late December 2012, my daughter Amber asked me to come down to Red Deer – to “sweatshop the quilts she needed to get finished”. While I had done a fair bit of sewing (thanks to Ms. Mansell and Hay River Home Ec), I had never seen the point of cutting perfectly good fabric into little pieces to sew it all back together again. Still, crafts of all sorts have been part of my life and other family members quilted, so why not. The group included Shona Barbour and her mom; while the girls pieced and quilted, the mom’s cut and pressed. Back at home and after some debate with myself, I bought some Walmart fabric to play with, starting with rag quilts and working up the courage to take a beginner class with Marilyn Moran. The rest is history. I am inspired by what others do and I love retreats, quilt shows, show and tell, and learning from other quilters. Sharing the “how to” of things I have learned is a way to pay forward what this quilting community has provided to me.
Marilyn Moran
Marilyn is a Certified Instructor with Quiltworx, which was started by pattern designer and quilter Judy Niemeyer, for the past 10 years. Marilyn has extensive experience in teaching quilt classes in numerous styles and techniques specializing in foundation piecing. Other than teaching classes in Yellowknife, she has also taught in cities in Canada and the USA. She was a partner in a quilt store for 8 years and is also expanding her skills as a long-arm quilter. She is an elementary school teacher in Yellowknife.
Shona Barbour
Shona Barbour is a quilter and textile artist in Yellowknife, NT. She has been quilting since 1998, after being given a beginner pattern from her godmother. Shona leans towards modern versions of traditional quilts, improv quilting techniques and loves joining online challenges and sew-alongs (SAL). Most recently Shona has been busy completing her collection of Tula Pink fabric and teaching her young niece to quilt. She is continually inspired by other Northern quilters, including her network of 8 textile friends in Yellowknife and Inuvik.
Shona was a founding member and President of the Inuvik Quilting Guild from 2006- 2017 and a previous NWT Regional Representative on the Canadian Quilters Association (CQA). She has taught classes with the Inuvik Quilting Guild, Open Sky Festival in Fort Simpson and at the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik. Shona won a CQA Judges Choice Award at the 2018 Quilt Canada. Shona tries to travel once per year to classes and workshops in other parts of Canada and regularly attends the Yellowknife Quilters classes held with out-of-town instructors.
Mary Rivers
Mary started sewing as a teenager in high school home economics class and received her first sewing machine at 15. Before moving North, she completed a Food studies and Fashion diploma. When she lived in Rae-Edzo/ Behchoko, she ordered her first quilt kit from a magazine and her passion for quilting was ignited.
Many of you may know Mary from her teaching of decorative painting to both adults and children. She was able to take this skill and paint on some of her quilts.
To improve her knowledge and skills in the quilting area, Mary has taken classes locally and from instructors while in Ontario and Alberta. In addition, she has just completed an online class, learning new techniques in applique, piecing, long arm quilting, free motion quilting and colour. Mary has an eye for colour and enjoys helping students learn new techniques.