Joan Hug-Valeriote, Canadian Art Quilter
Quilting & Fibre Art by Joan
Joan Hug-Valeriote is an award-winning quilt/fibre artist, longarm quilter, film-maker and Studio Teacher. She is a recognized Ontario Artist who was subsidized by the Ontario Arts Council as a Visiting Artist in Education and taught quilting as an art form in Ontario schools for more than ten years. An artist member of Studio Art Quilt Associates, she also provides longarm quilting services in Guelph, Ontario.
She creates landscapes, abstracts and textile adaptations from photographs along with art quilts and modern bedquilts on her Innova M24 longarm quilting machine.
Art Quilts Galleries
Member of York Heritage Quilters’ Guild, Royal City Quilters’ Guild, Canadian Quilters’ Association, France Patchwork and Studio Arts Quilt Associates.
A ONE-DAY FESTIVAL IN GUELPH’S GROOVIEST NEIGHBOURHOOD, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2024
‘The Ward’: the unique and historic part of Guelph bordered by Elizabeth, Victoria, and the Eramosa River has become a vibrant and creative centre for artists and innovators.
A remarkable group of those Ward creatives have gathered to share the wonders of their ‘hood in a one-day festival Saturday Sept. 23rd, making use of 18 different venues, all easily walkable or bikeable.
If you can’t get to Joan’s Open Studio during the festival , please click on Galleries, above.
Services
Long-Arm Machine-Quilting
Joan has over 20 years experience quilting on longarm machines. She can provide you with a variety of machine-quilting services, for your finished quilt top, from basting prior to hand-quilting, to simple freehand and pantograph designs, to custom quilting designs. Read MoreCustom-made Bed Quilts
“Custom-made” means making a quilt for you “from scratch” and can cost upwards of $300 for a baby quilt and upwards of $1500 for a single bed quilt, depending on the fabrics used and the complexity of the design. Charges are by the hour and an estimate can be provided. Read MoreCommissions (Art Quilts)
Commissioned art quilts are usually wall quilts ranging from very small landscapes to large abstract wall-hangings and/or installations. Sometimes, fabrics need to be hand-dyed or painted for these works of textile art. Some hand-quilting and/or embroidery can be done, in small amounts. Read MoreEducation: Workshops and Lectures
Joan has been teaching workshops to adults for over 20 years and 10 years teaching children how to sew and quilt in Ontario elementary schools, offering integrated programing that includes literature, social science and mathematics, as part of the Art curriculum. Read MoreGalleries of Quilts
Intriguing
Playful
Evocative
Latest Posts
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Prize-winners at the Aberfoyle Fall Fair
Prize‑Winning Quilts and Photos from the Aberfoyle Fall Fair These are photos from the Aberfoyle Fall Fair 2025, where I won several ribbons, including for photography. -
Community Quilts and Other Charity Quilts
Community Comfort Quilts Made from a Never‑Ending I Spy Stash Over the last two years, in an effort to pare down my stash, I did about a dozen child-size comfort quilts, including Spy #2, 2024 - green and orange I Spy "5" 2024 - red and yellow I Spy 2025 - primary colours. Many of them wereRead More -
Modern Clamshell Quilt
A Unique Single Bed Quilt Made for a One‑of‑a‑Kind Twin Singlebed quilt for my great grand-niece, one of a set of twins now 10 years old. Top made entirely from my stash, modern backing visible in closeup. She did not want to be "matchy-matchy" with her twin who received a "Squiggles" quilt at the sameRead More
