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2018

MembersSlow Quilting

Slow Quilting at the Biscuit Eater Cafe

Sandy, Ann, Linda N, Rose and a visitor At our Guild meeting in January I suggested we start a "Slow Quilting" group that would meet at the Biscuit Eater Cafe in Mahone Bay on the second and fourth Monday afternoon, we would bring any hand sewing/quilting/embroidery project and we would stitch away for a couple of hours enjoying each others…
Guild Blogger
19 August 2018
EventsGuild RetreatInspirationMeetings

May 2018

Christine's Harry Potter quilt Cathie's Double Irish Chain The month of May has certainly gotten off to a busy start! Our meeting was May 7, followed by our first (but not last!) Guild Retreat at The Quarterdeck, followed by our 2nd annual new members tea! Pictures can be found in our Flickr Albums - May meeting show and tell here,…
Guild Blogger
17 May 2018
Workshops

Colour Workshop with Linnet Finley

A quilter's dream, a table full of scraps! So many colours to chose from. The colour wheels are taking shape.   It was a full house for Linnet's Colour Theory workshop and from all reports everyone learned a lot. Michele N said "Linnet is a wonderful teacher, full of information and presented in detail that filled the room with excited…
Guild Blogger
19 April 2018
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April 2018 Meeting

There was snow on the ground but that didn't deter a big crowd coming out for our April meeting! And we have four new members - welcome Gail, Kimberley, Marlene and Elizabeth! Plans for our 18th Extraordinary Quilter Dessert Party and workshops with Janet Barker (from Calgary) are coming up fast, April 25-28, 2018. There are just a couple of…
Guild Blogger
11 April 2018
CommunityCuddle Quilts

Cuddle Quilt Day 2018

This picture was taken early on, the church pews were beginning to fill up. Thanks to everyone, members and guests who came for the day or part of it to help with this year's Cuddle Quilt Day. We had over 60 people and 121 quilts were finished. Many were machine quilted and quite a few were tied. I know these…
Guild Blogger
18 March 2018
Cuddle QuiltsEventsExtraordinary QuilterMeetings

March 2018 Meeting

Vicki's two finished pieces from a Sherida Giddings workshop, using patterns from Quiltworx, The last of our winter daytime meetings was held on Monday. We go back to evening meetings for April, May and June. The hall will be open by 6:30, the meetings start at 7pm. We had another wonderful show and tell. You can see the pictures here …
Guild Blogger
7 March 2018