As my term as president of the Guild comes to an end, I’d like to announce my challenge to make blocks and assemble this new banner for the Guild to be hung at the Quilt Show in September.
The Guild has a lovely banner that was made 10 years ago to mark the 25th anniversary, so I thought it was an opportune time to make a new banner to coincide with our 35th.
Colours pulled from the Nova Scotia provincial flag, with the addition of a pale blue. Fabrics supplied and will be available at the April meeting and events and meetings during April and May.
Colorworks by Northcott – from top to bottom: Sunflower, Tomato, Cloud Nine, Liberty and Super White
Approx. 32” long and 64” wide
20 8” finished blocks (8.5” unfinished) – pieced by members
4 x – Our logo Ship block (each one in quilter’s arrangement of colours)
6 x – simple blocks: four patch, 9 patch, HST, rail fence
4 x – intermediate blocks: stars, hourglass, etc.
6 x – advanced blocks: curves, complicated piecing, etc. (Please note that these are not hard and fast categories — just pick the specific block you want or let me pick one 🙂
Each volunteer chooses block, chooses fabric from possibilities, sews and returns blocks by June meeting
Centre panel with machine-appliquéd letters — 3 – 5 volunteers take one word or phrase each affixed to white background and machine appliqué them – they are then assembled into the centre panel.
Assembly, quilting, binding: Some of us members would then get together, perhaps at June Open Sew or over the summer, and assemble the banner, sandwich it, quilt it and bind it with a hanging sleeve at the top.
You can sign up using the below online form or by emailing me: president@mahonebayquiltersguild.com or calling me at (902)-521-eight five seven seven. Don’t panic — after you submit the form it will tell you that there’s been a critical failure on the site, all is okay 🙂
https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com/2026-presidents-choice/
Thank you so much for participating!
Nina
