Workshops

Lady Liberty Goes to Hawaii (aka New York Beauty)

A successful workshop was held at the Mahone Bay Legion with Tina Belding teaching her version of the New York Beauty block. Everyone had a wonderful time and they learned a lot. Pictured above is the class with at least one block from everyone. This was the first time we have had a workshop in the Legion space and everyone…

Guild Blogger12 November 2016

Christmas Party Meetings

November 2016 Meeting

The weather cooperated and we had another terrific turnout for our November meeting. We heard from our two co-chairs of the quilt show, Marilyn and Barb, that we had a profit of $3870, well done everyone. I know everyone worked hard and as always we are so grateful to all the members who volunteered their time. We are also please…

Guild Blogger8 November 2016

Meetings

October 2016 Meeting

Another great turnout for our October 2016 meeting. Thanks to VP Pam Wells for filling in for President Christine Bell who is away. The quilt show is over for another 2 years but it will be a few weeks before the final reports are in. Many, many thanks to so many volunteers who helped in so many ways. Thanks for…

Guild Blogger4 October 2016

Awards Quilt Show

2016 Quilt Show part two

Drum roll please...and the winners are... Viewer's Choice Award and the CQA Ribbon for "We Are All African" won by Linda Mackie Finley, shown here with Joan Tufts CQA NS Rep, is Linda's daughter Linnet who accepted the award on behalf of her Mom. Linda's quilt was machine appliqued, hand applique, embellished with stitch and paint, machine pieced and hand…

Guild Blogger3 October 2016

Community Events Quilt Show

2016 Quilt Show part one

As I write we are half way through our most amazing quilt show. We had well over 200 visitors our first day and the reviews were wonderful, everyone was truly impressed, amazed and in awe of all our quilts. I think most people stopped and talked to our members to congratulate us on a wonderful show. We had a bus…

Guild Blogger24 September 2016

Meetings Quilt Show Workshops

September 2016 Meeting

Our first Guild meeting of the year is now history. We had a wonderful turnout and we welcomed 4 new members! There was lots to do, friends to see and workshops to sign up for. The first one is with Tina Belding "Lady Liberty Goes to Hawaii" This is a skill-building technique workshop to learn Karen Stone's foundation piecing method…

Guild Blogger17 September 2016

Monthly meetings

September 12, 2016

And we're back for another wonderful year! It has been a hot and humid summer, unusually dry with very little rain. Did you get any quilting done? Did you visit one of the many quilt shows in the province or further afield? Our first Guild meeting of the year is coming up on Monday September 12. We always have a…

Guild Blogger8 September 2016

Community Inspiration

Making Do

Making Do is the title of a small exhibition of quilts at the Ross Farm Museum. It was curated by our very own Polly Greene. All the quilts were made sometime between 1800-1920. Most of the quilts Polly chose were very utilitarian, they were made to keep someone warm. Several of the quilts were made with homespun woolen fabrics and…

Guild Blogger2 July 2016

Events Members recognition

25th Anniversary Celebration

Anna and Michele cut the anniversary cake. We have been waiting for this special evening the entire Guild year and what a wonderful celebration it was! Almost 100 members and special guests came to help celebrate. Anna and her bee, the BayBees, worked hard for 4 months to organize the evening down to the smallest detail! Thank you all so…

Guild Blogger9 June 2016

Extraordinary Quilter Inspiration Workshops

Extraordinary Quilter 2016

Well, our 16th Extraordinary Quilter event is done for another year. We followed our usual format with the Dessert Party on Wed. night followed by a one day workshop and then a two day workshop, all with extraordinary quilter Katie Pasquini Masopust from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Not only was Katie "extraordinary" but so were our desserts! Many thanks to…

Guild Blogger15 May 2016