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Meetings

February Meeting

We were blessed with decent weather and had a good turnout for our February meeting. Lots of chat along with some pretty nice quilts. Everyone seems to be enjoying our "meet a member" segment. In January we learned more about our past president Patsy Perkins and our membership person Sandra MacSweeney. This month it was Daisy Ballam's turn. Click on…
Guild Blogger
12 February 2011
Monthly meetings

The Launch is Official

After a few interruptions, the Mahone Bay Quilters Guild blog is finally ready to step out into the world! Here we plan to share with the quilt world the activities of our Guild on a regular basis. Located on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, we are an active Guild of just over 100 mmembers. There are several bees within…
Guild Blogger
27 January 2011
EventsFeatured FriendsGood Deeds

The Bay Buddies and their Quiltmobile

The Bay Buddies are a “bee” within the Guild who have been getting together to quilt for many years. This year they decided to make a car quilt, a “quiltmobile” and they asked for donations of orphan blocks from members. The response was terrific and they had more than enough, some leftover blocks were sewn into quilts for Harbour House!…
Guild Blogger
19 March 2009
Events

Upcoming Quilt Shows

During the first weekend of October, the town of Mahone Bay celebrates with their annual Scarecrow Festival and every other year the Guild participates with by having a quilt show at the Blockhouse Fire Hall. Plans are underway for our next show in the fall of 2010. Highlights of the quilt show include a sale area with quilts, wallhangings and…
Guild Blogger
19 March 2009
EventsFeatured Friendsrecognition

Mahone Bay QG presents an ‘Extraordinary Quilter’

This year, 2009 we are pleased to have as our “Extraordinary Quilter” Pamela Allen from Kingston, Ontario. Pam joins the ranks of previous “Extraordinary Quilters”, Kay Phillips, Anne Morrell Robinson, Heather Stewart, Jo Diggs, Rosemary Makhan, Gail Hunt, Paula Nadelstern and Judy Morningstar who have come to the Mahone Bay QG to lecture at our fabulous Dessert Party and to give two…
Guild Blogger
19 March 2009
CommunityGood Deeds

Quilters in our Community

For over ten years the Mahone Bay Quilter’s Guild has supported Harbour House, the women’s shelter in Bridgewater, NS by providing them with cuddle quilts made by our members. We gather together on a Saturday in January to make, sandwich and tie quilts. We are grateful to members of our communities who also come and help us on Cuddle Quilt…
Guild Blogger
22 January 2008