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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,…
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17 May 2018
Extraordinary Quilter 2018 Janet Barker – Workshops Extraordinary QuilterWorkshops

Extraordinary Quilter 2018 Janet Barker – Workshops

Happy quilters with a few of their completed blocks from the "What If" workshop. As part of the Extraordinary Quilter "experience" our guest teacher presents tow workshops. This year Janet Barker taught a two day workshop called "What If" and a one day workshop she called "Walk in the Woods". Both workshops were full with 20 eager quilters ready to…
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30 April 2018
2018 Dessert Party with an Extraordinary Quilter – Janet Barker EventsExtraordinary QuilterInspiration

2018 Dessert Party with an Extraordinary Quilter – Janet Barker

The table is set and loaded (!) with about 24' of desserts! Many thanks to all the guild members who provided the wonderful and delicious array of desserts. It was so hard to chose what to have. Our "EQ" this year was Janet Barker from Calgary, Janet was a "geophysicist" before she began her quilting career. she shared with us…
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29 April 2018
April 2018 Meeting InspirationMeetingsMembers

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…
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11 April 2018
Cuddle Quilt Day 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…
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18 March 2018
Quilter’s Quarters InspirationMembers

Quilter’s Quarters

Several of our members have contributed pictures of where they sew/quilt. you can see the pictures here on our Flickr page Quilters Quarters Do visit and see how we manage in small spaces, big spaces and everything in between. If your space is there and has changed, please send some new pictures. If you haven't yet shared your pictures, please…
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18 February 2018