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Mystery Quilt

April Hints for 2025 Mystery Quilt

For April you'll be making two final parts for the Mystery Quilt -- in May  you'll get assembly info for the whole top! You'll cut (or piece) 9.5" x 5" rectangular units from your background fabric. You'll cut solid triangles from your Colour #1 fabric and sew them onto the triangle units you made in February, making squares. You can…
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12 April 2025
Mystery Quilt

March Hint for 2025 Mystery Quilt

It's March already and we're halfway done with the mystery adventure.  I sew hope everyone is enjoying the ride and having fun with the monthly clues.     This month you'll be preparing:   1. 12 3.5" squares of your colour #3 (original colour brown) -- the pattern hints recommend making this a fabric you really really like because it's…
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5 March 2025
Monthly meetingsMystery Quilt

February Hint for Mystery Quilt Sew A Long

Mystery Quilt Sew A Long - February February Mystery Quilt Steps Complete the units called for in the hints sheet for the month. This month it's half triangle triangles cut from 4.5" squares of your background fabric and a contrast colour. You'll need 48 triangle units for the throw quilt or 100 for the queen size. Eldora's big hint is…
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4 February 2025
Monthly meetingsMystery Quilt

Mystery Quilt Sew A Long 2025 starts this month!

Mystery Quilt Sew A Long Starting in January and finishing in June, the Guild is hosting a free mystery quilt sew along. Each month (the day following each meeting), clues will land in your inbox. The information can also be found online on our website under the "for members" tab or on our Facebook page under members only. All members…
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6 January 2025
Workshops

Wonderfil Thread Workshop with Nadine Stevens

On Saturday October 26, MBQG  held a practical in person workshop on Wonderfil thread led by longarm quilter and Wonderfil educator Nadine Stevens. It was invigorating to get together in person, learn more about this extensive line of Canadian thread, make a cute practice project and support each other as we worked with special machine stitches many of us had…
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1 November 2024
InspirationShopping

Out and About

Fabric shopping and a quilt show - a quilter couldn't ask for more! After many weeks of planning, I headed to Mahone Bay last Friday morning with my friend Jan  to look for pieces of wool for our latest wool embroidery project. On arrival, we knocked, called and stood outside the shop wondering what was going on - until a…
Communications
14 April 2024
Cuddle QuiltsEvents

Celebrating International Quilt Day!

Saturday, March 16, was International Quilt Day, better known in this Quilt Guild, as our annual Cuddle Quilt Day! Guild members and members of the public gathered together at the church hall and enjoyed a busy day putting the finishing touches on a colourful array of donated quilts.  On-site sewing, quilting, binding, adding Guild labels and more took place through…
Communications
17 March 2024
Monthly meetings

March Meeting

Mild weather brought almost 50 of our members together for the March meeting Monday afternoon. Much of the meeting agenda provided updates on the planning for the many upcoming events on our schedule. Don't forget Cuddle Quilt Day on March 16th - International Quilt Day! Join us at Trinity United as we check in the many quilt tops and finished…
Communications
6 March 2024