We are all so excited for our 2018 Quilt Show in conjunction with the Mahone Bay Scarecrow Festival. *New location this year - we will be at Trinity United Church, 101 Edgewater St.
Guild Blogger29 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,…
Guild Blogger17 May 2018
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…
Guild Blogger30 April 2018
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…
Guild Blogger29 April 2018
A quilter's dream, a table full of scraps! So many colours to chose from. The colour wheels are taking shape. It was a full house for Linnet's Colour Theory workshop and from all reports everyone learned a lot. Michele N said "Linnet is a wonderful teacher, full of information and presented in detail that filled the room with excited…
Guild Blogger19 April 2018
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…
Guild Blogger11 April 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…
Guild Blogger18 March 2018
Vicki's two finished pieces from a Sherida Giddings workshop, using patterns from Quiltworx, The last of our winter daytime meetings was held on Monday. We go back to evening meetings for April, May and June. The hall will be open by 6:30, the meetings start at 7pm. We had another wonderful show and tell. You can see the pictures here …
Guild Blogger7 March 2018
Fall Flight Over The Battery Pam's husband, David, loves to fly small planes as a hobby so she included an applique of his float plane. What a wonderful trunk show on Monday afternoon! After almost everyone had left and Pam was packing up her quilts, she said a few things and I thought I would follow up with her with…
Guild Blogger7 March 2018
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…
Guild Blogger18 February 2018
