Postcard Exchange Inspiration

Postcard Exchange

The MBQG was invited by the Cranbrook QG, BC to participate in a postcard exchange. Fourteen of our members exchanged fabric art postcards with the BC guild. Most cards were sent just like a postcard through the mail so the stamp was actually cancelled. Some with more embellishments had to be put in an envelope. Pam's postcard that she mailed…
Guild Blogger
7 April 2017
April 2017 Meeting Meetings

April 2017 Meeting

Spring is coming, sometime, soon, we hope! We had another terrific turnout last Monday for our Monday meeting, show and tell and guest speaker Linda Roe. We have a busy month coming up starting next Tuesday with an afternoon tea for our new members. Then before we know it we will be hosting about 160 quilters for our 17th annual…
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6 April 2017
EQ Workshop with Krista Hennebury CommunityEventsExtraordinary QuilterWorkshops

EQ Workshop with Krista Hennebury

Light of May by Krista Hennebury, machine pieced and machine quilted. Structural Improv workshop sample. Structural Improv: 2-day workshop, Friday & Saturday, April 28-29, 2017 Do you quilt under the influence of traditional methods and rules?  Do you thrive on pointy points and perfectly square corners but secretly wish you could embrace the creative freedom of this wonky, improvisational business?…
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2 April 2017
February 2017 Meeting InspirationMeetings

February 2017 Meeting

Luck was with us, the weather co-operated and we had another wonderful turnout for our February meeting. Now let's hope we can get one more in March! Don't forget our March 6 meeting is an afternoon meeting at 1pm. The hall opens at 12:30. Renowned New Brunswick fibre artist Kathy Tidswell will be with us, you can see her work…
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8 February 2017
Krista Hennebury – Our 2017 Extraordinary Quilter EventsExtraordinary Quilter

Krista Hennebury – Our 2017 Extraordinary Quilter

Krista Hennebury is a geologist by training and quilter by choice. She's been quilting for 16 years in her small home studio near Vancouver, B.C.  and blogging about her work and travels since 2009 at poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com. Passionate about sharing her love of quilting with others, and fostering community through stitching together, Krista began a successful day-retreat business over 12 years…
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30 January 2017
Ronald McDonald House Block Party – Canada’s Big Quilt Bee CommunityEventsGood DeedsInspiration

Ronald McDonald House Block Party – Canada’s Big Quilt Bee

Twenty members of our guild gathered at the hall yesterday to make slab blocks for the CQA quilt project to make quilts (1,000) for Ronald McDonald Houses across Canada. This is a project to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday and each block has a piece of commemorative fabric in it. These are some of the fabrics... Many of us took pieces…
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11 January 2017
January 2017 Meeting Cuddle QuiltsMeetings

January 2017 Meeting

Georgina's Illusions, a Missouri Star Quilt Company pattern. Our January meeting was an afternoon meeting and it was very well attended. Winters in Nova Scotia can be so varied so it was decided to have a couple of daytime meetings to make getting there a bit easier for our members. our next daytime meeting will be March 6 at 1pm, February 6…
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11 January 2017
Canada’s Big Quilt Bee CommunityEventsWorkshops

Canada’s Big Quilt Bee

The Mahone Bay Quilter's Guild is participating in the CQA Canada's Big Quilt Bee for Ronald Macdonald House. We will help to make 1,000 quilts for Ronald Macdonald Houses across Canada. Come join us Tuesday January 10, 2017 at Trinity United Church, Mahone Bay from 9am - 3pm. Bring your sewing machine, thread, basic sewing supplies, rotary cutting equipment and…
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4 January 2017