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AwardsQuilt Show

2016 Quilt Show part two

Drum roll please...and the winners are... Viewer's Choice Award and the CQA Ribbon for "We Are All African" won by Linda Mackie Finley, shown here with Joan Tufts CQA NS Rep, is Linda's daughter Linnet who accepted the award on behalf of her Mom. Linda's quilt was machine appliqued, hand applique, embellished with stitch and paint, machine pieced and hand…
Guild Blogger
3 October 2016
CommunityEventsQuilt Show

2016 Quilt Show part one

As I write we are half way through our most amazing quilt show. We had well over 200 visitors our first day and the reviews were wonderful, everyone was truly impressed, amazed and in awe of all our quilts. I think most people stopped and talked to our members to congratulate us on a wonderful show. We had a bus…
Guild Blogger
24 September 2016
MeetingsQuilt ShowWorkshops

September 2016 Meeting

 Our first Guild meeting of the year is now history. We had a wonderful turnout and we welcomed 4 new members! There was lots to do, friends to see and workshops to sign up for. The first one is with Tina Belding "Lady Liberty Goes to Hawaii" This is a skill-building technique workshop to learn Karen Stone's foundation piecing method…
Guild Blogger
17 September 2016
Monthly meetings

September 12, 2016

And we're back for another wonderful year! It has been a hot and humid summer, unusually dry with very little rain. Did you get any quilting done? Did you visit one of the many quilt shows in the province or further afield? Our first Guild meeting of the year is coming up on Monday September 12. We always have a…
Guild Blogger
8 September 2016
CommunityInspiration

Making Do

Making Do is the title of a small exhibition of quilts at the Ross Farm Museum. It was curated by our very own Polly Greene. All the quilts were made sometime between 1800-1920. Most of the quilts Polly chose were very utilitarian, they were made to keep someone warm. Several of the quilts were made with homespun woolen fabrics and…
Guild Blogger
2 July 2016
EventsMembersrecognition

25th Anniversary Celebration

Anna and Michele cut the anniversary cake. We have been waiting for this special evening the entire Guild year and what a wonderful celebration it was! Almost 100 members and special guests came to help celebrate. Anna and her bee, the BayBees, worked hard for 4 months to organize the evening down to the smallest detail! Thank you all so…
Guild Blogger
9 June 2016
Extraordinary QuilterInspirationWorkshops

Extraordinary Quilter 2016

Well, our 16th Extraordinary Quilter event is done for another year. We followed our usual format with the Dessert Party on Wed. night followed by a one day workshop and then a two day workshop, all with extraordinary quilter Katie Pasquini Masopust from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Not only was Katie "extraordinary" but so were our desserts! Many thanks to…
Guild Blogger
15 May 2016
Extraordinary QuilterMeetings

May 2016 Meeting

 Our Guild year is going by far to quickly! It seems like September was just a few weeks ago. We still have several major events coming up. Our 16th Annual Dessert Party with an Extraordinary Quilter is on May 11th followed by 3 days of workshops with Katie Pasquini Masopust from Santa Fe, New Mexico. For nearly 30 years Katie…
Guild Blogger
5 May 2016
EventsExtraordinary Quilterrecognition

Thank You!!

Next week will be our 16th Dessert Party with an Extraordinary Quilter! We know it will be a wonderful evening filled with wonderful desserts and even more wonderful quilts. We will all be inspired by our Extraordianry Quilter - Katie Pasquini Masopust from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Many Guild members have volunteered their time to help with the Dessert Party…
Guild Blogger
4 May 2016