April 2015 Meeting Meetings

April 2015 Meeting

April is turning out to be a busy month with Heather Stewart's workshop, our regular Guild meeting and next week, April 30, we are hostng the Celtic Quilt Guild from Cape Breton for a pot luck dinner and show and tell. Our Yard Sale is also fast approaching - Saturday May 2, 10am-2pm at Trinity United Church Hall in Mahone…
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23 April 2015
Becky Goldsmith Workshops Extraordinary QuilterWorkshops

Becky Goldsmith Workshops

The MBQG is bringing Becky Goldsmith (Piece O' Cake for two workshops May 28-30, 2015 "Backyard Birds" (one day) and "Improvisational Quiltmaking" (2 days). We have spaces in both workshops and welcome non-members (members!) to join us. Contact Pam at pamela01wells@bellaliant.net for registration information.Information about Becky and her workshops can be found at  http://www.pieceocake.com/ClassInfo/becky-workshops.html Please join us!    
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26 March 2015
Cuddle Quilt Day 2015 CommunityCuddle Quilts

Cuddle Quilt Day 2015

Well, we finally had a beautiful day to gather at the church hall and make some cuddle quilts for local charities. Twice we had to cancel because of weather and once for a funeral. Many Guild members and friends came to stitch, sew, tie and quilt quilts of all sizes. We have a super organizing committee of Valerie, Sheila and…
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2 March 2015
February Meeting Cuddle QuiltsMeetings

February Meeting

We tried, but the weather had other ideas and we had to cancel the Feb. 2 meeting as well as our rescheduled date of Feb. 9. Nova Scotia has had more than their fair share of winter weather this year and it has played havoc with our Guild activities. We also had to cancel Cuddle Quilt Day and our Sew…
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10 February 2015
Busy November EventsWorkshops

Busy November

As I write, it is December 1, how can that be? November has flown by and this past week has been a busy one for the Guild. The Father Christmas Festival in Mahone Bay is in full swing, we just had a wonderful weekend with the town full of visitors, carollers, wagon rides, Father Christmas wanders the streets delighting young…
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1 December 2014
October 2014 Meeting CommunityMeetingsQuilt Show

October 2014 Meeting

Admiring Isabel Fncy's quilt "Windmills", Viewer's Choice Award winner and CQA ribbon winner. Our October 2014 meeting was the day after our Quilt Show closed, but we still had a great turnout and as always a very interesting program thanks to Bonnie Spinney from Sew With Vision. By all accounts the quilt show was a terrific success, details and a…
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18 October 2014