Our MBQG aprons have arrived! Aren't they wonderful? Great for sewing/quilting or cooking, made of a good quality poly-cotton they have 3 large pockets across the bottom. They will be available for purchase ($15 each) at our Guild Yard Sale - Saturday May 4 10am - 12 noon at Trinity United Church Hall in Mahone Bay.
Guild Blogger24 April 2013
Yesterday I delivered 73 quilts to the Neo Natal Intensive care Unit at the IWK Children's and Women's Hospital in Halifax. These quilts were made by members of the Mahone Bay Quilters Guild and the Mayflower Quilters Guild. We have donated well over 500 quilts in the past 6 years! An amazing accomplishment and I thank you all for your…
Guild Blogger23 April 2013
The MBQG was delighted to bring Elaine Quehl to Mahone Bay for a 2 day workshop. She stayed on to do a one day workshop with the Mariner's Quilt Guild (Dartmouth) and then came back to Mahone Bay to do a trunk show and slide presentation. We had pretty much a full house along with five guests. The hour and…
Guild Blogger9 April 2013
Elaine Quehl the award winning Quilter came to MBQG to teach a two day workshop on machine quilting. Elaine uses a variety of styles of quilting in her work including some very organic stitching in her Botanical series. But the focus for our limited time was on specific designs including swirls, flowers, feathers and so much more. The sounds in…
Guild Blogger8 April 2013
The MBQG is having a Quilter's Yard Sale, Saturday May 4 at Trinity United Church Hall in Mahone Bay from 10am to 12 noon. Free admission, no early birds please! Members wishing to book space should contact Ann Phelan at aphelan@eastlink.ca There will be lots of bargains - fabric, notions, quilting books and magazines, other fibre related items and 2…
Guild Blogger19 March 2013
We had a wonderful turnout at our March meeting of members, new members and guests. Our guest speaker was renowned knitter Lucy Neatby from Darmouth NS who talked to us about colour. It was a wonderful and inspiring talk. Lucy shared with us her approach to colour and stories about her knitting and design work. As well we had a…
Guild Blogger7 March 2013
The weather played havoc with our originally scheduled meeting on February 4 but we managed to reschedule for February 11. Despite the forecast for snow later in the evening we went ahead and had a decent turnout with 49 members. It was a tricky drive home for everyone when the snow arrived much sooner than forecast! Thankfully everyone made it…
Guild Blogger16 February 2013
All washed and ready for a quilt or two! Further to our program last month and the question "should you pre-wash your new fabric or not" I came across this terrific post by Becky Goldsmith (thanks to my friend Jan at Be*mused), who with her partner, Linda Jenkins, owns Piece O' Cake Designs. Take the time to read her post and…
Guild Blogger29 January 2013
Sewing machines hummed all day. All last week we were watching the weather, the forecast for Saturday, Cuddle Quilt Day was not good, we made contingency plans and booked the hall for next Saturday. But someone in the weather department decided to bless us with a beautiful sunny but cold day and well over 50 members and friends came out…
Guild Blogger27 January 2013
