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Quilt Show

2012 Guild Challenge – “Celebrate Fall”

For the past 4 quilt shows that our Guild has put on we have had an optional challenge for those Guild members who wish to participate. Members buy a kit ($10) and by the time of our quilt show next September make a wallhanging, table runner or table topper within a specific size range and to a theme. The completed…
Guild Blogger
3 November 2011
Community

Dory Building Day

In June 2012, the Mahone Bay Quilters Guild will (hopefully) be hosting about 100 quilters from the Quilt Canada Conference in Haliax. They will come by bus to the south shore, visit Lunenburg first then come to Mahone Bay for a chowder lunch with us. We quickly got to work thinking about what we could make for them that would…
Guild Blogger
16 October 2011
Meetings

Welcome to the New Executive

October 3 was our regular meeting and our AGM. We are thrilled to say we have a full slate of officers to run the Guild and many people have volunteered to help on various committees. Thanks to all who have stepped forward. And many thanks to the outgoing executive for their contributions to the MBQG. Outgoing President Val Hearder and…
Guild Blogger
5 October 2011
Quilters Retreat

MBQG Members at the 2011 Quilters Retreat

The Mahone Bay Quilters Guild was well represented at the 13th Mayflower Quilters Retreat at Pictou Lodge. Jamie and Sharon were the winners of our two scholarships to go to the Retreat. Jamie took Elaine Quehl's "Machine Quilting Boot Camp". Sharon had a great time in Daphne Greig's class "Give and Take Applique". In all 11 members of our Guild…
Guild Blogger
3 October 2011
Meetings

A New Guild Year – September’s Meeting

It was wonderful to see so many members out for our first meeting of the year. Nice to see some new faces and new members, we hope you will enjoy the Guild and all of our activities. I have posted quite a few pictures on the MBQG Flickr Photostream from the Sew and Tell portion of the meeting. If you…
Guild Blogger
14 September 2011
Monthly meetings

MBQG Workshops & Special Events

What's ahead for 2022? Starting January 6 - Nautical MBQG Quilt Along This new Guild Quilt Along gets underway on January 6 via Zoom.  Join in with other members of the Guild as they take on the challenge of this original design by Tara Lynas of Gulls Nest Quilts.  Download Schedule Nautical QAL for a sneak peek at the full…
Guild Blogger
3 September 2011
Meetings

Meeting Dates for 2011

It is getting close to that time of the year when we start our new quilting year, not January 1 but the first meeting since we stopped in June. The summer went by quickly despite the weather, but it was pretty good quilting weather. I have added a new link on the sidebar, right there on the right hand side…
Guild Blogger
27 August 2011
Books

An Alphabet of Quilters

Two time Mahone Bay Quilters Guild "Extraordinary Quilter" Anne Morrell Robinson has just published a wonderful quilters' address book  An Alphabet of Quilters.  "An Alphabet of Quilters draws its inspiration from the many characters that Anne has met over the years while attending shows, teaching workshops and visiting fabric stores. Like a children's book, each letter of the alphabet describes a different quilters'…
Guild Blogger
17 August 2011
Community

Art Hits the Wall

Art Hits the Wall opened last Friday at the Rossignol Centre in Liverpool, NS. This is a collaborative exhibition between quilters and rug hookers held every 2 years. It originally started out with the Mahone Bay Quilters Guild as a quilt show for quilters to make a wallhanging inpsired by a work of art. Doris Eaton was one of the…
Guild Blogger
10 July 2011
Monthly meetings

MBQG Quilt Show and Sale – 2022

Our 2022 Raffle Quilt, Rolling Waves, pieced by Jill Green, machine quilted by Colleen Paton. Design by Jane Koelker which appeared in Quilting Daily as a free pattern. The dark colour is navy blue (not black!). Save the Dates! The MBQG Quilt Show is coming - September 22 - 25, 2022 at the Mahone Bay Center. Please watch this space…
Guild Blogger
13 June 2011