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Spring is in the Air

It is springtime in Nova Scotia and the quilters certainly came out of the woodwork last Monday to share many of their wonderful quilts that they have been working on this winter. Thanks to all and my apologies to those whose pictures I couldn't include. I think it was a combination of bad focusing on my part and trying to…
Guild Blogger
9 April 2011
Monthly meetings

Guild Meeting Monday April 4, 2011

Our monthly meeting for April is this Monday when we will welcome Karen Henry from Dartmouth as our guest speaker. Karen will present a program on "Art Quilters of Nova Scotia" Karen will introduce us to quilters from all over the province and we'll see their quilts. Come and join us for social time at 6:30, sign up for workshops…
Guild Blogger
1 April 2011
Good Deeds

Congratulations

Congratulatuons to Guild members Jamie Pratt and Valerie Hearder who have each won a $500 bursary to attend the Quilters Retreat at Pictou Lodge in Septemeber 2011. Any member who was interested in going and who was prepared to pay the balance of the Retreat fee, submitted their name for the draw. All names were drawn so that if either…
Guild Blogger
20 March 2011
Monthly meetings

Our 2011 Extraordinary Quilter – Anne Morrell Robinson

We are delighted to have Anne Morrell Robinson come back to the Guild as our Extraordinary Quilter for 2011.  This is Anne's Civil War Medallion quilt. More of Anne's quilts can be found on our Flickr link. And you can read more about Anne, her quilts, her hooked mats and dolls by following the link on the right sidebar, just…
Guild Blogger
28 February 2011
Workshops

“Delightful Dragonflies” workshop with Karen Henry

Tuesday April 5, 2011 - Delightful Dragonflies - Karen Henry This class offers the intermediate quilter an opportunity to work on tulle and/or organza. Students will work with water-soluble stabilizer, raw edge appliqué, machine appliqué and wooly embellishments. Students have the option of quilting the entire project, or just the borders. Built in embroidery pattern ‘Dragonflies’ from the Pfaff Creative…
Guild Blogger
19 February 2011
Meetings

February Meeting

We were blessed with decent weather and had a good turnout for our February meeting. Lots of chat along with some pretty nice quilts. Everyone seems to be enjoying our "meet a member" segment. In January we learned more about our past president Patsy Perkins and our membership person Sandra MacSweeney. This month it was Daisy Ballam's turn. Click on…
Guild Blogger
12 February 2011
Monthly meetings

The Launch is Official

After a few interruptions, the Mahone Bay Quilters Guild blog is finally ready to step out into the world! Here we plan to share with the quilt world the activities of our Guild on a regular basis. Located on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, we are an active Guild of just over 100 mmembers. There are several bees within…
Guild Blogger
27 January 2011
EventsFeatured FriendsGood Deeds

The Bay Buddies and their Quiltmobile

The Bay Buddies are a “bee” within the Guild who have been getting together to quilt for many years. This year they decided to make a car quilt, a “quiltmobile” and they asked for donations of orphan blocks from members. The response was terrific and they had more than enough, some leftover blocks were sewn into quilts for Harbour House!…
Guild Blogger
19 March 2009
Events

Upcoming Quilt Shows

During the first weekend of October, the town of Mahone Bay celebrates with their annual Scarecrow Festival and every other year the Guild participates with by having a quilt show at the Blockhouse Fire Hall. Plans are underway for our next show in the fall of 2010. Highlights of the quilt show include a sale area with quilts, wallhangings and…
Guild Blogger
19 March 2009
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Mahone Bay QG presents an ‘Extraordinary Quilter’

This year, 2009 we are pleased to have as our “Extraordinary Quilter” Pamela Allen from Kingston, Ontario. Pam joins the ranks of previous “Extraordinary Quilters”, Kay Phillips, Anne Morrell Robinson, Heather Stewart, Jo Diggs, Rosemary Makhan, Gail Hunt, Paula Nadelstern and Judy Morningstar who have come to the Mahone Bay QG to lecture at our fabulous Dessert Party and to give two…
Guild Blogger
19 March 2009