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And It’s Done!

The 2022 Mahone Bay Quilt Show and Sale is officially over - and what a show and sale it was! Despite the odds - after two plus years of Covid and an unwelcome visit from Fiona (who invited her anyway!) - the show was a resounding success. Quilts on display clearly showcased the many talents of our Guild members and…

Guild Blogger27 September 2022

Awards Inspiration Quilt Show

A Quilters’ Harvest Quilt Show and Sale 2018

Guild President Pam Wells thanking Barb Himmelman for a job well done! And many thanks to the quilt show committee for all their hard work for our bi-annual quilt show. It was a resounding success! Many thanks to all the Guild members and volunteers who gave many hours to hang and host the show, who helped with the take down…

Guild Blogger4 October 2018

Awards Inspiration Meetings

June 2018 – AGM & Anne Morrell Robinson Trunk Show

Sandy B and Christine Another Guild year has come to a close with a super pot luck dinner ( they get better every year!), our AGM followed by a truly wonderful trunk show given by Anne Morrell Robinson from King Ross Quilts in Big Intervale, Cape Breton. The first order of the night was to present Sandy B with her…

Guild Blogger8 June 2018

Awards Meetings

September 2017 Meeting

Sandy A and Patsy were congratulated by President Christine, they have received their Life Memberships! Congratulations Sandy, Patsy and Coleen R who couldn't be with us. Welcome back and Happy New Year!! This will be our 27th year of the Mahone Bay Quilters Guild! And we have a wonderful year planned with workshops, programs and events. We would like to…

Guild Blogger12 September 2017

Awards Good Deeds Members

June 2017 AGM and Pot Luck Dinner

I must say this year has flown by! We have had a wonderful year with great turnouts at every meeting, wonderful show and tells and terrific programs and workshops. Thanks so all who made it possible. We are thrilled to announce that our "Volunteer of the Year Award" for 2017 is our amazing and energetic Ann Phelan. President Christine Bell…

Guild Blogger10 June 2017

Awards Quilt 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 Blogger3 October 2016

Awards Community Events Quilt Show

And That’s a Wrap – Our 2014 Quilt Show

Another wonderful MBQG quilt show and sale has been put to bed. Hard to believe but it was all down in less than an hour. Many thanks to all those who turned out to help, great crew! While the numbers aren't finalized yet, we did do the draw for our Log Cabin Raffle Quilt and it was won by Elizabeth…

Guild Blogger6 October 2014

Awards Community Members

Mahone Bay Founders Society Award

The Mahone Bay Quilters Guild was presented with an award for our "Group Voluntary Service" at the Founders Society Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony. We were thrilled with the number of Guild members in attendance, especially one of our Life Members Rose Pritchard who was been a member since the beginning. One of the founders of the Guild Anna Davison…

Guild Blogger14 April 2014

Awards Meetings

June 2013 Closing Dinner

Sandra Roch's "Star Surprise". Our 2012-13 year of meetings and workshops has come to a close. The Guild has had an active and busy year with some terrific programs at our meetings and workshops to tempt all levells of quilters. We are so fortunate to have such a dedicated membership who come out and support our Guild's activities. Thanks to…

Guild Blogger5 June 2013

Awards Members

More Congratulations!

Jeweled Diamonds has been chosen by the International Quilt Festival Houston to be the "signature quilt" for the 2013 Festival. Jeweled Diamonds, was designed & pieced by MBQG member Tina Belding using EQ7, (inspired by Kaffe Fassett's Bordered Diamonds),quilted by Ken Grantham. Tina's quilt has had an outstanding year, it was juried into AQS Paducah 2013 and the Canadian Quilter's Association National…

Guild Blogger31 May 2013