Books – Mahone Bay Quilters’ Guild https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com piecemakers by the sea Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:51:00 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/mbqgfavicon..png Books – Mahone Bay Quilters’ Guild https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com 32 32 MBQG Presents “Quilts Through the Centuries” https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com/2013/08/mbqg-presents-quilts-through-the-centuries/ Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:51:00 +0000 https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com/2013/08/mbqg-presents-quilts-through-the-centuries/ SQS25Sign
MBQG was asked by the DesBrisay Museum in Bridgewater to hang a small quilt show for the month of August in conjunction with their summer exhbition Women at Work.

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Ann's beautiful silk One Block Wonder

The call went out to the Guild members and thanks to Beth Lawrence and Cathy Drummond and their team our show "Quilts Through the Centuries" is now open at the DesBrisay Museum, 130 Jubilee Rd. in Bridgewater.

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The show is open during regular museum hours. Be sure and pop in for a visit, you will find some quilted garments, wall hangings and quilts – old and new! More pictures can be seen on our Flickr Photostream here.

 

]]> An Alphabet of Quilters https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com/2011/08/an-alphabet-of-quilters/ https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com/2011/08/an-alphabet-of-quilters/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:38:08 +0000 https://mahonebayquiltersguild.com/2011/08/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.

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 "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' personality.

Anne conceived of the work and composed the poems, and hired Ingrid Schipper-Ross to make the original sketches. After years of collecting the right fabrics, Anne transformed them into patterns for the quilt itself.

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While reading the poems and discovering the work's subtle and humourous details quilters recognize themselves and their friends depicted there.

Many enthusiastic artists and acquaintances encouraged Anne to transform the piece into a book – one that would represent the beauty and complexity of the quilt itself, and help us to consider the ways quilt making enriches our lives." (reprinted with permission)

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Autographed copies of An Alphabet of Quilters can be ordered at our September 12th Guild meeting. Please bring a cheque made out to Anne Morrell Robinson for $30 and I will place the order, I will pick them up at the Quilters Retreat and deliver them to the October 3rd Guild meeting. Or you can order copies of the book from Anne by writing to kingross@seasidehighspeed.com.

A wonderful gift for yourself or your quilting friends!

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