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Cuddle Quilt Day 2015

Well, we finally had a beautiful day to gather at the church hall and make some cuddle quilts for local charities. Twice we had to cancel because of weather and once for a funeral. Many Guild members and friends came to stitch, sew, tie and quilt quilts of all sizes. We have a super organizing committee of Valerie, Sheila and…
Guild Blogger
2 March 2015
CommunityMeetingsQuilt Show

October 2014 Meeting

Admiring Isabel Fncy's quilt "Windmills", Viewer's Choice Award winner and CQA ribbon winner. Our October 2014 meeting was the day after our Quilt Show closed, but we still had a great turnout and as always a very interesting program thanks to Bonnie Spinney from Sew With Vision. By all accounts the quilt show was a terrific success, details and a…
Guild Blogger
18 October 2014
CommunityMembers

Drumroll Please!!

Anna talks about the 100th Anniversary Quilt for the Mahone Bay School President Cathy D and Anna do the unveiling! There it is - much applause and oohs and awes! With thanks to all the Guild members who helped make the quilt, to Anna who designed it (and made several blocks) and to Lynn Jones who machine quilted it. Be…
Guild Blogger
6 June 2014
CommunityEvents

The 2014 Annual Yard Sale

I guess it is now officially an "annual" yard sale" as this was our second year. The first Saturday in May is known as the "100 Mile Yard Sale" day along the South Shore, with many participating from church and community organizations to individuals to our Guild. We promote it as a "Quilter's Yard Sale" with everything a quilter would…
Guild Blogger
5 May 2014
AwardsCommunityMembers

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 Blogger
14 April 2014
BooksCommunityQuilt Show

MBQG Presents “Quilts Through the Centuries”

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. 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…
Guild Blogger
6 August 2013
CommunityEventsMembers

First Ever MBQG “Quilter’s Yard Sale”

Well, we did it! The Mahone Bay Quilter's Guild held a yard sale with 23 Guild members and friends selling everything a quilter could wish for and more. The hall was filled to the brim with fabric, thread, notions, books, patterns, finished quilts and quilted itmes plus vintage quilts and sewing machines. I don't think many people left empty handed,…
Guild Blogger
5 May 2013
CommunityGood Deeds

Preemie Quilts

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 Blogger
23 April 2013
CommunityGood Deeds

Cuddle Quilt Day 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 Blogger
27 January 2013