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May 2018

Christine's Harry Potter quilt Cathie's Double Irish Chain The month of May has certainly gotten off to a busy start! Our meeting was May 7, followed by our first (but not last!) Guild Retreat at The Quarterdeck, followed by our 2nd annual new members tea! Pictures can be found in our Flickr Albums - May meeting show and tell here,…
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17 May 2018
2018 Dessert Party with an Extraordinary Quilter – Janet Barker EventsExtraordinary QuilterInspiration

2018 Dessert Party with an Extraordinary Quilter – Janet Barker

The table is set and loaded (!) with about 24' of desserts! Many thanks to all the guild members who provided the wonderful and delicious array of desserts. It was so hard to chose what to have. Our "EQ" this year was Janet Barker from Calgary, Janet was a "geophysicist" before she began her quilting career. she shared with us…
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29 April 2018
“Something Old, Something New” – Our 2018 Raffle Quilt CommunityEventsQuilt Show

“Something Old, Something New” – Our 2018 Raffle Quilt

Something Old, Something New designed and made by Anna Davison, this quilt is our 2018 Raffle Quilt. Tickets are now available from our Guild members, watch for us to be selling tickets at local farmer's markets this summer and at our quilt show this fall. The quilt will be drawn for at our 2018 Scarecrow Festival Quilt Show on Sunday…
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20 January 2018
November 2017 Meeting CommunityEventsMeetings

November 2017 Meeting

Judy, Isabel, Sandy and Mary with their Quilt of Honour, they donated this quilt to Jill (r) for the Quilts of Valour project. Go to Quilts of Valour Canada to read all about this amazing project. Jill is our new coordinator for Quilts of Valour, below is her quilt she made for a friend in the military. Thanks Jill for…
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7 November 2017
Another Quilter’s Yard Sale CommunityEvents

Another Quilter’s Yard Sale

Christine, Bev, Krista and Brenda Sixteen Guild members booked a table and came to the church hall loaded down with everything from fabric and notions to sewing machines and books. All for sale at bargain basement prices. Many thanks to everyone who came to sell and to those who came to buy our treasures. I think everyone had a wonderful…
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9 May 2017
Our Extraordinary Quilter 2017 – Krista Hennebury EventsExtraordinary QuilterInspirationWorkshops

Our Extraordinary Quilter 2017 – Krista Hennebury

We have just had a very successful 17th Annual Dessert Party and workshops with Krista Hennebury. Before the quilters (and desserts!) arrived! Almost ready! The Mahone Bay Legion was packed with quilters and friends from the Valley, from HRM and from the South Shore. the desserts were amazing, once again our members out did themselves with an amazing array of…
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1 May 2017
New Members Tea EventsMembers

New Members Tea

After over 25 years as a Guild, we decided to have a new members' tea to welcome our new members and share with them what our Guild is all about. Christine polished up her beautiful tea set, members of the executive made some delicious cakes, cookies and squares. The hall looked lovely, the tables were set with fine china tea…
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14 April 2017
EQ Workshop with Krista Hennebury CommunityEventsExtraordinary QuilterWorkshops

EQ Workshop with Krista Hennebury

Light of May by Krista Hennebury, machine pieced and machine quilted. Structural Improv workshop sample. Structural Improv: 2-day workshop, Friday & Saturday, April 28-29, 2017 Do you quilt under the influence of traditional methods and rules?  Do you thrive on pointy points and perfectly square corners but secretly wish you could embrace the creative freedom of this wonky, improvisational business?…
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2 April 2017