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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
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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
Events

Quilter’s Yard Sale

The MBQG is having a Quilter's Yard Sale, Saturday May 4 at Trinity United Church Hall in Mahone Bay from 10am to 12 noon. Free admission, no early birds please! Members wishing to book space should contact Ann Phelan at aphelan@eastlink.ca There will be lots of bargains - fabric, notions, quilting books and magazines, other fibre related items and 2…
Guild Blogger
19 March 2013
Events

Follow-Up Visioning Day

Though some of us had trouble with the word "visioning", it is what it is...an opportunity for members of our Guild to come together to discuss how our Guild functions and to discuss how we can make it better. We were looking for a "vision" to the future to find ut what is most important to us I guess and…
Guild Blogger
18 March 2012
Events

Lynne Edwards MBE, Extraordinary Quilter 2012

We are very excited to have Lynne Edwards MBE, as our 11th Extraordinary Quilter this year. Lynne is an internationally-known quilt designer, teacher and author.  She has presented exhibits, classes and lectures in numerous locations in the United States, Canada, England, Spain, France, Dubai, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Kenya and South Africa.  Some years ago, Lynne began developing and teaching…
Guild Blogger
30 January 2012
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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