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

Events Guild Retreat Inspiration Meetings

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,…

Guild Blogger17 May 2018

Events Extraordinary Quilter Inspiration

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…

Guild Blogger29 April 2018

Inspiration Meetings Members

April 2018 Meeting

There was snow on the ground but that didn't deter a big crowd coming out for our April meeting! And we have four new members - welcome Gail, Kimberley, Marlene and Elizabeth! Plans for our 18th Extraordinary Quilter Dessert Party and workshops with Janet Barker (from Calgary) are coming up fast, April 25-28, 2018. There are just a couple of…

Guild Blogger11 April 2018

Inspiration Meetings

Pam Tracey – Catching Up

Fall Flight Over The Battery Pam's husband, David, loves to fly small planes as a hobby so she included an applique of his float plane. What a wonderful trunk show on Monday afternoon! After almost everyone had left and Pam was packing up her quilts, she said a few things and I thought I would follow up with her with…

Guild Blogger7 March 2018

Inspiration Members

Quilter’s Quarters

Several of our members have contributed pictures of where they sew/quilt. you can see the pictures here on our Flickr page Quilters Quarters Do visit and see how we manage in small spaces, big spaces and everything in between. If your space is there and has changed, please send some new pictures. If you haven't yet shared your pictures, please…

Guild Blogger18 February 2018

Inspiration Meetings

May 2017 Meeting

Helen Kirk's French Braid Isabel's four preemie quilts for the IWK NICU, thanks Isabel! What a wonderful meeting, everyone has been busy as seen in our show and tell! Be sure and see our pictures on our Flickr pages here. We all enjoyed having Krista Hennebury as our EQ this year. I know a lot of people are hard at…

Guild Blogger8 May 2017

Events Extraordinary Quilter Inspiration Workshops

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…

Guild Blogger1 May 2017

Inspiration

Postcard Exchange

The MBQG was invited by the Cranbrook QG, BC to participate in a postcard exchange. Fourteen of our members exchanged fabric art postcards with the BC guild. Most cards were sent just like a postcard through the mail so the stamp was actually cancelled. Some with more embellishments had to be put in an envelope. Pam's postcard that she mailed…

Guild Blogger7 April 2017