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 Blogger18 October 2014

Meetings Members Quilt Show

The New Year Begins

Here we are again, another new year for the Mahone Bay Quilter's Guild, our 23rd year as a Guild. It is the year of our bi-annual quilt show which is held in conjunction with the Scarecrow Festival in Mahone Bay. The dates for our show are Friday October 3-Sunday October 5. Details can be found here. There will be lots going…

Guild Blogger13 September 2014

Inspiration Meetings Members

May 2014 Meeting

Linda Naugler's piece using hand and machine stitching and techniques she learned from an online course by Carol Ann Waugh Where to start? One word to describe the May meeting - colourful? Maybe - exciting? Maybe - inspiring? How about all three? Between show and tell and Tina's trunk show it was quite the evening. Tina Belding brought a wonderful…

Guild Blogger6 May 2014

Meetings

April 2014 Meeting

It isn't often I miss a meeting but a cold I brought home with me from Calgary got the better of me. I hated to miss but no one needed this bug! Many thanks to Sandra A for taking over the check-in table for me and to Suzanne and Cathy for helping out with the pictures. I am well on the…

Guild Blogger12 April 2014

Extraordinary Quilter Meetings Members Workshops

March 2014 Meeting

The weather co-operated and we were able to have our March meeting, no snow but boy it sure has been cold! As usual we had an enthusiastic crowd, lots of chatting and visiting. Helen shared her "Fireside Log Cabin", started in Heather Stewart's workshop and hand quilted by her bee, the Bay Buddies Plans are well underway for our 2014…

Guild Blogger6 March 2014

Meetings

February 2014 – Meeting

We managed to squeeze in another meeting and the weather was ok. Thanks to all who came out. As always an interesting show and tell and lots to talk about. Be sure and check in on our Flickr Photostream, link is in the righthand sidebar. More cuddle quilts came in, Lee's quilt top will be quilted by Lynn and when…

Guild Blogger5 February 2014

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January 2014 Guild Meeting

Despite the efforts of Mother Nature we were able to have a Guild meeting last Monday night. It was a smaller than usual turnout but with the iffy forecast and fog hanging around those who made it really enjoyed Val Hearder's presentation. Val spoke to us about her first tour she has lead to South Africa and she talked about…

Guild Blogger9 January 2014

Meetings Workshops

November 2014 Meeting

We had a pretty full hall last Monday for our November meeting. We kept having to add more chairs! In total we had 76 members and 4 new members for a total of 80 out to the meeting. I think that might be a record. Great turnout especially as we had Heather Stewart visiting us from Grand Bend, ON. Heather…

Guild Blogger8 November 2013

Featured Friends Inspiration Meetings

October 2013 Guild Meeting

What a wonderful turnout to our October Guild meeting. I am not sure if it is a record but we had 73 members, 2 new members plus 2 guests join us for a delightful program presented by doll artist Margi Hennen. Not only does Margi create wonderful dolls, they all come with a great story and in some cases a…

Guild Blogger9 October 2013

Meetings Members

September 2013 MBQG Meeting

President Cathy Drummond welcomes members and guests to our September meeting. What a wonderful turnout for the first meeting of our MBQG year. We had over 60 members, plus 4 new members and 12 guests. Many thanks to Laurie's students who joined us from Ontario, the Valley and beyond. It was great to have you with us. There was lots…

Guild Blogger16 September 2013