Monthly meetings

The big news in our area right now is the official opening of Lynn Jones' Quilting Studio in Auburndale, just outsde of Bridgewater. We all congratulate Lynn on her new venture, a full service quilt store! Lynn will have over 600 bolts of fine quality cotton, notions, books, Brother Sewing Machines as well she has her long arm quilting services.…

Our new quilt year is about to begin! It always does feel like the beginning of a new year after our summer break. Our Guild calendar has been updated with information about some of our programs. Information about upcoming workshops will be posted soon on the workshop page. As always our meetings have a wonderful show and tell and I…

After the Dessert Party we got busy with the workshops. Becky taught a one day applique workshop Backyard Birds and then two days of improvisational quilting and applique. I was very intrigued with Becky's use of technology to show her detailed hand work. she used a combination of a digital project and a Sony Handy Cam which projected on a large…

It must be over 16 years ago when Polly and I were the program and workshop committee and we decided to bring a quilt teacher "from away" to come and teach at the Guild. We decided that if she (Kay Phillips) was coming all this way that she should do a trunk show/lecture and if she was doing that then…

Eleven of the 15 Celtic Quilt Guild members who visited with us for a pot luck dinner and show and tell and they stayed on for our 3rd Annual Quilter's Yard Sale. Almost 50 members of our MBQG prepared a wonderful pot luck dinner and we all had a great time talking quilts and quilting and enjoying a wonderful show…

The Guild was pleased to have Heather Stewart back with us for her Bear Paw workshop. Heather approached this traditional pattern with her usual flare, approach to colour, sewing techniques and shortcuts. Her supply list called for Thangles and I don't think anyone in the class had ever used them before. Our local shops didn't carry them so luckily Lynn…

The 100th Anniversary Quilt and 23 of the 40 members who helped to make it. The quilt, designed by Anna Davison, was a gift from our Guild to the old Mahone Bay School which is celebrating their 100th anniversary this summer. Over 400 hours of work went into this quilt which was superbly machine quilted by Lynn Jones. The quilt…

After the nasty blizzards and weather we have been having this winter, there were many sighs of relief that the weather cooperated so we could go ahead with Cuddle Quilt Day 2014. This is a day when members of our guild come together with friends of members and other community minded sewers and quilters to make, tie and finish quilts…

Pictures taken at the opening of Polly's exhibition can be seen here with many thanks to photographer Kate Inglis.

                       QUILTER'S YARD SALE                                 Saturday May 4                                 10 am - 12 noon              …