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A Quilter’s Harvest – MBQG 2018 Quilt Show and Sale

Memorial Quilt at Local Quilt Show The Mahone Bay Quilters’ Guild biannual show and sale will be held September 28-30, 2018. Quilt Show chair, Barb Himmelman, says “well over 100 quilts, in traditional, modern and art styles, have been entered in the show, including Laurie Swim’s magnificent “Hope and Survival,” the Halifax Explosion memorial quilt. Several new awards will be…
Guild Blogger
25 September 2018
EventsMeetingsQuilt Show

September 2018 Meeting

Happy New Year!! Yes, a new year of quilt guild meetings has begun under the very able leadership of Pam Wells who has succeeded our super past president Christine Bell. Our September meeting was busy, the hall was packed, we welcomed new members, guests and old members. We are getting off to a very busy start with our bi-annual Scarecrow…
Guild Blogger
15 September 2018
CommunityEventsQuilt Show

2017 Father Christmas Festival Quilt Show

We did it again! Many thanks to members of our Guild for loaning their wonderful Christmas quilts, wall hangings, wall quilts, table runners, Christmas tree skirts and various other home decor! We really transformed the little yellow house once again. Come visit us! We are open November 25 & 26 from 10am-4pm and Dec 2 & Dec 3 from 10am…
Guild Blogger
25 November 2017
CommunityInspirationQuilt Show

Father Christmas Festival Quilt Show 2016

Look who came to visit! Father Christmas himself!! We did it again! We have a wonderful small quilt show of Christmas and seasonal quilts, wall hangings, Christmas tree skirts, Christmas stockings and more at the official Welcome Centre for the Festival. Come and see us, we can be found in the little yellow building next to Amos Pewter, we will…
Guild Blogger
27 November 2016
AwardsQuilt Show

2016 Quilt Show part two

Drum roll please...and the winners are... Viewer's Choice Award and the CQA Ribbon for "We Are All African" won by Linda Mackie Finley, shown here with Joan Tufts CQA NS Rep, is Linda's daughter Linnet who accepted the award on behalf of her Mom. Linda's quilt was machine appliqued, hand applique, embellished with stitch and paint, machine pieced and hand…
Guild Blogger
3 October 2016
CommunityEventsQuilt Show

2016 Quilt Show part one

As I write we are half way through our most amazing quilt show. We had well over 200 visitors our first day and the reviews were wonderful, everyone was truly impressed, amazed and in awe of all our quilts. I think most people stopped and talked to our members to congratulate us on a wonderful show. We had a bus…
Guild Blogger
24 September 2016
MeetingsQuilt ShowWorkshops

September 2016 Meeting

 Our first Guild meeting of the year is now history. We had a wonderful turnout and we welcomed 4 new members! There was lots to do, friends to see and workshops to sign up for. The first one is with Tina Belding "Lady Liberty Goes to Hawaii" This is a skill-building technique workshop to learn Karen Stone's foundation piecing method…
Guild Blogger
17 September 2016