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March 2017 Meeting

Our March meeting was another daytime meeting and we had a terrific turnout. It was a beautiful day and we had a busy meeting with lots of show and tell followed by a wonderful trunk show with Kathy Tidswell from New Brunswick. Gail's wonderful 365 Challenge quilt with over 11,000 pieces! Machine quilted by Lynn Jones. Well done Gail! Registration…
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10 March 2017
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Canada’s Big Quilt Bee

The Mahone Bay Quilter's Guild is participating in the CQA Canada's Big Quilt Bee for Ronald Macdonald House. We will help to make 1,000 quilts for Ronald Macdonald Houses across Canada. Come join us Tuesday January 10, 2017 at Trinity United Church, Mahone Bay from 9am - 3pm. Bring your sewing machine, thread, basic sewing supplies, rotary cutting equipment and…
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4 January 2017
Workshops

Lady Liberty Goes to Hawaii (aka New York Beauty)

A successful workshop was held at the Mahone Bay Legion with Tina Belding teaching her version of the New York Beauty block. Everyone had a wonderful time and they learned a lot. Pictured above is the class with at least one block from everyone. This was the first time we have had a workshop in the Legion space and everyone…
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12 November 2016
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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…
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17 September 2016
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Extraordinary Quilter 2016

Well, our 16th Extraordinary Quilter event is done for another year. We followed our usual format with the Dessert Party on Wed. night followed by a one day workshop and then a two day workshop, all with extraordinary quilter Katie Pasquini Masopust from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Not only was Katie "extraordinary" but so were our desserts! Many thanks to…
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15 May 2016
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Celtic Knot Workshop

Many thanks to Linda Finley and Pam Wells who taught a Celtic Knot workshop. And many thanks to Mary L who took the pictures, my new official assistant! Apparently Pam is showing them how to cheat! Beth "This is sooo boring!" Sandy E making a lot of bias strips. Lynda with her very neat coil of bias. How the pattern…
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21 February 2016
Workshops

Fall Workshops

Plans are well underway for our fall workshops. The first one is Saturday October 17 with Linda Macdonald "Reflections". Learn to reflect the inner beauty of a fabric. No drawing lines, no fussy cutting, no complicated piecing. This easy technique is a simple strip cutting and piecing technique that you apply to fabric. The Reflection technique is a variation of…
Guild Blogger
31 August 2015
Extraordinary QuilterWorkshops

Becky Goldsmith Workshops

The MBQG is bringing Becky Goldsmith (Piece O' Cake for two workshops May 28-30, 2015 "Backyard Birds" (one day) and "Improvisational Quiltmaking" (2 days). We have spaces in both workshops and welcome non-members (members!) to join us. Contact Pam at pamela01wells@bellaliant.net for registration information.Information about Becky and her workshops can be found at  http://www.pieceocake.com/ClassInfo/becky-workshops.html Please join us!    
Guild Blogger
26 March 2015
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Busy November

As I write, it is December 1, how can that be? November has flown by and this past week has been a busy one for the Guild. The Father Christmas Festival in Mahone Bay is in full swing, we just had a wonderful weekend with the town full of visitors, carollers, wagon rides, Father Christmas wanders the streets delighting young…
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1 December 2014
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November 2014 Meeting and Workshops

November just started and already we have had two workshops and a very full meeting! We were very lucky to have Anita Zobens, the Superior Thread rep for Canada and owner of Cotton Mill Threadworks, come to Nova Scotia and teach two workshops and present our November program. What a wealth of information! Everyone learned something and we got to…
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5 November 2014