This past Wednesday evening was the May meeting of the Maritime Modern Quilt Guild. and oh, what quilty fun we had! After a very short business meeting...our new logo was voted on....more on that later...the announcement was made that our lovely little guild had been accepted to participate in the annual
Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival in beautiful downtown Amherst,, Nova Scotia. This Festival is a 5 day celebration of all things fibre: knitting, quilting, rug hooking, and so much more. Featuring many creative workshops, exhibits, and hands-on demonstrations, the festival offers something for everyone! If you’re looking for a little fibre in your creative diet, then this is the festival for you! October 14-18, 2014. More on this later too. We were all about freemotion quilting and showing off recent projects.
Linda, from
the blog Scrapmaster, a guild member, gave us a look at how she approaches freemotion quilting. We got lots of tips and hints.
And then, we had Show and Tell. OMG...such wonderful work by members. Here are some highlights.....Some wonderful projects completed and in progress. Lots of inspiration!
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| Linda's first improv quilt |
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| Another one from Linda - lots of swirly quilting |
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| and yet another one from Linda - a table runner using up Amy Butler scraps |
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| Jeanette's fabulous baby quilt |
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| Cathy showed us her wonderful appliqued circle quilt. A very modern quilter! |
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| Sandra's gorgeous roomy totebag |
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| Jo's Day and Night quilt ready for quilting and she received some great ideas from guild members.day about her experience with finding a new quilty place to be and we are very lucky to have her join our group |
Check out
Jo's blog post today about her experience with finding a new quilty place to be and we are very lucky to have her join our group
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| Newbie Amanda showed us her wonderful Christmas runner and stocking. Everyone was impressed with her amazing stitiching. |
A great time was had by all and we are anxiously awaiting our next get together, our monthly Sew-In which will be held on May 24 - Admiralty Place Party Room: 1 Prince Street, Dartmouth. Bring you machine, a project or two and your lunch.
I want to thank everyone, again, for such a warm welcome. It was so nice to feel like I was "home".
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to have missed this one! That Linda is a free motion goddess! And so many lovely projects were shared - thank goodness for the blog update or I would have really missed out!
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