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It’s meeting time!
We are looking forward to seeing you at our meeting tonight. TONIGHT at Pearkes Rec Centre. 7pm, Owen room on the main floor – through the main doors and down the hall immediately on your left. Click the link for parking, maps and transit info. Doors open at 6:40 to let us get set up. What’s…
Read MoreHappy Hallowe’en
A few of our members wanted to wish you a happy Hallowe’en today! The Queen of Hearts stopped by our sew-in last week and had a good chuckle before shouting “off with her head!” Which someone was only too happy to do! That poor bride – what was the wedding night like? And Princess Anna…
Read MoreSocial Media 101 – uploading pictures on Facebook
Here is another Social Media info post from Christine, and we have our 2014 survey ready. It’s a short one, only 15 questions, so please take a moment to answer our questions. It’s your chance to influence the direction of the guild! CLICK HERE FOR OUR SHORT 2014 SURVEY! We had a positive response to…
Read MoreOctober events, info, and signups!!
Hello again MQG! Here are the announcements and info part of the meeting. The pictures of pretty quilts are HERE. At the end of the meeting we have some door prizes which are generously donated by our local quilt and fabric stores. Please thank them if you are in their store! This month’s prizes and…
Read MoreOctober meeting show and share
We had another amazing turnout for our meeting last week – partly because we’re awesome (we think!) and partly because we were pleased to welcome BARRY, the knowledgeable sewing machine repair guy from The Cloth Castle. Here are the highlights of what Barry shared: don’t mess with your bobbin tension!, clean your machine often, use…
Read MoreWeekend events!
Thanks everyone for an awesome meeting last night. There are two events happening this weekend that we wanted to let you know about. Thing 1: Our own Susan Teece is one of the featured artists in the Sidney Fine Art Show. It runs today through Sunday, the 17th – 19th. Information is HERE. Thing 2:…
Read MoreOctober 2014 – Slab technique
Our colour palette this month is RAINBOW with a touch of white, so choose ONE colour per block and make a 10.5″ unfinished block. Make as many as you like – each block nets you one lottery ticket to win the whole batch. How do you make a slab? If you have the book “Sunday…
Read MoreIt’s meeting time!!
It’s our meeting tonight! Tonight at Pearkes Rec Centre. 7pm, Owen room on the main floor – through the main doors and down the hall immediately on your left. Click the link for parking, maps and transit info. We have a presentation on domestic sewing machine maintenance tonight, done by Barry from The Cloth Castle. Please bring: • a…
Read MoreSeptember meeting wrap up
Happy birthday to us! We had a lovely and busy meeting in September with a record 21 guests in attendance! Thank you to everyone who came, to everyone who brings a friend, and to all our members and supporters! Can you believe it’s been a **whole year** already? MQG Victoria First meeting, Sept. 2013 at…
Read MoreSeptember 2014 – Spiderweb block
You will need: • Solid White fabric (Kona White) scrap. A 4”x19” piece is big enough to get all four white centre kite shapes. • lots and lots of skinny strips in this month’s colour palette: black, charcoal grey, purple, plum, medium orange, and light bright green. Your longest strips need to be 6 inches…
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