Finally, an Update!

It has been a while, my apologies. I have added a lot of pictures as you can see. Thanks to Jamie Pratt, Michele Gagne, Lorna D'Orsay and a few others, I have been able to upload a lot of pictures from the 2007 Retreat. Each one brought back great memories. I hope you enjoy them.

We also have news for 2009, our own Kathy Higgins will be teaching for us along with returning teachers Joen Wolfrom and Heather Stewart. Their workshops will be announced in a few months. For those of you who are Mayflower Quilters Guild members, registration will begin in March 2009. Non-members can request registration information but their registration date will be 2 weeks after Guild members.

Once again we will be fund raising for the Retreat. We are a volunteer committee and we try our best to keep the costs as low as we can. We appreciate and thank all the Guild members and Chapter members who generously support all our efforts.

Thanks to the generosity of Faye Palmeter, owner of Avonport Discount Fabrics we are pleased to announce that we will be awarding a "young" Nova Scotia quilter a full scholarship (travel and supplies not included) to the 2009 Quilters Retreat at Pictou Lodge. Criteria and application information will be posted soon and will also be sent to all NS Quilt Guilds.

For those of you who attended the 2005 Quilters Retreat, please join me in congratulating Lynne Edwards, quilter extraordinaire from England, who will be awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth in July, for her accomplishments and contributions to quilting. Congratualtions Lynne, a well deserved honour.

Thanks for your patience, I'll be back soon.