Thanks to the generosity of Faye Palmeter and Avonport Discount Fabrics in Avonport, Nova Scotia, we are thrilled to announce that a full scholarship will be awarded to a young quilter to attend the Quilters Retreat at Pictou Lodge next September (2009). To qualify you must be a Nova Scotia resident since 2006 and be between the ages of 19 and 40. For more information and the application brochure please send an email to Barb Robson at robsonbh@eastlink.ca The application must be postmarked by January 16, 2009.
About Mayflower
The next Mayflower Quilters Retreat will take place from September 23-27, 2009.
To request a registration brochure, click on 'Email Me'. (below)
Our 2009 Teachers
Well known for her colour workshops, Heather has taught for guilds and shops across Canada and throughout the U.S. Having quilted since childhood, today she works full-time preparing and giving workshops and lectures. Even her new hobby of beading creeps into the quilt studio from time to time and becomes part of an art quiltlet or fabric doll.
Kathy Higgins
Kathy has taught workshops for many guilds and retreats (as well as at the Cotton Patch in Bedford, Nova Scotia), ranging from machine piecing and machine quilting to hand appliqué and hand quilting. Kathy is an organizer for the “The Quilt” project exhibit and auction and her quilts have been exhibited at Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, Comfort and Joy, Halifax, the Mary E. Black Gallery Halifax, the Kennebacasis Valley Quilt Show in Quispamsis, N.B., and the Sussex Vale Quilt Show in Sussex, N.B. and at the Kitchener-Waterloo Quilt Festival.
In the early 1980s Joen began thinking about ways to create sophisticated landscapes in fabric. The whimsical, country-style appliqué she'd been doing didn't produce the artistic effects she sought. Determined to solve this technical problem, she began a trial-and-error process that eventually resulted in her strip-pieced landscape technique. Today, her method is widely used by textile artists and quiltmakers around the world.
Inspiration
Joen Wolfrom: Visual Coloring: A Foolproof Approach to Color-Rich Quilts
Struggling with color? Visual Coloring offers a practically foolproof technique that lets quilters analyze the colors and proportions found in nature, then duplicate the effects in beautiful quilts and other projects. Tons of photographs, fabric-swatch examples, and a gallery of idea quilts show the way, and five simple yet richly colored quilt projects let readers try out what they’ve learned.Joen Wolfrom: A Garden Party of Quilts: 7 Pieced Projects for Flower Lovers
Let renowned color expert Joen Wolfrom show quilters everywhere how to create seven spectacular flower quilts, blooming with traditional tulips or whimsical modern marigolds. Best of all, these fabulous flowers are all completely machine pieced, with step-by-step instructions that make them breezy as a spring day.Valerie Hearder: Points of View: Landscape Quilts to Stitch and Embellish (That Patchwork Place)
Step into your own gorgeous landscape scenes by using the incredible texture, color, and pattern that fabric provides. No tricky technical techniques here--simplicity is the goal in these artful, small-scale representations of nature's scenery.
Teachers Past
- Michele Gagne
- Ann Davies
- Kathy Tidswell
- Karen McCleary
Kay Phillips
Carol MacLean
Nancy Holt
Joyce Seagram
Photo Albums
Destinations
- Old Nova Scotian Quilts-the book
A remarkable book featuring fifty of the best quilts in the Nova Scotia Museum collection, published in colour. Also available in French "Courtepointes anciennes de la Nouvelle-Ecosse". One of very few books available in French about the history of quilts in North America. - Nina's Quilt Index Page
A great resource for quilting in Nova Scotia, Canada and beyond. - Nova Scotia: Canada's Seacoast
- Avonport Discount Fabrics
- Pictou Lodge Resort
- Canadian Quilters' Association
- Nina's Nova Scotia Quilt Page
- Mayflower Quilters' Guild
