Mariners finished off November with a hands-on program by Gillian on folded stars. Gillian based her program on one of the projects in Fun and Fabulous Patchwork and Applique by Gail Lawther. Rhonda collected more finished placemats for our Meals on Wheels commitment and we heard news of Kaffe Fassett coming to Nova Scotia in Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Karen’s trunk show
A founding Mariner, teacher and quilt artist, Karen brought her Deconstructing Art Quilts trunk show to our first meeting in November. Karen favours a vivid colour palette as well as the use of texture to add a greater feeling of depth. And as always, members brought in recently completed works for Show and Share. Continue reading
Inaugural Kathy Ogden Memorial Scholarship
At the first meeting of November, Jacqueline introduced her fellow Mariners to the Kathy Ogden Memorial Scholarship, in memory of founding member Kathy Ogden who passed away last May. This year’s recipient is Anja.
Here’s part of what Jacqueline had to say about Kathy and the scholarship:
As you know, we started this year off missing one very fine lady.
Kathy Ogden was one of the original founding members of our guild. She found this meeting space and became our hostess, often greeting people Continue reading
Tina meets Kaffe Fassett
Jeweled Diamonds in Houston

Tina’s Jeweled Diamonds was the featured quilt at the International Quilt Festival this past weekend.