Tea Thyme Quilters
The Tea Thyme quilters at St.Mark’s have been very busy this past winter and spring.
In January we welcomed Bev Crouse from Lunenburg, who did a workshop on appliqué.
We also completed a large queen size quilt for one of our members, quilted a lap quilt for Lana and worked on Basket favours for our up-coming Retreat at the Keltic Lodge in 2010.
The Ocean Waves Quilt Society of Cape Breton, of which we are all members, will be celebrating the 10th year as a Society. It was ten years ago that five quilters in Port Hawkesbury saw the need for networking with quilters around the Island to promote the art of quilting and to make Cape Breton the centre of excellence for quilting. Today we celebrate with 175 members.
We were saddened when one of our quilters, Stella Warner, lost her son to cancer. A Memorial Golf Tournament planned by his co-workers for May 24 encouraged the Tea Thyme quilters to also help. A quilt was donated by Sherrille, quilted with love by all and presented to Stella’s family. Tickets were sold and all money raised from the quilt will be going to the Kidney Foundation of Nove Scotia.
We also quilted a top donated by Barb for the Strait Regional Hospital Fund- Raising Cottage. This quilt will be put on one of the beds in the beautiful cottage.
We are now quilting a Queen size Double Wedding Ring quilt and getting ready for our 4th Annual Quilt Show and Sale at St. David’s Church, August 13 - 20.
We hope to see you there among the beautiful quilts!
The Tea Thyme Quilters invite all who are interested in quilting to join us at the church on Wednesday from 1:00 - 4:00pm.
Barb MacIntyre
