NJMQG is excited to invite you to join member Emily Chwazik for her fun and easy Vinyl Project Pouch class on Saturday, November 7, 2026 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm at the Community Church of Cedar Grove directly following our November meeting. This is great for beginners who want to learn how to sew with zippers, vinyl, and even adding cut embellishments like sew-in labels, zipper pulls and more.
Members can use this project for our New Year’s Party gift exchange for our January meeting!
Guiseppe Ribaudo (Giucy Giuce) will be hosting his Controlled Chaos: A Paper Piecer’s Guide to Improv Workshop on Saturday, November 14, 2026 from 9:00 to 5:00 pm at the Community Church of Cedar Grove. The class is $90 per member ($125 Non-Member), which includes the patterns and a roll of the piecing paper used for the class.
Part improv workshop, part foundation paper piecing, part mystery! Students will learn a different approach to improv sewing, utilizing improvisational design to draw their own foundation paper patterns. Motifs are pulled at random from a mystery bag.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Class materials list to follow.
Registration for this class ends on October 30, 2026 or when we reach a capacity of 20 students.
On Saturday September 19th, we hosted our first in-person meeting after the summer Zoom break with 39 members and 3 guests in attendance.
MQG Business
QuiltCon 2027 Atlanta – February 25 – 28
Community OutreachQuilt
The theme is Half Square Triangles
We selected the Bold palette
Dimensions: min 60”x80” & max 65”x85”
Block kits were distributed at the September meeting.
Blocks are due back at the October meeting – DO NOT TRIM! Volunteers will stay after the October meeting to trim.
Please return any scraps with your blocks.
Charity Quilting
Holy cow!
NJMQG members were busy this this summer making charity quilt tops from our extensive stash.
Well done and keep ’em comin’!
Show & Tell
Left to right, top to bottom: (1) Karen; (2, 3, 4) Blanca; (5, 6) Arlene; (7, 8) Carolyn; (9) Zephie; (10, 11) Jo Ann; (12, 13) Aubrey; (14) Margy; (15) Pam; (16) Jane; (17) Pam; (18) Getchen; (19) Joseph; (20) Sue A.; (21) Kath N.; (22, 23) Kaitlin.
Thanks everyone for sharing your inspiring work!
Jelly Roll Race
After our regular meeting we celebrated National Jelly Roll day with a Jelly Roll Race and here are our 4 finishers – Gretchen, Sue A., Kathy, and in 1st place — Karen (just look those impressive miters!)
1st Place Finisher Karen
Gretchen
Sue A.
Kathy M.
Programs
We have exciting programming coming up!
October
Sew Along – put your blocks together with Samantha on Zoom on October 15th
1p – 4p: Project Bag class with Emily (this will be our Holiday swap item in January)
Murmuration blocks due
Giucy Giuce Controlled Chaos workshop in-person on Nov 14th, 9a – 5p
December
Meeting date: Sat Dec 5th
Show & Tell
Mini quilt challenge due
Murmuration quilt top construction 1p – 4p. Bring your machine.
New Meeting Space Needed–still looking!
Sadly, the First Lutheran Church closed after our June meeting and we are actively looking for another local space in which to hold our meetings, workshops and holiday party within our budget. Any ideas or contacts, please contact Ann.
Good lighting, sufficient outlets, storage space and parking are on our wish list of nice-to-haves.
Until we have secured a new spot, we are meeting at the Community Church of Cedar Grove at 65 Bowden Rd, Cedar Grove.
Happenings
Two local-ish quilts shows in October! (Same weekend as our October meeting.)
(Please note the November and December meetings are on the FIRST Saturday, not the usual third.)
Location: Community Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 Time: 10a – 12p in-person (plus additional post-meeting activities 1p-4p) Guests welcome!
