We’re delighted to host former NJMQG president, Melanie Tuazon to teach her Trill Technique workshop. In this workshop, Students will work on the Trill quilt design, which is made entirely with quarter circle blocks. Skills you’ll learn include:

• Sewing curves
• Glue basting curves
• Trimming curved blocks
• Blending curved elements when piecing.

Students should be familiar with sewing with a 1⁄4” seam allowance.

Date: October 21, 2017
Time: 10a – 4p
Location: Community Grove of Cedar Grove 65 Bowden Rd. Cedar Grove, NJ
Cost: $35 members / $40 non-members

To register for this workshop, click here. 
Once you’ve paid, you’ll receive the supply list and other details for class.

About Melanie
Melanie Tuazon is a self-taught modern quilter, quilt designer, teacher, and writer. She strives to make simple and stunning quilts and loves empowering new quilters to translate this time-honored tradition into their own personal style. Based in New Jersey, she teaches locally and regionally. She blogs about her quilts at melintheattic.com. She served as president of the North Jersey MQG from 2013-2015. Her quilts have been shown in Quiltcon 2015, 2016, and 2017, Love Patchwork and Quilting, Stitch, and the Quiltcon issue of Modern Patchwork. Her quilt “Rally” was the Modern Quilt Guild free quilt pattern of the month for February 2016. Her quilt “Flounce” received a 2nd place ribbon in Modern Traditionalism at Quiltcon Pasadena.

We’re so excited to bring Michelle Reiter back to teach a workshop focused on the Noodlehead Market Bag by Anna Graham! This versatile tote is great to use for a carry-on bag, farmer’s market trips, a library run or even as a stylish work tote! The possibilities for personalizing it and making it your own are endless!

Date: September 23, 2017
Time: 10a – 4p
Location: Cedar Grove Community Church // 65 Bowden Rd Cedar Grove
Cost: NJMQG Members $35 // Non-members $40 – This include a pizza lunch courtesy of Michelle!

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to cut out the pattern, quilt with stabilizer, install a basic zipper, sew basic binding, and add fashionable handles.

This session is limited to 20 participants. Click here to register for this workshop.
Once paid, the supply list and other details including sources for handles, etc. will be emailed to you.

About Michelle
Michelle learned to sew in Home Economics in 7th grade and loved it instantly. At the time, she sewed clothes and stuffed animals. Since then, Michelle has graduated to modern quilting and hand-stitching. The Noodlehead Market Bag is one of her favorite projects to make for herself and as gifts. When not behind a sewing machine, Michelle can be found in her garden, preserving and making jam, or repurposing furniture with a fresh coat of paint.

We are so excited to host Sarah Scott for an intimate workshop turning all the things blue! Read below for all the details!

Indigo/Shibori Dying & Cyanotype/Photogram Workshop
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2017
Time: 10a-4p
Location: The home of an NJMQG member
Exact address will be sent with the supply list after registration
Cost: $40/members | $45/non-members – the cost includes lunch
This workshop is limited to 15 people. If the weather does not cooperate, a rain date will be determined.

Indigo/Shibori Dying & Cyanotype/Photogram Workshop

About Indigo/Shibori Dyeing
Spend a fun morning creating a unique piece of indigo dyed fabric to use in any sewing project. We will learn how to apply various methods of folding, tying, and stitching our pre-soaked natural fiber to produce an endless number of patterns. One of the most delightful aspects of fabric dying is the element of surprise; experimentation is mandatory and fun is the side effect! Sarah will provide all the materials for a morning of indigo dying, you may bring along your own pieces of 100% natural fiber fabric. Some examples: a small tablecloth, table runner, linen napkins, tea towels, etc. or an existing garment that is 100% natural (top, skirt, etc.) Sarah will also have a number of vintage linens available to purchase the day of the class. Dig through your linen closet for antique pieces that need a new life, they are wonderful for dying, and the results are beautiful. Be sure to wear old clothes and shoes, and be prepared to be out in the sun turning all the things blue!!

About Cyanotype/Photogram Printing
Always wanted to try sun printing? Also known as cyanotype, or photogram, it is an early photographic process that dates back to 1842. An example of cyanotypes we are familiar with are blueprints used in building architecture. In this workshop, we will create our own cyanotype fabric pieces to use in garments, quilts or any sewn project.  All the cyanotype fabric is permanently printed, it just needs to be washed with non-phosphate detergent. Since Sarah will pre-treat the fabric at home, she will have a variety of fabric for you to choose from. You can expect to go home with four napkin-sized pieces, plus a postcard sized paper piece.  We will be working both outside and in a darkened area until we are ready to expose our images to the sun. Sarah will bring a variety of objects to ‘photograph’; feathers, sea glass, found objects, snakeskin (!), skulls (!), household objects, plants, leaves, and flowers, etc. There are so many ways to compose these beautiful images, and the results are striking!  After the exposure is complete, the fabric will receive a thorough washing and dry in a darkened area for 24 hours.  Again, we will be turning more things blue!!

Click here to register for this workshop. Supply list and location address will be sent once payment is made.

About Sarah
Sarah has been making and collecting for as long as she can remember, and being naturally curious has led her into many creative pursuits.  As a child, she taught herself to sew Barbie clothes from scraps, and always had pockets full of natural “treasures,” a habit she continues to this day!  In college, she studied literature to fuel her love of reading and education to have an excuse to hang out with kids.  As a young mother, Sarah discovered pottery and spent years diving into the world of clay, glazes and firing techniques as well as teaching kids classes.  Being a serial crafter means she has also spent lots of time of jewelry making, exploring home decor, painting, kids crafts, book art, wood burning, gardening, cooking, and of course, sewing has been her primary outlet of creativity for the past ten years.  In the past five years, Sarah became immersed in fabric surface design through the processes of block printing, gelatin printing, indigo dying and cyanotypes.  Sarah loves how multi-layered these art forms are, with many opportunities for expression and development — not to mention sewing and creating new things from the fabric you’ve designed.

On a personal note, Sarah has been married to her high school love for 19 years, and they have four children, three of whom she currently home schools. Sarah is currently employed as a part-time sewing instructor and teaches art classes for her local homeschool co-op. Sarah loves any opportunity to teach and make art.