April 2018 Meeting Recap

Can you believe it’s April?!

We had 51 members and 2 “guests” (little Joel and Samantha’s husband I believe?) And Welcome back to the group, Kourtney!

First things first…Let’s get those bylaws voted on! A few questions and then a vote. The updated bylaws have passed.

President Margy updated us on some stuff happening

Quiltfest April 26-29. Setup starting April 24. Beka collected quilts and descriptions at break. And confirmation of setup and take down volunteers.
The Garden State Quilters show is May 19-20 in Parsippany
Pennington Day quilt show May 19 in Hopewell Valle
Art Quilt Elements show until April 28 in Wayne, PA

MQG happenings

2019 charity quilt details are out. Our very own Daniela is on that committee and helped pick some amazing colors to work with
MQG dates and stuff
Quiltcon 2019 Nashville

Happenings

The field trip to Brooklyn was a success! Beautiful day, lots of fun! Thanks to Michelle for planning and the great weather 😉
Congrats to Betsy who won a 2nd place ribbon at Paducah
Congrats to Melanie and Betsy in the latest issue of Modern Patchwork
Diane- Cross Roads Fall Quilting Retreat November 7-11, 2018 in Port Murray NJ. More details available on the FB page
Congrats and thanks to Aleeda for being a part of the MQG inclusion and diversity committee

VP Kathy

Let’s talk about fundraising. In order to offset costs we are looking for some fundraising ideas. Some ideas put out there…
- Raffle off donated items
- Book raffle
- Tricky tray
- 50/50
- Silent auction
- Paid potluck
- Raffle quilt
- Holiday craft show
- NJMQG merchandise

Programs Sarah

And our next challenge will be due in June. We are challenging you to make a quilted pillow for yourself. Have it represent who you are using text or an image that represents you. Check out the Pinterest page for some inspiration.

Michelle

We are looking for nominations for all board positions but we are particularly looking for a Program Chair (or two/co-chairs) and a Treasurer. Please help our guild move forward and consider running for one of these critical board positions. If you have any questions about the roles and responsibilities of any of the board positions, reach out to the current or past holders of those positions and check the by-laws. WE NEED YOU. You can email nominations to Michelle R or Jeanine B. Emails can be found in members only section.

Charity Rachel

There are a lot of kits available to be worked on and if you are interested in something quick and easy you can continue making those pillowcases.
The Cloud9 challenge blocks from years ago were put together and lovingly quilted by Jackie. I see my block! Anyone else? Perhaps this is a Raffle quilt?