August 2023 Guild Meeting

Remember back to August…we had 33 members joining us on Zoom. Special welcome to Lorraine and Corey. Annette gave us the treasurer’s report, then we moved on to more announcements.

We had two submissions for ideas for the MQG community quilt. Voting through a Google form went to members in email.

Quiltfolk is visiting New Jersey and is looking for stories. Peters Valley was contacted by someone who was inspired by our “Used to be a Shirt” challenge/show we had and wants to use the idea, with a credit to us of course. We are continuing the discussion of more in person meetings. September meeting is in person and will feature a lecture and trunk show by Karen Fricke. We ended the night with some ‘sew’cial time.

Until next time. Keep getting your quilt on.

-A

July 2023 Guild Meeting

Hello friends! I am woefully behind in updating you all on our comings and goings. I will be better going forward. Here’s a quick recap of what happened in July.

July welcomed our new board members for the 2023/24 year. Ann Marston, president. Jeanine Bowin, vice president, Betsy Fabricant and Margy Schilling, programs. Annette Aponte, treasurer. Aubrey A Cece, secretary. We are excited to be working on some fantastic things for the future. We had 33 people join in our July meeting. A special welcome to Ginger S!

Once again the NJMQG is taking part in Mid Atlantic MOD. Don’t know what that is? Check out more here.

We are SUPER excited to bring you our very first quilt show!

Once again we will be participating in the MQG’s Community Outreach Quilt.

We had a lovely lecture and slide show by Sarah Ruiz. Sarah started quilting in 2010/11. She is not only a talented quilter, she is also an aerospace engineer! In 2020 she challenged herself to a 100 day project, making and sending postcards. Since then she has sent over 200 postcards to about 34 states. Read more about her here.

All of this lead us into our next swap.

Some announcements included- An exhibit at the Folk Art Museum, Garden State Quilters exhibit at the Chatham Library, Ellaree and Wanetta had an pieces at Morris County Library and Morristown Museum.

Thanks to all who joined us! Stay quilty!

-A