Reminder: Meeting this Thursday, December 18

‘Tis the season for our second annual NJMQG swap! It’s one of our favorite meetings of the year, when we get together to share some cheer and a gift with a swap partner. Names were swapped in October, and we hope you’ll bring something special for your special someone. Please also bring a chair and if you are so inclined, a little something to eat or drink.

We’ll start with some short announcements and dates at 7PM on Thursday, December 18 at Rock Paper Scissors. Then we’ll launch right into the swap, which will happen simultaneously with show and tell. If you’ve made quilts for the holidays, we want to see them!

We will also be collecting dues for 2015– membership renewal is $50. We’ll have another post about that this week with online payment options if you prefer that method.

See you Thursday!

O-PEN IT! O-PEN IT! O-PEN IT!

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Melanie Tuazon

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November 22, 2014

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announcements, guild business, Open Sew, swaps

Last Call for Mid-Atlantic Mod!

Our guild has six reserved spots left for Mid-Atlantic Mod, the modern quilting retreat in Lancaster, PA April 23-26. Those spots will be lost to general registration after tomorrow, November 23, so if you are interested in attending, act today or early tomorrow. General registration opens November 30.

All information about the retreat is on the official retreat blog. The cost to our members is $120 for the retreat, plus accommodations (details on the blog). Workshops are $15 each, paid in cash on the day of the workshop.

If you would like to register, please email njmqginfo at gmail.com for our exclusive NJMQG registration code.

It’s going to be lots of fun!

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Melanie Tuazon

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November 20, 2014

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announcements, challenges, charity projects

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Quiltcon Charity Quilt Details

More details about our Quiltcon Charity quilt:

We’re pulling together our quilt on a VERY tight deadline. Fabric will be given to members who have signed up on our online form at the meeting on November 20.

Each bag will contain a cut of 20” x 25” Michael Miller Teal, plus a chunk of Kona for the plus sign. Here is the fabric pull for the quilt, using the required palette that Daniela so expertly designed:

Kona Pickle, Michael Miller Teal, Kona Cerise, Kona Snow, Kona Shadow

Your mission is to float one or more plus signs in Teal, with the finished block measuring 18” square.

The pluses can be straight or wonky in any size. Here is my block (I made it in just under an hour):

Even though we’re doing blocks, the idea is to have the floating pluses in all different positions, fulfilling the alternate grid requirement. Here is Amy’s sketch of the full quilt idea:

Amy R. will assemble the top. Your bag, should you sign up, will also contain Amy’s address. Please mail your block to her by December 1.

Diane will long-arm quilt the quilt and Stella has volunteered to bind.

We can do this, team! Please chip in if you are able, no worries if you can’t. Sign up here to get fabric tomorrow night. If you’d like to make more than one block, put your name on more than one line. We need 20 blocks to make a twin size quilt!

Thank you to everyone for chipping in. There was a time when we thought we wouldn’t be able to pull it off, but it looks like we’ll be able to. Have I ever told you how I believe that quilters are some of the best people around?