Our August meeting is this Saturday, August 22, from 10AM- 2PM at the LDS Church at 209 Mountain Ave, Caldwell, NJ.

It’s an Open Sew meeting, so bring your machines, extension cords and WIPs. We’ll also have charity quilt tops, lots of fabric and batting for anyone who wants to help with our donation efforts. Pack your lunch and bring a snack/treat/etc. to share if you wish!

SWAPS for this meeting:
• Bring your Bee Block Swap | Second Quarter blocks!
• Dumpling Pouch Swap! There is still time to make one! Click here for tutorial. There is a link titled “Download Dumpling Pattern Pieces.” Click that link to download the template.

See you there!

The Central Jersey MQG is hosting a Meadow quilt class with Lizzy House, a printmaker, author, illustrator, fabric designer, and quilter!

photo: sew-ok.com

WHEN:  Sunday, August 23 from 10 am – 5 pm (one hour lunch break)

WHERE:  Martinsville Community Center, 1961 Washington Valley Road, Martinsville, NJ (near Bridgewater, NJ)

Guest price is $115. Signups open on Friday, August 7th!

Please check out centraljerseymqg.blogspot.com or their Instagram account at @cjmqg for more details.

If you have any questions, please email centraljerseymqg (at) gmail (dot) com

Class description:
In this class, we will make the Meadow Quilt. This pattern is exclusively available in Lizzy’s class, and she plans to retire the class at the end of the year. We will be using curved piecing and reverse applique (on your machine), and Lizzy will be guiding us along.

photo: theworkroom.ca

For more pictures of the quilt, see the Instagram hashtag #meadowquilt.

We are swapping super cute dumpling pouches!

The details:

– Use the tutorial found here by Michelle Patterns to create your dumpling pouch. To download the template, click on the link in the tutorial: “Download Dumpling Pattern Pieces.”

– Check out our full Pinterest board for more dumpling pouch inspiration.

– Bring your dumpling pouch to the August guild meeting (Open Sew!) on Saturday, August 22nd at the LDS Church and you’ll go home with a dumpling pouch of your own!

– Have fun!