Happy New Year! May it truly be a happy one this year.

We had 46 members in attendance and we welcomed new member Neena Shaw. We also had two guests, Josaine Royster and Carolyn McKibbin. Welcome!

Guild Business

• Membership Renewal – It’s time again to renew your membership. The two step process(Sign-up and pay) needs to be completed by January 31st. The cost is $60, same as last year.
• Treasury Report – Lenny provided us with the full year recap with us coming within $5 of budget! To see details of the report, please log onto the members only section on the website.
• Quiltcon Community Quilt – Completed and officially submitted.

Programs

The following is snapshot of what our Programs team has put together so far for the year.

Mark your calendar now for these upcoming events so you don’t miss any of the fun.

Charity Quilt Block Pattern for 2021

In years past we have picked a particular designer’s quilt pattern to use for our guild’s effort to put charity quilts into our local community. This year we have selected a block put out by the MQG called The Corner Block.

In the past we have held charity open sew days in person to work on these projects. Now we ask you to go the website and login to retrieve the free pattern and create a quilt in your own design, to support our local charities.

You can submit a complete quilt or just a quilt top. We have batting and backing fabric available to help you finish your quilt.

Programs also asked us to come up with our 21 Crafty Goals for 2021. It’s never to late to start, so begin your list today. Include things you’d like to accomplish, try, add or delete in all your crafting adventures. Then you can share them with us at our meetings throughout the coming year.

Show & Tell

Thanks to all for another great meeting!

Next Guild Meeting: Thursday, February 18th @7:15

Jennifer – Secretary

Happy Holidays! We a fun festive crowd of about 50 people join in Thursday night for our Annual Holiday Party meeting. We had a very busy night with lots of pretty quilty things, so lets take a look.

Guild Business

• MQG Updates – Membership renewal will be coming in January. Current members will receive an email with all the information and a link to PayPal.
• Quiltcon Community Quilt – Margy updated us that the quilt is currently with Krishma for quilting.
• Charity Updates – Elinore, our coordinator, dropped off 81 pillowcases to Giving Hope Network. Collecting for charity is ongoing. If you have a quilt or pillowcases you would like to donate, please contact Elinore.

Programs Updates

Tara Faughnan Workshop – Elaine Bronner informed us that the Brownstone Quilters Guild has openings in the Color Interaction Workshop from Tara Faughnan. The date is Saturday, January 16th and the cost is $60 for nonmembers. Click on the link to register.

Final UFO Challenge

And our final UFO winner is Sarah! She won a copy of the Cotton & Steel Coloring book.

This concludes our 2020 UFO Challenge. If you wish to continue challenging yourself to complete your projects, check out American Patchwork and Quilting’s annual challenge.

2020 Mini Quilt Challenge

To conclude this year, we ask members to make a mini quilt of what 2020 meant to them. We received the following entries.

Thank you to all who participated and the interesting stories behind each one.

Show & Tell

Elfster Swap

It was fun to watch the live opening, then each person went through and described what they received. The following are all the pictures we received ahead of time of most of the gifts.

What a fantastic job everyone did! That concludes the 2020 North Jersey Modern Quilt Guild year!

We would like to wish you all a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season! We look forward to seeing you over Zoom (and hopefully in person) next year!

Next Guild meeting is Thursday, January 21, 2021 @ 7:15pm

Jennifer-Secretary

It’s almost Turkey Time! Are you ready?

Our October meeting had 44 members in attendance with no guests. We welcomed new member Jann Slapin, who some already know from Garden State Quilters guild. Welcome!

Guild Business:

Reminders

• Photos of projects for our monthly member meeting need to be submitted by the day before the meeting (Wednesday) with the month as the subject line.
• Workshop enrollment cancellations – we strongly encourage you to not withdraw from a workshop(with the exception of emergency/extenuating circumstances). For many reasons this becomes a great nuisance for our programs committee. Thank you for your understanding.

MQG Updates

All submissions/challenges for Quiltcon are due by November 30th.

Community Quilt Challenge Update:

Our quilt is coming together, front and back are pieced and it is now on it’s way to member Krishma Patel for quilting. Can’t wait to see it finished!

Treasurer’s Report & 2021 Budget Proposal

We thank Lenny for the amazing job she does keeping our financials in order. She presented the 3rd quarter report and provided the 2021 Budget proposal. Members voted via live survey and approved the proposed budget.

Charity Updates

We donated more pillowcases to Giving Hope Network. Please continue to make them as they will continue accepting them. Please contact Elinore Gordon to arrange for pick up of any quilts or pillowcases you want to donate to charity. You can find her contact information on the roster in the members only section.

We received a note of thanks from Trinitas Regional Medical Center for our donation from participation in the Connected Project.

Programs

Some of the results from the PapperSaxSten workshop 10/24 & 10/25

Open Sews in November

This has been such a hit! It’s been great seeing so many people get together, chat, sew and catch up! The best is yet to come…

Black Friday 6-Hour Sew-a-thon!

November 27th 9 am – 3 pm

After all the stress and business getting ready for Thanksgiving, skip Friday holiday shopping. Join rotating hosts Rachel, Jeanine, Samantha and Sue and spend time with your sewing sisters! We will start at 9 am and give away our first prize at 10 and every hour on the hour after that! You must be present to win.

Please remember to take a photo of what you are sending out. Then send those photos to programs so we can put them into the slide show for the December Holiday Party meeting. That way with all the excitement of people opening their gifts, we won’t miss out on seeing all the beautiful gifts you created. Items must be mailed by December 7th to ensure your recipients get their gifts in time for the meeting 12/17.

Samantha’ Favorite Things

A huge shout out to Samantha for giving us all kinds of wonderful, quick gift ideas to make this season. Please take a look at the previous post for all the details! I know I will be making a tissue holder or two!

And now for more pretty stuff!!

UFO Challenge

And the winner for November receiving a Tula Pink Coloring Book is Terry!

With 2 UFO’s left for the year, pick one or pick both. Make progress or finish, then submit your photo for a chance to win a Cotton & Steel coloring book!

Show & Tell

Thanks to all who attended and participated this month.

See you next month for our Holiday Meeting,

Thursday, December 17th @7:15

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jennifer – Secretary