Here we are in 2019 and I’m just getting to catch up the remainder of last year!

We had 47 members visiting us for our final meeting and final party of the year. It was a lot of fun and a great success, in big part to Barbara and Terri. We are so thankful for all the hard work put in to make it such a fabulous time!

First things first, there’s always the order of business to get through. We talked about the craft show members so generously donated to, to help do a little fundraising.

We had our vote on increasing dues from $50 to $60- approved
As well as our 2019 budget-approved.

We briefly about the member led half day classes in January.
For more info, check it out here

We collected some Quilts of Valor blocks and will always accept these. 12 1/2 x 12 1/2″ blocks in red, white and blue.

Charity
We sent a huge bunch of our scraps to the Social Justice Sewing academy.
Robert Kaufman is collecting quilts for people who were affected by the wildfires, so we sent some of our completed charity quilts to them
We would also like to ask anyone who is working on a New Wave charity quilt, to bring it to the January meeting

Our Quiltcon charity quilt top and back are done. It still needs a name, so thinking caps on!

We had a blind bag swap. So many great bags and happy faces!

And of course, our favorite part of the meeting is Show and Tell. Holiday gifts and more gorgeousness, as always!!

Lenny- donated to charity

Rayna’s class

Aleeda- Color Riot

Sue- Batik stripes

Deb- Kaffe flowers

Rochelle- Christmas quilt

placemats

Michelle- Music is Magic

Melanie- Trill minimal

Betsy- 2 color challenge

Michael Miller challenge

Judy- New Wave for charity

Margy

Don’t forget to renew your membership for 2019. We sent out a link in December, but if you need the link, let us know and we can forward it to you!

See you at our January 2019 meeting. January 17 at 7:15. Community church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Rd, Cedar Grove.

-A

 

 

We had 53 members, and no guests joining us last month. Welcome Imana, our newest member.

Let’s get to it

Happenings-
The Grounds for Sculpture field trip unfortunately happened on a cold and rainy day, but it didn’t stop Margy and Marika from enjoying themselves.
Pam told us about Catherine Redford
Rayna’s class was a lot of fun
Krishma had a beautiful exhibit at the Plainsboro Library
Terri took a long arming class with Diane at Sew Jersey
Newark Museum had an interesting Kimono exhibit
Huntington County Museum- Lace Not Lace
Rhinebeck Sheep and wool fest
Montclair Art Museum- Kara Walker
Swathmore- Gees Bend

Mid Atlantic Mod is happening. To make things fair for our members we had a lottery for the spots. A lucky 10 will get early sign up.

The MQG is raising the dues, which is making us look into our finances. We will be voting on the new budget and dues at the November meeting. Renewal starts Dec 1.

Last month we had a challenge for our members. It was the embellishment challenge.

And let’s show off some of what we did in Rayna’s classes.

We asked our members for a show of hand to get an idea for having Sherri Lynn Wood visit our guild. Not sure we should move forward for next year, but we will see what the future brings

We are also asking our members for any ideas for future workshops.

For our holiday swap this year, we are changing it up from the normal Elfster swap to a blind exchange. We voted on a reusable tote bag.

Charity would like to send out what we have at the end of the year. If you have any blocks for Quilts of Valor, bring them to the November meeting!

Raffle time! Congrats, Mary!

After the break we showed off our Quiltcon charity quilt blocks. I for one, can’t wait to see it all together!

And the back…

Then it was our favorite time of the night..
Show and Tell

Sue- Points of Light

Kelly- Sashiko

Karen- CJMQG class

Dawn

Pam- red and white houndstooth in honor of her mother

Julia- Sashiko sampler

Debby- 30’s repro

Penny- quilt-as-you-go baby quilt

Judy- Michael Miller hashtag challenge

Debby- sashiko bag

Karen- Hot Mess on a Treadmill

 

 

Krishma was in the paper

Terri- strip pieced butterflies

Aubrey- I will add more pics after the gifts are given, but here’s a sketch of one.
(and that face, haha)

Our next meeting is November 15 at 7:15.
Community Church of Cedar Grove
65 Bowden Rd
Bring a snack to share and something to show off

See you then!!

-A