Can you believe it’s April?!

We had 51 members and 2 “guests” (little Joel and Samantha’s husband I believe?) And Welcome back to the group, Kourtney!

First things first…Let’s get those bylaws voted on! A few questions and then a vote. The updated bylaws have passed.

President Margy updated us on some stuff happening

• Quiltfest April 26-29. Setup starting April 24. Beka collected quilts and descriptions at break. And confirmation of setup and take down volunteers.
• The Garden State Quilters show is May 19-20 in Parsippany
• Pennington Day quilt show May 19 in Hopewell Valle
• Art Quilt Elements show until April 28 in Wayne, PA

MQG happenings

• 2019 charity quilt details are out. Our very own Daniela is on that committee and helped pick some amazing colors to work with
• MQG dates and stuff
• Quiltcon 2019 Nashville

Happenings

• The field trip to Brooklyn was a success! Beautiful day, lots of fun! Thanks to Michelle for planning and the great weather 😉
• Congrats to Betsy who won a 2nd place ribbon at Paducah
• Congrats to Melanie and Betsy in the latest issue of Modern Patchwork
• Diane- Cross Roads Fall Quilting Retreat November 7-11, 2018 in Port Murray NJ. More details available on the FB page
• Congrats and thanks to Aleeda for being a part of the MQG inclusion and diversity committee

VP Kathy

• Let’s talk about fundraising. In order to offset costs we are looking for some fundraising ideas. Some ideas put out there…
• • Raffle off donated items
  • Book raffle
  • Tricky tray
  • 50/50
  • Silent auction
  • Paid potluck
  • Raffle quilt
  • Holiday craft show
  • NJMQG merchandise

Programs Sarah

• Our Round Robin continues

• The Sewing organizer swap was a success

• And our next challenge will be due in June. We are challenging you to make a quilted pillow for yourself. Have it represent who you are using text or an image that represents you. Check out the Pinterest page for some inspiration.

Michelle

• We are looking for nominations for all board positions but we are particularly looking for a Program Chair (or two/co-chairs) and a Treasurer. Please help our guild move forward and consider running for one of these critical board positions. If you have any questions about the roles and responsibilities of any of the board positions, reach out to the current or past holders of those positions and check the by-laws. WE NEED YOU. You can email nominations to Michelle R or Jeanine B. Emails can be found in members only section.

Charity Rachel

• There are a lot of kits available to be worked on and if you are interested in something quick and easy you can continue making those pillowcases.
• The Cloud9 challenge blocks from years ago were put together and lovingly quilted by Jackie. I see my block! Anyone else? Perhaps this is a Raffle quilt?

Congrats to Rachel for winning our second door prize of the night! (sorry, I missed the first)

Show and Tell

And now some of the best time of the night…

Sarah- Woman with a Red Dress

Melanie- Query (in Modern Patchwork)

Marika- Grove

Rochelle- Sailin

Rochelle- Glass HST

Robin- My Small World

Jackie- Pride and Prejudice

Diane- Swamp Gas

Michelle- Chasing Pavements (Thank you for shopping here. All made with reusable shopping bags!!)

Betsy- Little Kites

Carol- My Austin Bluebird BOM

Carol- UFO Feed Sacks

Carol- If I had Wings from Amy Friend class

Krishma- Blue Pinwheels

Krishma- Sawtooth Stripe

Aleeda- Hex Addict

Ameri- Campfire

Ameri- Flower

Ameri- Bliss

Thanks to all who came to our meeting. It’s always a highlight of my month

(and not just because I get to be away from my children and speak to adults)

See you next time. Thursday May 17, 7:15. Community Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Rd, Cedar Grove.

-A

We had 49 members, 2 guests and 1 new member join us at our meeting this month. Welcome to our new member Debby and visitors Jeannette and Julia!

Happenings

• Wayne Art Center in PA has a show coming up Art Quilt Elements March 16-Apr 28
• Black Panther and Victora on PBS have some major inspiration going on
• Josie has a felted bracelet class coming up at SOMA

MQG

• Quiltcon 2018– Let’s discuss. We pretty much agree that there should be more transparency in judging and it is also quite subjective. But don’t forget you do have to be juried, but not judged, to get in.
• anyone sign up for Nashville yet?
• still looking for taskforce volunteers, especially Inclusion and Diversity
• and as always, look for articles, webinars and other good stuff

Charity

• Please continue to make pillowcases!
• and see Rachel for Charity sew kits/projects to help complete

Quiltfest

• Beka accepting sign ups for quilt exhibition due by March18. Monochromatic HST still need to fill out form and send pic. Quilts due at April meeting
• and still asking for volunteers to set up, take down and coordinate!

Bylaws

• We will be voting on changes in April. Biggest change is the timing of the dues and officer terms

Programs

• Chawne Kimber is coming March 16 and 17. Saturday is full. (Will post a recap)
• Quarter 1 Bee blocks were due. Here’s just some…

• JoAnns classes on the Mariners compass will be April 20 and 21. More info and to sign up
• Kathy will be teaching the Down and Dirty t-shirt quilt June 16. Look out for sign ups
• Aleeda will be teaching screen printing in August. Keep and eye out for that too
• New round of Bee block signs up going out now
• Don’t forget your Organizer bag swap due at the April meeting

Field Trips

• We will be going to Brooklyn April 14. There will be carpool options and other meetup options. We’ll see the Brooklyn Quilt show, get a yummy lunch and hit up Brooklyn General. Let’s hope for good weather!
• And keep your calendar open in June we are hoping to check out Grounds for Sculpture and Pennington quilts. There will be a challenge to go along with this too!

Round Robin

Show and Tell

Jeanine- Dr Suess

Foxy Roxy

Judy- Yukata love squares

Look at that detail

Kelly- charity quilt

Debby- Purple Passion

Ameri- Amy Friend class

Jackie- monochromatic hst

Table runner

Debby- Warwick guild

Mary Jane- bee block

Rachel

Mary- bee block baby quilt

Melanie, Michele and Betsy have Quilts in this book. Check it out from our library!

Raffle winner

Congrats to our newest member, Debby, for being the first to sign in to our meeting!

We will see you soon! Can’t wait to see your latest snowy day sews.

-A