Our November in-person meeting was held on Saturday November 16th, at the First Lutheran Church in Montclair with 29 members and 3 guests.
Charity Quilts
Kelly collected a dozen finished quilts and still has a few tops that need to be finished. If you can help, please contact Kelly, and if you’re still working on a charity quilt, please bring it to the December 7th meeting.
Here are the 12 collected on Saturday:
Upcoming Holiday Party
Our annual Holiday Party will be on SaturdayDecember 7th, 11a-3p.
Thanks to Emily, Paula, and Rochelle good food and fun activities are planned, including
Boxy Pouch blind swap – it’s a cute little zipper pouch from a free pattern. Ann sent out an email with the deets – check your Inbox!
Upcycle blind swap – shop your stash and sewing room for a non-handmade item in good condition that you no longer need, want, or use to “gift” to someone else. Bring your wrapped item to the December 7th party.
Pincushion activity – bring a fabric scrap (about 8×8″) and small Mason jar with its ring and lid, or a teacup or small bowl that you will transform into a pincushion! (Some extra jars and cups will be available if you forget or don’t have one.) Other materials will be provided by the guild.
Members are asked to bring non-alcoholic drinks or desserts labeled with a list of its ingredients.
Entrees, sides, plates, cups, and cutlery will provided by the guild.
Programs
Survey – Programs would like feedback about the kinds and formats of classes people would like to attend in 2025. Holly emailed a link to a survey to get members’ input. Please take a few minutes to answer it thoughtfully so we can develop meaningful programming for 2025.
Bee Block-Party – Bee Block members exchanged their finished blocks. A new bee round will be announced in the new year.
Pleating Workshop led by Miguel took place after the General meeting. Everyone stretched their stitching muscles!
Show & Tell
Thanks to everyone for sharing their beautiful work – Casey (#1, 2), guest Gretchen (3, 4), Corey (5, 6), Carol (7, 8), Debbie (9), Paula (10, 11, 12), Rachel (13, 14, 15), Blake (16, 17, 18), Janet (19), Kathy (20), Blanca (21), Jo Ann (22), guest Carol (23, 24), Miguel (25, 26), and Betsy (27).
…and Carol returned to us this month with her gorgeous Kawandi jacket, so I was able to get a couple of pics!
Other Good Stuff Happening
Montclair Fiber Arts Club – register through Lifelong Montclair to join this group with your needlework at Edgemont Park House 290 Valley Road every other Wednesday 10a-12p.
Hunterdon Art Museum – 7 Lower Center Street Clinton, NJ 08809, Unblocked: Improvisation and Identity in Contemporary Quilts, nowthrough January 12th, 2025.
Featuring Elizabeth Brandt, Zak Foster, Coulter Fussell, Chawne Kimber, Basil Kincaid, Kwesi O. Kwarteng, Krystle Lemonias, Sarah Nishiura, our own Melanie Tuazon, and Sherri Lynn Wood.
Unblocked brings together a diverse group of artists whose quilts tell stories, express identity, celebrate community, further social justice, and engage in formal design and color investigations. Comfortable with improvisation, these artists use materials that are readily available—often discarded or donated clothing and domestic textiles—and work intuitively, without a structured plan.
Next Meetings
Saturday December 7th – in person Holiday Party 11a-3p at the First Lutheran Church of Montclair.
NoShow & Tell!
Bring your wrappedBoxy Pouch swap, if participating!
Bring your wrapped sewing-related Upcycle swap item, optional!
Bring a labeled dessert or drink, optional.
Saturday January 18, 2025, In-person 11a-1p
Thursday February 27, 2025 Zoom 7-9p** (this is the 4th Thurs)
Our October in-person meeting was held on Saturday October 19, at the First Lutheran Church in Montclair.
2025 Budget Passed
Our treasurer Annette presented the 2025 Budget.
Dues will remain the same as 2024, at $70 per year and $35 for new members joining after June 30th.
The Board proposed the 2025 budget be the same as 2024.
2025 Budget was passed with show of hands vote, and will be posted on the website in the members-only section.
Bylaws Revisions Passed
In the annual review of the Guild’s Bylaws, the Board proposed a few changes and the revised Bylaws were passed by a show of hands vote. The updated Bylaws will be posted on the website in the members-only section.
Charity Quilts – help needed with labeling
Labels were available and distributed at the October meeting.
If you need a label or can help sew labels on the quilts before they are donated, please contact Ann or Kelly.
Kelly will be collectingfinished charity quiltsat the November 16th meeting.
QuiltCon 2025
Hurry! Submissions are open until October 31.
Volunteer sign-up is open.
Community Outreach Quilt
Paula collected completed blocks. Many thanks to all the block-stitchers!
If you couldn’t attend the meeting, please mail your block to Paula.
The next group of volunteers will meet up in Nov to stitch the top together.
MidMod 2025 April 4-6 2025
General registration opens Monday, November 4th at 7 pm.
Due to rising costs of the hotel space and, well, everything, we do have a price increase for MOD 2025. General registration is $365 and spots sell out quickly!
Holiday Party
Our annual Holiday Party will be on SaturdayDecember 7th, 11a-3p.
Emily has volunteered to help and we still need a few more volunteers to plan, organize, and execute including menu, activity, setup, cleanup, etc. Please contact Ann.
Programs
Bee Block-Party
Bee Block members got a chance to meet up and exchange ideas and information at the meeting.
All completed blocks should be 12″ x 12″ finished (12.5″ x 12.5″ unfinished).
Completed blocks due at the in-person meeting Saturday November 16, 2024.
Upcoming
Pleating WorkshopSaturday November 16th after the General meeting. $35 for members. There are a few spots left! Sign up here.
Learn techniques to add dimension and texture to your quilts. Miguel will walk you through pintucking, creating improv blocks, and how to quilt and texturize in the final stage. You’ll aim to complete a 16”x16” mini quilt. (See Miguel’s award-winning quilt below in the Warwick Valley winners slideshow below!)
Show & Tell
Thanks to everyone who shared their beautiful work – Karen (#1,2), Carolyn (3), Ceil (4,5,6), Cory (7), Arlene (8), Tanya (9), Pat & Ginny (10), Caroline (11), Emily (12), Susan (13), and Margy, who shared her Alsace-Lorraine quilt experience (14) oh-la-la!
Apologies to our guest, Carol who came all the way from Staten Island and shared her gorgeous quilt coat at our Show & Tell. I was so enthralled I forgot to take a picture!!
Warwick Valley Quilters Show
Congrats to Sue, Miguel, Caroline, Mary, Carol, and Debbie (sorry to anyone I missed!) for their winning quilts in the Stars of the Valley show in Warwick on Oct 19 & 20.
Other Good Stuff Happening
Montclair Fiber Arts Club – register through Lifelong Montclair to join this group with your needlework at Edgemont Park House 290 Valley Road every other Wednesday 10a-12p.
Hunterdon Art Museum – 7 Lower Center Street Clinton, NJ 08809, Unblocked: Improvisation and Identity in Contemporary Quilts, nowthrough January 12th, 2025.
Featuring Elizabeth Brandt, Zak Foster, Coulter Fussell, Chawne Kimber, Basil Kincaid, Kwesi O. Kwarteng, Krystle Lemonias, Sarah Nishiura, our own Melanie Tuazon, and Sherri Lynn Wood.
Unblocked brings together a diverse group of artists whose quilts tell stories, express identity, celebrate community, further social justice, and engage in formal design and color investigations. Comfortable with improvisation, these artists use materials that are readily available—often discarded or donated clothing and domestic textiles—and work intuitively, without a structured plan.
Next meetings
Saturday November 16 – in person 11a-1p at the First Lutheran Church of Montclair.
Bee Block-Party blocks due!
New name tag if you’re working on a swap with someone.
Show & Tell!
Pleating Workshop 1p-4p after the meeting.
Saturday December 7 – in-person Holiday Party
Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday November 3rd. We gain an extra hour of sewing!
In case you missed it, September was NYC Textile MonthIX!
Here are some exhibits on view this fall beyond September that might be of particular interest to modern quilters, and anyone inspired by or curious about fiber arts. Visit NY Textile Month’s website for a complete list.
YOROKE-ORI: Ondulé Weaving by Yukiko Yokoyama
Through Sunday October 6th, at Loop of the Loom – Dumbo Brooklyn, NY, 11201 Reception party: Thursday, October 3, 6pm – 8pm
Yokoyama has been particularly captivated by the allure of yoroke-ori, and has developed her unique techniques one after another combining them with dyeing techniques. “Yoroke” is the weaving that is characterized by wave-like patterns created by altering the spacing of warp threads using specialized fan-shaped reeds, and Yokoyama is one of the few Yoroke weavers in the world.
Crossroads: Textile Intersections
Through Thursday, October 10th, at 219 Johnson Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11206 By appointment email mary@maryjaeger.com or call 917-416-2686
Ana Lisa Hedstrom (San Francisco) creates abstract and geometric patterns developed from the concepts of Japanese Shibori. Her signature art textiles are included in the collections of the Cooper Hewitt, The DeYoung Museum, The Museum of Craft and Design among others.
Jorie Johnson (Kyoto) designs and produces unique handmade woolen felt creations using her own innovative expressions of the 8,000-year-old central-Asian technique of feltmaking. She exhibits her contemporary feltworks in galleries, shops, and museums around the world.
Mary Jaeger (New York City) designs a collection of innovative hand-dyed stitch resist textiles conscious of sustainability, eco-friendly techniques and couture sewing. Her one-of-a-kind collections are available at her Brooklyn atelier, juried trade shows, galleries and fine shops worldwide.
New Work By Sue Allbert Of Various Mediums Inc.
Through Wednesday, November 6th, at M PATMOS 358 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11217 Open Hours: Tuesday to to Sunday 12:00PM – 6:00PM
Photo by Sue AllbertPhoto by Sue Allbert
Mending, combining and re-configuring found and vintage textile scraps, Sue creates abstract compositions, essentially painting with fabrics. Her process is slow, deliberate, and instinctual, born of a deep love of fabrics and rooted in the traditions of quilting and mending that she learned as a child. Transforming and repurposing these common, everyday materials she asks the viewer to pause and take a closer look, to consider the histories of these fabrics and the new stories they are telling.
M.PATMOS designs modern wardrobe staples and sophisticated, textural knitwear meant to be passed down to future generations. Focused on high quality and minimizing our environmental impact, they’ve worked with small family owned factories and workshops for many years, merging sustainable artisan hand crafted techniques and technology to create beautiful designs in luxurious, natural fibers. They opened their shop in the fall of 2018 in Brooklyn, New York where they focus on bringing the best from like minded independent designers.
Galactic Garden: New Woven Artworks by Robin Kang
Through Monday, November 11th, at Winter Garden Gallery 230 Vesey Street New York, NY, 10080 Open for viewing Mon-Sat: 10am–8pm, Sun: 11am–7pm
“Galactic Garden” by Robin Kang celebrates the fusion of organic wisdom from ancient civilizations and electronic futurism. Inspired by her travels to the Amazon rainforest, where she studied indigenous textile techniques and medicinal plant technologies, “Galactic Garden” merges the traditional craft of weaving with modern computational methods. This integration envisions a harmonious coexistence between technological advancements and ecology.
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