NJMQG is excited to invite you to join member Emily Chwazik for her fun and easy Vinyl Project Pouch class on Saturday, November 7, 2026 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm at the Community Church of Cedar Grove directly following our November meeting. This is great for beginners who want to learn how to sew with zippers, vinyl, and even adding cut embellishments like sew-in labels, zipper pulls and more.

Members can use this project for our New Year’s Party gift exchange for our January meeting!

The class is $38 per member ($48 non-member). Students will be required to purchase the Simple Simon and Co. Vinyl Project Pouch pattern to bring to the class.

Skill Level: Beginner

Class Materials List:

• ½ yard main fabric
• ¼ yard coordinating fabric for binding
• 16″ zipper or longer
• ½ yard fusible fleece
• ½ yard vinyl
• Optional: sew-in label or tag, fabric selvedge for embellishments
• sewing machine and supplies, iron, sewing pins/clips, zipper foot, etc

Please bring your fabrics pre-cut so we can assemble our pouches together and finish the day with a beautiful finished pouch!

Registration for this class ends on October 30, 2026 or when we reach a capacity of 20 students.

Please fill out the Google form below to hold your spot, then pay the workshop fee.

To pay via PayPal: Use the link at the bottom of the page. There is a $2/class PayPal fee added.

To pay via Check or Cash: Mail to NJMQG 41 Watchung Plaza, Montclair, NJ 07042

To pay via Zelle: use treasurer@njmqg.com as the account name.

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Guiseppe Ribaudo (Giucy Giuce) will be hosting his Controlled Chaos: A Paper Piecer’s Guide to Improv Workshop on Saturday, November 14, 2026 from 9:00 to 5:00 pm at the Community Church of Cedar Grove. The class is $90 per member ($125 Non-Member), which includes the patterns and a roll of the piecing paper used for the class.

Part improv workshop, part foundation paper piecing, part mystery! Students will learn a different approach to improv sewing, utilizing improvisational design to draw their own foundation paper patterns. Motifs are pulled at random from a mystery bag.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Class materials list to follow.

Registration for this class ends on October 30, 2026 or when we reach a capacity of 20 students.

To pay using PayPal:

Registration is now closed!

Jenny Haynes of Papper, Sax, Sten will be hosting the Souvlaki Workshop on Saturday, June 27, 2026 from 12:00 to 3:00 pm on Zoom with a Get ready! session on Saturday, June 6, 2026 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. The class is $65 per member, which includes the two block patterns, PDF templates of the Oval and Long Oval blocks, drawing files (Visio and SVG) for coloring your own version in your drawing program, and access to the recording of the Zoom ‘Get ready!’ session and all class material after the event and for a minimum of six months. Optionally, you may purchase the Oval and Long Oval templates from Sewtopia.

In this class, you will learn how to make the two different Moore Boulders blocks, the smaller/simpler block and the larger block with double curves. We discuss how to use color to create transparency and we’ll use techniques that improve accuracy and build your craftsmanship.

We will cover no-pin curves, partial seams, color play and much more.

In the ‘Get ready!’ session, Jenny will talk you through the pattern for each block. We will also look at tools and techniques for choosing color to optimize transparency. Jenny uses TouchDraw to color in her designs and will do a quick demo of how she uses this drawing app. She will also show analogue ways of playing with color.

‘Oval on Rectangles’ block: For this block, Jenny will demo some straight-piecing tips and show you how to inset an oval shape.

‘Rectangle on Ovals’ block: Jenny will show you how to piece no-pin curves, with the help of my Oval Multiple and Long Oval Multiple DP templates, and how to do an inset rectagle.

There will be tips on how to use other templates to create a similar look using Circles, Ovals or Long Ovals in combination with Squares and Rectangles.

Level: Aimed for intermediate and advanced sewists. But there will be tips on how to make an easier version of either of the two blocks to accommodate confident beginners. A basic quilting knowledge (how to use a rotary cutter and ruler and to sew using an accurate seam allowance, etc.) is assumed and an interest/fascination in precision piecing will certainly help.

Registration for this class ends on May 31, 2026 or when we reach a capacity of 20 students.

Registration is closed.