Reminder: April 2016 Meeting this Thursday!

April 2016 Meeting This Thursday!

• Our April meeting is this Thursday, April 28th, 2016 at 7:15pm (note the time change) at our new location:

~ Community Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

• Please park in the large lot in the back and use the side entrance to come in.

• Feel free to arrive about 15 minutes early.

• Please remember, you do not have to bring a chair.

• Important: Please check in first at the Check-In table before going into the main area where the meeting takes place.


NEW!: Many of our members have their own creative businesses and services to offer. There will be a table at each meeting designated for members to leave their business cards, class/workshop lists, postcards, etc. This is a great way to get the word out about what you have to offer!


FREE table: Please bring in quilty / sewing related items you are no longer using/would like to pass along (books, fabric, thread, patterns, notions, etc). If it does not get taken by the end of the meeting, please take it home with you.


Library: Consider borrowing from our NJMQG Library. If you have borrowed a book from our library, please remember to return it to Kelly C. at this meeting.


Paper Bag Mini SWAP: The mini quilts are due at this meeting! We cannot wait to see all of them! So exciting!!!


Empire Quilters Guild Raffle Quilt: This gorgeous raffle quilt will be on display at our meeting. Please see Aleeda to purchase raffle tickets!


MAY 2016 Infinity Scarf Swap: Read all about it here! Sign ups are open until May 3rd!


• Refreshments: Please consider bringing a light refreshment to share at the meeting. If you are able to do so, please let us know by commenting on this blog post.


• Please bring your name tag to the meeting. If you do not have a name tag, we can arrange a partner swap- please see any one of the NJMQG Executive Board Officers (Daniela, Amy, Tracy, Annette, or Kourtney). As always, please bring anything you may have for Show and Tell!

See you on Thursday!

Melissa Averinos Workshop Registration Now Open for non-Members

OPEN registration for the Melissa Averinos “Making Faces” Workshop (details here) on Saturday, May 14, 2016 is now live! Please click the registration form link below. All that is required is name, email and phone number. You do not have to be an NJMQG member to register at this time.

REGISTRATION FORM

The cost for non-members is $75. You will get an email with payment information if you receive a spot in the workshop. If all of the spots become filled, you will be notified of your place on the wait list.

making faces

Melissa will also be doing a Talk & Trunk Show the night before the workshop, Friday, May 13th at 7pm. Read about it here! Free to NJMQG members and $5 for non-members. Registration for the Talk & Trunk Show is not required.

 

Upcoming Quilt Shows & Events

Please see each sponsoring organization’s web site to confirm this information, and to answer any additional questions – and let us know of any modern quilting or other quilty/sewing events that might be of interest to our members! (edited 4/17/16 10:47 am with additions)

 

April 16-17, 2016
Berry Basket Quilters “Out of Hibernation” A Quilt Show
Medford, NJ
berrybasketquilters.com
April 22-May 1, 2016
NJ Shop Hop
9 Different Towns, NJ
NJShopHop.com (Passport Cards available at participating shops)
April 30- May 1, 2016
A World of Quilts XXXVII by the Northern Star Quilter’s Guild
Danbury, CT
northernstarquilters.com
May 13-14, 2016
Melissa Averinos Trunk Show/Talk and Making Faces Workshop Sponsored by the njmqg
Caldwell, NJ
njmqg.com/events
May 13-14, 2016
Around the Block Quilt Show by Rebecca’s Reel Quilters
Middletown, NJ
rebeccasreel.org
June 24-26, 2016
Vermont Quilt Festival (40th Anniversary Show)
Essex Junction, VT
vqf.org
July 21-24, 2016
Quilt Odyssey – Turning the World onto Quilting
Hershey, PA
quiltodyssey.com
July 27-30, 2016
AQS Quilt Week Quilt Show
Syracuse, NY
quiltweek.com
August 18-20, 2016
World Quilt New England by Mancuso Show Management
Manchester, NH
quiltfest.com
September 15-18, 2016
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza by Mancuso Show Management
Oaks, PA
quiltfest.com
September 23-26, 2016
Quilters Take Manhattan by the Quilt Alliance
New York, NY
quiltalliance.org
September 30 – October 2, 2016
Quilts in the Mill, sponsored by Courthouse Quilters Guild
Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ
courthousequilters.org
October 15-16, 2016
Stars in the Valley Quilt Show by Warwick Valley Quilters Guild
Warwick, NY
wvqg.org
April – November 2016
Maine Stitching Retreats by A Gathering of Stitches
Portland, ME and other ME locations
agatheringofstitches.com
February 23-26, 2017
QuiltCon East by The Modern Quilt Guild
Savannah, GA
quiltconeast.com
March 2-5, 2017
The Quilt & Sewing Fest of New Jersey by Mancuso Show Management
Somerset, NJ
quiltfest.com