June 2016 Happenings!

:: June Happenings! ::


Antique/Vintage Quilts for June 2016 meeting

Members! Do you have any antique or vintage quilts you can share with our lovely group for our June 2016 meeting? Please be ready to share information about the quilt(s) if you have it. Do you know the history behind it? How did you acquire it? Do you use it? etc.


Executive Board Elections

Please check out the Members Only section of our blog for the nominees. Election will be held at the June 2016 guild meeting. If you are a paid guild member and need the password  to log on, please email njmqginfo at gmail dot com.


Common Heritage | Uncommon Quilts: A Joint Program by the Montclair Historical Society and the Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild

When: June 11 – July 31, 2016 (on display from June 11 thru July 31, Sundays from 1-4pm and by appointment)
Where: The Crane House and Historic YWCA, 110 Orange Road, Montclair, NJ

Check out the Montclair Historical Society’s Events page for Opening Weekend Events.

*** On June 11 & 12 from 1-5pm there will be a Digital Preservation Event. You may bring
up to three quilts and have them professionally photographed and digitally preserved. Registration is required. Click here.***


International Quilt Festival presents Modern Quilt Guild Showcase

Deadline: June 17, 2016

From the MQG site: International Quilt Festival will feature quilts in a special exhibit, Modern Quilt Guild Showcase. This exhibit will premiere at International Quilt Market and Festival, November 3 – 6, 2016. Learn more.


QuiltCon East 2017 Catalog is available! Registration opens June 25th!


 

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