June Mug Rug Swap

It was announced during the May meeting that we’ll be hosting a Mug Rug swap at the June meeting.

What’s a mug rug you ask? It’s a mini quilt that’s typically used as a coaster.

For our swap, we’ll be making mug rugs approximately 5″ x 5″ and in shades of the Pantone Color of the Year: Radiant Orchid.

If you’d like to participate, create one mug rug approx. 5″ x 5″ made with a top, batting, backing, and binding. We have created a Mug Rug Inspiration board on the NJMQG Pinterest page to help you get the creativity flowing…go check it out!

Bring your Mug Rug to the June meeting – anyone who makes a Mug Rug will receive one.

Any questions? Leave a comment and we’ll respond!

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Melanie Tuazon

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May 8, 2014

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announcements, challenges, guild business

A few announcements

Make sure that you check your email for some important information about guild elections. Here is some other information worth mentioning before our meeting next Thursday.

The Michael Miller challenge has been extended to July 23. Extra time to make something amazing!
We are going to start having open sew meetings every few months and are planning the next one for a Saturday in July!
We are starting a monthly swap! More details at the meeting in May.
Teachers and lecturers have been announced for QuiltCon. Check out the post on the MQG blog

Also, if you haven’t already, check out our members-only Facebook group for notifications about blog activities and sign up to get email alerts from this blog.

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Melanie Tuazon

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April 8, 2014

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challenges

The Michael Miller Challenge fabric is here!

Isn’t it pretty?

But we have a dilemma. Each person who signed up for the challenge gets a fat eighth of each print, but how should we cut? It depends on what you want to make. Just FYI, the flower on the biggest print is 8″ tall and 6″wide.

All of the challenge rules and details are here.

We’ll take a vote for 24 hours and cut accordingly. Vote here on the blog now! We’ll be cutting later this week.