Hello friends! I am woefully behind in updating you all on our comings and goings. I will be better going forward. Here’s a quick recap of what happened in July.
July welcomed our new board members for the 2023/24 year. Ann Marston, president. Jeanine Bowin, vice president, Betsy Fabricant and Margy Schilling, programs. Annette Aponte, treasurer. Aubrey A Cece, secretary. We are excited to be working on some fantastic things for the future. We had 33 people join in our July meeting. A special welcome to Ginger S!
Once again the NJMQG is taking part in Mid Atlantic MOD. Don’t know what that is? Check out more here.
We are SUPER excited to bring you our very first quilt show!
Once again we will be participating in the MQG’s Community Outreach Quilt.
We had a lovely lecture and slide show by Sarah Ruiz. Sarah started quilting in 2010/11. She is not only a talented quilter, she is also an aerospace engineer! In 2020 she challenged herself to a 100 day project, making and sending postcards. Since then she has sent over 200 postcards to about 34 states. Read more about her here.
All of this lead us into our next swap.
Some announcements included- An exhibit at the Folk Art Museum, Garden State Quilters exhibit at the Chatham Library, Ellaree and Wanetta had an pieces at Morris County Library and Morristown Museum.
Hello Friends and Happy New Year!! Hope you are all happy, healthy and have enjoyed some time off with friends and family. We had our annual holiday party last month, and it was just so lovely to see everyone who could make it! We had 38 members and one little guest join us.
Because it was also our monthly meeting, we did have some guild stuff to go over before all the fun stuff. Our Community Outreach quilt “Emerald City” was quilted by Carolyn and was on display for us before moving on the the binder. Thanks to all who have taken part in making this a true community quilt.
Speaking of Quiltcon quilts, we have some member’s quilts going to Quiltcon. Congrats to Betsy V, Miguel, Carolyn, and Lenny. (Let me know if I’ve missed anyone) Congrats to everyone who got in AND entered and didn’t get accepted. Just taking that step of entering is an amazing deal!
Crista brought all of the mini’s back from our Peter’s Valley Gallery show and the catalogs were handed out to anyone who purchased one.
Guild Renewals will begin in January. We like to keep the financials separate so we can start new in January. An email with the link will go out the first week of January and we will reset the website information. Our goal is to complete sign ups by Jan 31st. The MQG roster gets reset in February. You can find all the info to renew/signup here.
Wannetta and Ellaree talking charity and making us laugh! Thanks to our fearless leader!
We gave a little preview of what was to come for 2023.
January – Heather Kojan – joining us twice in Jan!
19th – Thursday Zoom meeting w/ Guest Speaker
Introduction to Interleave Piecing Zoom Workshop on Saturday, January 21, 2023 from 9:00-12:00
February – Thurs Zoom & live Sat Open Sew
Matched swap with members to make a needle book, or roll-up
March – Live Saturday Meeting/ tea party & Open Sew on the SAME day!
April – Lisa Shepard Stewart – Thurs Zoom lecture & SUNDAY live class
May – Kelly hosting us for Tie Dye again!!
We had a fun craft station, yummy lunch and so many desserts to share!
A highlight of the party is always the swaps. Since it was so much fun last year, we did the party poppers again, as well as an iron caddy swap. I couldn’t get a picture of everyone fast enough, but I did try.
The poppers were a blind swap. It’s a paper towel tube stuffed with as many goodies as you could fit rolled in a FQ. We had a great turnout, with a few people putting together more than one.
The caddy swap was a lot of fun, too! Another blind swap. Sarah F got Pam and amazingly, Pam got Sarah F! Sam got Josie, Josie got Miguel, Miguel got Annette, Annette got Kelly, Kelly got Betsy F, Betsy F got Sam. Karen got Kathy, Kathy got Kimberli, Kimberli got Ann, Ann got Rebecca and Rebecca got Karen! Phew!
We had a few WIP’s
Julia- sweatshirt
Julia
Wannetta from last year’s popper swap
And of course show and tell, too!
Sam- Happy Sew Lucky mini paper pieced ornies
Kelly- jacket finished at open sew
Casey- first in person meeting- Windows 95
Wannetta- Blessings quilt
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Wannetta- bag made from scraps
Wannetta- iron bag
Wannetta- skirt fabric from Kenya
Wannetta- reversible apron
Miguel- Quiltcon reject turned Accept
Margy- harmonic convergence
Ellaree- first bag
Ellaree- Pennington 25th Anniversary quilt
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Carol M- origami turned flap bag
MJ- for grandson inspired by Debby’s I spy
Thanks again to all of you joining us for the the fun and festivities! We all hope that 2023 brings plenty of joy and love and lots and lots of sewing! Hope to see you soon!
Hello quilty friends! We had another successful meeting this month. We had 36 people joining us over Zoom.
This month was our board transition month. Lenny provided us with her last treasurer’s report. Next time we will be hearing from Annette. Sam also lead us through her last slide show presentation of some future programs things, as well as, WIP’s and show and tell. Well, let’s say it’s their last for now…and a warm thanks for your service!
Our transition board meeting
At our in person meeting in June, we had given everyone an NJMQG anniversary pin to celebrate our 10 year! For all the members who were not at the meeting, we mailed you one and you should have received it (fingers crossed). If you are interested in more, we have some for sale. Just $5. Reach out to VP Ann if you are interested.
With more in person things on the horizon, we are reaching out to anyone who needs/wants a name tag. We are pairing up members in August, and are planning on swapping at the in-person October meeting. Please reach out to a board member if you are interested in getting on that list and didn’t get that email.
We are very happy to announce our newest challenge. This one will be fun, and it is going to culminate in a show at Peter’s Valley! Get your ideas in motion…but wait, there are some rules… We are asking members to make a square mini quilt (18-24″ SQUARE). To keep it somewhat “cohesive”, we want a palette of WHITE/CREAM and incorporating 1 button down shirt. And that’s it! Whatever a button down shirt translates to you with white or cream and a square. The google form to sign up was emailed, but if you need it sent again, reach out to a board member. Sign up deadline is August 1. The mini’s need to be handed over by September 27, so they can be hung in time for the opening reception. The show will run for October and November. You are welcome to make more than one AND you have the option to put the quilt up for sale (the gallery is able to help with pricing, too!) If you have any questions, reach out to any board member or Christa. OH! Keep the scraps from your shirt, too. We’ve got another thing up our sleeves (come on, I had to) for those. Stay tuned!
We had requested ideas for the MQG Community Quilt. The theme was Color Shift. The board received a few ideas, and chose a block from a super inspired, Aubrey. We have two color schemes to choose from. We will be sending something out to place your votes, and then will be starting to plan more of the details. Anyone interested in helping in any stage to get it done, let us know. Margy has offered to be the lead for it, but we need as many hands on deck to get kits together, then putting the blocks together, quilting, binding…after all, it is called a community quilt!
Our charity lead, Elinore, has donated 16 more quilts and whole bunch of pillow cases to families through American Friends Service Commitee, Immigrants Rights Program. They were excited to pick out their quilts to help them feel more welcome in their new homes. And we are so happy to have been able to donate to them!
Warwick Valley Quilter’s Guild is once again having their show this October. Submissions are open! Email WarwickValleyQuiltGuild at gmail dot com or member Penny M for more info.
Programs updates! Next month, we will be welcoming Tighe Flanagan for a trunk show during our regular meeting time, August 18 7:15 on Zoom. Then on Saturday August 20 Tighe will be teaching his Ottoman rings pattern over zoom from 10-3. Sign up here
For September we are going to have an open sew on Saturday September 10. On Thursday, September 15, we will have our meeting over Zoom. Saturday September 17 we are holding a workshop with Jacquie Gering.
In October, we are having our class with Mel Beach that was postponed from earlier in the year, as well as, an in person meeting on Saturday October 22. Lots to look forward to and plenty more we are working on through the end of the year and even 2023!
WIPS and Show and Tell
Betsy F- Audrey Esarey class
Julia- Audrey Esarey class
Congrats to this month’s winner… Betsy F!
Carolyn M- Baby quilt for niece
Carolyn M- King size for bed
Carolyn M- Upcycled jeans
Aubrey- Audrey Esarey class
I hope you are staying healthy and feeling inspired to make some quilts!
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