August Meeting Recap

Our August Open Sew guild meeting was awesome!

• We had an Open Sew Challenge! Tracy prepared bundles of donated fabric for charity quilt tops for those who wanted to participate for a prize. The competition was heated. 🙂 At one point Amy and Kimberli were neck and neck. Ultimately, Amy finished first and Kimberli came in at a close second. Way to go ladies!

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• There was a “Free Table” set up at the meeting. So many goodies to choose from. We are considering practicing this concept at future meetings. Stay tuned for details at a later time.

• We had our Dumpling Pouch Swap and our 2nd Quarter Bee Block Swap and overall, a great time!

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• Just look at these two Show and Tell stunners by Michelle and Diane!

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• Thank you to all who donated blocks for Mother Emanuel Church at the July meeting. Six quilt tops were made and donated! The photos are from the Charleston MQG.

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• October’s Swap will be an Infinity Scarf. There will be a sign up and we will pair members up. Details coming soon.

• Thank you so much to Stephanie and Colleen for being such gracious hosts at the LDS Church!!

JULY MEETING RECAP

What a great July Meeting! It was also the first official meeting with our new board. 🙂

• July was Needle Book Swap month. The needle books are all SO great!

• We collected blocks for the Charleston Modern Quilt Guild for their charity efforts for the Emanuel AME Church.

• As usual, we had an amazing array of projects to see during Show and Tell!

• A special thank you to Kelly, Krishma and Amy for helping to distribute Myra Peterson’s fabric and other crafty items that her husband Cliff donated to the guild.

• The September meeting is on Thursday, Sept. 17th from 7 – 9pm at Rock Paper Scissors.

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June meeting recap

We covered a lot of ground at the June meeting. Here is a brief recap, with updates to come.

ELECTIONS

We unanimously elected board members for the 2014-15 term. The officers are Melanie Tuazon, President, Stella Singleton, VP, Jessica Fabula, Treasurer, Amy Rehbein, Secretary, and Daniela DiIorio, Program Director.

MUG RUG SWAP

Members made and swapped some drop dead gorgeous mug rugs! They were so awesome they’ll get their own post.

RETREAT INFORMATION

Diane spoke for a moment about our retreat at Crossroads November 12-16. Email her at njquilter at optonline.net with any questions or to sign up.

GUILD DONATION IN PEGGY KELLEHER’S NAME

Judy V. read a thank you note from Peggy’s family about the donation the guild made in her name to the hospice that took such good care of her. Thank you to all who gave and shared memories of her.

MICHAEL MILLER CHALLENGE

A reminder — the Michael Miller fabric challenge deadline has been extended to July 24! There will be posts about how to submit your quilted object on the blog very soon. We can’t wait to see what everyone did with the fabric.

NEXT MEETING

Very important! Our next meeting will be on Saturday, July 12 at the Church of Latter Day Saints in Caldwell from 12-4. 209 Mountain Ave. This will be a sewing meeting, so bring your machine and an extension cord.

SHOW AND TELL PHOTOS

Special thanks to Tracy for taking photos in Ashley’s absence.