Places we’ve been, classes we’ve taken, what we’ve been inspired by…  

• Empire Quilt show at FIT – Pam won 2 baskets
  
• Lancaster AQS show March 27-30 
• AQS interview w/ Joe Cunningham on “Story Bee” on youtube  
• Lenny will have quilt in July issue of Curated Quilts

• Mid Atlantic Mod
• Lancaster Quiltfest – replacing NJQuiltfest – May 9-11
• Brooklyn Museum Frida Kahlo exhibit through May 12, also a fiber art installation is there.
• Fiber art exhibit still at Montclair Art Museum through June 16. (Reminder: Free admission on first Thursdays!)
  
• Art Show opportunity – Studio Montclair/Montclair historical Society – make something in response to old quilts in the Historical Society’s collection

• Mystery quilt – 40 members signed up! Instructions to go out May 1st.
• Sarah Bond Color & Grayscale workshop signups open April 20 (now sold out!)
• April Fool ugly fat quarter swap – bring your finished item to the May meeting
• Rulerpalooza – As a sort of kick off to our ruler library, we asked you to bring in and share which rulers you like, or are curious to try, or covet…

Pam had an amazing folding bias ruler and an apple core ruler

Lenny shared the clearly perfect slotted half square triangle trimmer

Jackie brought in the circle cut by Mari Quilts

Ann can’t get enough of her good old basic 4×14″ruler

Crista recommended the bloc loc half square triangle ruler

Look for our ruler library coming soon!

• Ideas re: who to give our quiltcon quilt to
• Batting available to complete charity quilts – let us know what you need before the next meeting and we’ll bring it. (The whole bolt is tooooo heavy to lug to every meeting!)

And our favorite time

Show and Tell

Rachel-herringbone

Kawaii

Emily- curved flying geese

Caroline- Tula Pink Shoreline for Charity

Harmonic Convergence

Dawn- charm pack

Green stars and squares

2″ square mini

Mountain mini

Navy with stars

JoAnn- Bonnie K Hunter mystery quilt

Colleen-

Gifts for grandkids Disney cruise (possible workshop?)

Jackie- free motion demo practice

Lennie- pencil case

Improv log cabin to practice quilting

Pivot quilt

Debbie- aboriginal strip quilt

Judy- cowboy quilt

Sarah-

Maria Shell class

Annette- baby Quilt

Self binding

We will be back at the Community Church of Cedar Grove for our next meeting! 7:15 start.

Don’t forget to bring your “ugly duckling” April fool’s swap, a snack to share, show and tell and your great creative selves!!

Thanks to Kathy for keeping great notes while I had an emergency for the first half of the meeting!

Ciao

-A

Do you love bold strong colors?
In discovering what is so compelling about the play of one color against another, we find much of it is in the value. The grey solids have all of the value and so retain much of the drama of interaction associated with the bright colors. This will be a color play class where we examine the relationship between color combinations and their greyscale counterparts. Students will experiment with color groups and greys to learn the power of value in color combinations and the potential of combining greys and color in tandem. We will do a series of exercises in solid fabric with color and greyscale palettes.

Interested? Join NJMQG on Saturday June 1st for Playing with Color and Greyscale taught by Sarah Bond. The workshop will be from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Community Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Rd. Cedar Grove, NJ.

Workshop Registration Form

Sarah Bond
Sarah Bond comes from a family of quiltmakers stretching back to the early 19th century. She has been quilting since her early twenties and loves immersing herself in old quilts and quilt books, looking for new ideas. She is obsessed with color and pattern and while her inspirations are classic and traditional, she renders her own work with a modern or contemporary flair. She loves nothing better than being in a room full of quilters because the creativity that is generated is so intoxicating. Her mission when teaching is to break quilts down to their components to demystify them so that students can master those components, bend them to their will and design their own masterpieces.

Email programs@njmqg.com with any questions