In case you missed it, September was NYC Textile MonthIX!
Here are some exhibits on view this fall beyond September that might be of particular interest to modern quilters, and anyone inspired by or curious about fiber arts. Visit NY Textile Month’s website for a complete list.
YOROKE-ORI: Ondulé Weaving by Yukiko Yokoyama
Through Sunday October 6th, at Loop of the Loom – Dumbo Brooklyn, NY, 11201 Reception party: Thursday, October 3, 6pm – 8pm
Yokoyama has been particularly captivated by the allure of yoroke-ori, and has developed her unique techniques one after another combining them with dyeing techniques. “Yoroke” is the weaving that is characterized by wave-like patterns created by altering the spacing of warp threads using specialized fan-shaped reeds, and Yokoyama is one of the few Yoroke weavers in the world.
Crossroads: Textile Intersections
Through Thursday, October 10th, at 219 Johnson Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11206 By appointment email mary@maryjaeger.com or call 917-416-2686
Ana Lisa Hedstrom (San Francisco) creates abstract and geometric patterns developed from the concepts of Japanese Shibori. Her signature art textiles are included in the collections of the Cooper Hewitt, The DeYoung Museum, The Museum of Craft and Design among others.
Jorie Johnson (Kyoto) designs and produces unique handmade woolen felt creations using her own innovative expressions of the 8,000-year-old central-Asian technique of feltmaking. She exhibits her contemporary feltworks in galleries, shops, and museums around the world.
Mary Jaeger (New York City) designs a collection of innovative hand-dyed stitch resist textiles conscious of sustainability, eco-friendly techniques and couture sewing. Her one-of-a-kind collections are available at her Brooklyn atelier, juried trade shows, galleries and fine shops worldwide.
New Work By Sue Allbert Of Various Mediums Inc.
Through Wednesday, November 6th, at M PATMOS 358 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11217 Open Hours: Tuesday to to Sunday 12:00PM – 6:00PM
Photo by Sue AllbertPhoto by Sue Allbert
Mending, combining and re-configuring found and vintage textile scraps, Sue creates abstract compositions, essentially painting with fabrics. Her process is slow, deliberate, and instinctual, born of a deep love of fabrics and rooted in the traditions of quilting and mending that she learned as a child. Transforming and repurposing these common, everyday materials she asks the viewer to pause and take a closer look, to consider the histories of these fabrics and the new stories they are telling.
M.PATMOS designs modern wardrobe staples and sophisticated, textural knitwear meant to be passed down to future generations. Focused on high quality and minimizing our environmental impact, they’ve worked with small family owned factories and workshops for many years, merging sustainable artisan hand crafted techniques and technology to create beautiful designs in luxurious, natural fibers. They opened their shop in the fall of 2018 in Brooklyn, New York where they focus on bringing the best from like minded independent designers.
Galactic Garden: New Woven Artworks by Robin Kang
Through Monday, November 11th, at Winter Garden Gallery 230 Vesey Street New York, NY, 10080 Open for viewing Mon-Sat: 10am–8pm, Sun: 11am–7pm
“Galactic Garden” by Robin Kang celebrates the fusion of organic wisdom from ancient civilizations and electronic futurism. Inspired by her travels to the Amazon rainforest, where she studied indigenous textile techniques and medicinal plant technologies, “Galactic Garden” merges the traditional craft of weaving with modern computational methods. This integration envisions a harmonious coexistence between technological advancements and ecology.
Our first in-person meeting since June was held on Saturday September 21, at the First Lutheran Church in Montclair with 38 members and 2 guests in attendance. Welcome back everyone!
QuiltCon 2025
Registration woes have been sorted out.
October 31st deadline for quilt entries. Get those quilts finished!
Volunteer sign-ups opened September 19th.
QuiltCon Community Outreach Quilt
Thanks to the members who gathered at Paula’s house to create the block kits which were ALL distributed at this meeting! Yay!
To those who picked up kits, it’s not necessary to trim your blocks, and please leave the paper on the back.
October 19th Completed blocks are due at the in-person meeting.
MidMod 2025 April 4-6 2025
As a sponsoring guild, 10 spots are reserved for our members to access early registration. NJMQG will hold a lottery to award those 10 spots, and an email with a link to the sign up form was sent to members on September 23rd. Winners pay NJMQG $35 to get their early access code.
Early registration: Monday October 7th at 7 pm through Monday October 14th at 7 pm. General registration: Sunday, November 3rd at 7 pm.
Due to rising costs of the hotel space and, well, everything, we do have a price increase for MOD 2025. The early bird registration fee is $315 and the general registration (for those that do not receive early bird pricing) is $365. General registration spots sell out quickly!
Holiday Party – seeking volunteers
Our annual Holiday Party will be on SaturdayDecember 7th, 11a-3p.
We need a few volunteers to help plan, organize, and execute including menu, activity, setup, cleanup, etc. Please contact Ann.
Programs
Pockets-to-Go Swap
Over a dozen pockets-to-go bags were joyfully exchanged! Nice work everyone!
Bee Block Party
When you sign up for the bee, you will choose a type of block you want to make as well as a color scheme you would like for your quilt. You will be split into groups, then you will make the same 12 inch quilt block for each member of your bee, in their preferred colorway with fabrics from your stash. Your completed blocks will be distributed to all the members of your bee and everyone should have enough to create their own quilt top.
All completed blocks should be 12″ x 12″ finished (12.5″ x 12.5″ unfinished).
Saturday September 28th Sign ups end.
Sunday September 29th Group assignments go out.
Saturday November 16, 2024 Completed blocks due at the in-person meeting.
Next meetings
Saturday October 19 – In-person 11a-1p at the First Lutheran Church of Montclair.
Outreach Quilt blocks due
New name tag if you’re working on a swap with someone.
Show & Tell!
Saturday November 16 – in person meeting
Saturday December 7 – in-person Holiday Party
Other Good Stuff Happening
Montclair Fiber Arts Club – register through Lifelong Montclair to join this group with your needlework at Edgemont Park House 290 Valley Road every other Wednesday 10a-12p.
Hunterdon Art Museum – 7 Lower Center Street Clinton, NJ 08809, Unblocked: Improvisation and Identity in Contemporary Quilts, nowthrough January 12th, 2025.
Featuring Elizabeth Brandt, Zak Foster, Coulter Fussell, Chawne Kimber, Basil Kincaid, Kwesi O. Kwarteng, Krystle Lemonias, Sarah Nishiura, our own Melanie Tuazon, and Sherri Lynn Wood.
Unblocked brings together a diverse group of artists whose quilts tell stories, express identity, celebrate community, further social justice, and engage in formal design and color investigations. Comfortable with improvisation, these artists use materials that are readily available—often discarded or donated clothing and domestic textiles—and work intuitively, without a structured plan.
Quilts in the Mill – Prallsville Mills – 33 Risler Street (Route 29), Stockton, NJ 08559, Confetti of Color sponsored by Courthouse Quilters Guild, Friday-Sun September 27-29th 2024.
On Fri and Sat, our own Jo Ann Lepore will be signing her newly published book, Picture Patchwork.
Clifton Quilters Guild – October 17 bus trip to Poconos.
Stars of the Valley Quilt Show – Sanfordville Elementary School 144 Sanfordville Road, Warwick, New York, Saturday-Sunday, October 19 & 20, sponsored by Warwick Valley Quilters.
At 1p Saturday, Melanie Tuazon will be giving a lecture Planned and Unplanned: Design and Improv in Piecing
Show & Tell
Post-meeting FMQ Workshop
Jackie and Samantha led this terrific informative class on free-motion quilting, with a ton packed into a few hours. Good job everyone! Practice, practice, practice!
Next meeting
In-person Saturday October 19, 11a-1p at the First Lutheran Church of Montclair.
Outreach Quilt blocks due
New name tag if you’re working on a swap with someone.
Our August meeting was held on Zoom 8/15 at 7 pm, with 31 members in attendance.
QuiltCon Registration blues news…
As anyone who tried to register for QuiltCon knows, the system crashed and the MQG has been manually going through all the records to resolve a multitude of issues.
Week of August 19th – Everyone who has registered will receive an updated registration confirmation email. Please see QuiltCon 2025 Registration Update: Next Steps for details on balances due, refunds, and a special cancellation policy through August 22.
Week of August 26th – Registration will reopen for MQG members only – the exact date and time that registration will reopen will be announced in an email to all members at least five days before!
Watch your inbox for that email from MQG!
2025 QuiltCon Community Outreach Quilt
The theme for 2025 is “Lines and Bars”.
A big thank you to all who submitted designs! The quilt chosen for this year’s entry was designed by our very own Betsy Vinegrad (and is on the cover of the 2024 QuiltCon magazine!), recolored in the 2025 Outreach palette.
Sept – volunteers needed to cut fabric on 9/17 at 11am. Quilt kits will be distributed at the meeting 9/21.
Oct – Sew blocks, and turn in at meeting 10/19.
Oct-Nov – volunteers needed to assemble quilt top and back.
Nov-Dec – volunteer needed – quilter.
Dec-Jan – volunteer(s) needed to apply binding, sleeve and label.
Many hands make short work of 48 blocks! A volunteer sign-up form will be sent the week of Aug 26. Paula Fleischer is leading the process; contact her with any questions.
Autumn 2025 NJMQG Quilt Showcase
We’re looking for volunteers to form a committee to steer this idea into reality. Ann has a template for the steps based on last year’s showcase, so you’re not starting from scratch. A sign-up form will be sent out soon.
Fundraising
Now that we’ve been approved for a gaming license a world of possibilities opens up for fundraising in conjunction with the Showcase. Thanks for all the great ideas at this month’s meeting! It’s exciting to hear your enthusiasm!
Among the ideas floated:
Make 2 of the Outreach quilts and raffle one.
Distribute raffle ticket books to every member with a requirement to sell all their tickets.
Mini quilts silent auction/raffle.
Programs
Next meeting
In-person Saturday September 21st, 11a-1p at the First Lutheran Church of Montclair.
Sign up for Bee Blocks
Hand in finished Charity Quilts to Kelly
Pockets-to-Go swap
New name tag if you’re working on a swap with someone.
Show & Tell! is back
After the meeting: Free-Motion-Quilting workshop with Jackie Laba and Samantha Linehan. Sign up here. Cost is $25.
Upcoming
October
Saturday 10/19 – in person meeting
After Meeting: Pleating with Miguel Huidor
November
Saturday 11/16 – in person meeting
December
Saturday 12/7 – Holiday Party
Other Stuff
Book Signing
Jo Ann Lepore will be at Quilts in the Mills Friday Sep 27th (and possibly 28th) to sign advance copies of her forthcoming book Picture Patchwork, published by Fox Chapel Publishers. The show, sponsored by Courthouse Quilters Guild, runs Sep 27-29. Jo Ann’s book is expected to be available from booksellers by early November.
Congrats Jo Ann!
Stars of the Valley Quilt Show
Sponsored by Warwick Valley Quilters, the show runs Oct 19-20. Quilt registrations are due by Sep 7.
Your quilt does not have to be finished to register, you just need to provide a picture of it for identification purposes. You’ll find the registration form on their website.
Bonus: our own Melanie Tuazon will be giving a lecture on Saturday Oct 19 at 1pm, “Planned and Unplanned: Design and Improv in Piecing”.
That’s all for now! See you in September! Happy sewing!
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