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May 2018 Meeting Recap

Hello everyone!

Here’s the recap of the May meeting.
(Sorry I didn’t get it up sooner and if any info is outdated)

Welcome to Katie and Pam.

If you are interested in being at part of the members only Facebook page, just send a request and it needs to be approved.

Happenings

Quiltfest was a success. Thanks to everyone who helped. And everyone should have their quilts back?
Unfortunately we are losing another LSS. Quiltspot will be closing. Open through June.
Newark Museum has a fabulous fashion and tech makerspace
Chawne Kimber class samples. Look at those tiny pieces!

Things to do

Open sew Saturday May 19 10-4 perfect for the rainy day
Garden State quilter show May 19-20 in Parsippany
Pennington Day quilt show May 19
Schweinfurth Art Center in Syracuse-Quilting by the Lake summer program
Warwick Show cancelled because change of date of Applefest
Chilean fiber artist Cecilia Vicuna show- La India Contaminada May 19-July 6 536 W22nd St NY, NYf
Nubian Heritage Quilt Guild exhibit June 9, 10, 16 & 17 Crane House, Montclair Historical Society

MQG

As always check out the classes, webinars and articles. If you do not receive the newsletter let Margy know
Two members part of task forces- Aleeda on Inclusion and Diversity and Sarah on Guild programming and leadership. Maybe an update next month

Board election

Will be held at the June General meeting. Read nominees’ bios here.

Programs

Recap of calendar
Round Robin

Kathy’s upcoming T-shirt Quilt class: June 16th.
Members, click here to sign up. Non-members, click here.

2nd quarter bee blocks due at June meeting
3rd quarter open at end of June

Fundraising efforts still looking into.

Show and Tell

Laura- Fanciful Forest

Laura- Owls

Jennife- Reverse Applique

Jennifer- Angela Walters free motion quilting

Jennifer- And bag!

Daniela- Juxtaposition

Ellen- I spy

Ellen- Secret Circles

Debby

Betsy- wowing us as always

Oh, I figured I’d try a smaller version

Comparison

Ezza

As always, Thanks for reading and see you at the next meeting!

PLEASE BE ADVISED

THE SUMMER MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT THE LDS CHURCH AT 209 MOUNTAIN AVE, CALDWELL!!

-A

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Reminder: May 2018 Meeting this Thursday

OUR MAY MEETING IS THIS THURSDAY, May 17, 2018 AT 7:15 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CEDAR GROVE, 65 BOWDEN ROAD, CEDAR GROVE, NJ 07009. PARKING IS LOCATED IN THE LARGE LOT IN THE BACK – USE THE SIDE ENTRANCE TO COME IN.

Doors will open at 7pm. We’ll talk about Quiltfest, Nominations, Upcoming classes, field trips…

• Important: Please sign in at the registration table

A couple of notes: Please consider serving on the Board of OUR Guild. We especially need someone to take over as treasurer. If you’re uncertain, bring your questions to the meeting, and we’ll do our best to answer them. Come join us – we’ll have fun!

If you went to Quiltfest NJ, we’d love to hear your impressions of the event, the new venue, exhibits, venues, any classes you took…

• Remember to bring:

Round Robin blocks
Your work from Chawne Kimber’s classes, and any other classwork that you’ve done lately.
Refreshments: Consider bringing a light refreshment to share, especially if your birthday is this month
Nametag If you do not have a name tag, we can arrange a partner swap – just ask any of the NJMQG Executive Board Officers (Margy, Kathy, Lori, Aubrey, Sarah).
As always, please bring anything you may have for Show and Tell!
Charity quilts that you’ve completed

• FREE table: Bring in the quilty items you no longer use and drop them on our FREE table at the beginning of the meeting. If your items are not taken, please take them home with you

• Member Corner: Many of our members have their own creative businesses and services to offer. A designated table is provided for members to leave their business cards, class/workshop lists, postcards, etc. This is a great way to get the word out about what you have to offer!

• Library: Have you borrowed a book from the NJMQG library? Books can be checked out for one month. Please see Laura F., our librarian. If you borrowed a book at the last meeting, please remember to return it this month

• Upcoming Programs: Open Sew for Charity is this Saturday. We’ll have batting and the guild stash, as well as templates and precut patterns. Kathy Morganroth will be our resident expert for the day. Bring her your sewing problems.

Of course, if you have a project of your own you need to make some progress on bring that along.

See you on Thursday!

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April 2018 Meeting Recap

Can you believe it’s April?!

We had 51 members and 2 “guests” (little Joel and Samantha’s husband I believe?) And Welcome back to the group, Kourtney!

First things first…Let’s get those bylaws voted on! A few questions and then a vote. The updated bylaws have passed.

President Margy updated us on some stuff happening

Quiltfest April 26-29. Setup starting April 24. Beka collected quilts and descriptions at break. And confirmation of setup and take down volunteers.
The Garden State Quilters show is May 19-20 in Parsippany
Pennington Day quilt show May 19 in Hopewell Valle
Art Quilt Elements show until April 28 in Wayne, PA

MQG happenings

2019 charity quilt details are out. Our very own Daniela is on that committee and helped pick some amazing colors to work with
MQG dates and stuff
Quiltcon 2019 Nashville

Happenings

The field trip to Brooklyn was a success! Beautiful day, lots of fun! Thanks to Michelle for planning and the great weather 😉
Congrats to Betsy who won a 2nd place ribbon at Paducah
Congrats to Melanie and Betsy in the latest issue of Modern Patchwork
Diane- Cross Roads Fall Quilting Retreat November 7-11, 2018 in Port Murray NJ. More details available on the FB page
Congrats and thanks to Aleeda for being a part of the MQG inclusion and diversity committee

VP Kathy

Let’s talk about fundraising. In order to offset costs we are looking for some fundraising ideas. Some ideas put out there…
- Raffle off donated items
- Book raffle
- Tricky tray
- 50/50
- Silent auction
- Paid potluck
- Raffle quilt
- Holiday craft show
- NJMQG merchandise

Programs Sarah

Our Round Robin continues

The Sewing organizer swap was a success

And our next challenge will be due in June. We are challenging you to make a quilted pillow for yourself. Have it represent who you are using text or an image that represents you. Check out the Pinterest page for some inspiration.

Michelle

We are looking for nominations for all board positions but we are particularly looking for a Program Chair (or two/co-chairs) and a Treasurer. Please help our guild move forward and consider running for one of these critical board positions. If you have any questions about the roles and responsibilities of any of the board positions, reach out to the current or past holders of those positions and check the by-laws. WE NEED YOU. You can email nominations to Michelle R or Jeanine B. Emails can be found in members only section.

Charity Rachel

There are a lot of kits available to be worked on and if you are interested in something quick and easy you can continue making those pillowcases.
The Cloud9 challenge blocks from years ago were put together and lovingly quilted by Jackie. I see my block! Anyone else? Perhaps this is a Raffle quilt?