Reminder: June 2018 Meeting this Thursday

OUR JUNE MEETING IS THIS THURSDAY, June 21, 2018 AT 7:15 PM.

PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 209 Mountain Ave, Caldwell, NJ 07006

Doors will open  at 7pm.  Elections for the 2018-2019 Board will be held at this meeting. Please visit the Members Only section to read about the nominees.

Important: Please sign in at the registration table 

Remember to bring: 

  • Bee Hive blocks are due.
  • Icon Pillow Challenge is due.
  • Charity quilts that you’ve completed
  • Refreshments: since it’s the official start of summer, consider bringing a “solstice snack” to share, especially if your birthday is this month
  • Name Tag: 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!

 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 have checked a book out, please return it at the September meeting when we will be back at the Community Church.


• Upcoming Programs:

Saturday July 21st – Open Sew at the Montclair Public Library Auditorium 50 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042

Saturday August 11th – Silk Screen Workshop with Aleeda Crawley. Signups will open soon; watch for an announcement. Meanwhile, keep doodling & sketching!

See you on Thursday! 

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(Sorry I didn’t get it up sooner and if any info is outdated)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

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

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  • 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

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!