Melissa Averinos Workshop Registration Now Open for NJMQG Members

NJMQG Members who wish to register for the Melissa Averinos “Making Faces” Workshop (details here) on Saturday, May 14, 2016 can do so by clicking below. All that is required is name, email and phone number.

REGISTRATION FORM

Confirmation emails will go out on Tuesday. The first 20 NJMQG member registrants will receive an email with payment information. If there are additional NJMQG member registrants during this time, they will be notified of their place on the wait list.

Open registration for non-members begins on Monday, April 18th at 7pm.

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Note: There is no registration necessary for the Trunk Show and Talk on Friday, May 13. All are welcome to attend.

Good luck!

Melissa Averinos Lecture & Workshop in MAY 2016

:: LECTURE AND WORKSHOP DETAILS!!! ::

We are so excited to have Melissa Averinos visit the NJMQG in May!

The Trunk Show and Talk on May 13th will be open to the public (Free to NJMQG Members and $5 for non-NJMQG members).

** Online registration for the May 14th workshop will begin for NJMQG members on Monday, April 11th at 7pm via a blog post where you will find the link to register. Registration will open to non-members on Monday, April 18th if any of the 20 spots remain open.

:: About Melissa ::

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Melissa Averinos paints, makes quilts, designs fabric, and writes craft books. She won a Judge’s Choice Award at QuiltCon 2015 for her quilt face #1 and won Best In Show at QuiltCon 2016 for her quilt My Brother’s Jeans.’ Melissa loves Atomic Fireballs, pie, unicorns, rust, gardening, yoga, thrift shopping, sad songs and summertime. Melissa is an imperfectionist, a hugger and a good listener. She lives on Cape Cod with her Adorable Husband Stuart and their two golden retrievers.


 

:: The Trunk Show and Talk ::

Free to NJMQG members, $5 for visitors

WHEN:  Friday, May 13, 2016 at 7pm

Where: LDS Church, 209 Mountain Ave, Caldwell, NJ

Melissa with share her path as an artist/quilter/fabric designer!


:: Full Day Workshop: ‘Making Faces’ ::

Limited to 20 Students

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WHEN:  Saturday, May 14, 2016, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$65 for NJMQG members (registration starts April 11th), $75 for non-members (registration starts April 18th)

Where: LDS Church, 209 Mountain Ave, Caldwell, NJ

Melissa’s signature class on raw edge appliqué faces! This class was recently taught at QuiltCon 2016! Includes comprehensive lesson on drawing and understanding facial features, instruction and inspiration for creating the face in fabric, short contour drawing lesson to inform the thread sketching experience. All levels. No drawing experience necessary.

 

 

March 2016 Meeting Recap!!!

 

Hey all!!! March was such a fun meeting!  Thanks to all who participated in the Pin cushion Swap, and also thank you to Diane Fama for a BEAUTIFUL trunk show!!!

For those who couldn’t be there, here are a few announcements to remember and things to look out for:

Mini Quilts for the Paper Bag Mini Swap will be due at our next meeting which is now Thursday, April 28th at 7:15PM. Please note the date and time change.

Melissa Averinos will be coming to lecture and teach a workshop!!! We are VERY excited 🙂 ! The lecture will be held Friday, May 13th in the evening, and the Workshop, Making Faces, will be Saturday, May 14th, 10-5PM. More information to come on sign ups and all that good stuff! Go and check out her work at her website to see what she’s all about!

Wishing everyone attending the Cross Roads Retreat and the Mid Atlantic MOD retreat a fantastic time!!

Also, the New Jersey Shop Hop will be starting soon and the theme is Earth day! There are projects located at various stores around NJ that you can collect and make and drumroll please……. there are tons of really awesome fun PRIZES!!! WOOO!!! It’s a great way to visit and support a whole bunch of other LQS’s around NJ, and the road trips are fun too 🙂

Here is Rock Paper Scissors’s sneak peek of their Shop Hop project: a quilted rug!

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 BRING ON THE PIN CUSHIONS for the Swap! Green for St. Patrick’s Day! 

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Here is a peek into Diane’s amazing trunk show!!! 

 

 

and of course… show & tell!!!!

and lucky me!!! I received my Mini early!! made by Stella Singleton! :):):):):) 

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See you all April 28th at 7:15PM!!!