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January 31, 2018

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Chawne Kimber Workshops

The North Jersey Modern Quilt Guild is excited to announce that textile artist Chawne Kimber will be giving a trunk show and lecture, and teaching two workshops for us.

The workshops will be on March 16 and 17, with an evening lecture on Friday March 16.
Sign-ups: Saturday, February 3 at 10AM for NJMQG members
Sign-ups for non-members will open on February 10 at 10AM.
Cost: $70 NJMQG members, $75 non-members

Lecture: Friday, March 16, 7 PM at the Chawne will give a trunk show and lecture about her quilting journey at: United Way of Northern New Jersey, 60 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042

Workshops:

Improvisational Hand Quilting: Friday, March 16, 10AM-4PM at the United Way of Northern New Jersey, 60 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042

Hand quilting is super, super fun! And the best way to make something more fun is to improvise. So let’s practice the basics of hand quilting (beginners are welcome!) and then consider design and techniques for improv.
Supply list is here: ImprovisationalHandQuilting

Adventures in Small Piecing: Saturday, March 17, 10AM-4PM at the Community Church, 65 Bowden Road, Cedar Grove, NJ

A surefire way to slow down your machine stitching is to stitch small things. We’ll construct a custom mini sampler quilt top whose blocks encourage practicing some efficient traditional and improvisational techniques specialized for smaller work. We’ll also discuss the visual impact of the use of varied scaling of blocks in our design work. In the end, we’ll agree that small piecing can enhance our quilts without terribly increasing our workload. It will be a free-form class that starts with a trunk show and demonstrations of techniques. We’ll follow up with open sewing time with one- on-one instruction. Supply list is here: SmallPiecing

Chawne Kimber is an award winning textile artist who has exhibited quilts and embroidery in galleries and festivals in all over the United States. When not manipulating cotton, she is a professor of mathematics at a small liberal arts college in the Northeast. Chawne blogs at CauchyComplete.com Shown here is Chawne’s embroidered headshot.

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September 14, 2017

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Events for Autumn 2017

I hope everyone has had a fun summer! Doesn’t it seem like it has been ages since our last meeting? Here’s an overview of our upcoming happenings (all events are at the Cedar Grove Community Church unless noted):

Charity: We’re now adding a quilt drive for Houston and Florida in addition to our planned pillowcase drive for children in foster care.

Pillowcases for the Giving Hope Network – Please bring pillowcases to the September 21 Meeting. (You can also make them at the October 7 Open Sew but our focus on that day is now moving toward quilt making for Hurricane victims.)

Here are a few tutorials:

Craftsy
All People Quilt Free Patterns
Nancy’s Notions Speedy Trim Pillowcase PDF download
Missouri Star Burrito/Rollup Pillowcase Video Tutorial

Hurricane Response: We’d love to hear from members your ideas about how you would like us to implement this, but we know one thing: we will be making quilts for distribution! To that end, please feel free to start making them now. In addition, our Open Sew on October 7 will be dedicated to making quilts for Florida and Houston. The guild has fabric and batting, and we’ll be looking for volunteers to quilt and bind them.

Meeting September 21:
Trunk Show with member Michelle Reiter.
The Paint chip mini quilt swap is now due at the October meeting. Details are below.

September 23 10AM-4PM:
Noodlehead Market Tote with Michelle Reiter – There have been a few cancellations, so there are 2 spots open.
SIGN UP: Noodlehead Market Tote

Open Sew October 7, 10AM-4PM:
Guild Charity Sew Day for Houston and Florida. Come and sew for a few hours or all day! Guild will supply fabric and batting.

Meeting October 19, 7:15 PM:
Trunk show with member Melanie Tuazon.
Paint Chip Minis due. Make a mini quilt using the colors on the paint chip that you chose at the August meeting. Size Should be no longer than 12″ on one size and 20″ on the other. (see above for details!)

October 21 10AM-4PM
Trill Workshop with Melanie Tuazon – There are still a few spots available.
SIGN UP: Trill Workshop

Meeting November 16, 7:15:
Bee Block Swap Quarter 3 due
Potholder swap due -Make a potholder (8″x8″). This should be a modern take on a classic block!

November 18 10AM-5PM
Nuno Felted Scarf Workshop with Josie Dakers
SIGN UP: Nuno Felted workshop

December 14, 7:15PM
Holiday Party and Elfster Swap at LDS Church, 209 Mountain Ave/Caldwell NJ

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June 13, 2017

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Reminder: June 2017 Meeting this Thursday!

• Our June meeting is this Thursday, June 15th, 2017 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. Feel free to arrive about 15 minutes early. Important: Check in at the registration table to sign in.

• 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 bring 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 Margy S. If you borrowed a book at the last meeting, remember to return it at this meeting.

• Board Elections will be held at this meeting. NJMQG Board Nominees have been posted to the Members Only page. Nominations may also be made from the floor with the consent of the nominee on the day of the election. Forgot or need the password to the Members Only page? Contact us at njmqginfo at gmail dot com.

• The Not a Raffle Raffle: To raise money for charity, we are holding The Not a Raffle Raffle at this meeting for NJMQG members!

– Cost: 10 tickets for $5. Cash or check only, please.

– Prizes: Prize list

• One Hour Basket Swap: Baskets are due at this meeting for the swap with the CJMQG.

• Timna Tarr is coming to visit NJMQG June 16 & 17 for a Lecture and a Workshop! (workshop is sold out)

THE LECTURE
Join us for a lecture with award winning quilter, Timna Tarr where she will be discussing her process as well as color theory.

Date: Friday, June 16, 2017
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Community Church of Cedar Grove – 65 Bowden Rd. Cedar Grove, NJ
Cost: NJMQG members, free // all others $5
RSVP: Click this link to RSVP for the lecture

• Hospitality for this weekend’s Timna Tarr Lecture and Workshop: There will be a sign up sheet at this meeting to bring in snacks, goodies and drinks for the Friday lecture, the Saturday workshop, or both! Please see Sarah F. with any questions.

• Member Trunk Show continues: Krishma Patel is the next featured NJMQG Member in our Member Trunk Show Series for 2017!

• Member-Led Workshops are open for registration. Click the links below to read about them and to register!
July: Paper Piecing Workshop with Betsy Vinegrad
July: Embracing Negative Space Workshop with Daniela Di Iorio
August: Indigo/Shibori Dying & Cyanotype/Photogram Workshop with Sarah Scott
September: Noodlehead Market Bag Workshop with Michelle Reiter
October: Trill Workshop with Melanie Tuazon
November: Nuno Felted Scarf Workshop with Josie Dakers

• Refreshments for this meeting: Consider bringing a light refreshment to share.

• Remember to bring your name tag. If you do not have a name tag, we can arrange a partner swap- ask any of the NJMQG Executive Board Officers (Daniela, Amy, Annette, Kourtney, or Stella). As always, please bring anything you may have for Show and Tell (we respectfully ask that you limit your show and tell items to one item for this meeting).  

See you on Thursday!