At our guild meeting on Thursday, I shared some of my favorite, mostly free, quick projects and tutorials. As promised, here are the links to my favorite things. Rachel has also contributed a link to an infinity scarf that she showed off a year or two ago, and an easy beanie tutorial that she would love to try. Let us know if you try one! ~Samantha
We’ve got our Zoom guild meeting 11/19/20 – and we’d love to see your smiling faces! Our meeting is wherever YOU are – your couch, backyard, your sewing table, you pick!
We’ll open it up at our usual 7pm to visit & we’ll start at 7:15
Look for an email with the ZOOM call in details.
What do we need from you? By WEDNESDAY– photos from:
Send to the Programs team (programs@njmqg.com) with the MONTH in the subject line (NOVEMBER (UFO, S&T, class, etc) in the subject line so we can include your makes in the slide show.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
If you would like to be a guest at our meeting this month, please email us for the Zoom information.
Thanks so much & SEE you Thursday!!
-Rachel
Greetings Guild!
For our October Zoom meeting we had 51 attendees. We had 9 tickets paid for by non members for our guest lecturer Sara Trail, which in turn we donated to the Social Justice Sewing Academy.
We also welcomed two new members Meghan Johnson and Ann Marston.
Community Outreach Quilt Challenge – After some Zoom workshops, the participants of the COQC completed their assigned blocks and were asked to mail them back to Margy for assembly ASAP. We hope to have a photo for next month’s meeting of the assembled top.
Quiltcon Updates – Anyone who wishes to submit a quilt has until November 30th. Check the website for guidelines.
Can you take the survey? If you feel like you have participated in Modern making in any way, please do! It’s open until mid-November. Questions inquire about your own personal making, and the trends and people who have influenced you. It is anonymous (thanks, Qualtrics!), contains 15 questions, and should take you 5-8 minutes to complete.
https://www.kristinbarrus.com/modern-quilt-movement-survey
Charity Updates – After having a wonderful tutorial from Sue Erdreich at our September meeting, we are asking for you to make some pillowcases for Giving Hope Network. They are collecting them before Thanksgiving.
We also have received our preprinted quilt labels for charity quilts. If you have completed a quilt for charity and would like to attach a NJMQG label to it, please contact Elinore Gordon or a board member.
We were able to watch as Margy opened the quilt we made for her in appreciation of her service as NJMQG President for the 2017-2019 term. We are grateful for Margy’s leadership during her term. As well, we thank all who participated in the construction of this quilt.
What a wonderful time we had hearing from Sara Trail. From her enthusiastic childhood, through her energetic teenage years, and into her academic excellence in higher education, Sara provided us the insight to forming her Social Justice Sewing Academy.
SJSA empowers young people to use sewing to express themselves and create opportunities for growth and change.
http://www.sjsacademy.org/
We thank Sara for her very informative presentation. To learn more about SJSA or get involved with her organization click the link above. If you have scrap fabric you would like to donated to SJSA, you can mail it to the following address. SJSA P.O. Box 2473 Antioch, CA 94531
And the winner of October’s UFO Challenge, receiving a $25 gift certificate to Sew Jersey was Christa!
Next month your UFO is #11 and the prize is a Tula Pink coloring book.
Several of our members took part in a swap similar to our Connected Project. They used the sisterhood block also from Berene Campbell from Happy Sew Lucky to make the adorable blocks below.
Thanks to all for another great meeting!
Join us next time, Thursday, November 19th @ 7:15pm!
Jennifer – Secretary
