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March 4, 2024

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January 2024 Guild meeting Recap

Time just doesn’t slow down, does it? Here we are in March and I’m once again, just getting to the meeting recaps…here’s January.

If you can remember all the way back then with me, we had 51 people join us, for our meeting over Zoom. We welcomed new members Arlene and Paula. We had a little bit of business to take care of before we had a special guest lecturer.

We asked everyone to please complete their membership renewal. Don’t forget to fill out the Google form and submit payment! Our new roster starts in February. We had a brief chat about Quiltcon. Who was going, meeting up for a group shot in front of our community quilt, and our Quiltcon sew-in for the folks at home. The February meeting is February 15, over Zoom, but our March meeting will be in person in our new space- First Lutheran Church, 153 Park St, Montclair. A heads up, there was a conflict for the April meeting date so that will now be on April 27th (happens to be my birthday).

We welcomed Libs Elliott to our meeting and she gave us a wonderful lecture, chock full of her history and process using Java based code to make randomized designs which then turn occasionally into quilts and patters. “Bridging the divide of tech and traditional craft”. She talked a bit about her Bloem class that we had with her on the 20th. Looking forward to sharing more from that at our in person meeting. Hope to see there!

-A

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January 22, 2024

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December 2023 Holiday Party Recap

Hello! Happy New Year! (can I still say that this far into the month) Apologies for the constant late recaps and updates, but you know…life happens… In December we held our annual holiday party, which never disappoints! We had a lovely meetup with 31 members, 3 guests, and 4 little friends joining us.

Amazing Hanukkah sign for friend (each one of those is a Bitzie Box pouch to hold goodies)

Karen J- pillow for son made with fabric from free table “Blessings”

Pat B- Hat made from wool left on free table

Wannetta- the surprise tool you want to add to your stash…toilet cleaner with bleach. Turned ruined skirt into a mini

Annette- stack and whack for Project Linus

Carolyn M- working with negative backgroud

Working with velvet, florals and pleating

Miguel H- having fun with pintucks, 80’s graphics, maximal/minimal and EPP

A fun game of BINGO!!

Karen got a little too confident and faked us out keeping us on our toes…

And I didn’t even get a picture of the winner… but we played a fun game of LRC, too! It is always fun to listen in on that!

We would like to thank the members who helped organize the party, as well as, the members who came out to have some fun with us. We hope you are staying warm and working on lots of projects! Don’t forget to label and take pictures or save them up to be shared at our in person meetings!

Happy sewing!

-A

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January 18, 2024

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Last chance

On Saturday, January 20th, NJMQG is offering Libs’ Bloem Quilt Workshop. In this class, we will practice curved blocks and half-square triangles. Libs will guide participants on how to successfully piece curves and how to sew blocks together to ensure matching seams with tips and tricks along the way. We’ll also cover the various ways these quilts can be quilted for maximum effect. There are still a few slots open for this workshop. Sign up now so you don’t miss this wonderful creative opportunity. This registration will close on Friday morning and participants will need to cut out the shapes prior to the workshop.”