June 2016 Happenings!

:: June Happenings! ::

Antique/Vintage Quilts for June 2016 meeting

Members! Do you have any antique or vintage quilts you can share with our lovely group for our June 2016 meeting? Please be ready to share information about the quilt(s) if you have it. Do you know the history behind it? How did you acquire it? Do you use it? etc.

Executive Board Elections

Please check out the Members Only section of our blog for the nominees. Election will be held at the June 2016 guild meeting. If you are a paid guild member and need the password to log on, please email njmqginfo at gmail dot com.

Common Heritage | Uncommon Quilts: A Joint Program by the Montclair Historical Society and the Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild

When: June 11 – July 31, 2016 (on display from June 11 thru July 31, Sundays from 1-4pm and by appointment)
Where: The Crane House and Historic YWCA, 110 Orange Road, Montclair, NJ

Check out the Montclair Historical Society’s Events page for Opening Weekend Events.

*** On June 11 & 12 from 1-5pm there will be a Digital Preservation Event. You may bring
up to three quilts and have them professionally photographed and digitally preserved. Registration is required. Click here.***

International Quilt Festival presents Modern Quilt Guild Showcase

Deadline: June 17, 2016

From the MQG site: International Quilt Festival will feature quilts in a special exhibit, Modern Quilt Guild Showcase. This exhibit will premiere at International Quilt Market and Festival, November 3 – 6, 2016. Learn more.

QuiltCon East 2017 Catalog is available! Registration opens June 25th!

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Daniela D

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June 3, 2016

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Reminder: JUNE 2016 OPEN SEW!

Woo hoo! Our June 2016 OPEN SEW is tomorrow, Saturday, June 4th!

WHEN: Saturday, June 4, 2016 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
WHERE: Community Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Street, Cedar Grove, NJ (where we meet for our monthly guild meetings)

** We will be working on a Quilt of Valor pattern as outlined below. As always, you may also work on other NJMQG charity quilts or on your own personal projects at this Open Sew.

** Please remember to pack your lunch. If you would like, please bring a snack or drinks to share.

** We need a couple of members to bring in an iron/ironing mat/board to share. Please comment below if you can share an “ironing set up.” Also, remember to bring extension cords/surge protectors if you have them. If you have an extra task light for your station, that may help, too.

** Donations of white fabric needed for the charity quilt. Please see below.

Please see Tracy’s message about the Charity project for the day:

The Quilt of Valor pattern we will be using is “Kite Tails” by Amy Friend, it was the MQG August 2014 free pattern of the month. The quilt blocks are large, 12″ x 18″, and are made using paper piecing.

We have enough red, blue, and cream/tan donated patterned fabric for the bow tie shapes (but feel free to bring patriotic fabric if you would like to donate more) but we will need plain white quilting cotton for the background. Just pure white, if the tones are a little off in shade it’s fine since this is a scrappy pattern. For each block I recommend a 1/4 yard, it’s more than each block will need but then it will be easy to paper piece and not stress over having the right sized scrap.

Here is the pattern: Kite Tails August 2014 Pattern
A 60″ x 72″ quilt requires 20 blocks. We should hit that easily! If you’re an experienced paper piecer this is simple, if you’re new hopefully my quick demo will make sense. We might need sewing buddies that day!