August Meeting Recap

Our August Open Sew guild meeting was awesome!

• We had an Open Sew Challenge! Tracy prepared bundles of donated fabric for charity quilt tops for those who wanted to participate for a prize. The competition was heated. 🙂 At one point Amy and Kimberli were neck and neck. Ultimately, Amy finished first and Kimberli came in at a close second. Way to go ladies!

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• There was a “Free Table” set up at the meeting. So many goodies to choose from. We are considering practicing this concept at future meetings. Stay tuned for details at a later time.

• We had our Dumpling Pouch Swap and our 2nd Quarter Bee Block Swap and overall, a great time!

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• Just look at these two Show and Tell stunners by Michelle and Diane!

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• Thank you to all who donated blocks for Mother Emanuel Church at the July meeting. Six quilt tops were made and donated! The photos are from the Charleston MQG.

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• October’s Swap will be an Infinity Scarf. There will be a sign up and we will pair members up. Details coming soon.

• Thank you so much to Stephanie and Colleen for being such gracious hosts at the LDS Church!!

Open Sew January 24 CANCELLED – Online Open Snow instead!

Hi everyone! Saturday’s Open Sew meeting invitation was not received by the Nor’Easter that will bring snow and ice and general winter misery to North Jersey. So we will not be meeting at the LDS church in Caldwell. Sadly, our meeting is cancelled.

However! Since we’ll be trapped inside with time to spare, why not sew at home AND together?

Introducing NJMQG’s first ever online sewcial! We’re calling it NJMQG Open Snow. Saturday, 12-4PM

Here’s how you can participate:

  1. Post pictures of what you’re sewing on Instagram. Hashtag it #njmqg and/or #njmqgopensnow
  2. Post in our members-only Facebook group any questions, conversations or links you’d like to share.
  3. Check in on both groups and like/comment your guild mates’ work!

We’re going to post announcements from the meeting here on the blog and post pictures of our door prizes (fabric pre-cuts!) on Instagram. Comment for a chance to win! We’ll have a different prize every hour.

Stay warm, stay safe, and sew on!

Pincushion Swap!

 

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The August Guild meeting is the 21st but there’s plenty of time to whip up a pincushion for our next swap!

No color restrictions or rules we only ask that you make a pincushion that you would LOVE to receive.

We’ve put together an inspiration board on Pinterest to get your creative juices flowing.

Can’t wait to see what you bring to the swap table later this month!