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March 15, 2016

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Reminder: March 2016 Meeting this Thursday!

March 2016 Meeting This Thursday!

• Our March meeting is this Thursday, March 17th, 2016 at 7pm at our new location:

~ Community Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

• Please park in the large lot in the back and use the side entrance to come in.

• Feel free to arrive about 15 minutes early.

• Please remember, you do not have to bring a chair.

• Important: Please check in first at the Check-In table before going into the main area where the meeting takes place.

• MEMBER TRUNK SHOW continues: Diane F. is the next featured NJMQG Member in our Member Trunk Show Series for 2016!

• FREE table: Please bring in quilty / sewing related items you are no longer using/would like to pass along (books, fabric, thread, patterns, notions, etc). If it does not get taken by the end of the meeting, please take it home with you.

• Library: Consider borrowing from our NJMQG Library. If you have borrowed a book from our library, please remember to return it to Kelly C. at this meeting.

• March 2016 GREEN Pincushion SWAP: The Green Pincushions are due at this meeting. You still have time to make one! Check out this link for details and inspiration! Swaps are for NJMQG members only.

• Refreshments: Please consider bringing a light refreshment to share at the meeting. If you are able to do so, please let us know by commenting on this blog post.

• Please bring your name tag to the meeting. If you do not have a name tag, we can arrange a partner swap- please see any one of the NJMQG Executive Board Officers (Daniela, Amy, Tracy, Annette, or Kourtney). As always, please bring anything you may have for Show and Tell!

See you on Thursday!

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March 14, 2016

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Quiltfest 2016 Recap

What a wonderful Special Exhibit the NJMQG had at Quiltfest! How many of you were able to make it to the show?

Here is a visual recap of our Special Exhibit: Modern Quilts presented by the North Jersey Modern Quilt Guild:

Fly By Night by Betsy Vinegrad

Intermingle: NJMQG 2016 QuiltCon Charity Quilt made by NJMQG members. Concepted & Designed by Daniela Di Iorio, Quilted by Krishma Patel.

Floating Hearts by Stella Singleton, quilted by Sarah Russet

Moss by Daniela Di Iorio

Drunken Snapshot by Tracy Baird

Mod Log Cabin by Jackie Laba

Sand Dunes of Tattori by Krishma Patel

By Air by Tracy Baird, quilted by Krishma Patel

A Different Stripe: Group Quilt from Denyse Schmidt’s Workshop

The Big Swirl by Betsy Vinegrad

Fly Out of the Box, the Terrain is Wide Open! by Krishma Patel

The One Without The Ruler by Amy Rehbein

Little Rebel by Kourtney Teixeira

Lucky by Daniela Di Iorio

Pink Panther by Mary Jane Karp, quilted by Krishma Patel

Left: Urban Suburban by Tracy Baird Right: Yo Rebel Woman by Sarah Fader

Pineapple Float by Michelle Reiter

Rachel’s Quilt by Sue Erdreich

It All Adds Up: NJMQG 2015 QuiltCon Charity Quilt made by NJMQG members. Quilted by Diane Fama.

In addition, Betsy, Aleeda, and Krishma had their quilts on display in other parts of the show:

Tipsy Teacups by Aleeda Crawley

JUST STOP by Krishma Patel

Sudoku by Betsy Vinegrad

Orbit by Betsy Vinegrad

Luminance by Betsy Vinegrad

Spare Change by Betsy Vinegrad won Quiltfest’s Judges Choice Award! Congrats, Betsy!

Thank you to those who helped during the set up and take down of our exhibit. Also, a special thanks to our members who entered their quilts for consideration. Our exhibit could not have been this beautiful without your gorgeous works of art!

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March 6, 2016

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MARCH 2016 Happenings

Hello, Hello! Updates, reminders, upcoming events, things to check out…

edited to add:

Quilters Take Manhattan

Registration is Open today, Monday, March 7th for members of the Quilt Alliance! Tickets go on sale to non-members at a later date.

From the website: “Speakers will be announced soon. [The] main event at FIT will be held on Saturday, September 25 with fun add-on events held on Friday, September 23 and Sunday, September 25.

Here is a link to check out past Quilters Take Manhattan events which have included an After Dark Cocktail Party at the home and studio of Victoria Findlay Wolfe with a quilt design competition between Heather Jones, Luke Haynes and Mark Lipinski, Tours of the Garment district, Workshops at City Quilter, Behind the Scenes Preview at the American Folk Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum’s Renowned Textile Center, lectures, Costume Tour at the Museum at FIT, and more!

Quiltfest

edited to add: Event ended Sunday, March 6th

Still going on! The show started this Thursday, March 3rd and ends today, Sunday, March 6th at 5pm! It’s located at the Garden State Exhibit Center, 50 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ.

Visit our Special Exhibit called “Modern Quilts presented by the NJMQG”! While you are there also check out the rest of the show, the other special exhibits and the vendors!

SWAPS

March 2016 GREEN Pincushion Swap:

The theme is Green and must be a Pincushion. It’s due at the upcoming March 2016 Meeting, Thursday, March 17th! Click here for details and inspiration.

Paper Bag Mini Swap:

The Paper Bag Mini Swap bags were handed out at the February meeting. These are due at the April 2016 meeting!

Field Trips: Shopping Saturday

Reminder:: Our next Field Trip/Shopping Saturday is Saturday, March 19th at 3pm at Rock Paper Scissors located at 15 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, NJ!

Morris Museum Exhibits

The Morris Museum currently has Studio Art Quilt Associates’ annual quilt art exhibition titled Text Messages. This runs through Sunday, March 20th.

There is also an exhibit of vintage textiles/crafts titled Follow the Thread which runs through Sunday, May 1st. This exhibit brings together more than seventy-five works from the collection of the Morris Museum.

March 2016 Crossroads Retreat

The spring Crossroads Retreat runs from Thursday, March 31st – Sunday, April 3rd!

Mid-Atlantic Mod!

An NJMQG sponsored modern quilting retreat! Thursday, April 21st – Sunday, April 24th! Read about it here.

Upcoming Lecture and Workshop

Melissa Averinos will be visiting us Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th! Mark your calendars! She will give a Talk and Trunk Show on Friday night, May 13th, and will teach a “Making Faces” Workshop (a class recently taught at QuiltCon!) on Saturday, May 14th. Details coming soon!