Please click here or on the Members Only tab above to participate in the NJMQG QuiltCon Charity Quilt Survey. It is a quick, one question survey! We are collecting this information to incorporate into the design of the quilt. Please take the survey by Tuesday, August 16th Saturday, August 20th.
The Members Only section is password protected. If you need the password, have forgotten it, etc., please email njmqginfo at gmail dot com.
Thank you!
Hello, everyone! Hope you are all having a nice summer!
On behalf of the new board, we thank you for trusting us to lead the way for our fabulous guild this year. We met for the first time this week and we are planning on making this our best year yet!
Here are some announcements/updates:
• Denyse Schmidt visits New Jersey!
Denyse will be teaching a Free Wheeling Single Girl Quilt Workshop on Saturday, July 23, 2016! Please contact Rock Paper Scissors for details!
• Kaffe Fassett visits New Jersey!
Kaffe will be giving an Inspiration Lecture on Sunday, September 25th. Please click here for information and click here to register for the lecture.
• Kaffe Fassett Mini Quilt Challenge: Pennington Quilt Works is hosting a Summer Mini Quilt Challenge showcasing his fabrics. Please click here for information.
Update on Pulse Charity Quilts:
The blocks for the Pulse Quilts will be collected at the July 2016 Meeting. Thank you to all who are able to contribute. We still need one person to assemble the back of one quilt. Please email njmqginfo at gmail dot com to help out. All volunteer spots filled. Thank you!
July 2016 Meeting: Do you have a quick quilting/sewing related tip to share with our group? If so, please come prepared to share about it at our July guild meeting!
WOW! Thank you to everyone who was able to sign up to make blocks! There was such an overwhelming response, we will have enough blocks to send TWO completed quilts to the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild!!!
HEART BLOCK:
blocks by Tracy B. (@traylas) using the Cluck Cluck Sew tutorial
The block: Please use this tutorial from Cluck Cluck Sew for the 10-inch finished block or this 10-inch finished block that is paper pieced by Elizabeth Dackson (Update: the link to the paper pieced pattern has been updated).
The heart: Please use a solid, a modern tone-on-tone or a modern print fabric for the heart area in the color(s) you signed up for. The modern print fabric should read as the color you picked.
The white areas of the block: In the white areas, please use low volume fabric. As shown in the examples above, please keep the low volume fabric consistent in each block.
Low volume fabric examples:
Some blocks we receive will be used on the back of each quilt. This is a good thing! We would like the quilt back to be as pretty as the front.
You can read more about the charity drive here on the MQG site and check out the Instagram hashtag: #quiltsforpulse.
The blocks will be due at the July meeting. If you will not be at the July meeting (Thursday, July 21, 2016), please drop your block(s) off at Rock Paper Scissors. If that does not work for you, you may also email njmqginfo at gmail dot com and we will coordinate.
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