It is with a heavy heart that we are announcing the dissolution of the State Quilt Guild of New Jersey effective July 1, 2012. After much discussion and a vote, the board has come to realize that there is no longer the capacity or manpower to keep the guild going at its once prominent status. To continue the mission of the Guild, the board is evaluating museums that house quilt collections and provide education opportunities for quilters and will donate the funds left in the guild’s the accounts. Thank you for your past support.
Sincerely,
The Executive Board State Quilt Guild of New Jersey
Rebecca’s Reel Quilters of Poricy Park presents Color My World Quilt Show on Friday, May 18, 2012 and Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Poricy Park, 345 Oak Hill Road, Middletown, NJ. Admission is $5.00 with children under 8 free. There will be vendors, refreshments, and a raffle quilt.
State Quilt Guild of New Jersey member Gail Small is a professional speaker and a quilter who gives presentations on the history of quilting in American and modern quilting. Find out more below:
The Turtle Creek Quilters’ Guild has a great workshop planned for this month. Still lots of room, so sign up for Surface Design! Saturday October 15th 9:30 to 4:30 at the Switlik Center in Yardville, NJ. (Directions are available upon request. ) Price – $55.00 (Includes a kit). (Bring your lunch).
Did you ever want to embellish/design your own fabric for a project? This workshop will open up possibilities you never thought of!
Join instructor Betsy Yocum for a full day of learning various techniques that you can use for quilting, home dec or fashion projects. You will learn foiling, dye discharge, silk screen, velvet stamping, acrylic painting, and paintsticks. In the morning portion, Betsy will teach all of the techniques. In the afternoon, participants may either continue to experiment with the techniques, or bring your machine to make a small purse with the newly created fabric that you designed!
Please email Rita Romeu at Romeur@comcast.net or call 609 291-8625 to sign up.
noon: Lunch (either bring your own or visit one of Newark’s restaurants. Tables in the museum’s coffee room will be set aside for Guild members)
1 pm to 3:30: Film Screening: Stitched, a documentary film by Jena Moreno
Here’s the best part: Guild members and a guest get into the museum and the film screening for FREE. Otherwise, tickets to the screening $15 each. Just to recap, you’ll get admission to the museum, tickets to the film screening and roundtable discussion for you and a friend for your $25 membership fee. Be sure to renew your membership today! Click here to download the membership form.
A roundtable discussion will follow the film screening with the filmmaker and guest speakers: Victoria Findlay Wolfe, artist, President of Bumble Beans Inc., custom quiltmaker and co-founder of the New York Metro Area Modern Quilt Guild; Luke Haynes, artist and Mark Lipinski, internationally recognized quilt teacher, quilt fabric designer, former Executive editor of Quilter’s Home Magazine and Emmy nominated talk show pioneer (and SQGNJ member). Moderator: Meg Cox, President of the Alliance for American Quilts
The documentary Stitched follows three quilters racing to complete their entries for the International Quilt Festival, the largest quilt show in the nation. The Houston show draws more than 50,000 quilters including three artists: Caryl Bryer Fallert, Hollis Chatelain and Randall Cook who spark hot debates with their groundbreaking work.
At the same time (from 1 pm to 4) we will be hosting a quilting demonstration and small exhibition in the museum’s courtyard to educate visitors about modern quilting techniques and methods. Volunteers are needed!
Did I mention that admission and movie screening tickets are free for you and a guest if you’re a member of the State Quilt Guild of New Jersey. Join today!
The Ocean County Historical Society presents Quilts in Autumn. Antique, vintage, and contemporary quilts will be artfully displayed throughout the museum, November 3-6. The show features quilt appraiser Karen Dever, on Saturday November 5 by appointment. Ellie Greco will speak on Sunday, November 6 at 2 pm. For more information, call32-341-1880 or visit the Ocean County Historical Society’s Web site.
26 Hadley Avenue, Toms River, NJ. Admission is $5 per person, $16 group rate, $4 for historical society members
Olde City Quilt shop in Burlington presents a nonjuried show of quilts displayed throughout High Street in Burlington on October 1. The quilts will be displayed from 9 am to 4 pm. Visit Olde City Quilts’ Web site for more information.
We will have our next general meeting at the Newark Museum on October 15. The State Quilt Guild of New Jersey is cosponsoring a film screening and roundtable discussion, which is part of the museum’s fall schedule of quilt activities focused around their exhibition Patchwork: from Folk Art to Fine Art (through December 31, 2011).
The State Quilt Guild of New Jersey will have their general meeting (time and location to be determined) before the screening, which will be from 1 too 3:30. At the same time (from 1 to 4) we will be hosting a quilting demonstration in the museum’s courtyard to educate visitors about modern quilting techniques and methods. Volunteers are needed!
Film Screening: Stitched, a documentary film by Jena Moreno A roundtable discussion will follow the film screening with the filmmaker and guest speakers: Victoria Findlay Wolfe, artist, President of Bumble Beans Inc., custom quiltmaker and co-founder of the New York Metro Area Modern Quilt Guild; Luke Haynes, artist and Mark Lipinski, internationally recognized quilt teacher, quilt fabric designer, former Executive editor of Quilter’s Home Magazine and Emmy nominated talk show pioneer (and SQGNJ member). Moderator: Meg Cox, President of the Alliance for American Quilts
The documentary Stitched follows three quilters racing to complete their entries for the International Quilt Festival, the largest quilt show in the nation. The Houston show draws more than 50,000 quilters including three artists: Caryl Bryer Fallert, Hollis Chatelain and Randall Cook who spark hot debates with their groundbreaking work. (Watch the trailer below)
Co-presented by the State Quilt Guild of New Jersey and the Textile Study Group.
We’re still waiting to hear from the Newark Museum about whether members can get a discount on admission or screening tickets, so you should renew your membership now! You can download the form here.
The Newark Museum is also hosting The Great Newark Quilt Turning on September 27. This is special opportunity to look closely at quilts from the Museum’s collection, not part of the exhibition. With four experts present to reflect upon and discuss the unique pieces, visitors will gain familiarity with what lies behind the stitches and patterns of these rare masterpieces.
The Berry Basket Quilters will host their show called “Got Quilts?” on October 22 to 23, 2011 at the Blue Barn at the Memorial Sports Complex
1006 Tuckerton Road, Marlton NJ. The event will include a a raffle for “Berry Starry Night” quilt (below), a silent auction, quilt appraisals (for a fee), marketplace, and challenge quilts. The boutique features individually crafted items including small quilts, fabric “green” bags, pin cushions, Christmas tree ornaments, and baby gifts. Admission is $8.
The South Shore Stitchers in Tuckahoe will host their show biannual quilt show “Friends Bound by Quilting” From October 14 to 16. The event will feature quilts by the guild’s members, quilting demonstrations, an expanded vendor mall, a boutique table, a country store, and verbal quilt appraisals (all day Sunday). Also, the guild will raffle off the Friendship Star featured below. Admission is $6.
October 14, 15 & 16, 2011
Friday & Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday 11 am to 3 pm.
Upper Township Community Center
1790 Route 50, Tuckahoe, New Jersey.
State Quilt Guild of New Jersey 