Sunday, October 6, 2024

October Meeting and Raffle Items

 This month's meeting is scheduled for October 10 at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 for socializing). 

 We will gather at- 
 The First Church
 1 Concord St
 Nashua,NH

This month's programming will be our guild's 10th anniversary celebration! Don't forget to bring your entry to our 10th anniversary mini quilt challenge.  This month is also the deadline for the 2024 WIP challenge, so make sure you bring any completed WIPs to show!  See the end of this post for updates on the fall retreat!




 Raffle items for the month are: 






#2 Good Spirits Fat Quarter Bundle by Ruby Star Society (25 prints)





Purchase tickets online here:


Online raffle tickets sales will close Wednesday, October 9 at noon.  Tickets can also be bought at the door with cash or check.

Sunday, September 8, 2024

September Meeting and Raffle Items

This month's meeting is scheduled for September 12 at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 for socializing). Because our schedule is packed full this month - please get settled quickly so that we can begin promptly at 7!

 We will gather at- 
 The First Church
 1 Concord St
 Nashua,NH

This month's programming will be guest speaker Jen Sorenson!

A bit about Jen from her website (https://www.aquiltingjewel.com/):
Jen Sorenson has been quilting since she was in high school. What began as a personal challenge to make a quilt like those she saw at a local quilt show grew into a life-long passion. After taking as many classes as she could, Jen quickly discovered she had a passion for paper piecing and a modern aesthetic. She resides on the Seacoast of New Hampshire and is a founding member of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild (and former President). She enjoys designing her own patterns and has been published in publications including: McCall’s Quilting, Quilty, American Patchwork, Fat Quarterly, Modern Quilts Unlimited, Modern Patchwork and more. During the day Jen works in public relations at Amazon Web Services. She’s an avid runner and has run seven full marathons and over a dozen half marathons to date. She holds a Bachelors degree from Bentley College and an MBA from Babson College. 
You can also peruse Jen's instagram @aquiltingjewel





 Raffle items for the month are: 

#1 Denim and Daisies Wovens Fat Quarter Bundle by Fig Tree & Co. from Moda Fabrics (15 prints)

#2 Berrylicious Batiks Fat Quarter Bundle (12" x 11")


Purchase tickets online here:
Online raffle tickets sales are closed.  Tickets can be bought at the door with cash or check.


Sunday, August 4, 2024

August Meeting and Raffle Items

  This month's meeting is scheduled for August 8 at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 for socializing). 


 We will gather at- 
 The First Church
 1 Concord St
 Nashua,NH

This month's programming will be the Quilting Olympics! Members will form groups and complete some fun activities. Will anyone win any medals? Come and find out!  We suggest wearing red, white, and blue to celebrate!

 Raffle items for the month are: 

#1 Speckled July 2024 Release Half Yard Bundle from Ruby Star Society (20 colors)


#2 Pack of 3 Moda Maker Bucket Bags (12" x 11")


Online raffle tickets sales will close on Wednesday, August 7 at noon.  Tickets can also be bought at the door with cash or check.

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

July Meeting Recap

New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild

July 11, 2024 General Membership Meeting Recap

            

This meeting was our annual ice cream social event. It was fantastic! We moved the event from Greeley Park to the Church because of the oppressive heat and humidity (and active Heat Advisory). Many members expressed thanks to the Board for making this decision.


The meeting was led by Helen.

There were 29 members in attendance.

We had one guest: Clara, Helen’s sister.


Thank you!

  • Thank you, Helen, Mary Lou, Marie, and Sonia, for attending the door and welcome table.


Raffle Winners


General Issues

  • Helen thanked all the members who filled out our membership survey. We will be providing a detailed presentation of the results at the next meeting. 

However, we wanted to address one question that came up: The composition of the Board of Directors, and their roles. Helen introduced herself as President, who sets our agenda and guides our mission, and asked each other Board member to introduce themselves:

  • Marie is our Treasurer. She handles all membership issues and Guild finances.

  • Mary Lou is our Secretary. She takes minutes at monthly Board meetings and does the first pass at the general meeting recaps.

  • Brenda and Susie B are our VPs of Communications. They manage all the emails, and website, FaceBook, and Instagram postings. They monitor the Guild email account. They take pictures at meetings, and finish up the meeting recap started by Mary Lou. Brenda closely monitors what’s happening with our parent guild, the MQG.

  • Susan H and Laurie K are our VPs of Programming and Events. They plan and purchase materials for the raffles and door prizes, and plan the main meeting activities.

  • Helen reminded members of one of the important issues with maintaining our membership in the MQG and maintaining our non-profit status: No self-promotion of goods and services. We want to celebrate your successes, including magazine articles, books contracts, and embarking on new adventures, but we have to be careful not to promote any particular businesses. If you have any questions before announcing something, please ask Helen.


Treasurer (Marie)  Nothing significant to report (NSTR).

Secretary (Mary Lou)  NSTR.


Events and Programming (Laurie K, and Susan H)

  • Next month’s activity will have an Olympics theme. Members will form groups and complete some fun activities. Will anyone win any medals? Come and find out!

  • We will have a guest speaker for the September meeting, Jen Sorensen.

  • And of course our 10th Anniversary Celebration is coming up in October - don't forget to be working on your challenge mini quilt!



Communications (Brenda and Susie)

  • Going forward, any materials handed out or presentations given at meeting activities will be provided in a password-protected webpage. The password will be in emails from the guild.

  • Thanks to everyone who provided ideas and voted for designs for the QuiltCon 2025 Community Outreach challenge quilt. The winning design is “Lines Galore,” designed by Brenda! Brenda is writing up instructions for components of the quilt, and will hand out kits next month.


Other News from the Modern Quilt Guild

  • The MQG is holding a Town Hall meeting on Zoom open to all members on July 18, 2024 8:00 PM EDT. MQG Board President Aleeda Crawley and Executive Director Karen Cooper will give the annual update on MQG activities, with a Q&A session at the end. Click here to register.

  • Registration for classes and lectures at QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix (February 20-23, 2025) will open on July 31, 2024 at 10 AM EDT. Many hundreds of members will be trying to register that morning: See Brenda for tips on how to improve your chances at getting registered for the events you want.

  • MQG announced a new free webinar on Negative Space in modern quilts


Charity. No update.

Retreats (Ophelia)

  • Our Fall Retreat will be held November 7-10, 2024 at the St. Methodius Center in Contoocook, NH. It’s about an hour’s drive from Nashua. There are several lodging options, and for some options, the costs will be a little higher for this retreat than our most recent ones because all meals will be included, from dinner on Thursday to Breakfast on Sunday.

  • To keep costs down, instead of the gifts we have been providing, we will offer optional clothing items that you may purchase before the retreat, which will be available at the retreat.

  • The lodging options and approximate costs are as follows:

Room Options

3 nights, 8 meals

2 nights, 5 meals

Hotel, single

$727

$488

Hotel, double

$457

$308

Cabin (6+)

$337

$228

  • Retreat signups have begun. Ophelia distributed handouts for members at the meeting to indicate their interest and desired lodging options. Please look for an email with more details, plus information on how to sign up, choose lodging options, and indicate if you have any dietary restrictions/requests for the kitchen.

  • If are you planning to attend the retreat, please bring a check to the August meeting, or make other arrangements to pay.

  • Non-member guests will be welcome, with a $35 surcharge.

Show and Tell

Captions below photos give details for each project or quilt!


  1. Marie showed two quilts - the first was an Economy Block quilt with zebras from the Tula Pink Linework collection in the center squares.  She started this quilt during the Economy Block challenge we did in 2021.
  2. Marie also showed a blue log cabin quilt that she designed.
  3. Sarah showed a bag she made with appliqued EPP hexies.


        4. Jeannie showed us this blue table runner.
        5. Jeannie also made this pinwheel quilt.
        6. And another blue and orange table runner! For all three, she designed and completed the quilting.

        7. Beth L showed two bucket hats she made from a Mood Fabrics pattern.

        8. She also showed her newly quilted (by Ophelia) Mod Squares quilt from the Oh Baby! book from Bear Paw Productions made using Kaffe Fassett fabrics. We saw the effect that quilting with wool batting provided. This is an almost completed WIP.

        9. Betty showed us her Rhapsody in Reds quilt, plus two table runners she made with some leftover fabric.

        10. Ophelia showed us her fun Feeling Crabby quilt designed by Wendy Sheppard.

        11. Susie showed the Interwoven quilt she made from the Stashtastic! 2 book by Doug Leko.

        12. She also showed her Meadowland Quilt from Then Came June.

        13. Michelle C showed us a rectangles quilt she made to use of some of her stash. She has also resumed quilting some of her own quilts, and highlighted the simple lines and stars quilt patterns she used.

        14. Simone showed a knit skirt she made by copying a ready-to-wear skirt she loved.

        15. Simone modeled a dress she made, and showed another dress (Fira pattern by Liesl & Co) made with Liberty Fabrics.

        16. Raya showed a low-volume half-rectangle-squares (HRTs) quilt with lovely minky backing.

        17. Raya showed 4 placements she made using an Improv quilt-as-you-go (QAYG) method (similar to this video). She bound them using the fiber binding technique Marie showed us during last month's programming activity.


Please note that when we were adding links to raffle prizes and quilt patterns and books, we tried to link them directly to the pattern or book designers’ webpages, but sometimes we couldn’t find the original sources and put links to popular online commerce sites that carry these products. We are not endorsing any particular commerce sites – most can be found from multiple sources.

Please post quilts, questions, and any other quilt-related information on our private member FaceBook group. To join, click here.

Our guild email address is: nhmodernquilt@gmail.com.

See you next month, at the Quilting Olympics!

--Brenda, Mary Lou, and Susie





Sunday, July 7, 2024

July Meeting and Raffle Items

This month's meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 11.

This month is our annual Ice Cream Social at Greeley Park so the meeting will be starting early at 6:30 pm!


Bring a lawn chair, insect repellant, and your Show and Tell items.

We will be meeting on the west side of Concord Street, near the bathrooms, across the street from the pavilion, near the “Sensory Gardens.” Look for the balloons and friendly faces! If there is bad weather in the forecast, be sure to check your email before heading to Greeley Park – we may be meeting in the church instead.

Use this location if you're using Google maps for a close approximation of the area we'll meet at - https://maps.app.goo.gl/tUJuJfAGammkoKPd7



 Raffle items for the month are: 



#2 Tula Pink Oliso M3Pro Project iron


Online raffle sales will close at noon on July 10 - you can still purchase raffle tickets at the July 11 meeting using cash or check!




Sunday, June 16, 2024

June Meeting Recap

New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild

June 13, 2024 General Membership Meeting Recap


The meeting was led by Helen.

There were 41 members in attendance.


Thank you!

  • Thank you Helen, Sonia, and Carol K for attending the door and welcome table.
  • Thank you Lorri W for helping us set up the room.
  • Thank you Meghan, Brenda and Tracy for bringing food and beverages.


Raffle Winners


General Topics

  • Starting at this meeting, we are swapping the order of Programming and Show and Tell. Programming will go first.
  • Helen asked members to sign up to provide food and beverages at upcoming meetings and passed a sign-up sheet around.
  • Lost and Found Someone left a very nice table lamp behind at the May retreat. Let us now if you are missing your lamp! Robin left a bag with stamps for label making at the retreat – does anyone know who took the bag home?

Membership (Marie, Treasurer)

  • Everything is going well. We have reached our 65-member cap. Two people are on the waitlist. We can have guests, and they can be added to the waitlist, if they wish.

Secretary (Mary Lou)

  • Everything is going well.

Events and Programming (Karen G, Laurie K, and Susan)

  • Karen G is moving to Tennessee later this month to be closer to her family and is stepping down from the Board. She will maintain her guild membership status. Thank you for your work on the Board, and best wishes, Karen!
  • Laurie reminded members who recently started their 10th Anniversary Quilt Challenge quilt to select a Fat Quarter from her tote bag.
  • Next month’s activity will be our annual ice cream social at Greeley Park in Nashua, starting at 6:30 PM. Bring a lawn chair, insect repellant, and your Show and Tell items. We will be meeting on the west side of Concord Street, near the bathrooms, across the street from the pavilion, near the “Sensory Gardens.” Look for the balloons and friendly faces! If there is bad weather in the forecast, be sure to check your email before heading to Greeley Park – we may be meeting in the church instead.

Communications (Brenda and Susie)

  • Brenda emailed a link to our guild directory. Please check it out and let us know if anything is incorrect or missing from your profile.
  • Brenda emailed a link to an anonymous member survey to ask about your experience with the guild and asked for suggestions on anything we could do better. Please complete the survey by Monday, June 17th.

News from the Modern Quilt Guild

  • There is a brand new member forum for all of MQG.  Check it out at MQG Community.
  • June 17-23 is Quilt Label week! There is a new on-demand video about quilt labelling. The MQG is inviting all members to share in the new MQG Community and on social media using #LabelMyQuilts.
  • The annual Make-A-Difference Challenge is happening now.  It is an individual quilt design challenge that entry fees benefit Wild Earth Allies.  This years theme is Pollinators. Quilt pictures are due in mid-August and all of modern quilt guild membership votes on the winners with a variety of product packages going to 1st through 10th place!
  • Registration for MQG QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix opens July 31 at 10 AM. If you are planning to attend, log on early to get the best opportunity to sign up for classes and lectures.
  • There is 
  • There are various QuiltCon challenge opportunities, including individual and group efforts. For details, check out QuiltCon 2025.
  • We are again planning to submit a Community Outreach quilt. The theme is “Lines and Bars.” Brenda will send out info about the challenge. Please send any design ideas you have to the guild email address by June 23rd.

Charity

  • Several charity quilts were completed this month, and Carol K delivered them to the Sleep in Heavenly Peace project. 
  • Simone has planned an open sew day for June 29th at her studio to make quilts for the Merrimack Community Hospice House. She has selected two easy quilts from Donna Robertson’s popular “3-yard-quilts” books. Contact Simone if you’d like to donate fabric or participate.

Programming Activities

  • This meeting’s activity was a “round-robin” of four different quilt binding/finishing options: Fiber edging by Marie, Facing by Susie, Faux Flange by Kim, and complete machine binding by Michelle.
  • Members only - to view the content and presentations from this meeting- go to this link: http://www.nhmqg.org/p/programming-binding-presentations.html

  • Members - see your email for password to access programming content.


Show and Tell

  • Shelly and Sonia are helping with the Nashua Greeley Park Art Show August 17-18 this summer. Sonia is Vice-President for the Nashua Area Artists Association, which sponsors the event, and Shelly is involved in the kid’s competition. See their website for details: https://www.nashuaarts.org/greeleyparkartshow/

Captions below photos give details for each project or quilt!

1. Carol K showed us her Bonnie Hunter scrappy House Quilt (a free pattern!).

2. Susie showed us a Plus quilt, a finished WIP! (The pattern looks similar to this one or this one)

3. Amanda showed her Taking Wing butterfly and Flame Seeker moth wall hangings (designed by lillyella)


4.     Laurie M was very busy this month, as always, and showed us 4 quilts. First up is a quilt (a WIP!) made using blocks from the Easter Parade quilt block patterns (bunny block pattern and carrot block pattern) from Center Street Quilts to go with the book Creepy Carrots!

5. Next up, one of her favorite Bjorn Bears quilts (from Elizabeth Hartman) in yellow.

6.     And a quilt made from a cut up Heart and Soul panel (from Deena Rutter for Riley Blake) of spiritual quotes.

7.     And the start of a Peanut Butter quilt! (from Then Came June)


8. Lori B showed us her black and white Goodnight Irene Quilt (free video tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Co). 

9. Liz showed us a baby quilt made from fabric she got at one of our yard sales.

10. Ophelia showed us two Satomi Patchwork Mugs quilts, one in reds.

11.    And one in greens with no hearts!


12. Patty M showed us three quilts. First, a green and blue plaid quilt she designed from a disappearing nine-patch block (a WIP!).

13.    Then a Lasagna quilt with borders she made with scraps and an equally interesting pieced backing.

14.    And finally, an Upscale Plaid quilt designed by Lo & Behold Stitchery.


15. Rene showed us her Violet quilt, from a Kitchen Table Quilting.

16. Shelly showed us the first quilt she designed and completely finished herself. We saw her working on it at the last retreat. Congratulations!

17. Simone showed us one of the altered 3 yard quilt patterns (Sew Quick from the 3-yard Quilt Favorites book) she's going to be using for the open sew day for June 29th at her studio to make quilts for the Merrimack Community Hospice House

18. Simone showed us her Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt, made from fabrics of the same name. She set fussy cut blocks into the centers of stars.


19. Robin finished two of her WIPs! One was the Chain Reaction quilt from Donna Robertson's Modern Views with 3-Yard Quilts book made with New England Patriot’s fabric.

20.    Gail showed us an improv quilt from a Maria Shell class, Game of Improv. The improv quilt included studies similar to the ones shown in the classic Josef Albers’ Interaction of Color book.

21.    Gail also showed a quilt study she mounted on canvas.

22.    Robin's other WIP was the Delight quilt, from Donna Robertson’s The Magic of 3-Yard Quilts book.


Please note that when we were adding links to raffle prizes and quilt patterns and books, we tried to link them directly to the pattern or book designers’ webpages, but sometimes we couldn’t find the original sources and put links to popular online commerce sites that carry these products. We are not endorsing any particular commerce sites – most can be found from multiple sources.

Please post quilts, questions, and any other quilt-related information on our private member FaceBook group. To join, click here.

Our guild email address is: nhmodernquilt@gmail.com.

See you next month, at the July ice cream social!

--Brenda, Mary Lou, and Susie