November 25, 2019 - Our first anniversary!

The Moncton Modern Quilt Guild is officially one! Our November meeting was dedicated to celebrating this auspicious event and we did it in great style! We had a number of amazing door prizes, all donated to us and it was great sharing this good fortunate with our members, although we did make them work for them!

Penelope at The Fabric Curator, an online shop based out of Toronto, provided us with a gorgeous selection of Robert Kaufman fabrics!

Bev of Edge Squared Quilting in Barnaby donated a whole selection of items including a book, some cool water bottles, and a hexie cutter!

Northcott was incredibly generous and sent us a Fed Ex box jam packed with bundles, fat quarters, and microchips! 

Wonderfil Speciality Threads sent us some beautiful threads!

Soakwash sent us a box of Pineapple Grove Flatter!

Jackie at The Fabric Cupboard donated a lovely fat quarter bundle and a gift certificate!

And our own Carol Miki donated a sewing mat to place your machine on!



First up was our monthly Block Lotto. Maryse was the excited winner of a whole slew of half square triangles and knowing the speed this energizer bunny goes, it shouldn't be too long before we see her completed quilt back in Show and Share!

Annette and Maryse did a great job of collecting this months blocks and delivering them back to the participants! Each member participating in the Challenge went home with one of these glorious orange bundles of 12 - 10 inch squares.

This month participants received a very generous discount coupon from Jackie at The Fabric Cupboard!

We also had a report from Giselle on the progress of the Hospice Quilts. Sue gave her a hand showing one of two strips of pink that Darline whipped up for the Juvenile Quilt. Note: The balance of strips needed in all colors except pink (thanks, Darline!) can be found under Comfort and Charity Quilts on the blog.

They also showed us the two Modern Boy quilts that Deb W and Jodi quilted for us. Another beautiful job done by these two prolific longarmers! Giselle mentioned that she was looking for assistance with binding the finished quilts and began getting some volunteers. 

One of our fun games was to create a modern block design using construction paper and tape. Afterwards everyone voted for their favorite and when there was a tie, we drew for a winner.

All the members got to guess how many spools were in the bottle and how many pins were in the pin cushion. Amazingly Lana had the closest guess for both and scored a couple of great prizes! 

Then, as we say, let the games begin and the race was on as members split into two teams and played some Minute to Win It Games! 

Maryse and Lisa give it their best as they move those thimbles from one dish to the other using only a plastic spoon and great concentration!

Lorette and Lise use all they've got to blow up a balloon and then blow each solo cup off the edge of the table so their team mates can have their turn!

Kim and Lisa wore the winning crowns as their team filled their panty hose hats with inflated balloons!

The teams also raced against each other playing a cup stacking game, a game where they each had to wear oven mitts and peel a Hershey Kiss and the Junk in the Trunk Game. 

Whenever and where ever quilters gather, there are snacks and tonight was no exception. Everyone brought something to add to the table and we all shared these lovely treats!

Deb W. brought all the fixins for these adorable candy cane reindeer and put them all together at the meeting!

As always, our Bring and Buy table continues to attract donations and sales and we thank everyone for helping raise the necessary monies for our backings and batting!

Gisele was excited to win the door prize from The Fabric Cupboard and I bet that gift certificate has been spent already! 

Deb holds one of the beautiful Northcott bundles which she won!

Melanie won both the sewing mat from Carol M as well as a water bottle from Edge Squared Quilting

Deb had a great night, going home with a door prize from Edge Squared Quilting as well!

Kim was pretty darn pleased to win the beautiful fabrics donated by The Fabric Curator! No doubt they will find their way into one of Kim's exquisite creations in the near future.

The Northcott bundles featured their Figo fabrics as well as their Colorworks line and everybody went home with several fat quarters and a microchip pack!

Annette came ready to celebrate with her fun party hat!!

There were only two Show and Share this evening: Carol's Kimonos and Jennifer's Pinwheels.

Again, thanks to those wonderful individuals who donated door prizes, thanks to the members who joined us for the evening and brought treats to share. And thanks to everyone for having a sense of fun and enjoying a great time with their fellow guild mates!