November 28th Workshop with Cheryl Arkison, "Make Words Not War"

The MMQG is pleased to announce that registration is now open for "Make Words Not War", a text building, technique learning workshop with Calgary based quilter and author, Cheryl Arkison! 

This is a webinar conferencing (Zoom) workshop so it's all about ease of execution: your fabrics are at hand, you don't have to lug your machine or share your snacks, and no one cares what you wear! What could be easier!? Well, talk about easy...in this technique based class all you need are 6" scraps or a couple of contrasting fat quarters to make those letters stand out! Scroll through Cheryl's IG account @cheryl_arkison or Cheryl's website for more photos of examples.

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Make Words Not War

Say what you want to say, but say it in a quilt. From simple holiday greetings to profound statements, use words in quilts to convey your message. This class covers planning and construction for any letter.

With a little bit of planning you can turn your words into beautiful quilts, table runners, or even personalized baby gifts. This class covers planning your letters, improvisational piecing, and fabric selection.

Date: Saturday, November 28th, 2020

Time: 11 am to 4 pm ADT

Cost: $45.00 MMQG members/ $55.00 non-members. Fees are non-refundable.

Registration now open! We had a waiting list for our first workshop, so don't delay!

To register: e-transfer your fee to monctonmqg@gmail.com Subject line: Cheryl A's workshop

                  Please use e-transfer password: wordsnotwar 

All welcome!!

Help needed with Hospice Quilts

From Giselle, our Hospice Quilt Project Coordinator:

What a lovely morning to enjoy the rich fall colored leaves complete with lovely warm weather.

In the spirit of moving our Hospice quilt project forward, I currently have two tops (both 50 x 60 inches) ready for quilting, complete with batting and backing. Would love to hear from any volunteers willing to do one or both. I‘ll even offer to deliver to your door, masked of course. You can PM me, or comment on this page.

Thanks everyone for all that you‘ve done so far to bring this project about. The building site is well under construction, and barring any major hiccups, we hope to see an official opening mid 2021.

The Moncton Modern Quilt Guild is back! 

Like everyone these days, finding our way through the pandemic has taken some time and thought. After a poll of the members with an almost unanimous vote to not meet physically, we have decided to move forward virtually, using webinar conferencing as our platform.

Our first meeting via Zoom with Debbie MacDonald hosting was held on Monday, September 28th at 7 pm. We were pleased and excited to see the large number of members who were able to join in and we hope this format will serve as a reasonable way to engage and interact as a guild. A large majority of guilds worldwide are using this same venue so there is much to learn and no doubt tips to be gathered on how to make it work better for us, but we felt we got off to a pretty good start! 

We would also like to welcome Charla back to the guild fold and as well, welcome new members Bev and Millie!

The pandemic certainly offers many challenges, but on the positive side, it offers those who live outside the immediate Moncton area the opportunity to join the guild. It was also mentioned that not having to drive any distance will be especially welcoming during the cold winter months! Our fees are pro-rated at this time so reach out (monctonmqg@gmail.com)if you are interested in becoming a member.

If anyone who missed the meeting had issues signing in, please let us know so we can help you fix that for the next meeting.

Topics covered:

• Hospice Quilts Update - *see Giselle's report below  We received a number of donations of tops, backing and some finished quilts from Sharon Hamilton, Carol Davison and Pat Hume - all non-members but quilters in the community. Janet LeBlanc graciously donated a lovely sum of money from mask making to assist in purchasing batting and backings just when it was needed most so many thanks to Janet!  And many thanks to both Sharon, Carol and Pat for their very generous donations! The Hospice will be well stocked with beautiful quilts to keep the patients and their families cosy thanks to your assistance with our project.
• Also many thanks to Carol, Millie and Kim for volunteering to assist in working toward completing these quilts with quilting, labelling and stitching.
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow Challenge  - Maryse reported that they may still be missing 3 sets of blocks. If they don't have your blue, indigo and violet blocks yet, please connect with Maryse or Annette about getting those delivered to them so they can finish making sets and get them out to the participants.
• Poppyprint Workshop - Very popular workshop with 10 of our members signed up as well as quilters from across ON, BC, Scotland and the US. There is a waiting list and yesterday there was a flurry of inquiries. Supply lists went out last week. Class notes and Zoom invitations went out this morning.
• A virtual workshop with Cheryl Arkison on Saturday, Nov 28th - Make Words Not War. Cheryl's website. We discussed hosting this as well as purchasing a Zoom account and Debbie MacDonald will look into other webinar avenues available. Noted that virtual workshops will be the new normal for quilting instructors going forward. They have much more access to remote areas and small guilds like our own without the guilds incurring travel, accommodation and food costs to bring the instructor in. Consequently guilds can charge lower registration fees and the instructors can choose get to teach more often so it's a win-win for everyone. 
• Block Lotto - We discussed reviving the program but no decisions made as yet. If anyone is interested in taking this on, please reach out to Carol or Jennifer.
• Carol asked for volunteers to help run various areas of the guild and acknowledged that if not for the pandemic, elections would have been called. All help is welcome! Charla volunteered to run a virtual show and share on our various social media sites. She will be reaching out to gather photos of work we would like to share and posting them so please support her and send in your photos!
• Discussion about Round Robins/Row by Rows - Yippee! Another volunteer! Deb Crosby and Janet LeBlanc have agreed to take on organizing this project and will present at the next meeting in October.

** I did fail to mention that there are still seats available for Krista's Lecture, Search for Signature Style on Sunday, October 18th at 1 pm AST. This is an hour long lecture and tickets can be purchased by e-transferring 10.00 to monctonmqg@gmail.com

If I missed anything or anyone, my apologies. Please reach out and I will rectify that.

HOSPICE QUILT PROJECT (Update Sept 30, 2020)

1. a)  Quilts completed - 25

2. b)  Blocks signed out for assembly (Maryse, Lise, Deb C and Darline) - 4

3. c)  Tops to be assembled (2x French Braid and one from Sharon) - 3

4. d)  Tops ready for quilting: 

5.       50x58 (Sharon) 

6.       50x60 (Sharon) 

7.       54x60 (Sharon) 

8.       66x70 (Pat Hume) 

9.       70x82 (Sharon) 

10.       98x108 (Sharon)  - 6

11. e)  Bed runners to repurpose (donated by Sharon) - 4

12. f)  Jennifer  - 7 to be quilted

TOTAL = 48 

February 28, 2020 - Hospice Blocks

Check under Charity and Comfort Quilts for the latest blocks of the Hospice Project! All the info required is there as well as a link to a tutorial. Just remember to follow the cutting measurements on our blog which have been provided by Giselle and NOT the ones in the tutorial. Photos are provided of sample blocks.

There is a post about this as well on our Facebook Page so if you could comment on that post to let Giselle know you are making blocks, that would be great! 

Thanks for all your assistance in making the Hospice Project a huge success!!

Hospice Quilt Project Update - January 27, 2020

Giselle has provided us with an update on the Hospice Quilt Project. As of January 27, 2020 there are 8 completed quilts (YIPPEE!!) and there are two more that are being bound which will bring our completed total to 10. Many thanks to Deb Wood for quilting Tiny Houses #1, as well as Pink String #1!

At the present time there are 6 more tops in progress:

Darline Ashford has volunteered to make the last 5 blocks for the Woven Scrap top. 

Lise Dupuis is piecing Deep Breath.

Maryse Fagan is piecing the remaining Modern Boy blocks.

Giselle is piecing Pink Stripes #2.

Jennifer is piecing and quilting Tiny Houses #2.

The 6th quilt in progress is the Juvenile Rainbow Top and these are the strips currently needed for it:
RED - need 77”
ORANGE - need 50”
YELLOW - need 35”
GREEN - need 48”
BLUE - need 68”
PURPLE - need 75”
PINK - Completed!

**Please message Giselle directly via Facebook if you plan to make strips, as well as telling her the color and the measurement so she can keep track of what is needed. All details are on this blog under Charity and Comfort Quilts.