To all who could not make it, you were missed - and welcome to our new members!
Guild Announcements
- 25 Million Stitches Projects were
collected for assembly into larger panels. The hard deadline for
returning panels for inclusion in the guild's package is the March
meeting. Details for sending back independently are available here.
- Maren is organizing the June
retreat at Mariandale. Information will be sent to guild members
soon and people are urged to sign up early. Registration forms will be
available at the March meeting.
- FabScrap challenge quilts
were returned for collection. Any quilts not picked up will be available
at the March meeting.
- Call for members attending
QuiltCon to present at the March meeting! If you are attending please
email president(at)nycmetromodquilters.com so we can organize the best way
for you to share your photographs, class projects and anything else you
found inspiring to the guild.
Member Announcements
- Yvette,
co-owner of Gotham Quilts, has created an embroidery lab, which meets
twice a month with a monthly stitching challenge. For more
information click here.
- Gotham is
hosting “Sewing in the City” April 2-5th. Chawne Kimber and Jacquie
Gering will be teaching. For more information click here.
Charity Update (
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| 8 Quilts were donated to NYC Coalition for the Homeless! |
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| 10 Quilts were donated to Children of Bellevue |
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| 175 Pillowcases donated to Morgan StanleyChildren's Hospital/Columbia Presbyterian |
- Suggestions for the next round of charity recipients are:
- Room to Grow (https://roomtogrow.org/)
- It Takes a Tribe (https://www.facebook.com/groups/891084784386813/)
- Suggestions still welcomed for an adult-centric organization to which to donate quilts.
Guild Group Projects!
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| The Coat of Arms returned from apple picking in NY and a quick trip to London! It was passed on to Mia who will be taking it to Colorado for some fresh mountain air. |
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| The "Ugly" Round Robin Quilt is now a Swan! |
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| A scrap table nugget passed from Tina to Judy, and on to Jean! |
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Sue's stack and whack round robin 1 is ready for quilting, and the second passed from Caroline to Jenny!
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This month's block lotto was won by Cynthia, and an example of next's month's block was shown by Maureen.
Show and tell!
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| Jean showed her "sewing" themed row quilt |
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| Nancy with her quilt inspired by a Machine Applique Class |
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| Ariane designed this zippered pouch & has the pattern on her Etsy site |
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| Tina with her quilt using 100% Fab Scrap Fabrics |
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| Bernadette began this quilt at the winter retreat. Three more corners to go! |
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| Caroline with her tiny 1/2" square quilt |
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| Sarah with the quilt she worked on at the retreat. |
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| Theresa & Sarah with their quilts using Charity bundles |
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| Nina with her 25 Million Stitches block. So many enjoyed seeing her work, she went on to teach a group of ladies to do the same. |
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| Barbara with her quilt made from men's shirting. This quilt will be in the Mancuso Quilt Show |
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| Barbara with the quilt she will show at the Brooklyn Quilt Show March 21st & 22nd using a quote from Maya Angelou - "Be a Rainbow in Somebody Else's Cloud" |
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| Theresa with her Charity Quilt |
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| Aleeda with her wonky star quilt |
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| Eva & her quilt |
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| Maren's Quilt |
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| Maria's Quilt that she worked on at Mariandale. It will be raffled. |
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| Christine with her rainbow quilt for the Brooklyn Quilt Guild Show using the Maya Angelou quote - "Be a Rainbow in Somebody Else's Cloud" |
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| Jeannine and her baby quilt |
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| Grace with her name tag for fellow member, Willie. It was done with foundation paper piecing. |
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| Grace's circle Quilt |
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| Nell and her triangles quilt top |
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