The August NHMGQ meeting will be held Thursday August 14th, at 7 PM. Doors open at 6:30 for socializing.

 We will gather at:

     The First Church

     1 Concord St

     Nashua, NH

This month's programming is a Strip Swap.  Bring as many 2 1/2" x WOF strips as you would like to swap. 

Raffles: 

Tickets will be available at the door.

Reliable Maven 1L Home Ironing Station - (as seen at Ophelia's house)

 

24 piece Fat Quarter Bundle: Night Rainbow by Deborah Fisher

 

See everyone tonight!

July 2025 Meeting Recap

New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild

July 10, 2025 General Membership Meeting Recap

The meeting was led by Helen.

There were 25 members in attendance. 

Thank you to Sonia and Laurie K for attending the door and welcome table.

Raffle Winners

• Raya won the door prize, a pair of Karen K. Buckly’s Perfect Scissors and a Cutting Gizmo by The Gypsy Quilter.
• Betty won the Letters from Home Quilt kit by Crimson Tate for Windham Fabrics.
• Patty M won the raffle for the Hush Hush 4 FQB by Riley Blake.

Guild Business

Secretary (Mary Lou) Nothing new to report.

Treasurer (Marie/Sonia)

• No financial issues to report. Our bank balance is currently around $7900.

Communications (Amanda and Lorri)

• Some members missed the email on Wednesday evening about our plan to move tonight’s meeting indoor because of poor weather. Please check your email for our notice with the subject: “LOCATION UPDATE: NHMQG Ice Cream Social July 10, 2025,” and let us know if you did NOT receive it, so we can check your email address. (Guild email address is at the end of this recap.)

Events and Programming (Laurie K, and Susan H)

• Nearly all the blocks for the Kona’s Color of Year Community Outreach quilt have been completed. Laurie is waiting for a couple more – next month is the last month to turn them in. Stephanie offered to donate batting for the quilt, and Jeannie offered to do the quilting. Thanks to everyone participating!
• The August meeting will feature a 2.5”x WOF strip swap. To participate, cut up some fabric or bring unused Jelly Roll strips. Members will select strips from what we collect for use in their own projects. It will be fun to see what members make with them! 
• The September meeting will include a presentation on sewing machine maintenance, by the owners of Quilt Perfect.

Retreats (Shelly)

• Our Fall retreat will be November 13-16^th at the St. Methodios center in Contoocook, NH. Shelly and Ophelia will be determining prices and get the information out soon. We will start collecting checks soon, probably starting next month.

Guild Day Outings. Helen has organized another outing to the New England Quilt Museum to see a new exhibition of Japanese quilts. It will be on Saturday, August 2nd at the museum at 10:45 AM. Helen send out the details from the Guild email on July 21st.

MEETING ACTIVITY

This meeting’s activity was our annual Ice Cream Social. As noted above, we moved the meeting indoors because of the rain and damp weather. Thanks to Programming for providing such a wonderful feast!

SHOW AND TELL

Quilt Shop Happenings. A couple more quilt shops are closing. Brenda reported that the Quilted Crow in Bolton is closing on November 15th, and Robin reported that the Victorian Cupboard in Salem is closing as well (no date on their website). 

Brenda also reported some good news: Amy Friend, posting at During Quiet Time, is just opening a new Studio and Gallery in West Newbury, MA.

1. Patty M showed us two quilts. First, her Little Forest Quilt, from the Modern Skill Builder Quilt Pattern by Shannon Frazer Designs.
   
   
   
2. She also showed us her Inside Out Start quilt, pattern by Then Came June. She was working out this quilt at our last retreat. She used a TCJ kit with delicate “Champagne” fabrics.
   
   
   
3. Chelsea showed us two quilts. First, a quilt she made with blocks from a swap a couple years ago.
   
   
   
4. Then a Sawtooth Star quilt with Ruby Star Society fabrics.
   
   
   
5. Susie has been busy and showed us 5 quilts. First, her blue and white Fireworks quilt, pattern by Camille Roskelly of Thimble Blossoms. 
   
   
   
6. Then, Petal Power by Kristina Brinkerhoff. The pattern is found in Love Patchwork & Quilting - Issue 71.
   
   
   
7. Then, a quilt she made the blocks from one of our block swaps.
   
   
   
8. A pink on-point quilt, a Take 5 quilt, by Kathy Brown.
   
9. A Disappearing Pinwheels Arrows quilt, from a pattern and tutorial by Missouri Star Quilting Company.
   
   
   
10. And finally, her oldest WIP, from 2013, In the Garden QAL by Janeen van Niekerk, finally completed. A foundation paper pieced quilt. 
    
    
    
11. Jeannie showed us her quilt made from a wolf picture panel.
    
    
    
12. Raya showed us two large quilt blocks that she framed on artist’s canvas. One is a “Block Study” from a Tara Faughnam class, and the other from an EPP class she took at QuiltCon a couple years ago.
    
    
    
    
13. Pat J showed us her blue Swoon 24 quilt, pattern by Camille Roskelly of Thimble Blossoms.
    
14. Beth L showed us her Flower Garden applique quilt by Kim McClean. She had worked on this quilt for 4 years!
    
    
    

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 items 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!

--Amanda, Lorri W, and Mary Lou 

July 2025 Meeting and Raffles

 The July NHMGQ meeting will be held Thursday July 10th, at 6 PM (Early start!)

 We will gather at:

     Greely Park

    100 Concord St, Nashua NH

*We will be gathering at a different location in the park due to construction work. Please see the map below for the new location.

This month's programming is the Ice Cream Social.

Please remember to bring a chair, bug spray, sun protection, and your sweet tooth!

We will send an email out 24 hours in advance, Wed. July 9th, confirming the location based on weather conditions. Please watch for the update.

Raffles: 

Tickets will be available near the sign in table.

Letters from Home Quilt Kit

Hush 4 Fat Quarter Pack by Riley Blake Designs

See you soon!

NHMQG

Greeley Park meeting location:

June 2025 Meeting Recap

 

New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild Meeting    June 12, 2025   First Church Nashua

President Helen Labadie opened the meeting at 7:07 pm and welcomed everyone.

Two Guests came to this meeting and were introduced- Liz and Ase.

Hospitality: Maryellen thanked members for bringing treats to meetings this year.  She sent around a clipboard for members to sign up to bring refreshments to next year’s meetings.

Community Outreach: Carol Krasin announced that 3 quilts were given to Families in Transition in Manchester. She gave an overview of this state-run service which provides life skills training,  a sense of community, and living units to 11 families. They have an 86% success rate in clients finding a job and living independently.

10 pillowcases were given to the Amherst Police Department and 26 to Ryan for Cases for Smiles.

Carol also is our Guild-to-Guild volunteer and communicates with Denise Fox from Souhegan Quilt Guild sharing information in a newsletter between local guilds in our area. She thanked Amanda for editing and reformatting her submission!

Programs: Laurie noted that she is collecting the purple color block challenge and has 3 blocks left for any member to take and create. She and Susan Hardy passed out a flyer about our next 3 meetings agendas: July- Ice Cream Social at Greeley Park (brings chairs, bug spray etc.), August is a strip swap, September; Sewing Machine Maintenance by Quilt Perfect in Bow, NH.

Treasurer: Sonia Gilmore stated that last month we made $147 on the raffles and there is approximately $7,028  in our account. Helen asked that members submit suggestions of presentations for ways to use that money to benefit guild members. Our guild now is a member of the NE Quilt Museum and gets 8 yearly passes. Beth Bell-Lavoie spoke about how she is enjoying using Quilt Connection membership- which provides online workshops on zoom and videos members can access for a few days. She suggested this as a possible expense.

Secretary: Mary Lou Soczek is not present. Robin Rich is filling in as secretary for tonight’s meeting.

Door Prize Raffle: Patty Kind won the set of quilting pens and chain sewing cutter.

Retreats: Ophelia Chang has booked the next spring retreat in Portland Maine at the Fireside Inn for Memorial Day weekend. You may check in Wednesday at 7 pm and sew 24 hours starting Thursday morning.  Members pay for the hotel room on their own for $85 per night.   There is an indoor pool and sauna. Shelly Toomey will be the coordinator.

Raffles: Ase (guest) won the Ruby Star half yard bundle and Laurie Kofstad won the set of Superior thread spools.

Show and Tell:

Robin Rich - showed her Hedgehog wall-hanging using the Laura Heine technique she learned in a class.  

a Lovely Ombre Cabins by V and Co. in Moda Ombre confetti fabric, quilted by Ophelia.  

2 Community Outreach quilts- Double Square Star by Missouri Quilt in Tilda fabric 

and an antique race car quilt in Allure, both quilted by Susan Boots.

Carol Krasin - shared an Animal panel charity quilt.

Beth Bell-Lavoie - showed Dashed by Quiltin' Tia

Interwine, a free pattern from Robert Kaufman Designs

and a mystery quilt using a layer cake and background (which she didn’t follow some of the rules by paper piecing, using several different disappearing 9 block designs, and 2 color borders.

Leslie Ross - Two quilts by famous author Michelle Cain!- Five Star Experience 

and All the X’s in a smaller size than the pattern.

Eileen Ahearn - X-Effect using Kaffe shot cotton stripes.

and Local quilt by Carolyn Friedlander, retro look quilting by Ophelia.

Liz Hannum (guest) - showed her second quilt that she has made! Interwoven by Lo and Behold, with colorful stripes.

Jennifer Marks - Her own self-drafted pattern which she quilted herself 

and several bags, project bags with zippers, a needle holder and drawstring knitting bag.

Lori Breen - Mayfair using fat quarters.

Love Is baby quilt by Bear Creek Quilting Co., using panels for her niece.  Lori’s sister was able to give her a second set of panels to complete this baby quilt.

Sarah Keefe - Midpoint by Cotton and Joy

Marie Joerger - Interwoven from the Stashtastic 2 book

and many bags as wedding party gifts for her daughter for is getting married this month!

Chelsea Folini - shared three quilts: Classic Hearts by Quilty Love

Pathways from Stashtastic 2 

and Chapel windows.

Susie Boots - Bird houses

Eye Spy quilt

and Chapel Windows quilts.

Ophelia Chang- working with Chelsea- Carousel Medallion by Alison Glass 

Five Star Experience by Michelle Cain

and On the Rails

Susan Hardy- Star Adventure from Then Came June.

PRESENTATION- Michelle Cain gave a trunk show of her quilts and spoke about the process of how she came to publish a book on quilting with jelly rolls. She began quilting in 2013, became a NH modern quilt guild member in 2014, and her book was published in April 2025. Her book acknowledges our guild for all the support and knowledge she gained as a member. We have already seen several guild members sharing their versions of Michelle's patterns from the book.

Meeting ended at 8:38 pm.

 

 See you next month!

Robin Rich, acting secretary, Amanda, and Lorri W.