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Mailing Address:
BMQG
PO Box 6174
Laconia, NH 03247

Membership Meeting Address
Beane Center
35 Blueberry Lane
Laconia, NH 03246

Email Address:
info@bmqg.org

Monthly Meetings
2018 Fat Quarters & Strips
Show & Tell Photo Gallery
Workshops

Our May's meeting will be our Spring Banquet and Installations of Officers. 6 pm Social Hour with Dinner at 7 PM. For more information click here.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - During June's membership meeting Guild members will be sharing their UFO's they hope to be done for the Guild Quilt Show in Sept and the Guild's 2018 Guild Challenge is due (refer to the link at the right to check out the Challenge requirements). Refreshments are served at 6:30 with the Membership Meeting to follow at 7PM. Guest are always welcome for a $5 fee.

News:

Membership Renewal: Membership dues are now due, only $25. More info can be found at the bottom of the page. Renewal Form
May Membership Dinner Details
2018 Guild Challenge
2018 Quilt Show Quilt Registration is now open
Photo Galleries

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP: It's time to renew your BMQG Membership. The 2018-2019 year has a great line-up for programs and workshops with a balance of local and nationally known instructors. BMQG’s Tracy Szanto will do a trunk show at our March meeting, and Linda Lasco will teach free motion quilting in May. From the national scene, Suzi Parron will lecture and give a workshop on barn quilt painting in August; Karen Eckmeier will lecture and conduct a workshop on Happy Villages in September. So don’t miss a meeting or a workshop, renew your membership today! Click here for a Membership Form memapp18.pdf or click the Membership link on the right for more details.

Monthly Membership Meetings are held at the Beane Center, 35 Blueberry Lane, in Laconia, NH. General membership meetings begin with refreshments at 6:30 pm with the business meeting and program following at 7 pm. Consider joining our quilt guild for only $25 annually, or come as a guest for only $5 per meeting. Membership information can be found by clicking this link.

Contact us at info@bmqg.org

2018 - Every month you will have an opportunity to freshen up your stash! This is a fun activity for those who wish to participate. Simply bring a fat quarter, 18” x 22”, and receive a ticket for each fat quarter (yes, you can bring more than one!) that follows the theme for the month. There will be a drawing before the end of the night, and the winner takes home all of the fat quarters that are brought to the meeting.
Thank you for all for all of the ideas that were suggested for this upcoming year! Check out September, we are trying something new!

January: Swirls and Stripes - Think narrow or wide bands, straight, twisting or spiraling, one color or mulitiple colors .
February: Celebrate your favorite holiday! Represent your favorite holiday in this month’s drawing. Valentine’s Day, 4th of July, Christmas, Hanukkah, or Labor Day…
March: Green
April: April Showers! If it has flowers, it qualifies!
May: Batiks All colors are welcomed!
June: Black and White prints
July: Civil War Not sure what a civil war fabric is? By definition, fabrics of the Civil War were indigo blue, shades of red, dull lavenders and greens, and many browns. The print style was geometric, florals, plaids and more plaids.
August: Asian
September: Kaffee Fassett or Bling & Sparkles! (Something new!! There will be two drawings this month! You will get a chance for the theme that you bring in and if you donate a fat quarter towards the quilt show you will get 1(one) chance towards the theme of your choice!)
October: No meeting, quilt show…donate to the quilt show table! Bring extra Fat Quarters to the September meeting and get 1 (one) extra ticket. Thank you to everyone who participated last year!
November: Your choice! Check your stash… what could you do with out? One sewer’s trash is another sewer’s treasure!
December: "Winter Wonderland" or snow, stars, trees, blues, greens, white on white ..... bears and critters in winter would be cool!

2 ½ inch Strip Themes for 2018
I have taken your suggestions and incorporated them into this year’s drawings! You asked to have two color choices or a theme to be assigned to each month and you will see that there are many chances to participate. Simply bring a 2 ½ inch strip x width of fabric, and receive a ticket for each strip (yes, you can bring more than one!) that follows the theme for the month. There will be a drawing before the end of the night, and the winner takes home all of the strips that are brought to the meeting. Thank you for all for all of the ideas that were suggested for this upcoming year!

January Red or Green
February Purple or Yellow
March Orange or Blue
April Brown or White
May Solid Color or Batik
June Black and White prints
July Red, White and Blue
August Asian
September Kaffee Fassett
October No drawing this month.
November Your choice!
December White on White or Magenta

Workshops: The Belknap Mill Quilters Guild would like to invite members as well as non-members to register and take advantage of the wonderful workshops that our Program Chairs have worked so hard to scheduled.

For more information or to register.... contact either Ann Rampulla at rampulla@usa.net or Michelle Vanasse at michelle@ncquilt.com

2018 Workshops: more information to follow

May: Linda Lasco, Free Motion Quilting - May 10th - Spaces still available.

Supply List

August:  Suzi Parron, Hand Painting your very own Barn Quilt - Aug. 9th
Sept: Karen Eckmeier, Happy Villages - Sept. 13th
Nov:  Sue Collier Workshop, TBD- Nov. 29th

Please read the new BMQG Class/Workshop Policy: Payment of cash or check is due when a member signs up for a class/workshop.  All class/workshops signups will be posted on our website,

All classes will be held at Spaulding Youth 10 to 4 . Please check our web site and newsletters for more up to date information on our classes and our monthly programs, Thanks Ann and Michelle

Spaulding Youth Center, 72, Spaulding Rd, Northfield, NH 03276