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  2020 BMQG Get-A-Way will open for registration on January 1, 2020!  The registration link will be posted on Jan. 1st, 2020!
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
  • 2019 Fat Quarters & Strips
  • Show & Tell Photo Gallery
  • Workshop Photos
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  • Thursday, December 5th: ‘The Mondo Bag with a Twist’ with Sue Collier at Spaulding Youth Center, Northfield, NH 10 – 4 

  • Wednesday, Dec.  11, 2019 - Sign up for the Holiday Dinner with Lynn Brooks:  Our Holiday Dinner this year will be on December 11th at the Beane Center and will be catered by Hart’s Turkey Farm served buffet style.  Dinner will be served at 6:20 p.m. at a cost of $29/person.  The buffet will include entrees of Turkey and Pork Tenderloin with an apple cider sauce/glaze.  This will be the only meeting you will be able to sign up for the dinner.  Lynn is working on a vegetarian choice but has the gluten and dairy free pieces in place.  Bring those checkbooks or credit cards and sign up for a GREAT evening!  Not able to come to the meeting but want to attend the Dinner?  Please contact Lynn Brook
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  • Wednesday, Jan. 1st, 2020 - BMQG Get-A-Way Registration will open.
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  • Wednesday, Jan.  8, 2020 - 6:30 Refreshments, with monthly meeting to follow at 7 PM.
2019 Quilt Show Winners
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Bed Quilt
1st Autumn Stars - Diane Orlowski
2nd Feathered Stars - Jody Saulnier
3rd Feathered Stars - Micci Fryenhagen
 
Lap Quilt
1st Penny Rug Album -  Margaret O ‘Brien
                                                          Quilted by Saima Davis
2nd Japanese Fans - Ginny Canning
3rd Tom’s Library -  Margaret O ‘Brien Quilted by Saima Davis
 
Large Wall
1st   French Doors   Mary Boutin
                                                Quilted by Michelle Plourde
2nd  Mouse Christmas - Susan Goodwin
3rd   Cats Fancy - Susan Goodwin
 
Small Wall Hanging
1st  Beach Bums  - Mary Boutin Quilted by Saima Davis
2nd Tree Dimensional -  Helen Hemeon
3rd Melody the Otter -  Diane Beaman
 
Very Small Wall Hanging
1st Tiny Sampler - Kim Gregoire
2nd Watering Can and Flowers on Wool - Kim Gregoire
3rd Little Mouse - Susan Goodwin
 
Wearable
1st Tula Pink Tote - Ila Mattila
2nd Sunflower Poppins Bag - Sue Orrill
3rd Show Off Bag - Nancy Jewell
 
Other
1st Square Tuffett - Ila Mattila
2nd Nutcracker Penny Rug -  Mary Boutin
3rd Harvest Penny Rug  - Marlene Morin
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Sign up for Lynne Tyler's Birds, Birds, Birds! workshop on Saturday, Oct. 5th from 10 am - 3 pm.  To register for the  email Ann at rampulla@usa.net

​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
                        Fat Quarter & 2 ½ inch Strip Themes for 2019

This is a little fun activity for those who want to participate. Simply bring a fat quarter or a 2 ½” strip that follows the theme for the month listed below to our monthly meeting. You will receive a raffle ticket for the chance to win the lot of fat quarters or strips turned in. This can be fun if you are the winner especial-ly when you get such a variety of colors and styles! This year you may bring in a solid or print that reads the color listed below.

Rules: Quilt Shop Quality fabric… yes, there is a difference between chain-store and quilt store fab-rics. Sometimes it’s a big difference! Fat quarters are 18” by 21”. If someone gives me ½ yd I give them 2 tickets. Same with 1 yd = 4 tickets. 2 ½” strips are the width of the fabric. Get a ticket for each strip that you bring in. If the material does not follow the theme or yardage, it will not be accepted.
If you have any questions or ideas, please contact Micci Freyenhagen.
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2019
  • ​March: National Quilting Day – SEWING THEME The National Quilting Association start-ed National Quilting Day in 1991. It celebrates quilts and those who make them annually on the third Saturday in March.
  • April: National Hairstylist Appreciation Day – The color of the hair that you were “born” with! On April 30th, we honor hairstylists everywhere who make artful hairstyles possible.

  • May: National Love A Tree Day – GREEN May 16th of each year honors National Love a Tree Day. On this day, trees are celebrated and recognized for the wonderful gift that they are to us.

  • June: National Egg Day – YELLOW June 3rd is an excellent day to practice egg puns. One of the most perfect foods, eggs are packed with protein, amino acids and have no carbohydrates or sugar.

  • July: National Bikini Day – YOUR CHOICE Celebrated since July 5, 1946, women have been hitting the beaches and pool sides in bikinis. National Bikini Day marks the anniversary of the invention of the revealing two-piece bathing suit. Named after the Bikini Atoll where the United States conducted atom-ic tests, the two piece bathing suit made its debut in Paris.

  • August: National Tooth Fairy Day – WHITE Observed on the 22nd. Esther Watkins Arnold brought the tooth fairy to life in 1927 with an eight-page playlet called The Tooth Fairy. At the same time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle made his claim that fairies and gnomes were real by publishing pictures of two girls surrounded by “verified” fairies. Schools began performing Arnold’s play the following year, and chil-dren, primed with vivid imaginations, placed their freshly lost teeth under their pillows at night in the hopes of a visit from the Tooth Fairy. Continued on next page

  • Sept: National Teddy Bear Day – BROWN In 1902, American President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub while hunting in Mississippi. This incident made national news. It is celebrated on the 9th.

  • October: National Clean Out Your Virtual Desktop Day 10/16 – NO MEETING. Please donate to the Quilt Show

  • November: Black Friday – BLACK The day after Thanksgiving has become known as Black Friday and is considered the official kick-off for holiday shopping.
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  • December: National Pledge of Allegiance Day – PATRIOTIC Congress formally recognized the Pledge of Allegiance on December 28, 1945. Thought to have been written by Francis Bellamy, the Pledge of Allegiance was published anonymously by a magazine for young people, The Youth’s Com-panion, and was written in celebration of the 400th anniversary, in 1892, of the discovery of America
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