Members Section:
Mailing Address:
BMQG
PO Box 6174
Laconia, NH 03247

Membership Meeting:
in-person:
Belknap Mill Society
3rd floor (elevator available)
25 Beacon St E #1
Laconia, NH 03246

virtual:
Zoom meeting link will be sent to all members via email before the meeting

Email Address:
info@bmqg.org

  • Upcoming Membership Meeting

    May 11th, 2022
    Spring Dinner 
    Installation of Officers

    This will be a hybrid meeting,
    both in-person at the Belknap Mill
    ​in Laconia and via Zoom.
    6:00 Snacks & Social
    ​6:45 Business Meeting
    ​7:30 Program
    Non-Members please send an email to info@bmqg.org for information on
    ​attending a meeting.
    Cost for non members is $5.00

    Beginner Quilting Classes

    Thank you to all who participated in our Beginning Quilting Class.

    We will be scheduling an additional class to complete our projects.  We will email you all when we have a date.
    ​Thank You!

     

    Fat Quarter & 2 1/2" Strip
    ​Raffle Fabric Themes 

    May: 1930’s fabrics
    June: ugly fabric; you just don’t like it and can’t remember why you purchased it.
    July: Americana (extra tickets for sparkle)
    August: Anchors a way!
    Nautical or water themed material.
    September: Your choice…
    October: Halloween fabric...keep it spooky!!!
    November: Fall Foliage Colors
    December: Jack Frost Colors...
    ​Whites, Blues and Light blues (think winter)

    Belknap Mill Welcomes BMQG

    Our Guild is now an “Industrial Educator” for the Belknap Mill.  This means that we have formed a partnership with the Mill, and will hold all of our meetings, Sit & Sews, and in-person classes at the Mill.  They have refurbished the third floor, and it is beautiful.  There is an elevator, a kitchenette, hardwood floors, a countless number of electrical outlets, plenty of lighting, a built-in sound system, and lots of furniture.  We will continue to work with the Mill to offer great programming for the Lakes Region.  It is a distinct pleasure to be “going home,” back to the location of our very first meetings in 1978.  We look forward to a great partnership. ​
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    Belknap Mill in Laconia, NH

    Happy New Year!

    At the new year, it’s always nice to take a look back on what has happened in the last year and then think about where we could be at this time next year. We have survived nearly two years of our new pandemic reality, and certainly two years ago, we could not have predicted where we’d be today. In the past year:
     
    • our membership has grown by nearly 30%
    • we have adapted to (and continue to make strides in) hybrid meeting formats
    • we have added the new Junior Membership plus three new Junior members
    • we have had a successful inaugural version of the quilt show, returned to the Mill, combined with the Mysterious Quilt Journey
    • we conducted our first community classes and are planning for more
    • we have officially returned to the Belknap Mill after many years’ absence and continue to forge a community partnership with them
    • we have successfully completed one grant from the New Hampshire State Council for the Arts and are in the middle of our second grant
    • we have continued all of our “regular” stuff as well – Comfort Quilts, Spaulding quilts, placemats, programs, workshops, and…and…and…
     
    Few guilds can boast these accomplishments in any normal year, never mind a year like we’ve had in 2021.
     
    I continue to be astounded by the amount of time and energy put in by members of the guild on all of our endeavors. We would not be able to do what we do without the time and dedication of all of our volunteers. As you make your New Year’s Resolutions, I hope you will resolve to do something for the guild this year – even just one placemat makes a difference. Just think where we might be next year at this time!
     
    Allison

  • Membership Meetings

    Meetings are held both in-person at the Belknap Mill Society in downtown Laconia and on Zoom.
    ​An email invitation with a Zoom link and instructions will be sent prior to each meeting.     ​
    April 13, 2022

    Designing Art Quilts from Your Photographs
    with Michele O'Neil Kincaid

    May 11, 2022

    Spring Diner & Installation of Officers

    June 8, 2022

    Sun Painting - How to Make Magic While the Sun Shines
    with Nancy Ann Belsky

    July 3, 2022

    Ice Cream Social

    August 10, 2021

    Not Your Traditional Quilting Techniques
    with Bobby Bergquist

    September 14, 2022

    TBD

    October 12, 2022

    Then and Now; The Evolution of an Art Quilter
    with Jane Balshaw
    Supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and ​the National Endowment for the Arts. 


    Belknap Mill Society, Downtown Laconia, NH
    25 Beacon St E # 1, Laconia, NH 03246

  • Monthly Sit and Sew

    Held at the Belknap Mill in Laconia
    from 10am to 3pm.
    No space restrictions at this time,
    ​the more the merrier!
    ​First come First serve.
    Sign up with Dawn Lovell.

    Click here for more details.
    February 16, 2022
    March 2, 2022
    ​March 16, 2022
    March 30, 2022 (5th Wednesday)
    April 6, 2022
    April 20. 2022
    May 4. 2022
    May 18, 2022

    Upcoming Workshops

    Easy Binding Technique Workshop
    FEBRUARY 2022

    Date: Saturday, February 12nd
    Time: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
    Members Cost: $23.00
    Non-Members Cost: $28.00
    Where: Virtual workshop
    Class Size: 24 participants

    ​    Linda Pearl teaches this FUN, FUNctional and FUNdamental approach to binding your quilts. Binding is one of the last details you put into finishing your quilt, and it’s the one that (in my experience), people dislike the most. In this class, we will cover flange bindings, two color bindings, striped bindings, and invisible bindings.

    A supply list will be sent prior to the class.

    Getting Back to Basics Workshop
    MARCH 2022

    Date: Saturday, March 12th
    Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
    Members Cost: $27.00
    Non-Members Cost: $32.00
    ​ ($25 Kit Fee Optional)​
    Where: Virtual workshop
    Class Size: 24 participants
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    Workshop Instructor Patty Sawyer
    Have you ever wondered why seams don't quite meet, borders wobble, mitered cornersbow outward or sashings don't line up?

    Patty Sawyer will show us how to re-examine and re-adjust the basics in pressing, piecing, binding, bordering squaring, blocking and more with an emphasis on accuracy (not perfection) throughout for a better, happier end result.

    By making a simple scrappy table runner, which includes a delightfully surprising twist to the design, we'll be practicing some great tips and tricks for desired improvements.

    The emphasis in class will be on reducing stress and having fun. It serves as a great refresher or skill building course. A complete supply list, including before-class preparations will be supplied 3 weeks prior to class

    Upcoming Events

    BMQG Harvest of Quilts Show & Mysterious Quilt Journey​

    09/24/2022 through 09/25/2022
    Various locations throughout Laconia. 

  • Fund Raising Quilt

    Each year the guild creates a queen size quilt to be raffled off at the annual quilt show. This is a group effort with members making individual blocks at a sit & sew Guild meeting. The quilt is assembled and quilted by Guild members. Raffle tickets are sold throughout the summer and fall with the drawing in the fall. These funds, along with the Quilt Show revenues, are used for our charitable funding both locally and to the NE Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA.​
    Congratulations to Jody Saulnier for winning this GORGEOUS quilt! 

    Stay tuned for the 2022 Raffle Quilt

Look like fun?  It is...come join us!

Membership is open to any and all individuals.
​
Fill out the contact form to the right or send an email to info@bmqg.org for more information about
becoming a Guild member. 

​Come join the fun!!!

Email Address:

info@BMQG.org

Mailing Address:

BMQG
PO Box 6174
Laconia, NH 03247

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