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Jeanne Hinrichs has a 6½ x 24″ Quilter’s Select ruler found outside in a snowbank at February’s Super Saturday event. If this belongs to you, please contact hinrichsny@gmail.com.

Janet Wright has a vintage Singer machine (99/206) to give to anyone interested, in table with accessories, needs TLC. Contact janetwright@gmail.com.

Nancy Mirman wants members to know the Putnam County Quilt, a Best American Quilt, is on display at the Mahopac library til April 10th.

Latest News – 01/26

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Tamar Drucker’s Trunk Show

TREASURER TRAINEE NEEDED!

Let’s talk….

In search of a member(s) who can assist the treasurer as treasurer-in-training. This could be a shared position with one person processing checks and deposits and one doing the data entry.

This job involves recording income, expenses and monthly reports (bank statements etc), collecting and issuing checks and an occasional trip to the bank. All the records are kept on Quick Books Desktop which is easy to learn and I would be there to help you along the way. Reports and templates are already set up and former treasurers are always available for help and advice.

Our guild would not be here were it not for the many volunteers who keep it running, please do your part and help with this vital position.

Kathy Vanacoro, treasurer@northernstarquilters.com

Member Activities

Still to Come –

Super Saturday
Red White and Blue Challenge
Retreats – Check availability and register for the spring retreat at Mariandale, March 20-22. Contact Jody Sullivan.
Ugly Fabric Auction – Continue to donate fabric for the auction at Comfort Quilts and Guild Meetings. Contact Liz Titus.
Trips – Interested in a bus trip on April 11th to the Hartford AQS show? Stay tuned, details are being ironed out.

Go to our Member Activities page for specifics. Plan accordingly so you don’t miss anything!

Last Call for Super Saturday

Super Saturday Registration closes on January 19^th.

Super Saturday is being held January 31st at the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown, 2880 Crompond Rd, Yorktown, NY.
Classes begin at 9:00 am, unloading can begin at 8:30am. Enter the circle and park in front of the church to unload your things, then pull around to the back parking lot to park for the day.
Coffee and tea will be provided for the morning and a pizza and salad lunch.
Class information and supply lists can be viewed on the website: northernstarquilters.com/event/super-saturday.
Two workshops are closed: Accidental Landscapes and Potato Chip Quilt.
For those who want to Sit N Sew, an area is provided but no one will be present to help with any quilting problems.
Registration and the $30 fee is still required to pay for the meals and rental of the church.

Looking forward to a day of quilting, community and fun!
Kathy Tuttle,supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com

RWB Challenge Update

As mentioned in the last newsletter, we will be displaying the Challenge at various libraries from April to December! Since every library has a different hanging system, please make your hanging sleeve in two sections: leave a 1” space at each side and leave a 2” space in the middle.

I am pleased to announce that the 2026 Challenge will be exhibited in the following libraries:

May Mahopac Library
June Katonah Library
July Somers Library
August Somers Library
September Chappaqua Library
October Briarcliff Library
November North Salem Library

I would love to have three volunteers to be on the Challenge Committee with me and also would love members who live in the above communities to volunteer when the exhibit comes to their town.
The Committee members will help facilitate the exhibit traveling from library to library. The Community volunteers will help by hanging the quilts in their library (about two hours) and taking down the quilts at the end of the month (less than one hour). A Committee member will be at each library to organize hanging the quilts. I know that since we don’t have a quilt show, you have so much extra time on your hands that I hope to be inundated with calls!

Thank you!!
Nancy Mirman, 914-320-5290 or nmirman@optonline.net

Have An Idea for the 2027 Challenge?

Please send a detailed description of your challenge idea along with the size, rules, voting criteria and any other pertinent information to ronaquilter@gmail.com or activities@northernstarquilters.com. Your responsibilities include describing the challenge to the membership, collecting the quilts, setting up voting and distributing ribbons to the winners. All ideas will be brought to the board which will vote on the winning challenge in the spring.

Member Activities Liaison, Rona Spar, activities@northernstarquilters.com

Holiday Boutique

A BIG SHOUT – OUT TO THE DECEMBER BOUTIQUE SELLERS AND BRAVE MEMBERS WHO DEFIED THE AWFUL WEATHER AND MADE OUR HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE A SUCCESS.

THANKS TO ALL SELLERS AND MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED!!

Programs

For information on our upcoming lectures and workshops, visit our Programs website page and click on the program you are interested in.
To sign up and pay for a workshop, CLICK HERE.

Questions? Contact Betty Moulton and Kathy Tuttle, programs@northernstarquilters.com.

Our January workshop (Zoom) has been revised. Christine Barnes’ Special Effects with Color! will now consist of two engaging sessions instead of three, and the fee has been reduced to $50 for members and $75 for non-members.

Join us for an in-depth exploration of the vibrant world of color using just paper, glue, and fabric from your very own stash. Each session lasts three hours and will be recorded, so you can revisit the content for at least one week. You don’t want to miss this wonderful opportunity to enhance your color skills and creativity!

Session One: LUMINOSITY
In this session, you’ll uncover the secret to making colors appear as though they are glowing from beneath the surface.
Thursday, 22 January 2026 from 1pm to 4pm

Session Two: TRANSPARENCY
In this session, you’ll explore the illusion that one color lying on top of another, creating a third color where they intersect.
Thursday, 29 January 2026 from 1pm to 4pm

March Workshop (in-person)

Gyleen Fitzgerald
Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilts plus
Fabulous Finishes: Borders, Binding/Facings, & Sleeves

19 March 2026 from 9 am to 3:30 pm
$55 members

Let’s make an old-fashioned pineapple quilt with a new and contemporary twist. Learn Gyleen’s technique for effortless and precise stitching without paper piecing! Use up all those fabric bits and pieces in your stash. Go scrappy, random, or totally stylized! It doesn’t matter, just plan to join the Pineapple Par-tay! As an added bonus, while you continue stitching, Gyleen will be discussing and demonstrating how to achieve perfect borders, binding, facing, and sleeves. With her tips, your quilts will be sure to be show-ready!

2026 Quilt Raffle

I hope everyone is enjoying a joyful holiday season.

For those of you who do not yet have your raffle tickets for the Shimmering Triangles quilt, please keep an eye out for them in the mail in the next week or so.

A big thank you to those members who have already sent me their tickets — and their checks! Keep them coming!!

Happy New Year to everyone, and good luck!
Anne Chehebar, charitable@northernstarquilters.com

Membership

Jeanne Hinrichs and Shelley Lounsbury, membership@northernstarquilters.com

Comfort Quilts

November and December Comfort Quilts

Upcoming Comfort Quilt Meetings

Apr. 8 & 22
May 6 & 20
Jun 3 & 17

We meet Wednesdays from 9:30 to 1:30 at the North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Rd, North Salem, NY. Infrequently, meetings need to be cancelled or rescheduled at the last minute. If in doubt or coming for the first time, please check. You can stay for all or part of the time. Bring your sewing machine, and a light lunch if desired. Kits, fabric, and basic quilting tools are available for your use.

Comfort Quilts welcomes all interested NSQG members, so consider joining us!

If you would like to be added to the CQ email list or get further information or make a fabric or batting donation, contact Karen Carlson or Carol Auer, comfortquilts@northernstarquilters.com.

If you know any member of the guild who is in need of a little ‘sunshine’ for illness, sympathy, or any other reason, please contact secretary@northernstarquilters.com so the guild can send a card.

Requests on how to make a donation to the guild to honor a member or support an activity are occasionally received. Such requests can be accomplished via the DONATE box on our website home page.

NSQG Board, Bylaws, and Policies are available online.
Guild financial reports are available to members by annual email or by request to the treasurer@northernstarquilters.com.

Send Guild newsletter updates and photos as well as info on local quilt activities and shows to news@northernstarquilters.com and photos for Instagram and Facebook are always welcome at social@northernstarquilters.com.

Follow and Share NSQG activities on Facebook and Instagram – @northernstarquilters

Monthly Archives: January 2026