SUMMER BREAK
Guild Meetings resume in September.
Guild Meetings resume in September.
Marge Tucker – Lecture Antique Quilts 9/16/26 Marge Tucker is an international award-winning quilt artist with a focus on abstract improvisational design. She pieces her quilts without a definitive image of what the finished piece will look like. Marge starts with a general concept and color palette then sees where she is led. Marge made her first quilt over twenty-five [...]
Marge Tucker – Workshop 1 Walking Foot Quilting Thursday, 9/17/26 9:00am to 4:00pm Millwood Fire House Cost $90 You can do so much innovative quilting JUST with your walking foot! I will show you my method of quilting with your walking foot that involves little or no marking but still results in spectacular quilting. I start with the basics, such [...]
Marge Tucker Workshop 2 - Dresden Plate Piecing 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Friday, 9/18/26 Millwood Fire House Cost $90 Learn how to piece improvisational Dresden Plate blocks! In this is technique class, you will learn how to piece the substrate, so the wedges are varied in length, different ways to cut the wedges and how to piece the wedges together [...]
We are having a Quilt Festival! This event will take place at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Mt. Kisco on Friday, October 9th and Saturday, October 10th (10am-4pm), open to the general public for a nominal fee. Our goal is 80 quilts, only one quilt per member. We would prefer quilts no wider than 40” because the number of larger quilts [...]
Winner's Choice - Comfort Quilts Display and Raffle Admire our summer project display of CQ quilts and buy (many) tickets, $5 each, to support Comfort Quilts and win the quilt of your choice! Super Saturday Signups - signup at the meeting or online. Stacey Murren – Lecture The Poetry of the Needle: An Applique Journey 10/21/26 Stacey brings over [...]
Slow Stitch, Strong Style: Mastering Hand Applique 10/21/26. 9:00 am to 4:00pm. Millwood Fire House, Millwood NY Cost $65 Kit $20 or $25 Folk Art Bunny- $20 Baltimore Album CT-$25 Baltimore Album NY-$25 What you will learn: Learn the art of freezer-paper and needle-turn appliqué while discovering how to build “off the block” for [...]
Currently Full - Waitlist Only A Fall quilt retreat with lots of sewing time has been organized for Monday November 2 thru Wednesday November 4 at Mariandale Retreat Center, Ossining, NY. A two night, six meal stay costs $250, a possible three nights is $375. There is also an option to be a “commuter” and forgo the overnight and receive breakfast [...]
Holiday Boutique – Handmade Items for Sale by Members We again plan to offer a member boutique at the guild meeting. Items handmade by members may be sold at this event. If you are interested in vending at the Boutique, please contact me. There will be a charge of $10 per half table. Rona Spar, activities@northernstarquilters.com. Finish up that holiday [...]
MARIA WEINSTEIN – Jacket Making The same workshop will be held both November 19th and 20th, 12 people max per workshop. Be sure to specify which day when you signup! Jacket Making(Thursday) - November 19th OR Jacket Making (Friday) - Novemeber 20th, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Millwood Fire House, Millwood, NY $72.00 + materials fee (paid directly to Maria) [...]
NOTE - This Zoom meeting is THURSDAY not our usual Wednesday. LECTURE: Backing, Binding, Batting, Beauty Thurs. 01.21.2027 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET via Zoom Lecture: Backing, Binding, Batting, Beauty: designing a quilt from back to front Presenter: David Owen Hastings Learn how convenient and smart it is to design and construct a modern quilt, starting from [...]
NOTE: Non-members CANNOT register at this time for this workshop. Any non-members need to email us directly about their interest and will be wait listed until one week before the workshop. At that point, depending on availability, we will contact those on the wait list for formal registration and payment which is $90 for non-members. Betty Moulton, Kathy Tuttle [...]
Super Saturday - January 30, 2027 $30 (Coffee and deli lunch included, $15 guest surcharge) A wonderful opportunity to sit and sew and learn and mingle with fellow members in a smaller sociable setting. Any class specific questions, contact the teacher. Just in case, snow date February 20th. Any general questions or guest attendee options, contact supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com Signup online and pay [...]
Lecture: Color My Quilt - Dee Christopher In our time together we will be taking a look at the color wheel and the language of color to give as a base for choosing the fabrics for your quilt. We will move on to the fundamentals of designing or choosing fabrics for your project, the fun part. We will look [...]
ZOOM WORKSHOP Dee Christopher - Using the 3 & 1 Tool to enhance colors in your quilt. Saturday 2/20/2027 10:00 am- 4:00 pm Cost $45 The 3 & 1 tool will help you choose fabrics based on value (light, medium, dark) as well as choosing a color palette for your quilt. It takes the guesswork out of coordinating your [...]
A Spring quilt retreat with lots of sewing time has been organized for Friday March 12 thru Sunday March 14 at Mariandale Retreat Center, Ossining, NY. A two night, six meal stay costs $250, a possible three nights is $375. There is also an option to be a “commuter” and forgo the overnight and receive breakfast and lunch for $65 each day. [...]
Challenge Quilts Due! Remember to bring yours, wrap for secrecy. Lisa Shepard - African Textile Trunk Show 3/17/27 Lisa Shepard Stewart is a writer and designer based in New Jersey. In her books, African Accents: Fabrics and Crafts to Decorate Your Home and Global Expressions: Decorating with Fabrics from Around the World, Lisa encourages others to express themselves creatively through culturally relevant techniques [...]
Lisa Shepard - Ankara Strings 3/18/27 Millwood Fire House, Millwood New York Workshop cost $85 Fee for kit of Ankara Strips $55 and is enough for 2 people to share. Lisa will bring the kits to the workshop. Ankara String Quilt The classic string quilt becomes a work of art with Ankara! Learn to mix the colors & patterns with [...]
Challenge Quilts to be displayed and voted on!
Annual Meeting - Next season's Board Drawing for our Charity Raffle Quilt. Ugly Fabric Auction: Start donating fabrics at the guild meetings or Comfort Quilts