Get the latest 'Row by Row' updates at the next meeting! OVERVIEW Several years ago, members of the guild who were interested participated in a shared quilting endeavor, “Square Robin”. "Row by Row" is basically the same.Quilters can sign up for teams of five. Every month for 6 months each quilter will make 5 identical blocks: keeping one, giving one to each [...]
Kennedy Catholic and Northern Star Quilters are hosting a Public Sewing Day for the ArtsWestchester project 'Metropolis Sunrise' by Amanda Browder. Sunday, February 23rd 12pm-5pm Kennedy Catholic, Somers, NY ArtsWestchester is sponsoring a community art installation, designed by Amanda Browder, an artist known for her large-scale fabric projects. She has designed a quilt-like sculpture which will be hung from the top of [...]
Watch our emails for Pop-Up Comfort Quilts Regular Winter Season Comfort Quilt Meetings on Hold September - May: usually 1st and 3rd Wednesdays depending on holidays and quilt show schedule
***Open to NSQG members only - preregistration with assigned admission time required** Contact President@northernstarquilters.com with any questions. All NYS Covid-19 gathering guidelines are to be followed; masks and social distancing are required; admissions are monitored and will be staggered as needed. Our outdoor ‘Quilt Social’ will offer some of the activities from our monthly meetings. The event will be held on the [...]
We have another special free Zoom workshop scheduled to help alleviate any winter blues, thanks to donations from members and ArtsWestchester. This workshop is free, open to all NSQG members, and will NOT be recorded. Saturday, January 30th, 10am-1pm, Mary Cannizzaro will be teaching how to make T-shirt quilts from her book, Beyond the Tee, co-authored with her daughter, Jen. Sooner [...]
*** Open to NSQG members only *** Pre-Registration Needed - Click Here All NYS Covid-19 gathering guidelines are to be followed; masks and social distancing are required. The Spring Fling will be held on the grounds of the North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Road, North Salem, NY on Saturday, May 1st, from 10:30am-2:30pm.*** Members may bring a guest, in the [...]
Especially for those who can't come during the week as well as our 'regulars' 'Make a Comfort Quilt' Saturday Saturday, February 26th, 10:00am-3:00pm North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Road, North Salem, NY Free to all members. All recommended vaccinations required. Space is limited and to avoid overcrowding, pre-registration required. Bring your sewing machine and personal sewing tools (neutral thread, scissors, [...]
Pat Harrison - 1/7/23. Saturday 11:00-1:00pm Special Zoom Lecture on details of quilt judging with trunk show. Pat Harrison keeps herself busy being a long-arm quilter, lecturer and workshop teacher, quilt designer, and a quilt judge certified by the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges. Lecturing, teaching, and judging allows Pat the opportunity to share her knowledge of all aspects of the [...]
At this month's meeting, be sure to hand in your challenge quilt for display and voting at next month's meeting. You can review the Challenge Rules HERE. Please be sure you follow all the guidelines.
FULL - NO LONGER AVAILABLE - check with Kathy Tuttle for wait list info David Hornung - www.davidhornung.com In-person Workshop - 4/20 - Investigating Color with Paper and Glue No sewing machine required. David will use the principles of color theory from his book, A Workshop for Artists and Designers, to illustrate the importance of color placement in quilting and [...]
Orphan Block Packs Got orphan blocks? Bring them to Patricia Loquet. She’ll be turning them into packs to be distributed to make into beautiful Comfort Quilts. Lecture - Unlock Your Creative Potential Clara Nartey, a self-taught artist, was born in Accra, Ghana and came to the U.S. for her master’s degree. She then developed her unique artistic style which meshes mark-making [...]
** WAITLIST ONLY ** ZOOM WORKSHOP Unmarked - Contemporary Quilting with your Walking Foot. Marge Tucker - margetuckerquilts.com/about 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, [...]
Members Only - Free Zoom Pop-up - zoom link will be sent to guild members a few days beforehand. MEG MOOAR Saturday, 30 September 2024 11:00 am to 12:30 pm DYEING FABRICS USING NATURE’S BOUNTY Dyeing fabrics from natural resources is an ancient practice.Recipes for extracting color from plant materials was once proprietary, handed down from generation to generation and kept under lock and key. Now, with the the [...]
Comfort Quilts Display and Raffle Admire our summer project display of quilts 'Same Jelly Roll, Different Quilt' and buy a ticket to win your choice! Orphan Block Packs Got orphan blocks? Bring them to Patricia Loquet. She'll be turning them into packs to be distributed to make into beautiful Comfort Quilts. Lecture - Keep it Simple, but Pack a Punch. Rachel [...]
Landscape Quilts: Nature & Architecture Thursday, 19 October 2023 9:00 am to 3:30 pm EDT Members $50 / Non-Members $70 Live, in-person at the Millwood Firehouse on 100 Millwood Road in Millwood, NY 10546. RACHEL DERSTINE - I am an art quilter living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My works have been featured in invitational and juried gallery shows and fine art/craft [...]
Jody Sullivan has arranged for our guild’s quilt retreat at Mariandale Retreat Center, Ossining, NY from October 30-November 1 (Monday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon ). The cost is $250 per person which includes two overnights, six meals and lots of sewing time! There is also the possibility of being a “day commuter” for $65 a day which gives breakfast and lunch. A [...]
- 20204 Raffle Ticket packs available Lecture - Anatomy of an Improv Quilt Have you ever wondered how to create an Improv Quilt without a pattern? Where do you start? How do you know when it’s finished? Author and a ward winning artist Cindy Grisdela will share her tips and tricks in this entertaining lecture about the process for working improvisationally [...]
WORKSHOP IS FULL, contact programs@northernstarquitlers.com to be added to a waitlist. Workshop – Fabulous Free Hand Curves Cut large scale curves freehand without templates or patterns. Add dots, skinny lines, wonky triangles and more to give each curve its own personality, then combine them into a fun original design. We’ll talk about color and design to create the composition as [...]
NOTE - This is the SECOND not the third Wednesday. - Holiday Cookie Swap - Bring one dozen cookies to share at the meeting and a container to take home some extras. Email your recipe (if you’d like to share it) to hospitality@northernstarquilters.com. We will be include it in an eBook cookie recipe collection to be shared with members in our [...]
Lecture - How Would I Quilt This Teri Lucas - Teri is the Chief Creative person at TerifiCreations, and the author of Color, Thread & Free-Motion Quilting Learn to Stitch with Reckless Abandon. I’m an accidental free motion quilter, staring after working on a hand quilting project for several years, and just wanting that quilt done. I offer [...]
TERI LUCAS - Free-Motion Quilting: Choose Your Own Adventure (Zoom) Saturday, 20 January 2024 9:00 am to 3:30 pm (Zoom) $50 members / $70 non-members Do you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? They were such fun and, like our quilting, endlessly unique. In this workshop you get to choose your free-motion quilting adventure. Choose the well-traveled [...]
Super Saturday Classes $25 (Deli Lunch Included) A wonderful opportunity to sit and sew and mingle with fellow members in a smaller sociable setting. Any class specific questions, contact the teacher. Any general questions or possible guest attendee options, contact supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com Signup online and pay by credit card – click HERE – OR – Signup and pay by check (payable [...]
Lecture - Ann Johnston - Focus on Quilts Artist Statement - The impetus for my work is the world around me—its shapes, patterns, colors and textures. I work toward a goal in each quilt I make, having a particular concept in mind that is sometimes specific, sometimes very broad. I use many different construction techniques, traditional and contemporary–determined by [...]
Challenge Dropoff Remember to bring your black and white Challenge masterpiece and give it to Constanze Toplansky for our April display. Lecture - My Creative Journey Daisy has been quilting for over 30 years, making her first stitch in 1992. It all started when she and her mother signed up for an afternoon “Introduction to Quilting” class. Daisy never expected to [...]
Jody Sullivan has arranged for our guild’s quilt retreat at Mariandale Retreat Center, Ossining, NY. The cost is $250 per person which includes two overnights, six meals and lots of sewing time! There is also the possibility of being a “day commuter” for $65 a day which gives breakfast and lunch. A minimum of ten people for the two nights is required [...]
- Display and Voting on Black and White Challenge - Lecture - Cristina Arcenegui Bono, Creativity: Artificial Intelligence for Quilters
CRISTINA ARCENEGUI BONO - Pictorial Whole Cloth Thursday, 18 April 2024 9 am to 3:30 pm EDT In-person, location: Millwood Fire Co#1, 100 Millwood Road, Millwood, NY 10546 Members $50 / Non-Members $70 We will make a small pictorial whole cloth quilt based on a vintage illustration. You will learn where to look for public domain illustrations and what [...]