First Day of Quilt Registration
2025 - Quilt Registration February 14 - April 1 possibly ends earlier if space filled www.northernstarquilters.com/quilt-show/quilt-registration
2025 - Quilt Registration February 14 - April 1 possibly ends earlier if space filled www.northernstarquilters.com/quilt-show/quilt-registration
Quilt Show Catalog - 2025 Winners List - 2025 Our next show is on hiatus - stay tuned for future possibilities WORLD OF QUILTS Our show of around 300 quilts displays the many facets of the art and craft of quilting: traditional to modern to improvisational to fiber art and includes well-known speakers, special exhibits, demonstrations, [...]
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BUS TRIP TO THE AQS QUILT SHOW IN HARTFORD, CT SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026 Join the fun as we travel to the Hartford Convention Center for a full day visit to the American Quilters’ Society Quilt Week - New England Show. $55 per person includes bus trip and show entry fee. Non-members can register starting January 28th at $55 per person (non-member [...]
BUS TRIP TO THE AQS QUILT SHOW IN HARTFORD, CT SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026 Join the fun as we travel to the Hartford Convention Center for a full day visit to the American Quilters’ Society Quilt Week - New England Show. $55 per person includes bus trip and show entry fee. Non-members can register starting January 28th at $55 per person (non-member [...]
Saturday Sit & Sew – April 25 – 9am – 5pm Come join the fun and sew with your fellow guild members at our Saturday Sit & Sew. Bring your own project, your machine and your sewing tools. Ironing station, cutting station and extension cords will be provided. Bring lunch and snacks as desired. There will be a few Comfort Quilt kits [...]
GIUSEPPE RIBAUDO (aka Giucy Giuce) Controlled Chaos Tuesday, 5 May 2026 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with an hour break for lunch Live, in-person at the Millwood Fire House $75 members Improv meets foundation paper piecing (FPP) meets mystery quilt. Need I say more?! Join Giucy Giuce as he demonstrates his improv sewing to his foundation paper pieced approach in [...]
GIUSEPPE RIBAUDO (aka Giucy Giuce) - Keynote speaker at World of Quilts RE - Modular Foundation Paper Piecing Wednesday, 6 May 2026 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with an hour break for lunch Live, in-person at the Millwood Fire House $75 members Students will learn modular foundation paper piecing with RE Quilt, a uniquely customizable pattern PATTERN FEE: $10/student for [...]
- Supper Meeting - Early start We look forward to our end of the year celebration, our Salad Supper. Let’s celebrate together all that we have accomplished as a guild this year! Please bring an appetizer or entree/salad big enough to feed 6 people, serving utensils, and a card listing all the ingredients. Be sure to mark any items you want returned [...]
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 UnMarked Contemporary 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 [...]
Marge Tucker Workshop 2 - Improv 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 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 [...]
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), nominal $5 admission 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 (maximum size 90” x 90”) [...]
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 10/22/26. 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” [...]
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 [...]
Sew your own project along with other guild members. Come for all or part of the day (9am-5pm) Bring your project and tools (ironing and cutting stations provided) Bring lunch or snacks as desired. Pre-registration required - Cash payment ($5) at the door Email Joanne Visovsky to signup or for more info. jvisovsky@gmail.com or 914-548-2310.
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) - November 20th, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Millwood Fire House, Millwood, NY $72.00 + materials fee (paid directly to [...]
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 [...]
Super Saturday - January 30, 2027 A wonderful opportunity to sit and sew and learn and mingle with fellow members in a small sociable setting. (Just in case, snow date February 20th) $30 - Coffee and deli lunch included, $15 guest surcharge Any class specific questions, contact the teacher. Any general questions or guest attendee options, contact supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com [...]
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 [...]
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.
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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
See you in September!