Our first retreat for next year is scheduled for Monday November 3 - Wednesday November 5 at the Center at Mariandale, Ossining NY. It’s a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in what you love and be surrounded by others who love the same. A two night, six meal stay costs $250. There is also an option to be a “commuter” and forgo [...]
*** Update - Late start for meeting - doors not open til 6pm, all activities start after that *** We will NOT have a Show and Tell We will NOT have a Free Table Library Services will NOT be available except to return books The November 19th Batik Sale will begin at 6:30 The December 10th Holiday Boutique will begin at [...]
BETSY HABICH - Thread Painting 101 Thursday, 20 November 2025 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Live, in-person at the Millwood Fire House $55 Kit Fee $30 (Betsy’s image) / $35 (your own image) - Kit Fee paid directly to Betsy during the workshop Intensive thread-painting gives you the freedom to make a very realistic, tapestry-like image entirely with thread, and [...]
*** Update – Late start for meeting – doors not open til 6pm, all activities start after that *** We will NOT have a Show and Tell We will NOT have a Free Table Library Services will NOT be available except to return books The December 10th Holiday Boutique will begin at 6:30 We will have our table raffle Our Speakers [...]
21 January 2026 ZOOM Christine Barnes Color! Color! Color! Luster! Luminosity! Transparency! 1) Being “good with color” is more about practice than talent! This program begins with a look at the three color characteristics common to all quilts and garments: value, temperature, and intensity. These terms sound academic, yet they, as much as color itself, are the key to making [...]
CHRISTINE BARNES - Special Effects with Color: Transparency! Luminosity! Luster! VIRTUAL via Zoom - This is a multi-day Zoom workshop of three 3 hour color study sessions $75 members Zoom 1: Thursday, 22 January 2026 Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET --- TRANSPARENCY—the illusion that one color is lying on top of another and where they cross, there [...]
Super Saturday - January 31, 2026 $30 (Coffee and Deli Lunch Included) 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 7th. Any general questions or guest attendee options, contact supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com Signup online and pay by credit card [...]
18 February 2026 ZOOM Susan Avishai Among the Garbage and the Flowers How Susan came to fibre art, specifically using cast-off clothing, reuse and creativity. Techniques for creating sculpture from deconstructed, discarded clothing to evoke awareness of the exploitative nature of garment manufacture and the paradoxically enormous problem of textile waste. BIO Susan Avishai creates sculpture from [...]
Challenge Quilts Due! Remember to bring yours to be collected at this meeting. 18 March 2026 GYLEEN FITZGERALD Make Mine with Scraps Focus on traditional utility quilts. Use up, cut up or recycle what you have on hand to make stunning quilts. Learn to harmonize exchange and friendship blocks or clear your clutter with strips and squares. BIO Gyleen Fitzgerald [...]
GYLEEN X. FITZGERALD - Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilts PLUS Fabulous Finishes: Boarders, Binding/Facings, & Sleeve 19 March 2026 9 am to 3:30 pm Live, in-person at the Millwood Fire House $ 55 Okay isn't it time to clear the clutter in your life? Oops, too much? What about using up all those bits and pieces stuff in nooks, [...]
The Spring retreat will be Friday 3/20/26-Sunday 3/22/26. 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. Contact Jody Sullivan [...]
Challenge Quilts displayed and voted on! 15 April 2026 ELLEN BLALOCK Art, Artists and Activism: Quilts This lecture gives a brief history of artists that use the quilt medium to produce art quilts that address social, political and current affairs in their community and the world. I discuss the story development of several quilts I produced from two or more [...]
GIUSEPPE RIBAUDO (aka Giucy Giuce) -Keynote speaker at World of Quilts 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 meets mystery quilt. Need I say more?! Join Giucy Giuce as he demonstrates his improv sewing to his foundation [...]
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 [...]
Annual Meeting - Voting for next season's Board along with any By-law changes. Drawing for our Charity Raffle Quilt. Ugly Fabric Auction - Bring your $$$ and go home with some great fabric! One quilter's trash is another one's treasure! NO Show N Tell, NO Free Table, and NO Raffle Table at this meeting due to time constraints. Please start gathering [...]
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 with [...]