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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stay Tuned for More Info!
Winner's Choice - Comfort Quilts Display and Raffle Admire our summer project display of CQ quilts and buy (many) tickets ($5 each) to win the quilt of your choice while supporting Comfort Quilts. Super Saturday Signups Starting - signup at the meeting or online. Stacey Murren – Lecture The Poetry of the Needle: An Applique Journey 10/21/26 Stacey brings [...]
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 [...]
Holiday Boutique – Handmade Items for Sale by Members By popular demand, our member-to-member boutique will return at the December 10th guild meeting. Items handmade by members may be sold at this event. There will be a charge of $10 per half table. If you are interested in vending at the Boutique, please email me with the type of item [...]
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! November 19th OR 20th, 2026 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Millwood Fire House $72.00 + materials fee In this class, you'll upcycle an old quilt or make a new one [...]
NOTE - This Zoom meeting is THURSDAY not our usual Wednesday.
--
Challenge Quilts Due! Remember to bring yours to be collected at this meeting. 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 [...]
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 - 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 your UGLY FABRICS (quilting cottons>1/4 yd) [...]