Northern Star Quilters' Guild

Quilt PickUp
2025-05-04 16:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Purchase College, Gymnasium, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY, United States
DON’T FORGET YOUR QUILT CLAIM CARD!
QUILT PICK-UP Procedure:
For the safety and protection of all quilts, you must present your signed Quilt Claim Card before your quilt will be returned to you. If someone else is picking up your quilt, you must sign your Quilt Claim Card and that person must hand it in.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COLLECT YOUR OWN QUILTS!
DO NOT LEAVE WITHOUT HANDING IN YOUR CLAIM CARD(s)!
While every effort will be made to start the pick-up process as early as possible, we can only guarantee that quilt distribution will begin at 5:00pm. Please check in at 4:30pm on Sunday to receive a pick-up number. Quilt return will end at 6:00pm. Any quilts not picked up by then will be held by the Quilt Return Coordinator until the owner contacts them and makes arrangements for its return.
STEP 1. Check in at the cafe across from the gym –
— a) Receive a group number.
— b) Verify your identity and show your quilt claim card(s). If you do not have your quilt claim card(s), you need to obtain a replacement.
— c) Wait for your group number to be called.
STEP 2. When your group number is called, proceed to the gym –
— a) Proceed to the Quilt Pickup Table and turn in your number.
— b) Hand your claim card(s) to the next available helper.
— c) Step aside while the helper collects your quilt(s)
STEP 3.
— d) Verify you are receiving the the correct quilts
— e) Sign and turn in your claim card(s) and receive your quilts
STEP 4. Pick up your judges comments, quilt display card(s) and any ribbons at the nearby table.

Our Next Show is on Hiatus - Stay Tuned
2025-05-03 10:00 - 2025-05-04 16:00 | Purchase College, Gymnasium, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY, United States
Quilt Show Catalog – 2025Winners List – 2025Our 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, raffles, quilts for sale, and vendors selling fabric, quilting related items, and sewing machines.
Speaker2025 Invitational - Marge Tucker
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More about Marge...
Marge Tucker is an international award-winning quilt artist and quilting instructor. Learning how to sew clothes from her mother, the first quilt she made was for friends expecting their first child over thirty years ago. “At that time, I didn’t know that quilting would become my passion and now my profession. I feel so fortunate to be able to share and continue the tradition of quilting with my students.”
“I started with traditional pieced quilts but am now focused on abstract improvisational design in my work. My work is about color and small compositions. Each block in a quilt is made as its own element, independent of the other blocks. After all of the blocks are constructed, my goal is to arrange the small compositions to play off each other and work together to create a larger whole. What keeps me engaged is watching how the project changes and transforms with the addition of each color and texture. The resulting quilts are contemporary works, set in this time and place, which reference the rich tradition of quilt making.

This exhibit showcases a portion of my contemporary improvisational quilts, from an earlier improv quilt (Urban Cabins) to some recent finishes (Solstice and Bright Boxed Diamonds) as well as quilts that were inspired by antique quilts in my collection. My process when creating quilts is to start with an idea and some colors and see where I am led. I often do not have a definitive idea of what the finished quilt will be, for me this allows experimentation and the ability to add or subtract elements as I form the composition. I quilt all of my quilts myself. Once the top is completed I then quilt on a domestic machine (Bernina) with my walking foot or I use the BabyLock Sashiko machine for a hand quilted look.I started collecting quilts around 2006. I have always loved going to antique shows and stores and, with quilting as a passion, I started to look for quilts as I browsed. When I started working improvisationally in my quilting I looked for older quilts made in an improvisational manner, where the quilt maker wasn’t using a recognizable quilt block or else was taking creative license with a commonly known quilt block. As my collection grew, I became so inspired by some of these antique and vintage quilts that I began to recreate and reimagine them. Shown in this exhibit are an antique Crazy Quilt top that inspired Redux 117. Other quilts in this exhibit that were inspired by an antique/vintage quilt or top are Bright Boxed Diamonds, Solstice and Burst. When making my version of an older quilt, my goal was not to exactly duplicate it but rather to capture its spirit, essence, or defining design element, or else to reimagine it in a different colorway.
Marge teaches throughout the United States and also from her studio in Rockland, MA. She lives in Norwell, MA and Phoenix, AZ.You can read more on Marge’s website: margetuckerquilts.com.

Lectures Demos

Saturday – 1 pm –
Saturday – 3 pm –
Sunday – 1 pm –

'Take a Chance'
Bernette b08 Sewing Machine (donated by Pins&Needles)

Sewing Machine and Basket Raffles
Vendors
Vendor List
Quilts for Sale

Created by NSQG members
Fundraising Quilt
Support 2025’s fundraiser for Camp Herrlich.
Request tickets now!
Book Sale

Quilt and craft books (gently used) at bargain prices

Show Pins
A limited supply of 2025 lapel pins for sale, based on our spectacular fundraising quilt
Challenge Display

Upcycled Ties and Scarves
AQS Guild Challenge Winners

Special Interest Groups
Quilt displays on various themes by NSQG’s talented SIG members.
Fiber Art NorthEast and Connected by Threads
Campus and Area Restaurants

Campus Parking Map
Read about our Show History
See some Past Show Pics

Quilt DropOff
2025-04-26 12:00 - 15:00 | North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Road, North Salem, NY, United States
QUILT DROP-OFF Requirements:
Quilts will be inspected at Quilt Drop-Off and will not be accepted if they do not meet these requirements.

NO Quilts Will Be Accepted After Drop-Off Day
NO EXCEPTIONS!
Please Plan Accordingly
– If you will not be able to submit your quilt after all, please let us know as soon as possible to help our display process run smoothly.
– If your exact (to the inch) quilt measurements have changed since registration, please let us know as soon as possible to help our display process run smoothly.
– If you did not send a picture of the complete top with your registration, please do so as soon as possible to help our display process run smoothly.
– A week or so prior to Drop-off, you will be sent relevant drop-off information and your quilt number label(s) to sew on your quilt(s)
– Before coming to Drop-off, the quilt number label must be sewn on the lower right hand corner (as viewed from the back), a hanging sleeve sewn on, and any other personal identification temporarily covered with a sewn on patch (no tape or pins). All quilts must have a temporary name and address label which can be covered by the quilt number label.
– All quilts MUST be able to be folded while with NSQG, except for very small ones. If any quilt is determined at Drop-off to exceed our handling capabilities, special arrangements may need to be made in order to accept the quilt.
– Quilts must be clean and in excellent show-ready condition. Pet hair, smoke, or strong odors that might be transferred to someone else’s quilt will disqualify an entry.
– A Quilt Claim Card, required to reclaim your quilt, will be given to you when your quilt is accepted. Do not lose it!

– If you are not able to bring your quilt to the scheduled Drop-off, please make arrangements with another guild member to do it for you or contact the Drop-off Coordinator beforehand!

First Day of Quilt Registration
2025-02-14 | NY
2025 – Quilt Registration
February 14 – April 1
possibly ends earlier if space filled
www.northernstarquilters.com/quilt-show/quilt-registration

Workshop-Hidden Hand Applique
2024-11-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Millwood Fire Co#1, 100 Millwood Rd, Millwood, NY, 10546, United States
SIGN-UP: To check availability or with any questions, email programs@northernstarquilters.com

Be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member.
Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, as listed in the event description.
All sign-ups are subject to availability; NO refunds unless the event is cancelled.
Supply lists, if not already on the website, will be emailed shortly before the workshop
Zoom link, if applicable, will be emailed to participants a few days before the workshop.

Pay by credit card: click HERE.
Pay by check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):
– EMAIL programs@northernstarquilters.com with your selection;
– NOTE on your check the workshop you want;
– MAIL your check to: Betty Moulton, 404 Tamarack Lane, Brewster, NY 10509

DAVID TAYLOR
Hidden Hand Applique
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1 pm to 4 pm
$30 members
Plus a $10 kit fee paid directly to David
Live, in-person at the Millwood Firehouse on 100 Millwood Road in Millwood, NY 10546
Learn David’s technique for applique, resulting in stitches that are hidden from view. In this hands-on workshop and working on a simple project, you will discover the intricate hand-stitching method and attention to detail that has set David’s work apart and learn how to achieve the same level of precision and beauty in your own creations. Topics of the day include working with freezer paper templates, perfecting pre-turned edges, solving the dreaded “shadowing” effect of light fabrics (a game-changer with Jo Thomas), choosing the proper needle and thread for your project, plus much more.
Kit includes all pre-washed fabrics, including background custom print fabric, full-color instructions, freezer paper templates, tracing paper for placement guide, needle and thread.
Student Supplies Needed:

Paper scissors and fabric scissors
small travel iron and ironing surface
Applique pins
Pencil or mechanical pencil
Finger stiletto – (trolley needle, optional, but very useful)
extension cord

*FILLED* Workshop-Dancing with the Wall-Session#2 (2 days)
2024-05-08 09:00 - 2024-05-09 18:00 | Millwood Fire Co#1, 100 Millwood Rd, Millwood, NY, 10546, United States
SIGN-UP: To check availability or with any questions, email programs@northernstarquilters.com

Be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member.
Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, as listed in the event description.
All sign-ups are subject to availability; NO refunds unless the event is cancelled.
Supply lists, if not already on the website, will be emailed shortly before the workshop
Zoom link, if applicable, will be emailed to participants a few days before the workshop.

Pay by credit card: click HERE.
Pay by check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):
– EMAIL programs@northernstarquilters.com with your selection;
– NOTE on your check the workshop you want;
– MAIL your check to: Betty Moulton, 404 Tamarack Lane, Brewster, NY 10509

Workshop Filled – Waitlist Only
IRENE RODERICK

Dancing with the Wall: Improv Irene-Style Quick-Step
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, May 8-9, 2024
9:00 am to 6:00 pm each day with an hour for lunch
Members $150
Live, in-person, 2 days at the Millwood Firehouse on 100 Millwood Road in Millwood, NY 10546
Come spend two days with Irene and learn how to let your sub-conscience and creativity drive you to make a unique expression of your individual aesthetic and process. Using only two contrasting colors, you will learn how to construct the individual components used to make an improv Irene-style quilt. You will discover how fun it is to make many types of stripes, triangles, squares and curves in new and original ways. Expect to leave with a piece in progress as well as all the techniques to pursue this approach to improv quilting.
About two weeks before the workshop Irene will send copies of her handouts and links to two of her videos–one on components and one on skinny lines.
Please sign up promptly. If there is enough interest and registration and this workshop closes out early, a second class can be arranged with Irene.

To learn more about Irene Roderick, visit her website: Irene Roderick

You can purchase her book at your local quilt or book store, or order on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Supply list will be emailed to participants.

About Irene

My artwork is currently grounded in the textile arts, focused on quilt making and fabric dyeing. I am trained as a painter and I have always been interested in pattern and color and how these elements can evoke emotional and political responses. A few years ago, I encountered modern quilting and loved the idea of making a “utilitarian painting.” I learned to quilt and accidentally discovered improvisational quilting, an intuitive, spontaneous process I call “dancing with the wall.” The technique opened up a new-found creativity for me. This work is entirely intuitive and visceral.
I begin by placing a scrap of fabric in the center of my design wall and then grow the quilt one element at a time, responding to each “step” until it feels balanced, interesting and joyful. When I begin, I do not know what is going to happen but create through trial and error, literally dancing between the wall, the cutting mat, the sewing machine and the iron. Through this act of making, I have learned to embrace the joy of creative intuition, spontaneous expression, and a blind trust in process.
