Register Your Quilt!

  NSQG members are guaranteed priority for two quilts (up to 4 allowed) thru February 15.  After that acceptance is on a first come basis.  Non-members may register one quilt after February 15th.
Approximately 175 quilts will be accepted for our May show, as space permits, with a maximum of 15 large quilts

Remember your quilt does not need to be finished in order to register it.

Register the quilts you can as soon as possible, you can always register more later. This helps manage the workload of the Registrar.

Before registering, please review:

BE SURE YOUR INFORMATION IS CORRECT!
The information from your registration form – as you typed it – will appear in the show catalog and your quilt display card.
PLEASE PROOFREAD!  Double check for errors – spelling, grammar, capitalization,  punctuation, etc.

Click Here – REGISTER  NOW

Any questions, contact Marie Sugar, registrar@northernstarquilters.com

Remember to Buy Your Charity Raffle Tickets!

Blue Lightning to benefit Sparrow’s Nest

Booklets are priced at $5 each. Ticket stubs and a check (payable to Northern Star Quilters Guild) can be mailed back to me, Dee Plouffe  280A Heritage Hills, Somers NY, 10589.

You can also purchase your tickets online using your credit card. The link is nsqg.formstack.com/forms/nsqg_charity_raffle.  It’s quick and easy and I will gladly fill out the stubs for you.

Dee Plouffe, charitable@nothernstarquilters.com

Save the Dates!

  • Quilt Drop-Off – Saturday, April 29th

  • Quilt Judging – Tuesday, May 2nd

  • Quilt Show Set-Up – Friday, May 5th

  • Quilt Show – Sat, May 6th and Sun, May 7th

Storage Space Needed for Quilt Show Equipment!

The quilt show committee is desperately seeking about 200 square feet of donated (free) storage space for the quilt hanging pipes, drapes, ladders, storage tubs, and other items essential to holding our quilt show.  We no longer have access to a storage container and the cost of rental storage is prohibitive.

Do you have extra storage space that you can donate to the cause?
Do you know anyone or any organization or business who might have storage space to donate to store our equipment?

Please email me if you can help.
Thank you.  Rona Spar, ronaquilter@gmail.com

More Quilt Show News

  • We are looking for donations of new merchandise, as well as gift certificates to local businesses, for our ‘At the Show’ raffle.  Help make our new show event fun and exciting!
    Contact nsqgworldofquilts@gmail.com with any questions.

  • Admission tickets will be available for online purchase at a discounted rate starting in February.  Share this information with friends and family and encourage them to purchase their tickets in advance – NSQG.formstack.com/forms/showtickets

  • Quilt show volunteer signups will be starting soon, stay tuned.

  • Sell raffle tickets for “Blue Lightning”, the stunning bed-sized quilt made by guild members, with proceeds to benefit this year’s charity Sparrow’s Nest.

  • Register your quilt as soon as possible.

  • Make sure you are FOLLOWING the guild on social media,  SHARE future posts about the show, POST an event to your online community bulletin boards and FORWARD quilt show information to friends and family.
    Word of mouth advertising works, and it is FREE!

Lisa Alfozetti, nsqgworldofquilts@gmail.com

Workshop-Contemporary Quilting With Your Walking Foot - RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER

Marge Tucker’s workshop, previously set for March 11, has been rescheduled to September 23.

Marge is spending her first winter in a new home in Arizona.  She recently tried a Zoom and realized she does not have the bandwidth to zoom clearly.  Since she won’t be home until May I have chosen to reschedule for September 23, 2023.  It will still be a Saturday Zoom workshop.  I realize this date might not work for some people. Your payment can be refunded if you find you can’t take the workshop.  Marge sends her apologies for the delay.  Sometimes things are out of our control. Marge is definitely worth waiting for.
Contact me with any questions, Kathy Tuttle, kathytuttle9@gmail.com

Workshop-Investigating Color with Paper and Glue

Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT – $65

David Hornung – www.davidhornung.com
In-person Workshop

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 painting. Participants will use colored paper to experiment with color placement.

Workshop Payment

  • To signup and pay via credit card: click here.
  • To signup and pay by check:  first EMAIL  kathytuttle9@gmail.com with your workshop choice and then mail your check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):  Kathy Tuttle, 9 Coventry Circle, Mahopac, NY  10541.
– All workshop sign-ups are subject to availability, no refunds unless workshop is cancelled or already filled.
– Please be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member for a workshop.
– Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, usually $20.
Class confirmation and supply list will be emailed when payment is received.
To check on availability or with any questions, email Kathy Tuttle,  kathytuttle9@gmail.com.

Signup for Super Saturday

February 18th – 9:00am – 3:00pm  (signup by February 10th)

The fee is $25.00, payable at signup.
(non-refundable unless the event is cancelled or your class selection is already full)

A few classes are still open. You can review the classes and availability on our website – Super Saturday event page – and double-check with Linda Stern for available slots.

Signup by emailing supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com with your class request and to get check payment instructions
– OR –
Signup online and pay by credit card – click HERE.

Linda Stern and Annette Nash Govan, supersaturday@northernstarquilters.com

Projected Comfort Quilts Dates

Help make quilts for charities

– February 1 & 15
– March 1 & 15
– April  5 & 19
– May 10 & 24  (2nd & 4th Wednesdays)
– June 7

We meet at North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 14 Daniel Rd. North Salem, from 10am to 2pm.
Bring lunch or a snack if you’d like a food break at your seat.
Last minute cancellations do happen, if in doubt or coming for the first time, please check.
All members are welcome.

Contact Karen Carlson or Carol Auer for further information.

Membership

Hi everyone!

Now that the holidays are behind us, I hope you’re finding more time to quilt!

It was nice to see so many new and familiar faces on Zoom last week!  Please welcome new members who have joined the guild over the past month. They are Lefa Alksne of Croton-on-Hudson,  Barbara Danzi of New York City and Fumiko Kano of Yorktown Heights.

The updated online version of the 2022-2023 Membership Directory will be emailed to you within the next few weeks.  Please let us know as soon as possible if any of your information needs to be updated.  This is also a great time to email us your photo for the latest edition of the directory!

See you later this month for the second Zoom meeting of the year,

Joanne Visovsky and Carol Sterk, membership@northernstarquilters.com

The Improv group trip to the Rockefeller Brothers’ Cultural Arts Center in Pocantico Hills, displaying their Anni Albers challenge quilts based upon her work (in the background).

Member Notices:

Jody Sullivan is offering to connect any interested members with a collector of antique quilts who is selling several of her antique quilt tops (photos available, prices negotiable, $45-$125).  Contact Jody at jodysull@optonline.net.

Keep updated with Nancy Hantman‘s latest ‘Road To . . . ‘ , a list of quilting events and websites.

Upcoming NSQG Events

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Area Quilt Events and More

Area Guilds offering Programs

Whether you’re a new or renewing member, check out our Buddy Program if you would like to be a ‘buddy’ or have a ‘buddy’ to show you the ropes around the guild’.  Be sure to pick up your name badge or make your own NSQG fabric name badge, pattern HERE.

If you know any member of the guild who is in need of a little ‘sunshine’ for illness, sympathy, or any other reason, please contact secretary@northernstarquilters.com so the guild can send a card.

Requests on how to make a donation to the guild to honor a member or support an activity are occasionally received. Such requests may now be accomplished via our website, where we have set up a Donate box on our home page, click on Make a Donation.

Guild bylaws and policies are available to members on our website or by request to the secretary@northernstarquilters.com.
Guild financial reports are available to members by annual email or by request to the treasurer@northernstarquilters.com.

Send Guild newsletter updates and photos as well as info on local quilt activities and shows to news@northernstarquilters.com and photos for Instagram and Facebook are always welcome at social@northernstarquilters.com.

Follow and Share NSQG activities on Facebook  and Instagram   –   @northernstarquilters

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