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Affirmation Quilts & Quilt Typography

Saturday, 9 March 2024
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
Zoom link will be emailed to all members a few days before the event, no signup necessary.

Every NSQG member is invited to this free Zoom event during which we will learn about Nicole’s Affirmation Project and then explore different methods by which we can put text onto a quilt!
Review details and supply list HERE.

1.  Quilt registration is now open!  You can always find all the details on the NSQG website on how to register your quilt including which category to register under, when to drop off your quilt and more!  Remember your quilt does not need to be finished to register – just enough to send a picture and then you have until drop off on April 27 to complete. Contact Karen Carlson, registrar@northernstarquilters.com, with any questions.
Review quilt registration guidelines and register now.

2.  Volunteer sign-ups for the 2024 Quilt Show start Friday, March 1, 2024.  Details and signup link can also be found on the NSQG website.  Each member is expected to sign up for one or more shifts. Details about each volunteer job are included in the sign-up details. The show is only a success because of the volunteers!

3.  We will again have a raffle booth at the quilt show this year which so far includes 12 raffle baskets with varying themes and a Bernina 475 sewing machine donated by Lisa Alfonzetti of Pins and Needles.  Our themes include Welcome Baby, Baking, Travel to Quilt, Comfort Quilt Kit and Quilting Essentials, Pre-K Reading, Pillows by Karen Griska, Birdfy Smart Bird Feeder, Dog Lovers, Quilts and Cocktails, and Beads and Jewelry Making. The raffle basket committee would welcome any new offers of raffle baskets!  Each basket should contain new merchandise valued at least $100.  Baskets will be due by the April guild meeting.  All proceeds from the raffle booth will go to programs for our guild.  Donations of pre-owned empty baskets are welcome.   Please contact Shelley Lounsbury, Rita Romeu or Kathy Tuttle.

4.  Help Fill a Basket – Donations Needed!  Bring to guild meetings or Comfort Quilts.

• Narcita Medina is making a GLOBAL FABRICS basket and is looking for donations of ethnic fabric (1/4 yard minimum) to include in her collection.  Please label fabric with country of origin.
• Shelly Lounsbury is requesting NEW books (or like new) for ages 3-4, not board books, for the Pre-K Reading basket.   Please contact Shelly before donating to avoid duplicates.

5. I’m hoping many of you will be ‘spring cleaning’ and have lots of quilt and craft books and patterns to donate to the Quilt Show Book Sale. Questions?  Contact Patricia Loquet.

• Collections will take place at the March and April meetings.
• Donations will be accepted at Comfort Quilts as well
• We are NOT collecting magazines.
• Items must be clean, complete, in good condition, and odor free.
• Bring in boxes or sturdy reusable bags, NOT paper or plastic bags.

• Super Saturday
  Bring in your creations for Show n Tell.
• Black and White Challenge
  Due at the March meeting, please have a friend bring if you can’t make the meeting.  Contact coordinator Constanze Toplansky, constanze.toplansky@gmail.com.
• Ugly Fabric Auction
  May 15 – keep bringing in those ‘Ugly Fabrics’. You can review details on our website May Meeting page or contact our auctioneer, Linda Finegan, linfin612@gmail.com.
• Lancaster AQS trip
  Bring a check and signup!  Check the details on our website Trip event page  or contact coordinator Christine Bunke, chrisme214@aol.com.

NSQG Workshops

• April – Pictorial Whole Cloth Quilts, Christina Arcenegui Bono
• May – Dancing with the Wall, Irene Roderick

Questions? Contact Jo Thomas, programs@northernstarquilters.com

Wholecloth created in Teri Lucas Workshop by CathyJo Rogers