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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260411
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SUMMARY:Bus Trip - AQS Hartford Show
DESCRIPTION:BUS TRIP TO THE AQS QUILT SHOW IN HARTFORD\, CT\nSATURDAY\, APRIL 11\, 2026\nJoin the fun as we travel to the Hartford Convention Center for a full day visit to the\nAmerican Quilters’ Society Quilt Week – New England Show.\n$55 per person includes bus trip and show entry fee.\nNon-members can register starting January 28th at $55 per person\n(non-member surcharge NOT required) \nRegistration ends on February 25th or when all seats are filled. \nNO REFUNDS unless the trip is cancelled. \nTrip Organizer – Rona Spar\, activities@northernstarquilters.com \n\nRequired Trip Information: Every registrant must supply the following to Rona –\n\nYour Pickup/Droppoff Point:  Mt. Kisco or Brewster\nYour Cell phone number: How you can be contacted during the day of the trip\nYour Email address\n\nBus Pickup/Dropoff Points:\n— 7:30 AM:  Board the bus at the Mount Kisco Park and Ride on route 172 at 684 exit 4.\nOR\n— 8:30 AM:  Board the bus at the Brewster Park and Ride on route 312 off route 84 at exit 65 (eastbound or westbound.) \nShow Arrival:\n— Arrive at the Convention Center about 10:15.  Enjoy a day at the show.  There are numerous restaurants in the area for lunch as well as food concessions inside the Convention Center. \nShow Departure:\n— Depart the Convention Center at 4:00 PM.\n— Arrive at Brewster at 5:30.\n— Arrive at Mt. Kisco at 6:15 \nPayment:\n— Pay by credit card (preferred) – Click HERE  or go to nsqg.formstack.com/forms/nsqg_creditcard_payment_signup.\nBe sure to specify the required trip information on the payment form.\nOR\n— Send check made out to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild to: Rona Spar\, 100 Woodcrest Lane #126\, Mount Kisco\, NY 10549\nand email ronaquilter@gmail.com  with the required trip information. \n\n 
URL:https://www.northernstarquilters.com/event/guild-trip/
CATEGORIES:Member Activities
ORGANIZER;CN="Member Activities Liaison":MAILTO:Activities@northernstarquilters.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T180000
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SUMMARY:Meeting+Challenge - Ellen Blalock
DESCRIPTION:Business meeting generally starts at 6pm\, arrive earlier for sign-in\, refreshments and socializing\, with any lecture generally at 7pm.\nGuests are always welcome\, there is a guest fee\, $10\, which can be credited toward membership – click HERE for more information. \nOur Hospitality team provides coffee and tea along with a few cookies at in-person meetings.\nPlease bring your own mug or water bottle.\nMember contributions of home-baked treats or other simple snacks are requested! \n\n\nChallenge Quilts displayed and voted on!\n\n \n15 April 2026 \nELLEN BLALOCK \nArt\, Artists and Activism: Quilts \nThis 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 quilt series that address violence\, racism\, identity\, trauma and mental illness. The narrative of these quilts show connections to my life as a journalist and documentarian. For quilt groups I cover my journey to adapt quilting techniques to my work. I pick several quilts and explain construction and problem solving with a theme. \nBIO I am an artist with a mission. I believe my job is to be a conduit to listen and tell the stories of people that need to be heard and represented; the ones whose lives and experiences have been marginalized. I am particularly interested in the African American experience in the United States. Through my art I have dealt with issues around African American teen fathers\, slavery\, female identity and power\, LGBTQ families\, “Deaf” children\, mental illness and trauma\, and the ancestors. My job is to listen\, to record\, to make available the voices and stories of what is missing. The Fathers’ Project\, Beyond Boundaries in Ghana\, The Quilt Project\, Know Me\, the WHOLE Me and CAGE have all grown out of  my need to help give voices to people and communities that need their stories told. I work in many media. The main ones are photography\, video\, drawing\, and fiber. Some of my projects have been collaborations with other artists for performance art and installation pieces. I have taught courses in art\, art history and photography at several colleges and universities. My signature studio course is The Visual Narrative. I have a BFA from Tyler College of Art\, Temple University and a MFA from Syracuse University. I am originally from Philadelphia\, PA and live in Syracuse\, NY. \nClick here to learn more about Ellen Blalock
URL:https://www.northernstarquilters.com/event/lecture-7/
LOCATION:Fox Lane High School\, 632 South Bedford Road\, Bedford\, NY\, 10506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guild Meeting,Lectures,Member Activities
ORGANIZER;CN="President":MAILTO:President@northernstarquilters.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T170000
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SUMMARY:Spring Saturday Sit & Sew
DESCRIPTION:Saturday Sit & Sew – April 25 – 9am – 5pm\nCome join the fun and sew with your fellow guild members at our\nSaturday Sit & Sew.\n\nBring your own project\, your machine and your sewing tools.\nIroning station\, cutting station and extension cords will be provided.\nBring lunch and snacks as desired.\nThere will be a few Comfort Quilt kits available if you need a project\n\nPre-registration required – Cash payment at the door\nEmail Joanne Visovsky to signup.\nAll Day (9-5:00):  $5\nAM ( 9-1:00) – $3.00\nPM( 1-5:00)-  $3.00\nNorth Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corp\, 14 Daniel Road\, North Salem\, NY (Exit 8 on Route I-684).  Wheelchair ramp is on the side of the building.  Parking lot is small\, so drop your things off\, then park along the road. \nTo sign up for AM\, PM or All Day:  email\, call or text Joanne Visovsky at jvisovsky@gmail.com or 914-548-2310.
URL:https://www.northernstarquilters.com/event/spring-saturday-sit-sew/
LOCATION:North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps\, 14 Daniel Road\, North Salem\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Activities
ORGANIZER;CN="Member Activities Liaison":MAILTO:Activities@northernstarquilters.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T090000
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SUMMARY:Workshop-Controlled Chaos
DESCRIPTION:SIGN-UP:  To check availability or with any questions\, email  programs@northernstarquilters.com \n\nBe sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member.\nNon-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee\, as listed in the event description.\nAll sign-ups are subject to availability; NO refunds unless the event is cancelled.\nSupply lists\, if not already on the website\, will be emailed shortly before the workshop\nZoom link\, if applicable\, will be emailed to participants a few days before the workshop.\n\nPay by credit card: click HERE.\nPay by check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):\n– EMAIL  programs@northernstarquilters.com with your selection;\n– NOTE on your check the workshop you want;\n– MAIL your check to: Betty Moulton\, 404 Tamarack Lane\, Brewster\, NY  10509 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGIUSEPPE RIBAUDO (aka Giucy Giuce)  \nControlled Chaos \nTuesday\, 5 May 2026\n9:00 am to 4:00 pm with an hour break for lunch\nLive\, in-person at the Millwood Fire House\n$75 members \n\nImprov 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 this BRAND NEW workshop\, Controlled Chaos: An FPPers Approach to improv! \nWe’ll draw improvisational elements at random from a bag. You will then learn to draft your own improv-inspired FPP designs based on the mystery element. The motifs will be the same but everyone’s pieces will be uniquely their own! This workshop will be a lively one! We’ll set a timer to work on each element so we can pull enough designs to make a unique project. We’ll cover all sorts of looks and styles. Triangles\, flying geese\, stripes\, wonky shapes. \nIn this workshop we will be making a medallion quilt designed especially for Quilting Mayhem. Not only will we be learning this exciting approach to improv sewing\, we will also dive heavily into color and talk about Giuseppe’s favorite tool for choosing fabric: VALUE! Whether you’re an FPPer who loves the look of improv but longs for the structure of paper piecing or you’re an improv sewist looking for a new way to approach your work\, this workshop truly has something for everyone. Bring an adventurous spirit to what is sure to be an exciting workshop you won’t want to miss! \nCONTROLLED CHAOS SUPPLY LIST  \n\n4-5 yards background fabric for medallion version or 3 – 4 yards for Staggered layout\nFQs or large scraps\n1 Roll of 3″x128′ rolls of receipt paper;\n*** these are the ones I use www.staples.com/Staples-Adding-Machine-Register-and-Calculator-Rolls-1-Ply-3-x-128-10-Pack/product_197004\nRotary Cutter\nSewing Machine\nThread (I recommend Decobob by WonderFil)\, I have thread sets available for purchase)\nRulers (12″ Add a Quarter PLUS ruler suggested)\nCutting mat\nSeam ripper\nSeam roller/seam presser\nTransparent tape\nPencils\n\n*** Controlled Chaos mentions two types of background fabrics you can choose from – to help aid your choice\, pictures are coming soon. Also\, the Staples link features 10 rolls of receipt paper. The supply list mentions only needing one per person\, so you may want to get together to share before everyone purchases them…. \n\nBIO I grew up in Long Island\, NY. First generation Sicilian-American on my dad’s side and second on my mom’s\, my family lived on the bottom floor of my maternal grandparents’ house. My parents were restaurant owners and as such spent much of their time working\, so my sister and I were often upstairs with my grandparents.\nMy grandmother is a remarkably talented and prolific seamstress. She taught me to sew in the Sicilian fashion\, which is to say she would show me how to do something and I would have approximately 10 seconds to demonstrate that I had learned it perfectly before she’d abruptly pick me up and sew the seam herself. I never much cared for the finicky elements of garment making\, so sewing took a backseat for a while. It wasn’t until I was in college that I discovered quilting. I began with sewing improvisational  quilts before moving into modern traditional territory. I joined Instagram shortly thereafter and quickly found myself making long distance friends in the ever-growing quilting community via social media.\nAfter bouncing around the country for about a decade\, I decided to move back to New York to pursue  a career in textiles. Within a few months of being in NYC I was offered a marketing position at Andover Fabrics and was promoted to multimedia manager a year later. In 2018\, I refocused my energy to fabric  design and released my first collection Quantum. In 2021 I released my tenth collection called Nonna\, an homage to my beloved grandmother and her home where I learned to sew. My most recent release\, Sleuth\, is the third and final collection in a true crime series I have dubbed The Gnarls Hollow Trilogy.\nClick here to learn more about Giucy Giuce \n\n 
URL:https://www.northernstarquilters.com/event/workshop-show/
LOCATION:Millwood Fire Co#1\, 100 Millwood Rd\, Millwood\, NY\, 10546\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Programs VP":MAILTO:Programs@northernstarquilters.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T014819
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SUMMARY:Workshop-Modular Foundation Paper Piecing (RE)
DESCRIPTION:SIGN-UP:  To check availability or with any questions\, email  programs@northernstarquilters.com \n\nBe sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member.\nNon-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee\, as listed in the event description.\nAll sign-ups are subject to availability; NO refunds unless the event is cancelled.\nSupply lists\, if not already on the website\, will be emailed shortly before the workshop\nZoom link\, if applicable\, will be emailed to participants a few days before the workshop.\n\nPay by credit card: click HERE.\nPay by check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):\n– EMAIL  programs@northernstarquilters.com with your selection;\n– NOTE on your check the workshop you want;\n– MAIL your check to: Betty Moulton\, 404 Tamarack Lane\, Brewster\, NY  10509 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGIUSEPPE RIBAUDO (aka Giucy Giuce) – Keynote speaker at World of Quilts \nRE – Modular Foundation Paper Piecing \nWednesday\, 6 May 2026\n9:00 am to 4:00 pm with an hour break for lunch\nLive\, in-person at the Millwood Fire House\n$75 members \n\nStudents will learn modular foundation paper piecing with RE Quilt\, a uniquely customizable pattern \nPATTERN FEE: $10/student for PDF of templates + printouts for class \nWe’ll cover all sorts of looks and styles. Triangles\, flying geese\, stripes\, wonky shapes. Not only will we be learning this exciting approach to improv sewing\, but we will also dive heavily into color and talk about Giuseppe’s favorite tool for choosing fabric: VALUE! Whether you’re an FPP’er who loves the look of improv but long for the structure of paper piecing\, or you’re an improv sewist looking for a new way to approach your work\, this workshop truly has something for everyone. Bring an adventurous spirit to what is sure to be an exciting workshop you won’t want to miss! \n\nRE DESCRIPTION: Join us for this workshop featuring Giucy Giuce’s pattern RE. Currently the pattern is only available through the workshop. Re is a modular pattern in which the sewist decides what size blades (from 3 choices) they would like to use and also the frequency in which the blades appear. Meaning you can choose to eliminate some blades entirely. Make the blades the same size\, make them all different\, leave spaces. This creates countless variations! Giucy Giuce will share his tips and tricks for best practices when foundation paper piecing and sewing curves. Don’t miss the chance to be the first to take this new workshop!\n \n\nRE SUPPLY LIST:  Note – Supplies listed are to make ONE Re block.\nPattern Cost – $10/student \n\n\n4 copies of Re blade templates (copies provided by me)\n1 copy of each background template (copies provided by me)\nBackground fabric\nLarge scraps or an assortment of F8s/FQs for the blades\nRotary Cutter\nSewing Machine\nThread (I recommend an 80 wt thread like Decobob by WonderFil\, I have my sets available for purchase)\nRulers (12″ add a quarter ruler suggested)\nCutting mat\nSeam ripper\nSeam roller (suggested)\nTransparent tape\nSet of assorted colored pens (at least 3 different colors)\nColored pencils\n\n\n\nBIO I grew up in Long Island\, NY. First generation Sicilian-American on my dad’s side and second on my mom’s\, my family lived on the bottom floor of my maternal grandparents’ house. My parents were restaurant owners and as such spent much of their time working\, so my sister and I were often upstairs with my grandparents.\nMy grandmother is a remarkably talented and prolific seamstress. She taught me to sew in the Sicilian fashion\, which is to say she would show me how to do something and I would have approximately 10 seconds to demonstrate that I had learned it perfectly before she’d abruptly pick me up and sew the seam herself. I never much cared for the finicky elements of garment making\, so sewing took a backseat for a while. It wasn’t until I was in college that I discovered quilting. I began with sewing improvisational  quilts before moving into modern traditional territory. I joined Instagram shortly thereafter and quickly found myself making long distance friends in the ever-growing quilting community via social media.\nAfter bouncing around the country for about a decade\, I decided to move back to New York to pursue  a career in textiles. Within a few months of being in NYC I was offered a marketing position at Andover Fabrics and was promoted to multimedia manager a year later. In 2018\, I refocused my energy to fabric  design and released my first collection Quantum. In 2021 I released my tenth collection called Nonna\, an homage to my beloved grandmother and her home where I learned to sew. My most recent release\, Sleuth\, is the third and final collection in a true crime series I have dubbed The Gnarls Hollow Trilogy.
URL:https://www.northernstarquilters.com/event/workshop-show-2/
LOCATION:Millwood Fire Co#1\, 100 Millwood Rd\, Millwood\, NY\, 10546\, United States
CATEGORIES:Quilt Show,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Programs VP":MAILTO:Programs@northernstarquilters.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T203000
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting+Ugly Fabric Auction
DESCRIPTION:Annual Meeting – Voting for next season’s Board along with any By-law changes.\nDrawing for our Charity Raffle Quilt.\n\nUgly Fabric Auction – Bring your $$$ and go home with some great fabric!\nOne quilter’s trash is another one’s treasure!\nNO Show N Tell\, NO Free Table\, and NO Raffle Table at this meeting due to time constraints.\nPlease start gathering your UGLY FABRICS (quilting cottons>1/4 yd) for this fun auction.   Bring your excess fabrics to a Guild meeting or to Comfort Quilts.\nIn mid Westchester\, contact Rona Spar\, ronaquilter@gmail\, who will also arrange to accept your fabric\,\nQuestions? Contact Liz Titus\, bt97mail@gmail.com\, coordinator for the Ugly Fabric Auction.\n–\nNO DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THIS MEETING. \n\n\nBusiness meeting generally starts at 6pm\, arrive earlier for sign-in\, refreshments and socializing\, with any lecture generally at 7pm.\nGuests are always welcome\, there is a guest fee\, $10\, which can be credited toward membership – click HERE for more information. \nOur Hospitality team provides coffee and tea along with a few cookies at in-person meetings.\nPlease bring your own mug or water bottle.\nMember contributions of home-baked treats or other simple snacks are requested!
URL:https://www.northernstarquilters.com/event/guild-2/
LOCATION:Fox Lane High School\, 632 South Bedford Road\, Bedford\, NY\, 10506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guild Meeting,Member Activities
ORGANIZER;CN="President":MAILTO:President@northernstarquilters.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T193000
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SUMMARY:Meeting+Salad Supper
DESCRIPTION:– Supper Meeting – Early start\nWe 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! \nPlease bring an appetizer or entree/salad big enough to feed 6 people\, serving utensils\, and a card listing all the ingredients.\nBe sure to mark any items you want returned with your name and collect them before you leave. \nCoffee\, hot tea\, ice tea\, and lemonade will be provided\, as well as dessert. \n– Charity Quilt Raffle – Presentation of funds to chosen charity\n– Member Display –\nMembers signed up to bring favorite small projects and ideas for a table display\, instructions will be available. \n\n 
URL:https://www.northernstarquilters.com/event/salad-supper/
LOCATION:Fox Lane High School\, 632 South Bedford Road\, Bedford\, NY\, 10506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guild Meeting,Hospitality
ORGANIZER;CN="President":MAILTO:President@northernstarquilters.com
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