Monthly Newsletter
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Jun, 2019
Latest News – 6/19
Meeting Snack Schedule – by Members Last Name
The June meeting brings the spectacular Salad Supper. Our meeting begins at 6 pm! This dinner provides a wonderful opportunity to socialize with guild friends and bring our formal activities to a close for the summer. Each member is requested to bring a salad (with a serving utensil) to serve 6–8 people. Please include an ingredients card to display by the dish. Plates, cutlery, drinks, and dessert will be supplied by Hospitality.
Contact hospitality@northernstarquilters.com
Join Us!
Thru the year over 300 (a new high!) Comfort Quilts have been distributed to give Comfort to those in need, thanks to the hard work of so many of our Guild members.
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$4,830.27 has been raised by Comfort Quilts this year for the Guild by means of CQ special kit sales at the quilt show, our ‘Summer Surprise’ quilt raffle in October, sales of donated items at the Holiday Boutique and elsewere, and memorial donations.
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Comfort Quilts summer meetings start June 5th at B’nai Yisrael, 2 Banksville Rd, Armonk, with meetings every Wednesday through August between 9:30 and 3:30. Arrive at your pleasure and stay as long as you like, bring your lunch to eat with us. Stop by, we will be unveiling our summer surprise project. If you cannot make the meetings, perhaps you would like to pick up a comfort quilt kit at the June Salad Supper to work on over the summer.
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Raffle Winners:
The two very happy winners of this year’s raffle are:
**’Jack’s Chain’ Charity Quilt was won by Cindy Morin from Stephentown, NY
**Karen Mishkin, an NSQG member, won the Bernina Sewing Machine donated by Pins and Needles, Mt.Kisco.
**Karen Mishkin, an NSQG member, won the Bernina Sewing Machine donated by Pins and Needles, Mt.Kisco.
Ann Holmes
Ann Holmes
Take a look at some of our next year’s Speakers and Workshops – to be assured of a workshop slot, sign up as soon as possible.
Contact programs@northernstarquilters.com
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Follow this quilt at our Quilt Show and you will arrive at the Comfort Quilt Exhibit. A wonderful sampling of the many beautiful and colorful Comfort Quilts will be on display. Thank you to all members who made quilts or donated fabric making it possible for NSQG to give comfort to those in need.
Some photos from Eleanor Levie’s talk at the December meeting, courtesy of Patrica Loquet.
ALL members are asked to bring a little snack to share for the December meeting.
No Strings Attached. 
Raffle Tickets – Tickets for the 2019 grand prize quilt, Jack’s Chain, will be available at the November Guild Meeting. Please pick up your Raffle Ticket Packet and support this year’s nominated charity La Dulce Esperanza, a summer camp for the children of migrant workers.
It’s that time of the year again!
Roll Your Own – Every year, Comfort Quilts has a Summer Project. This year Carol Auer and Karen Carlson created jelly rolls of our favorite colors to be transformed into beautiful quilts. At our October meeting you may be one of the lucky members who gets to select from the many quilts created as part of the “Roll Your Own Project” by taking a chance on the Winner’s Choice Raffle. Winners can select as their prize any of the quilts that are exhibited on the wall in the cafeteria . The more tickets that are sold the more quilts will be raffled. Proceeds go to support the Guild and its activities. Raffle tickets will be 1 for $1 or 10 for $5.
Remember to return the log cabin blocks at the October meeting.
Hope everyone is working on their quilts for our 2019 Anniversary Show!
September’s 
2020 Show Charity Raffle Quilt: Pat Julian, the raffle quilt coordinator, will be giving out 120 block kits for the quilt. If you would like to be a part of this project, pick up a kit or two of these log cabin blocks and return them at the October Guild meeting.
