Take a look and participate in NSQG’s 40th Anniversary Ruby Challenge (click for details). April Russell is waiting to hear from you. She needs to know how much fabric to order – send her a note at Challenge@northernstarquilters.com.
September’s lecture and workshop are by Anita Grossman Solomon: Pages from the Make it Simpler Blog, and subsequent Two-Color Pineapple Workshop on Sept.26.
Check out this year’s program schedule to date – Programs-At-A-Glance.
Programs Assistant needed – contact Helen May, programs@northernstarquilters.com
Welcome back! As you may remember, each month a select group of members is asked to provide snacks to add to the hospitality table. Hospitality will provide tea, coffee, and water, as well as plates, napkins, and cutlery. For September, we ask the members whose last names begin with A and B to bring in a snack for the meeting. This represents about 20 members bringing snacks for the group. We would suggest snacks like pre-cut fruit, cake, cookies, cheese and crackers, or vegetables. Thanks so much for planning ahead!
(When you drop off your snack, be sure to pick up your free raffle ticket.)
Jack’s Chain: Mary Cannizzaro, our Raffle Coordinator, will be unveiling our exquisite charity quilt for the 2019 Quilt Show at the September Guild Meeting. This year will be a special time since we will be celebrating the Guild’s 40th anniversary.
Also at the September meeting, Mary will be raffling the Table Runner that was exhibited as a model of the charity quilt. Members eligible for this prize are those that worked on the quilt, about 50 members.
Comfort Quilts Winter Schedule at North Salem has started.
All Guild members, novices to experts, are invited to join Comfort Quilts. While making attractive quilts to donate to those needing comfort, you will have the opportunity to work alongside other quilters, get help and even inspiration.
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.
Sunshine/Thank You Notes – The Guild always likes to reach out to members with a get-well or sympathy card when it would be welcome and to acknowledge donations and gifts with a letter of thanks. Please let me know if there is a member in need of a little Sunshine or a note of appreciation.
Anne Chehebar, Secretary@northernstarquilters.com
Registration – Welcome to our new and returning members! We look forward to seeing you at our September meeting! If you have forgotten to send in your registration, please bring a check for $45 dollars along with the registration form. Print the form here or pick up a form at the registration table. We encourage you to bring a guest to this exciting meeting.
Please remember to wear your name tag!
Rosemary DePaola, Membership@northernstarquilters.com
The Guild Library opens at every guild meeting at 6 PM and closes at 6:45 PM. Members can borrow any three books/magazines/DVD. Items are borrowed for one month and must be returned at the next guild meeting.
Donations of books, magazines for the May Quilt show will be accepted. Please bring to guild meetings and remember to remove any identifying labels.
Seeking volunteers to assist at the Guild Library. Hoping you can help out!! Let me know and sign up at the library table.
Narci Medina, library@northernstarquilters.com
Art Quilters – Linda Stern and Tamar Drucker
Electric Quilt – Mary Cannizzaro
Improvisational Piecing SIG – Meg Mooar and Jane Eyes
Landscape Quilters – Don Gough
Long Arm Group – Diane Linker – next meeting, 9/8 at Peggy Morgan’s
Paper Piecing – Susan Deshensky
For information, contact Education@northernstarquilters.com
Quilt Committee volunteers still needed – please contact Daisy Dodge or Debby Warren, quiltshow@northernstarquilters.com
***Members are given one posting per year for personal quilt related offerings-contact news@northernstarquilters.com***
Don’t forget to check our Home Page for member and area events, current sampling –
‘Conversation Threads’ Art Quilts by Tamar Drucker – Sept 5-30, Briarcliff Library, Briarcliff, NY. Reception Sept 16, 3-4:30pm
NSQG Landscape SIG Show – Sept 2-29 – Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield,CT. Reception Sept 8, 2-4pm
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‘Harvest of Quilts‘ – Sept.29-30 – Pine Bush, NY – www.countryquilters.org
‘Quilts from the Hearts of the Berks’ – Oct.5-6 – Leesport, PA – www.berksquiltersguild.org
‘Quilts in the Mill’ – Oct.5-7 – Stockton, NJ – www.courthousequilters.org
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