QUILT North meets on the second Monday of the month in September and on the first Monday of the month from October to June. There are no meetings in July and August.
A meeting will consist of a speaker, guild business, and “show and tell” by our members.
Beginning in April 2022, Quilt North’s monthly guild meetings will be hybrid. You will be able to attend a meeting in-person at the Shenendehowa United Methodist Church or virtually from home (live streaming) in real-time. We chose to embrace live streaming so all members near and far, mobile and homebound, fit as a fiddle or under the weather, can feel connected and participate.
Link for members will be emailed!
Covid Policy
Quilt North’s Covid Policy is based on current recommendations by public health authorities, and policies of places where Quilt North activities are held
Please do not attend a Quilt North event if within the previous 5 days you have been diagnosed with COVID, had direct contact with an individual diagnosed with or suspected to have COVID, or are displaying symptoms commonly associated with COVID. If you had COVID, please wear a mask through day 10.
Safety guidelines will be updated as necessary.
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2023 – 2024 Events & Workshops
September 11, 2023 is our first meeting of the year at Shen United Methodist Church – doors open 6:30 PM. Ginny Schram of the Schoharie County Quilt Barn trail Association will lecture on the history behind the quilt barn trails.
Unfortunately, we have run into a snag with the plan to paint our own Quilt Barn signs – the boards are unavailable – but the Programs committee and friends are not giving up. We will let you know as soon as possible and may mix the schedule up a bit.
November 6 – Lisa Calle will return, this time she will tell us about “Oh – My Bleeding Heart!”
We will be at Shen United Methodist Church – doors open 6:30 PM.
November 7 – Lisa Calle will teach a workshop on ruler work for quilt finishing. She was an
excellent teacher last year and we anticipate learning a lot. To register: Click Here
November 11 2023 – Patriotic Sew Along Day from 10am until 3pm
December 4 2023 – Holiday Party, Guild President’s Quilt Challenge
January 8 2024 – Cristina Bono ZOOM ONLY
Cristina is an international award winning quilt artist from Spain. Her quilts have been exhibited in Europe and North America winning numerous awards at Houston, Paducah, Daytona Beach, Lancaster, Manchester, Birmingham and Spain. Her quilts are influenced by her childhood to reflect the way I see the world now and as a child. Although four years ago Cristina started making quilts based on illustrations from artists like Johanna Basford and Sveta Dorosheva, she is now moving to more whimsical quilts which are products of her imagination.
Many will recognize Cristina’s award winning quilts: The Jump and Harmony from recent national quilt shows.
January 13 – Cristina Bono TEA AT FIVE workshop ZOOM ONLY 9:00 am – 3:30 pm EST
To register for this ZOOM workshop: Click Here
Do you love color in your quilts? Would you like to know my tips and tricks to make funny quilts like this teapot and teacups? This is the class for you. We will make a small quilt with no piecing or applique. Just machine quilt and color it. By the end of the class, you will leave with your quilt almost ready for binding. https://www.crisarcbono.com/
February – Comfort Quilt Day – Workshop at Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library 12:00 – 6:00 PM EST
March 4 – Krista Moser ZOOM ONLY
Krista Moser, the creative force and inspiration behind Krista Moser, The Quilted Life. Krista is the designer of the 60 Degree Diamond Rulers for Creative Grids, and has published dozens of patterns, using the rulers, with more in development all the time. She loves symmetry, clean lines with bold colors. Shapes that tessellate in all directions are a playground for design.
A quilting and fiber arts enthusiast, Krista started sewing at 8 years old. She began her professional sewing and machine quilting career at the spunky age of fourteen and has now been teaching sewing and quilting lessons for more than twenty years.
For more information about Krista: https://www.kristamoser.com/
March 9 – Krista Moser – Champagne & Pearls workshop ZOOM ONLY Saturday,11am-5:30pm
To register for this ZOOM only workshop: Click Here
Versatile and Foolproof!
Looking for a great quilt to learn new skills? Something that looks complicated but is so easy you won’t believe it! This quilt has the beauty of tradition, but could be changed up with holiday colors or maybe even patriotic! It’s a star with a hidden gem in the background detail. You will learn some fool proof piecing techniques you’ll be sure to use on any future quilting project.
April 8 – Linda Warren from Queensbury will join us – one week later than usual due to the Easter Holiday.
April 9 – Linda Warren workshop – She has so many curved piecing patterns and designs! It’s easy curves.
April 27 & 28 – EQF X Diamonds & Daffodils at Fulton Montgomery Community College
May 6 – David Sirota
David tells us:
“I have been quilting since the late 90’s (that’s1990’s) after my friend Amy Fitzpatrick taught me the basics of quilting. And I thank “Simply Quilts” for all of the information and instruction that Alex Anderson and her guests provided. It felt like I was going to quilting school, and I tried not to miss a class.
There was one technique that I was immediately drawn to, and that was paper piecing. I thought it was so cool because of the intricate and accurate results you get. The only drawback was that it was really difficult to wrap my brain around, kinda like upside down and backwards. If you’ve ever tried it, you know what I mean. But once I got it, the results were quite exciting. Except, there were a couple of huge drawbacks…how to orient the next piece of fabric, and removing the paper. Regardless of the kind of paper I used, it still had to be removed at the end, which took as long or longer than the construction of the quilt!
So, I started thinking about how to make paper piecing simpler and faster. And I’m proud to say that in 2004, I figured it out. My “Sirota No More Tears Paper Piecing” © method is easier to understand and takes half the time of the old way of paper piecing.”
May 7 – David Sirota workshop on paper piecing. David calls his version of the NY Beauty a NH Beauty since he’s from New Hampshire.
June 3 – Guild Quilt Challenge
Except as noted, meetings will be in-person and live streamed. Except as noted, workshops will be in-person.
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