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MARCH 9. 2026
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Meeting begins at 7:15 p.m.

"Woo Hoo!!  The guild is celebrating its
45th  anniversary!

Committee Chair Beth DiDomenico has been collecting quilt notions, equipment, fabric, batting and so much more this past year for this special tricky tray fundraiser event.  
Doors open @ 6:00 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church
4 Madison Ave, Madison, NJ 
Tickets can be purchased by cash or credit card

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MARCH 28, 2026

Finished Edge Appliqué Workshop

​Presented by Marcia David

Free to GSQ Members

Workshop is CLOSED

To be placed on a WAITING LIST, email Mary Toscano at matoscano17@gmail.com

​Library of the Chathams, 214 Main Street, Chatham, NJ

March 28, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm

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Learn how to machine applique with a finished edge. I will take you through the steps from tracing your pattern on freezer paper, preparing the applique motifs and sewing them to your background fabric. We will also explore the various tools and products available to help you achieve professional results. There are many ways to applique. When I first started quilting, over forty years ago, I made a Baltimore Album quilt, using hand applique. Years later, I tried several techniques for doing machine applique. I have since developed my own method that I would like to share with you.

APRIL 2026
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Meeting begins at 7:15 p.m.

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Natalya Khorover will be our speaker for the GSQG general meeting on April 13th @ 7:30 p.m.


She is an artist that uses her talents to reclaim and recycle materials that choke up our environment.  Her lecture is called Alternative Stitching.

Workshop - Plastic Nature Workshop
April 18, 2026
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
at the Grace Episcopal Church
4 Madison Ave. Madison, NJ

Here’s a creative way to help clean up our planet: make art from single-use plastic packaging. Just collect them for a few weeks and you’ll discover a myriad of colors, thicknesses, patterns and textures available to you. With my guidance, you’ll make art inspired by nature from said plastic. I will show you how to prepare the plastic, cut it and stitch it by hand and machine. You will experiment with different types of stitching and finishes, and create an artwork like no other.
 

Techniques and skills covered in class: Learning the ins and outs of working with single-use plastic, composition, collage, hand stitching and basic embroidery, machine thread sketching, finishing, alternative display ideas.


Supplies: See the pdf below. Gather materials and we will combine them to share during the class.

There will be a break mid-session

Cost:

member cash/check $40.00

non-member cash/check $50.00

member credit card $41.00 + $1.03 ticket service fee

non-member credit card $ $52.00 + $1.30 ticket service fee​

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MAY 2026
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Meeting begins at 7:15 p.m.
 

General Meeting 
Board Elections, Budget approval
and Super Show & Tell

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Come early to visit the Drop & Shop table, drop off your fat quarter for the Razzle Dazzle raffle, enter the fabric bundle raffle, check out Library books, visit the Sunshine table and drop off your Block of the Month

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JUNE 2026

​Annual Strawberry Supper
at Grace Episcopal Church
4 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ

Doors open @ 6:00 p.m.

Potluck Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.
 

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Workshops on Zoom can be experienced together at home or together at our physical meeting venue, Grace Episcopal Church.

Email cmannconso@yahoo.com   if you have questions or need further information.

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