North Star Quilt Guild News

Monday, 23 March 2026

Guild Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Today was another work bee day for the fifteen members present throughout the day. The pin basters were able to get six quilt sandwiches pinned and ready for quilting. Two quilts had bindings sewn on and were taken home by Moira and Iris for hand sewing.

Kits were cut and assembled for distribution for our fall raffle quilt. Wow! Fall quilt and it isn’t even spring yet, but in order to have it done, tickets made up and distributed, we have to start early.

Beverley and Donna spent most of the day and early evening making up kits with help from various members. Here it was Patty assisting with cutting. Thank you ladies, this was a huge job!

Lorna was working on “unsewing” a block for Audrey. It was a large block so she was assisted by Evelyn a while later.

Sandra spent the day doing maintenance on the guild machines. She cleaned and oiled all the machines, which is a big and often neglected job. Thank you , Sandra!

June was pressing a flimsy so it could be pin basted in preparation for quilting. A good pressing results in an easier basting as everything will lay beautifully flat.

Comfort Quilts:

This Anna and Elsa panel quilt was free motion quilted by Sandra S.

Rae used a jellyroll to stitch this quilt with a free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop. She also did the quilting and the flange binding. Beautiful job, Rae!

Susan stitched this happy child’s quilt. She is always going through the fabric bucket and putting together various fabrics till she finds a combination that speaks to her.

Judy did the quilting on this strip quilt.

I don’t know who did the piecing on this quilt but the quilting and binding was done by me.

Cindy R. did the creative quilting on this child’s play mat quilt.

A lovely rag quilt, quilt artist unknown.

Wildfire Quilts:

This lovely earth tone quilt came from a friend of Audrey’s in Swan River. Thank you for your donation.

Also a big thank you to Christine Bell for a donation of four jelly rolls and a layer cake. We have now delivered 204 quilts to Denare Beach but we will continue making and collecting more to be sure that everyone who was impacted by the loss of their home has a quilt with a number from which they can choose.

Show and Tell:

Susan designed this quilt for her daughter. She had a special request for a quilt based on a video game character, Navi the fairy from Princess of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I realize now how out of touch I am when it comes to video gamers as this was completely new to me. You did an amazing job, Susan!

After my race against time this past Christmas, I made up my mind to get an early start on 2026 gifts and projects. I started with a project for myself. I have a round table and after finding this free pattern, decided to make one for my Christmas table. I did find that I am not a fan of inside corners!

Lorna, Audrey and Zoey attended a quilting workshop in Cranberry Portage. The project was a quilt called Luminary by Jaimie Swanson , Allison Glass. You can see lots of variations if you go online. They finished their tops and wanted to share.

Some close ups. Luminary is a modern take on the traditional Lone Star. This is Lorna’s.

Audrey’s top has a different colour way.

Zoey’s version has some extra diamond shapes to make it look like the star is exploding. We are looking forward to the finished quilts, ladies!

Jill started this quilt three years ago at one of our UFO days as a wedding present. She has now finished it, and yes, they are still married! Lovely, Jill!

Patty stitched this lovely Chandelier quilt with fabric gifted to her by her daughter. The quilting panto is Diamond Loops. The binding composed of fabric left over from the blocks adds a beautiful finish!

Program:

Audrey demonstrated the block for our fall raffle quilt.

The fabric she used is not the same as the fabric for the quilt, it is just for tutorial purposes. The pattern is Compass Star by Quilty Love and the fabric will be Art Gallery solids. We will be making 42 squares. Once the components are made they will be put together like a nine patch. Thank you Beverley and Donna and helpers for preparing the kits.

We will be holding our Spring retreat on May 1st and 2nd, so mark your calendars. There will be a catered supper on Friday. There will not be a vendor here, but Mama Bears Quilt Shop will be at the SUN quilt retreat in the Creighton Community Hall at the end of May. I will have the exact date in the next blog post.

Our membership draw winner was Moira.

Happy Quilting,

Gladys

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Wildfire Relief Quilts, Tuesday, February 17, 2026

This month I am making two posts. We have another large number of quilts that Audrey will be taking to the village office in Denare Beach for distribution. Including these in our regular post would make it extraordinarily long so there will be a second post this month.

In this shipment we have quilts from Selkirk, Vita, Carman, Brandon, Saskatoon and from our own guild. I will down load the photos and will add captions on those quilts for which I know the origins. A big thank you to all the generous quilters for their hard and beautiful work.