Empire Quilters Events Archive

We're a busy guild with many exciting events! If you are interested in what took place in recent years, click a link below for much more information:

2009–2010 Season

Photo by Shirley Clark

Guest speakers and workshop leaders for this season include David Taylor, Gwyned Trefethen, Judy Doenias, Diane Rode Schneck, Sherry Shine, Anna Faustino, Sharon Schamber, Betty Pillsbury, Trish Chambers, Judith Larzelere and more! Focus groups are once again very popular, and cover binding, beading, red work, charity quilt construction, and a special on-going Elm Creek Sample group. Quilting demonstrations were held at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum. Other meeting activities include our guild library, scrap/share table, monthly fundraiser prizes, special auctions, Show & Tell, Block of the Month and monthly special vendors. There was a trip to Pennsylvania National Quilt Fest in September 2009. This year's special projects included an effort to make over 60 quilts for veterans.

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Sep 2009 | Oct 2009 | Nov 2009 | Dec 2009
Jan 2010 | Feb 2010 | Apr 2010 | May 2010 | Jun 2010

2008–2009 Season

Guest speakers and workshops leaders included Helen Squire, Philippa Naylor, Anna Faustino, Nancy Eha, Jennifer Chiavarini, Sue Dennis, Paula Nadelstern, Brenda Papadakis, and representatives from Sulky and the International Quilt Study and Museum. Quilting demonstrations were held at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum. Guild trips included outings to Q.U.I.L.T.S., the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, and the American Quilter's Society quilt show in Paducah. The season also included the 2009 Empire Quilters Urban Inspirations Quilt Show.

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2007–2008 Season

Guest speakers and workshops leaders included Jo Coon, Joan Shay, Marilyn Belford, Anna Faustino, Mark Lipinski, Pat Yamin, Sharon Pederson, Barbara Barber, and Leora Raikin. Quilting demonstrations were held at the American Folk Art Museum, and the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum. Guild trips included the Vermont Quilt Festival, Keepsake Quilting, and the Lowell Quilt Festival

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2006–2007 Season

Guest speakers and workshops leaders included Eugenia Barnes, Harriet B. Schiffer, Linda Cantrell, Anna Faustino, Cassandra Thoreson, Jeri Riggs, Linda Pool Priouleau, and Margaret Cohen. Quilting demonstrations were held at the American Folk Art Museum, and guild trips included a shopping trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a trip to the Quilt Fest of New Jersey. The season also included the 2007 Empire Quilters Urban Inspirations Quilt Show which featured speakers Lee Kogan, Leslie Levison, Mickey Lawler, and Marilyn Henrion

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2005–2006 Season

Guest speakers and workshops leaders included Dorothy Scalice, Mary Butler, Carol Taylor, Mary Anne Ciccotelli, Lisa Shepard Stewart, Rhonda L. Johnson, Anna Faustino, Leslie Levison, and Joy Saville. Quilting demonstrations were held at the American Folk Art Museum, and guild trips included a shopping trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a trip to the Quilt Fest of New Jersey.

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2004–2005 Season

Guest speakers and workshops leaders included Cathie Hoover, Mary Anne Ciccotelli, Lisa Chipetine, Irma Gail Hatcher, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Anna Faustino, Lisa Shepard, Linda Poole, and Anthony Howley. Quilting demonstrations were held at the American Folk Art Museum, and guild outings included trips to the Quilt Fest of New Jersey, the Quilters Heritage Celebration in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

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