Friendship Star Quilters Guild

Meetings and Workshops

Friendship Star Quilters, Inc., meets on the first Monday of the month at 7:30pm at

            Gaithersburg Church of the Nazarene
            8921 Warfield Road
            Gaithersburg, Maryland 20882 [Map Quest Link]

**Note: In September meeting is held on second Monday, September 8, 2008.

Most meetings feature a guest speaker.  See below for calendar of scheduled speakers.

Workshops with the guest speaker are held the Sunday before the meeting at the Potomac Community Center 11315 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, 240‑777‑6960. Map Quest Link to the Potomac Community Center

Workshops meet from 9am to 4pm. To enroll in a workshop complete the registration PDF form and bring to the next FSQ meeting with your payment or mail to FSQ, c/o Coralyn Colladay, 9631 Dewmar Lane, Kensington, MD 20895. Mark your envelope with "WORKSHOP REGISTRATION".  Costs are $40 for FSQ members, $50 for non-members (except for 2-day workshops).

Workshop Registration PDF form. Note: 2-day workshops have a different form as noted below.

2008‑2009 Workshops and Lectures

August 4: Sue Moats, Sulky Educator, Lecture “Thread Jazz for Quilting and Embellishing–Needle and Thread Know-How.”
www.sulky.com/     

September 7-8 Workshop: "Leafing Out.” -- PDF form for this workshop only
September 8 : Gabrielle Swain, Lecture, ” Working in Series.”
www.gabrielleswain.com/  

October 5 : Workshop: "Sushi-Wrap Jacket” - Supply List
October 6: June Colburn, Lecture, “Japanese Design 101.
http://www.junecolburn.com/       

November 2-3: Workshop: “Tinkering with Texture.” -- PDF form for this workshop only.
November 3: Jennie Rayment, Lecture, “Twiddling and Fiddling with Texture.”
www.jennierayment.com   

December 1: Holiday Party

January 4: Workshop: “Paintstik Primer.”
January 5 : Cyndi Souder, Lecture: "Lessons Learned"
www.moonlightingquilts.com/      

February 1: Workshop: “Creative Curves”
February 2: Shirley Mandler, Lecture: “What’ New in Your Local Quilt Shop.”
www.itseamssew.com/     

March 1-2: To be Announced

April 6: To be Announced

April 24-26: Quilt Show.

May 3-4: Workshop: "The Value of Value" -- PDF form for this workshop only
May 4: Carol Taylor, Lecture: “Working in a Series.”
www.caroltaylorquilts.com/

June 1: Election and End of the Year Party

If you are interested in sponsoring a workshop we have a form for you to complete to help you plan for it. Note that you will get workshop admission for free.