NEQM: Pat Pauly -- Unfolding Years
2025-06-24 - 2025-09-20 | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
From the NEQM website: “The NEQM is pleased to feature works by Pat Pauly, whose fiber art exudes a graphic, color-saturated palette using her own hand printed fabric. Featured in major exhibitions and found internationally in public and private collections, Pauly’s work is distinctive for its strong abstraction of natural forms and complex color combinations. With a degree in art and graduate studies in design and fine art, Pauly embraced fiber art as her medium in the early 1980s ‘as the perfect amalgam of construction, painting and printmaking.’ ”

Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 11 AM
Join us in welcoming Pat Pauly to the NEQM for an artist’s talk in her exhibition, Unfolding Years.

Sit N Sew
2025-07-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York), 2025-08-06 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St, Saugus, MA, 01906, United States
An informal get together to socialize and do some light sewing, sandwiching quilts, etc.

NEQM: The Best of the Region’s Quilt Guilds
2025-08-12 - 2025-09-06 | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
As a reminder, our guild’s member submission to this exhibition is Gail Dwyer’s quilt. Go see her quilt and other guilds quilts this summer.

Light and Movement - NEQM
2025-08-12 - 2025-09-06 | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
From the New England Quilt Museum Website

“Works by Marianne R. Williamson
August 12 to September 6, 2025
“Life is always changing in one way or another, and the world around me is always moving, swaying in the breeze, or changed by light.” — Marianne R. Williamson
Light and movement have been recurring themes in Williamson’s work for nearly 45 years since she embraced textiles as her artistic medium. A classical education in art from L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva, Switzerland provided a solid foundation for the painterly qualities of her distinctive scenes of sunlit gardens, windswept landscapes, ripples on water and ocean waves.
Williamson’s work reflects a life dedicated to art and a mastery of diverse fiber art techniques. She ice dyes her cottons and silks, and applies hand-painted details, raw edge appliqué, layered textiles and free motion quilting. When viewed at a distance, Williamson’s art quilts are easily mistaken for paintings, a characteristic that has earned her national recognition, numerous awards and countless admirers.”

August Executive Board Meeting
2025-08-20 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
The Guild’s Executive Board meets monthly to discuss Guild business. All members are invited. If the meeting is by zoom, contact any member of the executive board for the link.

Film Screening and Conversation with the Director
2025-08-27 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
From the NEQM Website
“Film Screening and Conversation with the Director

The Quilters, 2024 Award Winning Documentary
The Quilters (2024), directed by Jenifer McShane, follows the daily lives of several quilters inside the sewing room at South Central Correctional Center, a Level 5 maximum security prison in a small town in Missouri. In tracking several quilts from design to completion, audiences come to know these men, witnessing their struggles, triumphs, and sense of pride as they create something beautiful in this windowless sacred space, deep within the prison walls.
The 32-minute film was recently shortlisted for the Documentary Short Film category for the 97th Academy Awards.
This public program is free to all.”

September 2025 General Membership Meeting
2025-09-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St, Saugus, MA, 01906, United States
Speaker –Susan Michael of Dragonfly Fiber Art
Show & Tell:No
Free Table: Yes
Creative Quilt Works: TBD
Fat Quarter (FQ) Drawing: Bring a fat quarter in the designated color or theme. For each FQ you bring, your name goes into a drawing. You could win a whole bundle of fat quarters! The color for is Novelty prints. Remember: a fat quarter of fabric measures 18” x 22”.
3/$1 Raffle: Buy 3 tickets for $1 and you are entered into a raffle for notions or other quilting things. The more tickets you buy, the more chances to win!
Name Badge: Wear your Guild name badge and enter a drawing for a prize. This is to encourage everyone to wear their name badge so we get to know who you are! New members received a printout of the directions when you joined as part of your tote bag welcome pack; the directions can also be found on our website www.hqgsaugus.org under Member Information.
All drawings and raffles are optional; you do not need to participate at all, or you can pick the ones that interest you!

NEQM - A Walk in the Woods
2025-09-09 - 2025-12-31 | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
A Walk in the Woods

from the NEQM Website:

Quilt Artists Respond to Nature
September 9 through December 31, 2025

NEQM Curator, Pamela Weeks, has selected twenty diverse works from eight renowned American quilt artists for this exhibition. A Walk in the Woods is much more than a showcase of its artists’ remarkable interpretations of the natural world. It is a poignant reminder of nature’s extraordinary ability to restore and transform us.
Complementing its theme, exhibitions from artists Salley Mavor and Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord are featured in adjoining galleries.

NEQM - To Every Season
2025-09-09 - 2025-12-31 | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
from the NEQM website:
To Every Season

Works by Salley Mavor
September 9 through December 31, 2025

“My aim is to create universal and playful narratives that offer people of all ages a way to experience the brilliance of nature.”
–Salley Mavor

This exhibition is a unique opportunity to take in the exceptional detail and 3-dimentional quality of Salley Mavor’s bas-relief embroideries. It consists of a wide selection of seasonal landscapes that capture the wonder and magic of the natural world. Rarely seen early works on loan from private collections are included, as well as recent pieces, including her Four Seasons series.
The award-winning artist has spent four decades developing her signature style and working methods, carving out her own niche within the children’s book world and the fiber art community. Seeing her artwork up close is like being immersed in an enchanting miniature world full of characters, props, and scenery, all created by hand with stitching, fabric, beads, wire, and found objects.
On view are framed tableaus, original picture book illustrations, and sculptural objects from the past 40 years, including dioramas inhabited by wee folk characters set up in display cases.

NEQM - The Spirit Books
2025-09-09 - 2025-12-31 | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
from the NEQM website:
The Spirit Books

Works by Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
On view September 9 through December 31, 2025

“The Spirit Books merge my response to the mystery and miracle of nature with the long-standing tradition of books as testaments of faith and belief. Working with handmade papers, natural materials, beads, and stitching, I create contemplative objects that straddle the boundary between sculpture and book. The Spirit Books remind us of what is at stake in today’s world. Acknowledging the strength and the fragility of nature, they are both celebration and reflection.”
–Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
A visual artist since the late 1970s, Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord’s most recent works include handmade books, calligraphy, digital compositions, and the series of Spirit Books which are the focus of her NEQM exhibition. This evocative and meditative installation invites viewers to slow down, engage deeply with the art and appreciate quiet contemplation.
Gaylord’s work is in the library collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the University of Arizona, Wellesley College and Yale University. She has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States and in Canada and Korea.

Benninton Quiltfest
2025-09-13 - 2025-09-14 | Mount Antony Union Middle School, 747 East Road, Bennington, VT, United States

Starry, Starry Night Quilt Show
2025-09-20 10:00 - 2025-09-21 16:00 (America/New_York) | Benjamin Friedman Middle School, 500 Norton Ave, Taunton, MA, 02780, United States

September Executive Board Meeting- zoom
2025-09-24 06:45 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

October General Membership Meeting
2025-10-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St, Saugus, MA, 01906, United States

October Executive Board Meeting
2025-10-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Quilts=ARTS=QUILTS
2025-10-30 - 2026-01-04 | Schweinfurth Art Center, 205 Genesee St., Auburn, NY, 13021, United States
Schweinfurth to open renowned
art quilt exhibition on Oct. 25
Schweinfurth Art Center will be opening a new exhibitions on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, including its 43rd annual “Quilts=Art=Quilts” exhibition
The exhibitions will run through Jan. 4, 2026. The Schweinfurth is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. The art center will be closing at 2 p.m. on Nov. 26 and closed Nov. 27, Dec. 24 and 25, and Jan. 1.
For more information about the exhibitions and other events and classes, please visit the Schweinfurth’s website at myartcenter.org.

November General Membership Meeting
2025-11-06 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St, Saugus, MA, 01906, United States
Beverly Cook will conduct a Fabric Art Demonstration at the November meeting. To learn more about her and her art work go to https://lynnfieldarts.org/beverly-cook/.

2025 Hammersmith Qulters Guild Quilt Show
2025-11-08 10:00 - 2025-11-09 15:00 (America/New_York) | Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St, Saugus, MA, 01906, United States
The Hammersmith Quilters Guild will present it biennial quilt show themed Homespun Harvest on November 8 and 9 at the Saugus Senior Center

November Executive Board Meeting
2025-11-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom

December General Membership Meeting
2025-12-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St, Saugus, MA, 01906, United States

December Executive Board Meeting
2025-12-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom

January 2026 General Membership Meeting
2026-01-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St, Saugus, MA, 01906, United States
Kristin Callahan, a member of our guild, will be a trunk show and sharing information about what your longarm quilter wants from you.

NEQM: Blue on Blue: Quilts from 1825 to 2025
2026-01-13 - 2026-04-11 | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
From the New England Quilt Museum Website:
Blue holds a unique place in our human consciousness. It is an elusive color, rarely found in nature, and yet universally associated with the sky and the sea. In our imaginations and the art we create, it manifests as wide horizons and starry nights, peaceful waters and powerful waves, the royal and the divine.
The quilts selected for this exhibition by NEQM Curator, Pamela Weeks, span 200 years and range from exceptional antique quilts to cutting-edge contemporary works. They not only illustrate a diverse range of techniques and styles, but also display an extravagant variety of blue textiles–deep indigo, Prussian blue, turquoise, cobalt and cornflower, to name just a few. The works are complemented by informative curatorial research on the intriguing, lesser-known, and often brutal, history of this captivating color.

January Executive Board Meeting
2026-01-21 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
The Guild’s Executive Board meets by zoom. Any member can attend the board meeting. Please ask a member of the Executive Board for the zoom link.

February 2026 General Membership Meeting
2026-02-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St, Saugus, MA, 01906, United States
Welcome to February! We are in a transition regarding the Newsletter. As Secretary,
Kristin Callahan will be taking over the publication, but in the meantime, here is what
you need to know for our meeting this week, and going forward a complete Newsletter
will be published by the 15th of every month.
The multitalented Debby Young will be our speaker tomorrow night.
She crochets famous people, works with wool applique, makes and is always willing to
try a new craft!
Fat Quarters: Bring your STRIPES from last month, and bring your POLKA DOTS
for tomorrow. There will be a show & tell.
Refreshments: Thank you to everyone who responded to Jeans request.
AQS Bus trip; Saturday, April 11th: Filling up fast!
Please bring deposit/or full amount to the meeting, made out to Hammersmith Quilt
Guild
($20.00 / $37.00 or $47.00, non-member)
March WORKSHOP: Quilt jacket class is almost full – ONE spot left! Please let
Gail Dwyer know if you want to join. Kenlyn can do another workshop in the
future if there is more interest.
Saturday, March 7th ~ $25.00
10:00- 4:00 PM
Remember you will need a finished (or unbound) quilt size 60x 80
(smaller for a vest)
Light Lunch Provided
Fun day with our own Kenlyn Jones. Note: Kenlyn will be presenting the technique as
our March Speaker.
A complete list of class requirements will be provided.
NOTE: Our speaker for our cancelled January meeting: Kristin Callahan’s lecture has
been rescheduled to the May meeting.
Call/text/email Gail Dwyer for
further details on any of the above
That’s all for today. See you tomorrow night. Any questions, call Nancy

February 2026 Executive Board Meeting
2026-02-18 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom

NEQM: Artist’s Talk with Hollis Chatelain
2026-02-28 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
From the New England Quilt Museum Website:

“Why Blue? The Impact of Color”

Internationally renowned artist Hollis Chatelain explores how color shapes our emotions and the art we create.
Each color carries a hidden power that determines whether it whispers or shouts. How we respond to color, which colors we prefer, and how colors have changed with digital technology impact our art and our perceptions.
Member Price: Free
Nonmember Price: $15 Per Attendee
(Includes lecture and museum access)

March 2026 General Membership Meeting
2026-03-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Kenlyn Jones, a guild member, will present her quilting journey.

Workshop -- Quilted Jacket
2026-03-07 10:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Nancy Plowman Associates, 30 Ray Avenue, Burlington, 01803, United States
Workshop for jacket making with Kenlyn Jones is Saturday, March 7, 2026, 10-3:30pm 30 Ray Ave, Burlington in Nancy Sandreuter’s conference room. You must bring a quilt to cut up! Limit 10. Contact is Gail Dwyer gaild516@aol.com
Supply list

Backed Quilt (Ideally with binding so you can use bound sections as jacket hem)

You can use a lap if you only want it as a section of your jacket, but you will need an alternative material for the base of your jacket
A large throw of 80”x60” or large works best because you’ll have the most flexibility as far as placement of your design

Matching threads
Sewing supplies, including large straight rulers for jacket pattern creation
Bias binding to cover seams
Pins or clips to hold together
Desired closure – zipper, buttons, toggles, etc. Your jacket can be done without closures, but we will go over multiple types
Sewing machine and iron/ironing mat
Extension cord
Pocket fabric, if you want a fancy pocket lining, please bring a ½ yard.
Scissors, a rotary cutter/mat, and tailor’s chalk or fabric markers and pencils for pattern creation!
