Friendship Star Quilters Guild

We cover topics from piecing to applique, machine to hand quilting, etc. Please join us at our next meeting and identify yourself as a new visitor. The guild offers a monthly attendance fee for visitors to explore our guild. You can see if we fit your needs. At all meetings we ask for an admittance fee of $5. Ask for a receipt of your admittance fee. After the meeting, you can use the admittance f

ee against the cost of your annual dues if you choose to become a member.
. A typical guild meeting runs about 2 hours on the first Monday evening of the month. The first hour is devoted to business, announcements, and our speaker. Typically our speaker presents on a facet of quilting. Over the past years, we have covered topics as varied as nine patches, floral realism, crazy quilts, and log cabin blocks. The second hour is the raffling of the fabric of the month, and our show and tell of projects members are working on, a regular part of all guild meetings. The FSQ Quiltline newsletters can give you a sense of the activities of the guild.
. Friendship Star Quilters has about 120 members. As far as age goes, we cover a broad spectrum and welcome everyone. We have seniors, women who are holding down professional jobs, women who are in the early phase of raising a family, women whose kids are graduating from college, single and married women, and a few men too. Most of our members live in Maryland, but a few live in other states. Most of our members have access to the Internet for, at a minimum, e-mail. The level of quilting experience also varies with some members identifying themselves as new or beginning quilters, many as intermediate, and some as advanced quilters.
. Some quilters in the guild only make quilt tops by machine. Others only hand piece. Some quilt by machine. Some quilt by hand. Some follow patterns. Some create their own patterns and designs. Some applique. With almost all members, you are likely to find someone with interests similar to yours.
. Friendship Star Quilters, Inc. meets on the first* Monday of the month at 7:30 pm
in rented space at**:
Asbury Methodist Village
301 Odendhal Avenue
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877

*Note: The September meeting is held on the Monday following Labor Day Monday.
**Note: In December, January and February, our meetings are held via Zoom!

06/15/2026

The latest news:
The quilt was won by Beth Werrell who bought her ticket when we visited Faithful Circle. Carol Carrier sold the winning ticket.
The board approved donations of $350 to Manna Food and $350 to Comfort Cases for a total of $700.
The top ticket sellers were:
#1 – Maryjean Spencer 197 tickets
#2 – Ellen Robinson 182 tickets
#3 – Suma Glassman 131 tickets
Congratulations to all and thanks to members who participated in the fundraising as the guild uses the money from the raffle to help fund our programs and service projects. Special thanks to Karen Moss for doing ticket distribution & collection and Maryjean Spencer for her outstanding job getting our quilt out to so many different guilds.
Thank you to each of you that bought tickets! Be sure to use the Capital Quilts coupon on the back before 12/31/26. We appreciate their support so very much!

'Jubilation', our 2026 raffle quilt, was created by J.D. from a Deb Tucker pattern. Long arming done by Karen M., hand sewing by Anne W.

Size: 100” x 100” inches (California King size).

A portion of the proceeds will benefit Comfort Cases and Manna Food Center.

Drawing will be held on June 1, 2026 at our guild meeting.

Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 and are coupons worth 15% off at Capital Quilts.

Winner need not be present to win.

05/27/2026

Another great year for the guild. Great programs, lots of items donated from Service Projects, members getting together to sew. Nice!

The Quiltline is now available on the guild website.https://friendshipstar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026_06June_Quiltline.pdf

Next meeting is Monday and it is our potluck. And our annual officer elections. Be sure to come, we are meeting earlier because of food so 6:30 for this meeting! We won't get together until August after this.

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05/25/2026

Our June 1st meeting will be our annual potluck and in person (no zoom). Note that we begin earlier at 6:30. We will dine together first and then hold a short business meeting to elect our 2026-2027 officers and we will draw the winning ticket for our raffle quilt.

Members be on the look out for the sign-up genius, so we can get an idea of how many will be coming (and you can see what others are bringing). But if you forget to sign up, you can still come. Just bring your dish to share. FSQ will provide chicken, plates, silverware, and bottled water, and the guild members can bring sides & desserts.

Reminders: #1 Bring your raffle ticket stubs and money (we draw the winning ticket at this meeting).
#2 If you have not renewed your dues for 2026-2027, please bring your cash or checkbook or credit card ($35, or $20 for Asbury residents).

04/30/2026

Hard to believe that it is the end of April already. The May issue of The Quiltline is now loaded to the guild website. Lots of guild things happening and lots of things from other guilds. We quilters are so social!

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