Schedule

Schedule of Meetings & Events

The CDMQG meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7pm.

Our 2025 meeting location is Menands Manor: 272 Broadway, Menands, NY 12204

Please contact us if you would like to present a lecture or workshop to our guild:
Email capitaldistrictmqg@gmail.com

2025 Calendar

JANUARY

Jan 10-12th, CDMQG retreat at Silver Bay on Lake George!

Jan 14th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Program: Retreat recap, Salley Mavor’s Exhibit discussion, "American Seams" documentary)

Jan 18th (Saturday) Open Sew Day from 1:15-5:00pm
East Greenbush Community Library (Meeting Room AB)
10 Community Way - East Greenbush, NY 12061
- Finish your retreat UFOs!
- Baste or layout a quilt in the ample floor space!
- Make a simple heart block… two patterns will be provided! Use provided scraps, or bring your own. Keep the block for a future project, or donate it to be used in a charity quit!

FEBRUARY

Feb 11th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Program: Diane Wespiser, modern quilter in-person trunk show)

Feb 15th (Saturday) Open Sew Day from 1:15-5:00pm
East Greenbush Community Library (Meeting Room AB)
10 Community Way - East Greenbush, NY 12061

MARCH

Mar 11th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Program: Deep Dive into QuiltCon2025 - Recap of the event!)

Mar 16th (Sunday) Open Sew Day from 1:15-5:00pm
East Greenbush Community Library (Meeting Room AB)
10 Community Way - East Greenbush, NY 12061
*** Make a soup bowl cozy for our booth at the Harvest Quilt Show! We’ll have instructions and wrap-n-zap. You just need to bring two 10” squares of 100% cotton and 100% cotton thread!

APRIL

Apr 8th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Virtual Program: Brittany Kuhl - apparel fabric design, Spoonflower overview)

Apr 12th (Saturday) Open Sew Day 1:15-5:00pm
East Greenbush Community Library (Meeting Room AB)
10 Community Way - East Greenbush, NY 12061

MAY

May 10th (Saturday)
Fabric Swap! noon-2pm
Collaboration with the Brunswick Community Library (4118 NY Route 2, Troy)
Followed by… Open Sew Day! 2-6pm

May 13th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Virtual Program: Carson Converse’s trunk show presentation of her recent works)

JUNE

Jun 10th Monthly Guild Meeting and Annual Summer Potluck Picnic at *6pm*
Menands Manor on the porch! Rain or shine! (No Zoom during this meeting)

Jun 14th (Saturday) Open Sew Day 12:00-5:00pm
Brunswick Community Library
4118 Highway 2, Troy, NY 12180

JULY

Jul 8th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Program: How to MODERNIZE your T-Shirt Quilts!)

Jul 13th (Sunday) Open Sew Day from noon-5pm
MillionAir Conference Room at 16 Jetway Drive, Albany, NY (at the airport)
Help us make Award Ribbons for Harvest Quilt Show (or work on any other personal projects)

AUGUST

Aug 12th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Program: The Atlanta Olympic Quilt Project! Presentation by Lauren Rose)

Aug 16th (Saturday) Open Sew Day from noon-5pm
NEW LOCATION: MillionAir Conference Room at 16 Jetway Drive, Albany, NY (at the airport)
Help us make Award Ribbons for Harvest Quilt Show (or work on any other personal projects)
>>> QUILT Inc. of Delmar members are welcome to join us!

SEPTEMBER

Sep 9th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Program: Book & Bookmark Swap!)
Sep 14th (Sunday) Open Sew Day from noon-5pm
MillionAir Conference Room at 16 Jetway Drive, Albany, NY (at the airport)
Help us make Award Ribbons, Thread Catchers & Postcards for Harvest Quilt Show (or work on any other personal projects)
Sep 17th (Wednesday) CDMQG Board Meeting Over Zoom at 7pm

OCTOBER

Oct 14th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Special Presenter: Julius Rempe-Night of ‘Julius Handmade’ https://www.juliushandmade.com/)

Oct 18th (Saturday) Open Sew Day from noon-5pm
MillionAir Conference Room at 16 Jetway Drive, Albany, NY (at the airport)
Help us make Thread Catchers & Postcards for Harvest Quilt Show (or work on any other personal projects)

NOVEMBER

Nov 8-9th CDMQG+QUILT Inc Delmar’s Harvest Quilt Show!!!
Blessed Sacrament School in Albany
Harvest Quilt Show Website: https://www.harvestquiltshowny.com/

Nov 11th Monthly Guild Meeting at 7pm
Menands Manor + Zoom (Special Presenter: Shannon Fraser Trunk Show https://shannonfraserdesigns.ca/)

Nov 16th (Sunday) Open Sew Day from 10am-5pm
MillionAir Conference Room at 16 Jetway Drive, Albany, NY (at the airport)
ASSEMBLY OF QUILTCON 2026 CHARITY CHALLENGE

DECEMBER

Dec 9th Monthly Guild Meeting and Annual Holiday Potluck Party at 6pm
Menands Manor (No Zoom during this meeting)

Dec 13th (Saturday) Open Sew Day from noon-5pm
MillionAir Conference Room at 16 Jetway Drive, Albany, NY (at the airport)

2026 Open Sew Dates

>> All Open Sew Events will be from noon-5pm at the MillionAir Conference Room at 16 Jetway Drive, Albany, NY (at the airport)

January - no open sew (retreat weekend)

February 15th (Sunday)

March 14th (Saturday)

April 19th (Sunday)

May 16th (Saturday)

June 14th (Sunday)
July 18th (Saturday)

August 16th (Sunday)

September 12th (Saturday)

October 18th (Sunday)

November 14th (Saturday) QuiltCon Community Challenge Quilt Assembly

December 13th (Sunday)

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2024 Calendar