Milk & Honey Quilters' Guild

Milk and Honey Meetings

Meetings this year will be either in-person or via Zoom.

"Hybrid Zoom": For meetings listed as "Hybrid Zoom", you can watch the presentation by logging in to Zoom from home or coming to the American Legion hall and watching it there on the big screen with other members.

If you aren't a member but would like to attend a meeting, please send an email to us at milkandhoneyquilters@yahoo.com

Unless indicated otherwise in the listing below, our meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Every Milk & Honey Quilters meeting begins with a short guild business update and includes a Show 'n' Tell, when we share the progress of our latest creations or seek project advice from each other. Both completed and unfinished projects are welcomed. Most meetings are held at the American Legion building located off Route 7 South (behind G Stone Motors) in Middlebury. Exceptions are noted below.

2025-2026 Guild Meetings

Date	Day	Time	Program	Meeting Notes
July 22	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	In-Person Meeting: “Super Show & Tell” Members are invited to share some of their favorite quilts. Bring one or bring several. Bring quilts you’ve made or inherited or were gifted. We’ll do a “quilt turning” to view the quilts. ALSO - we need small quilted items that can be displayed in locked display cases to promote our quilt show. Please bring them to this meeting, labeled with your name (to ensure they get returned to their rightful owner).	July meeting notes
August 26	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	*In-Person Meeting: "Prep for Quilt Show & the New Guild Year"* We’ll review the remaining tasks necessary to make our October quilt show a rousing success, identifying those areas that need extra help. In preparation for the coming guild year, we will brainstorm ideas for guild activities and discuss possible challenge projects for ’25–’26.	August meeting notes
September 23	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	*In-Person Meeting: "History of the 1790 Quilt"* with Carla Berno Join Carla for a captivating journey into the past as she presents the remarkable story of an antique quilt, passed down through her family. This presentation will trace the incredible path of a single quilt from its construction in the rugged frontier of Vermont in the 1790s, all the way to the present day.
October 28	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	*In-Person Meeting: "Crazy Quilts Talk & Trunk Show"* with Jane Masenas Jane has been designing crazy quilts for 25 years. They range from miniature to wall quilts. Several of her small quilts have been published in Miniature Quilts magazine. She will share antique pieces as well as many of her own. Don't miss this very special trunk show!
November 18	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	Hybrid Zoom Meeting:: "Diamonds are a Quilter's Best Friend" with Krista Moser Krista Moser is the creative force and inspiration behind The Quilted Life. She is the designer of the 60 Degree Diamond Rulers for Creative Grids, and has published dozens of patterns, using the rulers, with more in development all the time. Krista will tell her story, how she started very young and went on to design her own quilts and patterns.
December 9	Tuesday	5:30 pm	In-Person Meeting: Guild members' Holiday Pot Luck and Yankee Gift Exchange at Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury Bring a dish to share, your own place setting, and a (gift-wrapped) sewing or quilt-related item for participation in the gift exchange.
January 27	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	Hybrid Zoom Meeting: *"Quilty Labels"* with Sally Silliman A well-designed label documents and enhances a quilt. Though it is the last step to completing a quilt, the label should be planned as you create your quilt. From plain to majestic, every quilt tells a story – tell yours with an artistic, explanatory label. In this session, learn ways to create a label as creative as the quilt itself. Examples will be discussed and shown.
February 24	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	Hybrid Zoom Meeting: "Working w/silk; Crazy Piecing" with Julia McLeod These challenging fabrics can drive a maker crazy with the way they fray, slip and stretch. Help is at hand! Julia’s lecture outlines the 4 S’s of Working with silk and equips you with everything you need to know to prepare, piece, appliqué and quilt using silk textiles. A trunk show of Julia’s quilts follows this presentation.
March 21	Saturday	Time TBD	*In-Person Meeting: "National Quilting Day"* Activity TBD Location TBD
March 24	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	*In-Person Meeting: "Members Teaching Members"* Join us at the American Legion Hall where three of our members will each give a 20-minute demonstration on a variety of techniques. In-person only.
April 28	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	*In-Person Meeting:"Improv Paper-Piecing"* with Amy Friend Modern quilter and designer, Amy Friend, will share quilts made with her improv paper piecing technique. Amy will explain many aspects of modern quilting such as negative space, improvisation, alternate gridwork, and sewing with solids as a part of her lecture.
April 29	Wednesday	9 AM to 3 PM	*In-Person Workshop: "Improv Paper-Piecing"* with Amy Friend Location: VFW Hall, Middlebury Pre-registration is required. This workshop is based on the design concepts presented in Amy's book, Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Designs. Amy will explain her design process and coach students through the creation of their own improv paper piece template. She will teach students to section and number their templates and give a foundation paper piecing demo. Once students create blocks, she will walk them through a few different ways to visualize the block in a repeating pattern and in various modern layouts. Students then plan a modern quilt design based on their block. This class is process oriented and experimental.
May 26	Tuesday	6 pm	In-Person Meeting: End of Year Potluck Join us for a social meeting, end-of-year reports, officer election, and potluck dinner at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury
June 23	Tuesday	TBD	*In-Person Workshop: "String Quilts"* with Beverly Desforges Pre-registration is required. Combo workshop and sit-n-sew @ the American Legion hall in Middlebury. Refer to newsletter for details.
July 28	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	In-Person Meeting: Challenges and Super Show & Tell Members are invited to share some of their favorite quilts. Bring one or bring several. Bring quilts you’ve made or inherited or were gifted. We’ll do a “quilt turning” to view the quilts.
August 25	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	In-Person Meeting: Planning and Assessment
September 12	Saturday	(TBA)	Stash Sale
September 22	Tuesday	6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)	In-Person Meeting: trunk show with Linda Diak Linda Diak, an award-winning art quilter from Chester, Vermont, is known for her expressive animals and intricate quilting. She uses traditional techniques in nontraditional ways to impart a sense of wonder, playfulness and an element of surprise in all her quilts. The joy she brings to her work is reflected in her many stunning creations. Linda will present a virtual trunk show of her work, from her very first foray into raw edge appliqué to her most recent works.
October 28	Wednesday	Full day starting at 9:30 AM	“No Tear Paper Piecing: Chevron Star” with David Sirota Location: CVUUS, 2 Duane Court, Middlebury Pre-registration is required. We are delighted to host this workshop where David will teach his unique no-tear paper piecing technique. This is a completely different technique from the Improv Paper Piecing workshop that Amy Friend is teaching in April, so sign up for both! It's also very different from the way that foundation paper piecing is typically done. David's top-rated classes at the big quilt shows are always in high demand, and we are so fortunate to be able to bring him to Middlebury. This class is great for all skill levels, beginner to advanced, even if you already know how to foundation paper-piece the traditional way. David's technique and tips are game-changing. The class project will be his Chevron Star, but the skills you'll learn in class will work with any foundation paper-pieced pattern.

Date

Day

Time

Program

Meeting Notes

July 22

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting: “Super Show & Tell”

Members are invited to share some of their favorite quilts. Bring one or bring several. Bring quilts you’ve made or inherited or were gifted. We’ll do a “quilt turning” to view the quilts. ALSO - we need small quilted items that can be displayed in locked display cases to promote our quilt show. Please bring them to this meeting, labeled with your name (to ensure they get returned to their rightful owner).

July meeting notes

August 26

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting: "Prep for Quilt Show & the New Guild Year"

We’ll review the remaining tasks necessary to make our October quilt show a rousing success, identifying those areas that need extra help. In preparation for the coming guild year, we will brainstorm ideas for guild activities and discuss possible challenge projects for ’25–’26.

August meeting notes

September 23

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting: "History of the 1790 Quilt" with Carla Berno

Join Carla for a captivating journey into the past as she presents the remarkable story of an antique quilt, passed down through her family. This presentation will trace the incredible path of a single quilt from its construction in the rugged frontier of Vermont in the 1790s, all the way to the present day.

October 28

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting: "Crazy Quilts Talk & Trunk Show" with Jane Masenas

Jane has been designing crazy quilts for 25 years. They range from miniature to wall quilts. Several of her small quilts have been published in Miniature Quilts magazine. She will share antique pieces as well as many of her own. Don't miss this very special trunk show!

November 18

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

Hybrid Zoom Meeting:: "Diamonds are a Quilter's Best Friend" with Krista Moser

Krista Moser is the creative force and inspiration behind The Quilted Life. She is the designer of the 60 Degree Diamond Rulers for Creative Grids, and has published dozens of patterns, using the rulers, with more in development all the time. Krista will tell her story, how she started very young and went on to design her own quilts and patterns.

December 9

Tuesday

5:30 pm

In-Person Meeting: Guild members' Holiday Pot Luck and Yankee Gift Exchange at Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury

Bring a dish to share, your own place setting, and a (gift-wrapped) sewing or quilt-related item for participation in the gift exchange.

January 27

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

Hybrid Zoom Meeting: "Quilty Labels" with Sally Silliman

A well-designed label documents and enhances a quilt. Though it is the last step to completing a quilt, the label should be planned as you create your quilt. From plain to majestic, every quilt tells a story – tell yours with an artistic, explanatory label. In this session, learn ways to create a label as creative as the quilt itself. Examples will be discussed and shown.

February 24

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

Hybrid Zoom Meeting: "Working w/silk; Crazy Piecing" with Julia McLeod

These challenging fabrics can drive a maker crazy with the way they fray, slip and stretch. Help is at hand! Julia’s lecture outlines the 4 S’s of Working with silk and equips you with everything you need to know to prepare, piece, appliqué and quilt using silk textiles. A trunk show of Julia’s quilts follows this presentation.

March 21

Saturday

Time TBD

In-Person Meeting: "National Quilting Day"

Activity TBD

Location TBD

March 24

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting: "Members Teaching Members"

Join us at the American Legion Hall where three of our members will each give a 20-minute demonstration on a variety of techniques. In-person only.

April 28

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting:"Improv Paper-Piecing" with Amy Friend

Modern quilter and designer, Amy Friend, will share quilts made with her improv paper piecing technique. Amy will explain many aspects of modern quilting such as negative space, improvisation, alternate gridwork, and sewing with solids as a part of her lecture.

April 29

Wednesday

9 AM to 3 PM

In-Person Workshop: "Improv Paper-Piecing" with Amy Friend

Location: VFW Hall, Middlebury

Pre-registration is required.

This workshop is based on the design concepts presented in Amy's book, Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Designs. Amy will explain her design process and coach students through the creation of their own improv paper piece template. She will teach students to section and number their templates and give a foundation paper piecing demo. Once students create blocks, she will walk them through a few different ways to visualize the block in a repeating pattern and in various modern layouts. Students then plan a modern quilt design based on their block. This class is process oriented and experimental.

May 26

Tuesday

6 pm

In-Person Meeting: End of Year Potluck

Join us for a social meeting, end-of-year reports, officer election, and potluck dinner at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury

June 23

Tuesday

TBD

In-Person Workshop: "String Quilts" with Beverly Desforges

Pre-registration is required.

Combo workshop and sit-n-sew @ the American Legion hall in Middlebury. Refer to newsletter for details.

July 28

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting: Challenges and Super Show & Tell

Members are invited to share some of their favorite quilts. Bring one or bring several. Bring quilts you’ve made or inherited or were gifted. We’ll do a “quilt turning” to view the quilts.

August 25

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting: Planning and Assessment

September 12

Saturday

(TBA)

Stash Sale

September 22

Tuesday

6:30 pm

(doors open at 6:00 pm)

In-Person Meeting: trunk show with Linda Diak

Linda Diak, an award-winning art quilter from Chester, Vermont, is known for her expressive animals and intricate quilting. She uses traditional techniques in nontraditional ways to impart a sense of wonder, playfulness and an element of surprise in all her quilts. The joy she brings to her work is reflected in her many stunning creations. Linda will present a virtual trunk show of her work, from her very first foray into raw edge appliqué to her most recent works.

October 28

Wednesday

Full day starting at 9:30 AM

“No Tear Paper Piecing: Chevron Star” with David Sirota

Location: CVUUS, 2 Duane Court, Middlebury

Pre-registration is required.

We are delighted to host this workshop where David will teach his unique no-tear paper piecing technique. This is a completely different technique from the Improv Paper Piecing workshop that Amy Friend is teaching in April, so sign up for both! It's also very different from the way that foundation paper piecing is typically done. David's top-rated classes at the big quilt shows are always in high demand, and we are so fortunate to be able to bring him to Middlebury. This class is great for all skill levels, beginner to advanced, even if you already know how to foundation paper-piece the traditional way. David's technique and tips are game-changing. The class project will be his Chevron Star, but the skills you'll learn in class will work with any foundation paper-pieced pattern.